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Trinidad and Tobago — CO2 per capita
CO2 Emissions per Capita for Trinidad and Tobago, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
19.58
CO2 Emissions per Capita · metric tons per capita · +180.1% since 1970
CO2 per capita for Trinidad and Tobago was 19.58 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 31.13 in 2010. The lowest was 5.76 in 1975 (about 3.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.93% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 6 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.52, so Trinidad and Tobago sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 37% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
19.58
First (1970)
6.99
Change
+180.1%
Highest
31.13
in 2010
Lowest
5.76
in 1975
Average
16.11
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.93%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | metric tons per capita |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.58 |
| 2023 | 19.71 |
| 2022 | 20.87 |
| 2021 | 20.97 |
| 2020 | 21.81 |
| 2019 | 24.36 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2017 | 23.99 |
| 2016 | 24.9 |
| 2015 | 27.24 |
| 2014 | 27.65 |
| 2013 | 27.85 |
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.