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Cuba — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Cuba, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
1.91
CO2 Emissions per Capita · metric tons per capita · -22.9% since 1970
CO2 per capita for Cuba was 1.91 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 3.96 in 1989. The lowest was 1.65 in 2020 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.48% per year.
Cuba ranks 116 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.52, so Cuba sits below it. It peaked in 1989 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
1.91
First (1970)
2.48
Change
-22.9%
Highest
3.96
in 1989
Lowest
1.65
in 2020
Average
2.66
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.48%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | metric tons per capita |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.91 |
| 2023 | 1.82 |
| 2022 | 1.79 |
| 2021 | 1.96 |
| 2020 | 1.65 |
| 2019 | 1.99 |
| 2018 | 2.39 |
| 2017 | 2.36 |
| 2016 | 2.42 |
| 2015 | 2.61 |
| 2014 | 2.38 |
| 2013 | 2.57 |
Reading this correctly. Carbon dioxide emissions per person, excluding those from land use change. There is usually a multi-year lag because of how emissions are reported. Figures are in metric tons per capita. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 — CO2 Emissions per Capita. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.