CO₂ emissions
Ranked among 214 profiles with 2024 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.
Unit: million tonnes. Preferred source: owid-co2.
| Rank | Profile | Status | 2024 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | UN member | 12,289 actual |
| 2 | United States | UN member | 4,904 actual |
| 3 | India | UN member | 3,193 actual |
| 4 | Russia | UN member | 1,781 actual |
| 5 | Japan | UN member | 962 actual |
| 6 | Indonesia | UN member | 812 actual |
| 7 | Iran | UN member | 793 actual |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | UN member | 692 actual |
| 9 | South Korea | UN member | 584 actual |
| 10 | Germany | UN member | 572 actual |
| 11 | Canada | UN member | 533 actual |
| 12 | Türkiye | UN member | 513 actual |
| 13 | Brazil | UN member | 483 actual |
| 14 | Mexico | UN member | 461 actual |
| 15 | South Africa | UN member | 440 actual |
| 16 | Australia | UN member | 387 actual |
| 17 | Vietnam | UN member | 371 actual |
| 18 | United Kingdom | UN member | 313 actual |
| 19 | Italy | UN member | 302 actual |
| 20 | Malaysia | UN member | 290 actual |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | UN member | 287 actual |
| 22 | Poland | UN member | 273 actual |
| 23 | Thailand | UN member | 268 actual |
| 24 | France | UN member | 264 actual |
| 25 | Taiwan | Special status | 262 actual |
| 26 | Egypt | UN member | 258 actual |
| 27 | Iraq | UN member | 234 actual |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | UN member | 222 actual |
| 29 | Spain | UN member | 220 actual |
| 30 | Algeria | UN member | 198 actual |
| 31 | Pakistan | UN member | 180 actual |
| 32 | Philippines | UN member | 175 actual |
| 33 | Argentina | UN member | 171 actual |
| 34 | Ukraine | UN member | 142 actual |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | UN member | 139 actual |
| 36 | Nigeria | UN member | 136 actual |
| 37 | Kuwait | UN member | 130 actual |
| 38 | Qatar | UN member | 126 actual |
| 39 | Venezuela | UN member | 116 actual |
| 40 | Netherlands | UN member | 115 actual |
| 41 | Bangladesh | UN member | 108 actual |
| 42 | Colombia | UN member | 92.7 actual |
| 43 | Belgium | UN member | 85.5 actual |
| 44 | Oman | UN member | 82.7 actual |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | UN member | 81 actual |
| 46 | Chile | UN member | 78.7 actual |
| 47 | Czechia | UN member | 75.6 actual |
| 48 | Peru | UN member | 70.2 actual |
| 49 | Morocco | UN member | 69.1 actual |
| 50 | Romania | UN member | 68.6 actual |
| 51 | Libya | UN member | 65.3 actual |
| 52 | North Korea | UN member | 62.6 actual |
| 53 | Austria | UN member | 56.4 actual |
| 54 | Belarus | UN member | 55.8 actual |
| 55 | Singapore | UN member | 53.9 actual |
| 56 | Greece | UN member | 53.4 actual |
| 57 | Israel | UN member | 52.6 actual |
| 58 | Ecuador | UN member | 46 actual |
| 59 | Mongolia | UN member | 44.7 actual |
| 60 | Serbia | UN member | 42 actual |
| 61 | Hungary | UN member | 40 actual |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | UN member | 39.8 actual |
| 63 | Bahrain | UN member | 39 actual |
| 64 | Sweden | UN member | 38.1 actual |
| 65 | Norway | UN member | 37.2 actual |
| 66 | Portugal | UN member | 35.5 actual |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | UN member | 34.6 actual |
| 68 | Hong Kong | Special administrative region | 33.3 actual |
| 69 | Ireland | UN member | 33.3 actual |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | UN member | 33.1 actual |
| 71 | Tunisia | UN member | 32.7 actual |
| 72 | New Zealand | UN member | 32.5 actual |
| 73 | Switzerland | UN member | 32.1 actual |
| 74 | Syria | UN member | 31.8 actual |
| 75 | Bulgaria | UN member | 31.6 actual |
| 76 | Myanmar | UN member | 31.6 actual |
| 77 | Finland | UN member | 29.8 actual |
| 78 | Slovakia | UN member | 29.1 actual |
| 79 | Bolivia | UN member | 28.7 actual |
| 80 | Denmark | UN member | 28.4 actual |
| 81 | Cuba | UN member | 24.4 actual |
| 82 | Laos | UN member | 24.4 actual |
| 83 | Jordan | UN member | 23.2 actual |
| 84 | Angola | UN member | 22.3 actual |
| 85 | Cambodia | UN member | 21.9 actual |
| 86 | Kenya | UN member | 21.2 actual |
| 87 | Ghana | UN member | 21 actual |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | UN member | 20.8 actual |
| 89 | Tanzania | UN member | 20 actual |
| 90 | Guatemala | UN member | 19.9 actual |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | UN member | 19.4 actual |
| 92 | Nepal | UN member | 18.8 actual |
| 93 | Croatia | UN member | 18.5 actual |
| 94 | Ethiopia | UN member | 17.8 actual |
| 95 | Sudan | UN member | 17.8 actual |
