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IndicatorValueRankYear
CO2 emissions per person9.321822024
Energy use per person2,8511432024
Renewable energy share15.21222022
Access to electricity100262023
Forest area24.031232023

What each indicator means

CO2 emissions per person
Carbon dioxide released, mainly from burning fossil fuels, divided by population.
Energy use per person
Primary energy used in the country per person, expressed as kilograms of oil equivalent.
Renewable energy share
Share of final energy consumption that comes from hydro, wind, solar, biomass and other renewable sources.
Access to electricity
Share of the population with access to electricity.
Forest area
Share of land area under forest, including planted forest but not urban parks.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 216 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
CO2 emissions per person9.32 t182 / 2032.55 tNauru 0Palau 82.84
Energy use per person2,851 kg oil eq.143 / 1791,250 kg oil eq.Lesotho 9.73Qatar 16,343
Renewable energy share15.2 %122 / 21220.1 %Congo - Kinshasa 96.3Sint Maarten 0
Access to electricity100 %26 / 216100 %Albania 100South Sudan 5.4
Forest area24.03 %123 / 21431.08 %Suriname 94.45Qatar 0

Countries ranked next to it: Iran, Singapore, Germany, Belarus, Hungary, Poland, Chile, Costa Rica