GHG Emissions per Capita in Latin America

Why does per capita matter?

Per capita emissions normalize a country's total emissions by its population, providing a fairer comparison of individual impact across nations of vastly different sizes. A small country with high per capita emissions has a greater average individual carbon footprint than a large country with lower per capita values.

GHG Emissions per Capita by Country

# Country GHG Per Capita (tons) GHG Total (tons)
1 57,63 172.895
2 24,32 33.586.578
3 14,93 2.492.665
4 12,61 44.627.146
5 10,83 8.730.862
6 7,95 374.344.607
7 6,22 118.120.879
8 6,16 3.666.575
9 6,1 237.848
10 6,06 405.937
11 5,93 1.299.180.208
12 5,6 41.442.035
13 5,45 588.716
14 5,23 63.757.198
15 4,91 686.779.369
16 4,85 17.616.494
17 4,82 167.318.430
18 4,47 51.580.798
19 4,38 1.843.873
20 4,24 19.217.955
21 4,22 217.585.730
22 4,08 74.408.551
23 3,88 426.851
24 3,28 17.076.872
25 3,24 1.448.910
26 3,22 9.424.700
27 3,2 185.492
28 3,19 108.295
29 3,16 912.054
30 3,13 35.985.717
31 3,12 1.201.808
32 2,99 103.813.025
33 2,87 19.158.621
34 2,56 468.521
35 2,41 1.034.684
36 2,37 24.387.071
37 2,26 43.472.168
38 2,23 14.751.635
39 2,17 240.991
40 2 152.357
41 1,76 586.260
42 1,67 185.236
43 1,63 26.035
44 1,16 13.782.309

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).