Countries With the Fastest Growth in CO2 emissions per capita (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in CO2 emissions per capita (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in CO2 emissions per capita over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Comoros rose the most: by 79.2%, from 0.287 t CO2e per person to 0.515 t CO2e per person in the five years to 2024. Rwanda is second (+36.7%), followed by Guyana (+31.8%). 82 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +10.2%.

#1: Comoros · +79.2%
Median: +10.2%
Coverage: 82 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (%). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Comoros 79.2; 2. Rwanda 36.7; 3. Guyana 31.8; 4. Puerto Rico (US) 26; 5. Côte d'Ivoire 26; 6. Lao PDR 25.3; 7. Viet Nam 23.2; 8. French Polynesia 22.8; 9. Indonesia 22.4; 10. Uruguay 21.9.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in CO2 emissions per capita (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (%)
1	Comoros	0.287	0.515	+79.2%
2	Rwanda	0.119	0.162	+36.7%
3	Guyana	3.46	4.56	+31.8%
4	Puerto Rico (US)	3.82	4.82	+26%
5	Côte d'Ivoire	0.468	0.589	+26%
6	Lao PDR	2.68	3.35	+25.3%
7	Viet Nam	3.46	4.27	+23.2%
8	French Polynesia	2.81	3.46	+22.8%
9	Indonesia	2.34	2.87	+22.4%
10	Uruguay	2.11	2.57	+21.9%
11	Bolivia	1.88	2.29	+21.5%
12	Lesotho	0.355	0.428	+20.7%
13	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.048	0.057	+18.8%
14	India	1.84	2.17	+18.3%
15	Brunei Darussalam	17.2	20.2	+17.9%
16	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.12	1.31	+17.3%
17	Marshall Islands	0.0023	0.0027	+17.2%
18	Uzbekistan	3.49	4.09	+17%
19	Palau	71.3	82.8	+16.3%
20	Vanuatu	0.75	0.87	+16%
21	Cambodia	0.953	1.1	+15.6%
22	El Salvador	1.3	1.51	+15.6%
23	Niger	0.103	0.119	+15%
24	Maldives	3.11	3.57	+14.8%
25	Dominican Republic	2.61	2.99	+14.6%
26	Armenia	2.17	2.47	+13.9%
27	Senegal	0.674	0.768	+13.8%
28	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.2	2.5	+13.6%
29	Nepal	0.474	0.536	+13.1%
30	Togo	0.276	0.313	+13.1%
31	Peru	1.79	2.02	+12.9%
32	Philippines	1.34	1.5	+12.6%
33	Greenland	9.32	10.5	+12.2%
34	Zambia	0.488	0.543	+11.3%
35	Honduras	1.02	1.14	+11.2%
36	China	8.39	9.32	+11%
37	Iran, Islamic Rep.	8.19	9.05	+10.6%
38	Burundi	0.062	0.069	+10.4%
39	Aruba	4.67	5.15	+10.3%
40	Kazakhstan	11.4	12.6	+10.3%
41	Iraq	4.7	5.18	+10.3%
42	Georgia	3.2	3.53	+10.2%
43	Russian Federation	12.8	14	+9.48%
44	Ecuador	2.42	2.64	+9.38%
45	Malaysia	7.63	8.32	+9.08%
46	Northern Mariana Islands	0.0021	0.0023	+8.7%
47	Kuwait	21.8	23.7	+8.61%
48	Sierra Leone	0.156	0.169	+8.33%
49	Tanzania	0.287	0.311	+8.3%
50	Ghana	0.649	0.702	+8.24%
51	Bangladesh	0.663	0.716	+7.94%
52	American Samoa	0.002	0.0021	+7.37%
53	Türkiye	5.02	5.38	+7.18%
54	Mauritius	3.32	3.54	+6.46%
55	Croatia	4.55	4.83	+6.17%
56	Qatar	44.6	47.3	+6.14%
57	Eritrea	0.208	0.22	+5.85%
58	Zimbabwe	0.731	0.773	+5.65%
59	Libya	8.27	8.66	+4.79%
60	Mali	0.29	0.303	+4.35%
61	Colombia	1.72	1.8	+4.26%
62	Tonga	1.57	1.63	+4.07%
63	St. Kitts and Nevis	2.77	2.88	+4.01%
64	Congo, Rep.	1.29	1.34	+3.61%
65	Central African Republic	0.061	0.063	+3.5%
66	Azerbaijan	3.69	3.81	+3.31%
67	St. Lucia	1.66	1.71	+3.13%
68	Madagascar	0.142	0.146	+3.06%
69	Tunisia	2.55	2.62	+2.91%
70	Brazil	2.26	2.32	+2.64%
71	Virgin Islands (US)	0.0019	0.0019	+2.19%
72	Antigua and Barbuda	3.75	3.8	+1.3%
73	Mongolia	7.75	7.85	+1.2%
74	Burkina Faso	0.272	0.275	+1.14%
75	Mozambique	0.289	0.292	+1.13%
76	Nicaragua	0.821	0.83	+1.06%
77	Turkmenistan	10.8	10.9	+0.892%
78	Kenya	0.38	0.383	+0.802%
79	Chad	0.142	0.143	+0.565%
80	Uganda	0.164	0.165	+0.463%
81	Dominica	1.27	1.27	+0.268%
82	Oman	18.6	18.7	+0.247%

