CO2 emissions per capita

More populous countries with some of the highest per capita emissions – and therefore high total emissions – are the United States, Australia, and Canada. Australia has an average per capita footprint of 17 tonnes, followed by the US at 16.2 tonnes, and Canada at 15.6 tonnes. Prosperity is a primary driver of CO2 emissions, but clearly policy and technological choices make a difference. Many countries in the world still have very low per capita CO2 emissions. In many of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa the average footprint is around 0.1 tonnes per year. This was the issue of COP25, the bigger and richer countries have to pay the bill, while the smallest and poorest countries suffer (also) from climate change.