CO₂ per person in Saudi Arabia

CO₂ per person in Saudi Arabia: 14.6 tonnes in 1970 and 18.48 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 18.48 tonnes
Since 1970: +3.88 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 8 of 202; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 4.69 tonnes

Watch it change on the map

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 31.87 tonnes in 1980, the lowest 14.6 tonnes in 1970.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Saudi Arabia	World
2024	18.48	4.69
2023	18.85	4.68
2022	19.28	4.67
2021	19.18	4.69
2020	18.29	4.48
2019	19.29	4.7
2018	19.21	4.74
2017	19.48	4.67
2016	19.69	4.65
2015	20.51	4.7
2014	20.7	4.78
2013	19.81	4.81
2012	20.61	4.77
2011	20.29	4.76
2010	20.3	4.67
2009	18.33	4.45
2008	18.06	4.56
2007	17.34	4.59
2006	17.09	4.48
2005	16.85	4.39
2004	16.63	4.28
2003	16.41	4.15
2002	16.4	4.02
2001	16.18	4.01
2000	16.4	4.01
1999	16.44	3.95
1998	16.72	3.98
1997	16.22	4.02
1996	16.67	4.01
1995	16.34	3.99
1994	17.16	3.94
1993	16.46	3.97
1992	16.34	4.02
1991	15.92	4.1
1990	16.34	4.15
1989	15.85	4.16
1988	16.55	4.16
1987	16.13	4.1
1986	15.74	4.04
1985	16.64	4.05
1984	17.76	4.07
1983	25.1	4.01
1982	26.83	4.05
1981	27.91	4.18
1980	31.87	4.33
1979	27.49	4.46
1978	24.62	4.42
1977	24.5	4.36
1976	24.08	4.31
1975	20.64	4.15
1974	26.28	4.23
1973	26.38	4.32
1972	20.72	4.16
1971	16.95	4.04
1970	14.6	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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