Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita by country

Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) per capita (nominal United States dollars).

Countries reporting
179
Highest
1,735 usd
Netherlands
Lowest
-5.64 usd
Peru
Median
7.72 usd
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
2,690

What the numbers show

Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 1,735 usd in Netherlands; the lowest is -5.64 usd in Peru.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.72 usd, and the mean is 139.89 usd.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 308.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (up 14,932.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 1,735 usd 2024 up 14,932.0% volatile
2 Kuwait 1,618 usd 2024 down 33.2% falling
3 Qatar 1,532 usd 2024 down 49.3% volatile
4 Saudi Arabia 1,397 usd 2024 down 45.0% falling
5 United Arab Emirates 1,335 usd 2024 down 37.4% volatile
6 Iran 1,142 usd 2024 up 14.5% rising
7 Turkmenistan 1,035 usd 2024 down 16.0% volatile
8 Libya 984.31 usd 2024 down 13.3% flat
9 Norway 924.01 usd 2024 down 57.3% falling
10 Russia 785.48 usd 2024 up 163.3% volatile
11 Ireland 738.78 usd 2024 up 41.2% rising
12 Bahrain 721.14 usd 2024 down 59.5% volatile
13 Brunei 660.62 usd 2024 down 24.9% volatile
14 Kazakhstan 555.89 usd 2024 up 78.9% volatile
15 Algeria 508.6 usd 2024 down 3.6% volatile
16 Trinidad and Tobago 438.76 usd 2024 down 37.1% volatile
17 Azerbaijan 403.86 usd 2024 up 142.2% volatile
18 Croatia 376.98 usd 2024 up 1,431.2% volatile
19 Japan 364.49 usd 2024 up 1,017.0% volatile
20 Italy 327.86 usd 2023 up 28.8% rising
21 Iraq 319.68 usd 2024 up 14.0% falling
22 Switzerland 317.53 usd 2024 up 5.4% falling
23 Australia 305.66 usd 2024 up 5.0% falling
24 Uzbekistan 300.37 usd 2024 down 2.7% falling
25 Venezuela 264.83 usd 2024 up 30.8% rising
26 Austria 261.64 usd 2024 up 157.7% volatile
27 Malaysia 232.96 usd 2024 up 136.3% volatile
28 Spain 221.22 usd 2024 up 338.1% volatile
29 Egypt 219.05 usd 2024 down 13.0% rising
30 Belgium 215.55 usd 2024 up 4.5% rising
31 Portugal 211.97 usd 2024 up 923.0% volatile
32 Greece 203.41 usd 2021 down 27.8% falling
33 Colombia 202.83 usd 2024 up 352.0% volatile
34 Czechia 194.08 usd 2024 up 608.8% volatile
35 Finland 189.5 usd 2024 down 39.2% falling
36 United Kingdom 187.51 usd 2020 down 35.9% falling
37 Slovakia 170.83 usd 2021 up 348.0% volatile
38 Denmark 168.85 usd 2024 up 1,037.8% volatile
39 Ukraine 145.25 usd 2024 down 21.3% volatile
40 Palestine 141.53 usd 2020 up 40.8% rising
41 Israel 141.39 usd 2024 up 15.2% rising
42 Germany 140.42 usd 2023 down 30.1% falling
43 Lithuania 139.25 usd 2022 up 104.7% rising
44 France 133.99 usd 2024 up 44.4% volatile
45 Argentina 126.08 usd 2024 down 65.5% falling
46 Indonesia 122.72 usd 2024 down 24.5% falling
47 South Africa 120.37 usd 2024 up 140.0% rising
48 Hungary 117.24 usd 2024 up 179.7% volatile
49 Latvia 108.29 usd 2024 down 36.5% rising
50 Ecuador 105.36 usd 2024 down 69.5% volatile
51 Sweden 97.76 usd 2024 down 49.4% falling
52 Mexico 96.63 usd 2024 up 20.4% falling
53 Bolivia 87.34 usd 2024 down 53.3% volatile
54 Angola 86.77 usd 2024 up 1.1% volatile
55 Slovenia 85.2 usd 2023 up 10.2% flat
56 Canada 79.84 usd 2024 down 12.2% falling
57 Moldova 76.7 usd 2024 up 388.8% volatile
58 Lebanon 66.21 usd 2024 down 81.4% volatile
59 Romania 65.77 usd 2024 — volatile
60 China 63.42 usd 2024 up 66.9% rising
61 Sri Lanka 62.23 usd 2024 up 304.6% volatile
62 Brazil 55.03 usd 2024 down 55.2% volatile
63 India 46.52 usd 2024 up 49.9% rising
64 Belarus 45.31 usd 2024 up 47.3% volatile
65 Oman 42.41 usd 2024 up 23.1% volatile
66 Mauritius 37.98 usd 2022 up 105.1% volatile
67 Costa Rica 35.41 usd 2023 up 60.5% rising
68 Vietnam 33.27 usd 2024 up 169.6% volatile
69 Estonia 32.51 usd 2024 down 46.6% volatile
70 Chile 30.98 usd 2024 down 19.1% volatile
71 Suriname 30.48 usd 2024 down 80.0% volatile
72 Bangladesh 29.85 usd 2024 up 45.4% volatile
73 Pakistan 28.98 usd 2024 down 10.0% volatile
74 Macao 26.68 usd 2024 — volatile
75 Poland 25.32 usd 2024 down 50.5% falling
76 Thailand 24.86 usd 2024 down 14.3% volatile
77 Turkey 24.81 usd 2024 down 58.3% volatile
78 Maldives 24.61 usd 2024 — volatile
79 South Korea 23.73 usd 2024 down 38.7% volatile
80 Tunisia 21.65 usd 2024 down 79.3% volatile
81 New Zealand 18.04 usd 2024 up 627.4% volatile
82 Malta 17.81 usd 2023 down 20.6% falling
83 Nigeria 17.58 usd 2024 down 38.9% volatile
84 Mongolia 16.9 usd 2024 up 97.0% volatile
85 Ghana 15.35 usd 2024 up 1,089.9% volatile
86 Syria 11.37 usd 2024 down 86.2% volatile
87 Bulgaria 11.29 usd 2020 up 108.3% rising
88 Antigua and Barbuda 8.08 usd 2024 down 92.6% volatile
89 Morocco 7.88 usd 2024 down 39.1% volatile
