2
Net GHG 2019 2 (production basis)
CO2FFI, 2018, per person
GHG emissions intensity (tCO2-eq / USD1000PPP 2017) 
0.78
0.30
0.62
0.64
0.18
0.61
0.64
0.31
0.65
0.42
Africa
Australia, 
Japan, 
New 
Zealand
Eastern 
Asia
Eastern 
Europe, 
West-
Central Asia
Europe
Latin 
America 
and 
Caribbean
Middle 
East
North 
America
South-East 
Asia and 
Paciﬁc
Southern 
Asia
1 GDP per capita in 2019 in USD2017 currency purchasing power basis.
2 Includes CO2FFI, CO2LULUCF and Other GHGs, excluding international aviation and shipping.
The regional groupings used in this ﬁgure are for statistical 
purposes only and are described in WGIII Annex II, Part I.
c) Global net anthropogenic GHG emissions by region (1990–2019)
2000
1990
2010
2019
Eastern Asia
North America
Latin America and Caribbean
South-East Asia and Paciﬁc
Africa
Southern Asia
Europe
Eastern Europe and West-Central Asia
Middle East
Australia, Japan and New Zealand
International shipping and aviation
13%
18%
10%
7%
7%
7%
16%
14%
3%
5%
2%
16%
19%
11%
7%
8%
8%
2%
5%
8%
4%
13%
27%
24%
12%
14%
10%
11%
9%
7%
9%
8%
8%
8%
2%
2%
7%
5%
4%
5%
3%
6%
10%
8%
Total:
38 GtCO2-eq
42 GtCO2-eq
53 GtCO2-eq
59 GtCO2-eq
Emissions have grown in most regions but are distributed unevenly, 
both in the present day and cumulatively since 1850
b) Net anthropogenic GHG emissions per capita 
and for total population, per region (2019)
a) Historical cumulative net anthropogenic 
CO2 emissions per region (1850–2019)
GHG emissions (tCO2-eq per capita)
/
CO2 emissions (GtCO2)
Net CO2 from land use, land use change, forestry (CO2LULUCF)
Other GHG emissions
Fossil fuel and industry (CO2FFI)
All GHG emissions
GHG emissions per year (GtCO2-eq/yr)