Enlarge / Per capita emissions for the top 4 countries/groups. The solid line simply calculates emissions taking place within their borders, while the dashed line adjusts for consumption of goods climatewatchdata.org/ghg-emissions. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) - European Union from The World Bank: Data.
The USA has emitted most to date: more than a quarter of all historical CO 2: twice that of China which is the second largest contributor. In contrast, most countries across Africa have been responsible for less than 0.01% of all emissions over the last 266 years. What becomes clear when we look at emissions across the world today is that the
Asia is by far the largest emitter, accounting for 53% of global emissions. As it is home to 60% of the world’s population this means that per capita emissions in Asia are slightly lower than the world average, however. China is, by a significant margin, Asia’s and the world’s largest emitter: it emits nearly 10 billion tonnes each year
An increasing number of countries, sub-national governments and companies, have made net-zero GHG emissions pledges. As of 1 September 2022, net-zero targets have been adopted or proposed by 136 countries and the European Union (Figure 3). These targets cover around 83% of global carbon emissions. If every country were to meet its stated climate goals, America’s per capita emissions would decline and converge with China’s by 2030, the Rhodium Group estimated. Po2A. 240 23 102 383 104 255 188 24 77

european countries carbon emissions per capita