90 Jamaica 7.72 usd 2024 up 54.1% volatile
91 Barbados 7.6 usd 2024 down 77.2% volatile
92 Mauritania 6.93 usd 2024 down 50.3% falling
93 Paraguay 6.4 usd 2024 down 7.2% volatile
94 United States 6.36 usd 2024 up 66.9% falling
95 Belize 5.81 usd 2024 down 95.7% volatile
96 Guyana 5.31 usd 2024 down 89.9% volatile
97 Kyrgyzstan 5.01 usd 2024 down 96.7% volatile
98 Gabon 4.72 usd 2024 down 93.6% volatile
99 Laos 4.7 usd 2024 — volatile
100 Jordan 4.44 usd 2024 down 96.8% volatile
101 Armenia 4.02 usd 2020 down 58.2% volatile
102 Sao Tome and Principe 3.86 usd 2024 down 41.6% volatile
103 Serbia 3.85 usd 2024 — volatile
104 Georgia 3.3 usd 2024 up 112.9% volatile
105 Zimbabwe 3.19 usd 2024 down 98.2% volatile
106 Saint Lucia 2.72 usd 2024 — volatile
107 Botswana 2.45 usd 2024 down 96.3% volatile
108 Dominica 2.35 usd 2024 down 68.0% volatile
109 Congo 2.17 usd 2024 down 98.6% volatile
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.05 usd 2024 — volatile
111 Mali 1.87 usd 2024 down 80.7% volatile
112 Cape Verde 1.82 usd 2024 down 98.5% volatile
113 Tajikistan 1.53 usd 2024 down 95.0% volatile
114 Grenada 1.51 usd 2024 down 96.0% volatile
115 Myanmar 1.47 usd 2024 — volatile
116 Haiti 1.44 usd 2024 down 92.7% volatile
117 Guatemala 1.38 usd 2024 down 97.5% volatile
118 Hong Kong 1.33 usd 2024 — volatile
119 Panama 1.3 usd 2024 down 97.9% volatile
120 Equatorial Guinea 1.09 usd 2024 down 75.8% volatile
121 Burkina Faso 0.94 usd 2024 down 90.1% volatile
122 Cote d'Ivoire 0.92 usd 2024 down 97.9% volatile
123 Liberia 0.88 usd 2024 — volatile
124 Guinea-Bissau 0.69 usd 2024 — volatile
125 Nicaragua 0.65 usd 2024 down 98.4% volatile
126 Niger 0.64 usd 2024 — volatile
127 Afghanistan 0.58 usd 2024 down 10.8% volatile
127 Philippines 0.58 usd 2024 — volatile
129 Montenegro 0.54 usd 2024 — volatile
129 Somalia 0.54 usd 2024 — volatile
131 Chad 0.49 usd 2024 — volatile
132 Cambodia 0.48 usd 2024 — volatile
133 Zambia 0.41 usd 2024 down 99.7% volatile
134 Fiji 0.27 usd 2024 — volatile
134 Honduras 0.27 usd 2024 down 98.6% volatile
136 Luxembourg 0.23 usd 2021 down 99.9% falling
137 Cameroon 0.19 usd 2024 down 99.5% volatile
137 Madagascar 0.19 usd 2024 down 96.0% volatile
139 Bhutan 0.15 usd 2024 — volatile
140 Ethiopia 0.11 usd 2024 down 98.3% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.11 usd 2024 down 96.1% volatile
142 Guinea 0.1 usd 2024 — volatile
143 Burundi 0.08 usd 2024 — volatile
143 Senegal 0.08 usd 2020 down 99.7% volatile
143 Sierra Leone 0.08 usd 2024 — volatile
146 Eswatini 0.07 usd 2024 — volatile
147 Dominican Republic 0.06 usd 2020 — volatile
148 Namibia 0.04 usd 2024 down 99.9% volatile
149 Mozambique 0.02 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
149 Malawi 0.02 usd 2024 down 99.8% volatile
151 Nepal 0.01 usd 2024 — volatile
151 Uganda 0.01 usd 2024 down 99.9% volatile
153 Aruba 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Albania 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Benin 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Bahamas 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Comoros 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Cyprus 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Djibouti 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Kenya 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Lesotho 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 North Macedonia 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Papua New Guinea 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Puerto Rico 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Sudan 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 El Salvador 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Seychelles 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Togo 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 East Timor 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Tonga 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Tanzania 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Uruguay 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Vanuatu 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Samoa 0 usd 2024 — volatile
153 Yemen 0 usd 2024 down 100.0% volatile
194 Peru -5.64 usd 2023 down 15.3% volatile

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Indicator
Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita
Unit
usd
Source
International Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Monetary Fund – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 2,690 data points, 2010–2024
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Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) per capita (nominal United States dollars).