Climate Debt Per Capita

The table below shows 168 countries Climate Debt accumulated since 2000 Ranked Per Capita (Int. $). The amount of World Total reads: 9 Trillion, 265 Billion, 186 Million (international dollars).

Note: The indicators of Biodiversity Loss and Nuclear Power are no longer included in the calculations.

. Ranking 2025 Climate Debt Climate Debt Climate Debt
Per capita Total, Billion Global share .
. . . . . .
. (World) $1,149 $9,265.186 100.00% .
. . . . . .
1 Qatar $58,332 $166.703 1.80% 10
2 Kuwait $20,964 $104.270 1.13% 13
3 Brunei $14,798 $6.847 0.07% 54
4 Saudi Arabia $14,087 $497.264 5.37% 3
5 Trinidad and Tobago $13,202 $18.065 0.19% 41
6 Oman $11,018 $58.190 0.63% 23
7 Bahrain $9,667 $15.358 0.17% 43
8 Australia $8,567 $233.072 2.52% 8
9 Canada $7,533 $311.008 3.36% 7
10 South Korea $6,507 $336.732 3.63% 6
11 United States $6,412 $2,180.850 23.54% 2
12 Luxembourg $6,411 $4.345 0.05% 61
13 United Arab Emirates $5,981 $65.051 0.70% 19
14 Iceland $5,853 $2.368 0.03% 70
15 Singapore $5,152 $31.103 0.34% 31
16 Ireland $4,935 $26.551 0.29% 33
17 Norway $4,376 $24.387 0.26% 35
18 Austria $3,558 $32.659 0.35% 30
19 Netherlands $3,326 $59.842 0.65% 21
20 Kazakhstan $3,184 $65.560 0.71% 18
21 Japan $2,973 $368.638 3.98% 5
22 Malaysia $2,882 $102.492 1.11% 14
23 Russia $2,853 $409.499 4.42% 4
24 Estonia $2,694 $3.696 0.04% 63
25 Finland $2,475 $13.955 0.15% 44
26 Slovenia $2,450 $5.209 0.06% 58
27 New Zealand $2,434 $12.992 0.14% 47
28 Turkmenistan $2,272 $17.024 0.18% 42
29 Germany $2,084 $174.000 1.88% 9
30 Belgium $1,971 $23.404 0.25% 36
31 China $1,915 $2,697.705 29.12% 1
32 Czech Republic $1,874 $20.397 0.22% 38
33 Cyprus $1,841 $2.500 0.03% 68
34 Spain $1,839 $89.762 0.97% 15
35 Iran $1,766 $161.728 1.75% 11
36 Equatorial Guinea $1,721 $3.257 0.04% 64
37 Hong Kong $1,636 $12.308 0.13% 49
38 Macao $1,593 $1.094 0.012% 77
39 Italy $1,503 $88.642 0.96% 16
40 Libya $1,453 $10.728 0.12% 51
41 Poland $1,434 $52.402 0.57% 24
42 Turkey $1,364 $116.614 1.26% 12
43 Greece $1,327 $13.783 0.15% 45
44 Israel $1,255 $12.514 0.14% 48
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina $1,252 $3.960 0.04% 62
46 Croatia $1,229 $4.751 0.05% 60
47 Serbia $1,211 $7.975 0.09% 52
48 Chile $1,111 $21.950 0.24% 37
49 Portugal $1,100 $11.769 0.13% 50
50 South Africa $955 $61.124 0.66% 20
51 Maldives $888 $0.469 0.005% 85
52 Bulgaria $818 $5.272 0.06% 57
53 Switzerland $759 $6.859 0.07% 53
54 Argentina $738 $33.720 0.36% 29
55 Mongolia $734 $2.585 0.03% 67
56 France $731 $50.064 0.54% 25
57 Mauritius $728 $0.917 0.010% 78
58 Guyana $687 $0.574 0.006% 83