About the top 10

#1 Comoros

Comoros ranks #1 on this list with +79.2%.

Capital: Moroni
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 882,850 people (2025)
GDP: US$1.81 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$2,056 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67 years (2024)
Urban population: 33.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in low-birthweight babies share · #4 in agriculture value added share of gdp · #10 in agricultural land share.

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#2 Rwanda

Rwanda ranks #2 on this list with +36.7%.

Capital: Kigali
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 14.57 million people (2025)
GDP: US$16.37 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,124 (2025)
Life expectancy: 68 years (2024)
Urban population: 30.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Kigali.

Also ranks #1 in women in parliament share · #2 in school enrolment (primary) · #2 in pupil-teacher ratio (primary).

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#3 Guyana

Guyana ranks #3 on this list with +31.8%.

Capital: Georgetown
Continent: South America
Income group: High income
Population: 835,990 people (2025)
GDP: US$27.1 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$32,414 (2025)
Life expectancy: 70.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 26.5% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in gdp growth rate · #1 in industry value added share of gdp · #1 in livestock production index.

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#4 Puerto Rico (US)

Puerto Rico (US) ranks #4 on this list with +26%.

Capital: San Juan
Continent: North America
Income group: High income
Population: 3.18 million people (2025)
GDP: US$129.37 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$40,620 (2025)
Life expectancy: 81.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 94.3% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in manufacturing value added share of gdp · #3 in population ages 65+ share · #4 in age dependency ratio (old).

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#5 Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire ranks #5 on this list with +26%.

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 32.71 million people (2025)
GDP: US$99.77 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,050 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 54.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Abidjan.

Also ranks #5 in agricultural land share · #9 in livestock production index · #10 in mobile subscriptions per 100.

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#6 Lao PDR

Lao PDR ranks #6 on this list with +25.3%.

Capital: Vientiane
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 7.87 million people (2025)
GDP: US$18.3 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$2,325 (2025)
Life expectancy: 69.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 40.3% of population (2025)

Also ranks #2 in time to start a business (days) · #4 in official exchange rate · #7 in livestock production index.

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#7 Viet Nam

Viet Nam ranks #7 on this list with +23.2%.

Capital: Hanoi
Continent: Asia
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 101.6 million people (2025)
GDP: US$514.7 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$5,066 (2025)
Life expectancy: 74.7 years (2024)
Urban population: 38.8% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Đồng Nai.

Also ranks #3 in official exchange rate · #4 in fish production · #6 in container port traffic.

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#8 French Polynesia

French Polynesia ranks #8 on this list with +22.8%.

Capital: Papeete
Continent: Oceania
Income group: High income
Population: 282,470 people (2025)
GDP: US$6.32 billion (2024)
GDP per person: US$22,440 (2024)
Life expectancy: 84.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 61.8% of population (2025)

Also ranks #5 in female life expectancy · #5 in protected marine area share · #7 in life expectancy.

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#9 Indonesia

Indonesia ranks #9 on this list with +22.4%.

Capital: Jakarta
Continent: Asia
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 285.72 million people (2025)
GDP: US$1.45 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$5,060 (2025)
Life expectancy: 71.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 59.4% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung.

Also ranks #2 in fish production · #4 in population · #4 in labour force size.

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#10 Uruguay

Uruguay ranks #10 on this list with +21.9%.

Capital: Montevideo
Continent: South America
Income group: High income
Population: 3.38 million people (2025)
GDP: US$85.35 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$25,216 (2025)
Life expectancy: 78.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 95.7% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Montevideo.

Also ranks #1 in atms per 100,000 adults · #3 in agricultural land share · #5 in suicide mortality rate.

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Source and method

Change in CO2 emissions per capita over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita): EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission; International Energy Agency (IEA).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

Summary

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About the top 10

#1 Comoros

#2 Rwanda

#3 Guyana

#4 Puerto Rico (US)

#5 Côte d'Ivoire

#6 Lao PDR

#7 Viet Nam

#8 French Polynesia

#9 Indonesia

#10 Uruguay

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