2023-09-03 · 2023 fossil CO₂ per person (OWID, scaled)
Who emits most CO₂ per person
National totals hide how much each person emits. In 2023 fossil CO₂ per capita was about 14 t in the United States, ~8 t in China, ~6 t in the EU, and under 2 t in India — while petro-states like Qatar are far higher (OWID).
Climate grids hide gigatonnes behind identical squares — the gradient is political once you see the cell count. This grid divides scaled per-capita comparison (2023 snapshot) into colored bands — United States, China, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 1 index cells (0.1% of scaled per-capita comparison) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2023 figures from OWID — CO₂ emissions per capita put United States at 46% of scaled per-capita comparison and China at 27% — about 1,000 index cells in this edition's rounding.
Our World in Data — CO₂ emissions per capita (fossil), 2023: United States ~13.8 t, China ~8.2 t, European Union (27) ~6.0 t, India ~1.9 t.
Cell counts scale these four rates to 1,000 cells (not national shares of global emissions).
Our World in Data — CO₂ emissions per capita (fossil), 2023: United States ~13.8 t, China ~8.2 t, European Union (27) ~6.0 t, India ~1.9 t. Cell counts scale these four rates to 1,000 cells (not national shares of global emissions).
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