59 Thailand $679 $48.697 0.53% 26
60 Hungary $600 $5.737 0.06% 56
61 Malta $586 $0.336 0.004% 88
62 Suriname $575 $0.365 0.004% 87
63 Belarus $526 $4.806 0.05% 59
64 Panama $494 $2.233 0.02% 72
65 Venezuela $482 $13.682 0.15% 46
66 Slovakia $457 $2.480 0.03% 69
67 Mexico $448 $58.617 0.63% 22
68 Algeria $409 $19.159 0.21% 39
69 Vietnam $285 $28.739 0.31% 32
70 Dominican Republic $284 $3.246 0.04% 65
71 Lebanon $274 $1.588 0.02% 75
72 United Kingdom $263 $18.197 0.20% 40
73 Lithuania $227 $0.656 0.007% 81
74 North Macedonia $226 $0.405 0.004% 86
75 Egypt $225 $26.222 0.28% 34
76 Botswana $193 $0.485 0.005% 84
77 Uruguay $177 $0.599 0.006% 82
78 Brazil $167 $35.436 0.38% 28
79 Tunisia $162 $1.990 0.02% 73
80 Indonesia $149 $42.309 0.46% 27
81 Ecuador $143 $2.589 0.03% 66
82 Iraq $127 $5.839 0.06% 55
83 Laos $98 $0.763 0.008% 79
84 Bhutan $82 $0.065 0.0007% 94
85 Cape Verde $81 $0.042 0.0005% 95
86 Latvia $74 $0.138 0.0015% 91
87 Albania $74 $0.200 0.002% 90
88 Jordan $65 $0.754 0.008% 80
89 Uzbekistan $62 $2.271 0.02% 71
90 Morocco $50 $1.913 0.02% 74
91 India $46 $66.338 0.72% 17
92 Jamaica $38 $0.107 0.0012% 92
93 Peru $36 $1.242 0.013% 76
94 Bolivia $21 $0.260 0.003% 89
95 Fiji $21 $0.019 0.0002% 96
96 Costa Rica $21 $0.106 0.0011% 93
Afghanistan $0 $0 0%
Angola $0 $0 0%
Armenia $0 $0 0%
Azerbaijan $0 $0 0%
Bahamas $0 $0 0%
Bangladesh $0 $0 0%
Benin $0 $0 0%
Burkina Faso $0 $0 0%
Burundi $0 $0 0%
Cambodia $0 $0 0%
Cameroon $0 $0 0%
Central African Republic $0 $0 0%
Chad $0 $0 0%
Colombia $0 $0 0%
Comoros $0 $0 0%
Congo (Democratic Rep.) $0 $0 0%
Congo (Republic) $0 $0 0%
Cote d’Ivoire $0 $0 0%
Cuba $0 $0 0%
Denmark $0 $0 0%
Djibouti $0 $0 0%
El Salvador $0 $0 0%
Eritrea $0 $0 0%
Eswatini $0 $0 0%
Ethiopia $0 $0 0%
Gabon $0 $0 0%
Gambia $0 $0 0%
Georgia $0 $0 0%
Ghana $0 $0 0%
Guatemala $0 $0 0%
Guinea $0 $0 0%
Guinea-Bissau $0 $0 0%
Haiti $0 $0 0%
Honduras $0 $0 0%
Kenya $0 $0 0%
Kyrgyzstan $0 $0 0%
Liberia $0 $0 0%
Madagascar $0 $0 0%
Malawi $0 $0 0%
Mali $0 $0 0%
Mauritania $0 $0 0%
Moldova $0 $0 0%
Mozambique $0 $0 0%
Myanmar $0 $0 0%
Namibia $0 $0 0%
Nepal $0 $0 0%
Nicaragua $0 $0 0%
Niger $0 $0 0%
Nigeria $0 $0 0%
Pakistan $0 $0 0%
Papua New Guinea $0 $0 0%
Paraguay $0 $0 0%
Philippines $0 $0 0%
Romania $0 $0 0%
Rwanda $0 $0 0%
Senegal $0 $0 0%
Sierra Leone $0 $0 0%
Solomon Islands $0 $0 0%
Somalia $0 $0 0%
Sri Lanka $0 $0 0%
Sudan $0 $0 0%
Sweden $0 $0 0%
Syria $0 $0 0%
Tajikistan $0 $0 0%
Tanzania $0 $0 0%
Timor-Leste $0 $0 0%
Togo $0 $0 0%
Uganda $0 $0 0%
Ukraine $0 $0 0%
Yemen $0 $0 0%
Zambia $0 $0 0%
Zimbabwe $0 $0 0%