CO₂ per person in Puerto Rico

CO₂ per person in Puerto Rico: 10.83 tonnes in 1970 and 4.82 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 4.82 tonnes
Since 1970: −6.01 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 56 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 15.17 tonnes in 1977, the lowest 3.01 tonnes in 2013.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Puerto Rico	World
2024	4.82	4.69
2023	4.57	4.68
2022	4.32	4.67
2021	3.88	4.69
2020	3.8	4.48
2019	3.82	4.7
2018	4.17	4.74
2017	3.41	4.67
2016	3.26	4.65
2015	3.42	4.7
2014	3.21	4.78
2013	3.01	4.81
2012	3.1	4.77
2011	3.16	4.76
2010	3.61	4.67
2009	3.74	4.45
2008	4.09	4.56
2007	4.75	4.59
2006	4.46	4.48
2005	6.89	4.39
2004	6.84	4.28
2003	6.83	4.15
2002	5.27	4.02
2001	6.51	4.01
2000	6.61	4.01
1999	6.62	3.95
1998	6.13	3.98
1997	6.06	4.02
1996	5.96	4.01
1995	5.94	3.99
1994	5.87	3.94
1993	5.74	3.97
1992	5.65	4.02
1991	5.48	4.1
1990	5.38	4.15
1989	6.68	4.16
1988	6.43	4.16
1987	5.56	4.1
1986	6.28	4.04
1985	5.11	4.05
1984	5.9	4.07
1983	6.64	4.01
1982	6.59	4.05
1981	8.77	4.18
1980	10.35	4.33
1979	12.76	4.46
1978	15.16	4.42
1977	15.17	4.36
1976	13.7	4.31
1975	12.7	4.15
1974	13.91	4.23
1973	14.97	4.32
1972	13.8	4.16
1971	11.49	4.04
1970	10.83	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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