CO₂ per person in Iceland

CO₂ per person in Iceland: 9.46 tonnes in 1970 and 8.52 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 8.52 tonnes
Since 1970: −0.94 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 24 of 202; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 4.69 tonnes

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 12.16 tonnes in 1973, the lowest 8.35 tonnes in 2023.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Iceland	World
2024	8.52	4.69
2023	8.35	4.68
2022	8.48	4.67
2021	8.49	4.69
2020	8.38	4.48
2019	8.81	4.7
2018	9.34	4.74
2017	9.7	4.67
2016	9.48	4.65
2015	10.97	4.7
2014	10.58	4.78
2013	11.46	4.81
2012	11.37	4.77
2011	11.3	4.76
2010	11.75	4.67
2009	12.02	4.45
2008	11.91	4.56
2007	11.15	4.59
2006	10.67	4.48
2005	10.54	4.39
2004	10.87	4.28
2003	10.71	4.15
2002	10.88	4.02
2001	10.38	4.01
2000	10.14	4.01
1999	9.88	3.95
1998	9.88	3.98
1997	9.68	4.02
1996	10.07	4.01
1995	9.12	3.99
1994	9.48	3.94
1993	9.13	3.97
1992	8.83	4.02
1991	8.89	4.1
1990	9.18	4.15
1989	9.09	4.16
1988	9.21	4.16
1987	8.86	4.1
1986	8.8	4.04
1985	8.84	4.05
1984	9.37	4.07
1983	8.52	4.01
1982	8.46	4.05
1981	10.13	4.18
1980	10.65	4.33
1979	11.63	4.46
1978	11.36	4.42
1977	11.11	4.36
1976	10.88	4.31
1975	10.88	4.15
1974	11.74	4.23
1973	12.16	4.32
1972	10.74	4.16
1971	9.86	4.04
1970	9.46	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.

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