Hong Kong SAR China
CO₂ per person in Hong Kong SAR China
CO₂ per person in Hong Kong SAR China: 2.41 tonnes in 1970 and 4.6 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4.6 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +2.2 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 57 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 7.54 tonnes in 1993, the lowest 2.34 tonnes in 1973.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 4.53 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 4.37 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.66 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.55 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 5.91 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 5.97 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 6.14 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 6.07 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 6.58 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 6.43 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 6.24 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 6.39 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 6.01 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 6.48 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 6.2 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 6.42 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.19 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.31 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.01 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 6.61 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 6.07 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 6.23 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 6.29 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 6.89 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 6.51 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 5.3 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 5.61 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 6.28 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 6.32 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 7.54 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 7.5 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 6.69 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 6.14 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 6.03 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 5.93 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 5.34 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 5.39 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 4.76 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 4.62 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 4.22 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 3.62 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 3.23 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.07 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.07 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.47 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.31 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 2.9 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 2.53 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.6 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 2.34 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.39 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.36 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.41 | 4.15 |
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Hong Kong SAR China in numbers
Every measure for Hong Kong SAR China on one page