United Arab Emirates
CO₂ per person in United Arab Emirates
CO₂ per person in United Arab Emirates: 67.93 tonnes in 1970 and 18.26 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 18.26 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −49.67 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 9 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 82.13 tonnes in 1973, the lowest 18.26 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.26 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 18.38 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 19.37 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 20.83 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 20.81 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 20.95 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 20.04 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 22.16 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 23.77 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 24.32 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 24.58 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 25.35 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 25.03 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 24.95 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 25.03 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 24.65 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 26.06 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 24.38 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 25.39 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 26.25 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 25.97 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 25.96 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 26.16 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 27.19 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 25.32 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 27.3 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 28.44 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 29.92 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 31.14 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 31.79 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 31.17 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 29.66 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 29.57 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 32.25 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 29.97 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 31.81 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 30.32 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 33.07 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 34.23 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 37.6 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 38.27 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 29.78 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 32.64 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 34.6 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 40.5 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 41.53 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 65.01 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 64.6 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 74.01 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 67.57 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 73.63 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 82.13 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 72.07 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 75.9 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 67.93 | 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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United Arab Emirates in numbers
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Military
- Military spending5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025