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CO₂ emissions per capita

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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data · Unit: tonnes per person · 1750-2024

Data: Our World in Data (CC BY). Underlying third-party data may carry its own terms.

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