| 96 | Lebanon | UN member | 15.6 actual |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire | UN member | 14.8 actual |
| 98 | Senegal | UN member | 14.1 actual |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | UN member | 13.7 actual |
| 100 | Honduras | UN member | 12.9 actual |
| 101 | Slovenia | UN member | 12.8 actual |
| 102 | Panama | UN member | 12.7 actual |
| 103 | Lithuania | UN member | 12.5 actual |
| 104 | Brunei | UN member | 12.1 actual |
| 105 | Zambia | UN member | 12 actual |
| 106 | Georgia | UN member | 11.8 actual |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | UN member | 11.8 actual |
| 108 | Afghanistan | UN member | 10.8 actual |
| 109 | Tajikistan | UN member | 10.7 actual |
| 110 | Yemen | UN member | 10.1 actual |
| 111 | Cameroon | UN member | 9.6 actual |
| 112 | El Salvador | UN member | 9 actual |
| 113 | Republic of the Congo | UN member | 8.8 actual |
| 114 | Costa Rica | UN member | 8.8 actual |
| 115 | Mozambique | UN member | 8.6 actual |
| 116 | Jamaica | UN member | 8.4 actual |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | UN member | 8.3 actual |
| 118 | Estonia | UN member | 8.3 actual |
| 119 | Uruguay | UN member | 8 actual |
| 120 | Paraguay | UN member | 7.9 actual |
| 121 | Botswana | UN member | 7.5 actual |
| 122 | Armenia | UN member | 7.4 actual |
| 123 | Cyprus | UN member | 7.3 actual |
| 124 | Luxembourg | UN member | 7 actual |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | UN member | 7 actual |
| 126 | Mali | UN member | 7 actual |
| 127 | North Macedonia | UN member | 6.6 actual |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | UN member | 6.5 actual |
| 129 | Latvia | UN member | 6.5 actual |
| 130 | Uganda | UN member | 6.3 actual |
| 131 | Benin | UN member | 6.1 actual |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN member | 5.9 actual |
| 133 | Nicaragua | UN member | 5.6 actual |
| 134 | Gabon | UN member | 5.4 actual |
| 135 | Moldova | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 136 | New Caledonia | Dependency | 5.3 actual |
| 137 | Mauritania | UN member | 5.2 actual |
| 138 | Palestine | UN observer | 4.8 actual |
| 139 | Mauritius | UN member | 4.7 actual |
| 140 | Madagascar | UN member | 4.5 actual |
| 141 | Guyana | UN member | 4.5 actual |
| 142 | Albania | UN member | 4.4 actual |
| 143 | Guinea | UN member | 4 actual |
| 144 | Iceland | UN member | 3.8 actual |
| 145 | Namibia | UN member | 3.5 actual |
| 146 | Niger | UN member | 3.2 actual |
| 147 | Bahamas | UN member | 3.1 actual |
| 148 | Suriname | UN member | 3 actual |
| 149 | Haiti | UN member | 3 actual |
| 150 | Chad | UN member | 2.8 actual |
| 151 | Togo | UN member | 2.8 actual |
| 152 | Lesotho | UN member | 2.6 actual |
| 153 | Montenegro | UN member | 2.4 actual |
| 154 | Maldives | UN member | 2.3 actual |
| 155 | Curaçao | Dependency | 2.3 actual |
| 156 | Rwanda | UN member | 2 actual |
| 157 | Malawi | UN member | 1.9 actual |
| 158 | Malta | UN member | 1.7 actual |
| 159 | South Sudan | UN member | 1.7 actual |
| 160 | Bhutan | UN member | 1.7 actual |
| 161 | Fiji | UN member | 1.4 actual |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | UN member | 1.4 actual |
| 163 | Barbados | UN member | 1.4 actual |
| 164 | Somalia | UN member | 1.3 actual |
| 165 | Macau | Special administrative region | 1.1 actual |
| 166 | Eswatini | UN member | 1 actual |
| 167 | French Polynesia | Dependency | 0.9 actual |
| 168 | Aruba | Dependency | 0.9 actual |
| 169 | Burundi | UN member | 0.9 actual |
| 170 | Liberia | UN member | 0.9 actual |
| 171 | Gambia | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 172 | Belize | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 173 | Eritrea | UN member | 0.7 actual |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | Dependency | 0.7 actual |
| 175 | Sint Maarten | Dependency | 0.7 actual |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | UN member | 0.7 actual |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | UN member | 0.7 actual |
| 178 | Seychelles | UN member | 0.7 actual |
| 179 | Greenland | Dependency | 0.6 actual |
| 180 | Cabo Verde | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 181 | Djibouti | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 182 | Comoros | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 183 | Bermuda | Dependency | 0.6 actual |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | UN member | 0.5 actual |
| 185 | Andorra | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 186 | Central African Republic | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Dependency | 0.4 actual |
| 188 | Grenada | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 193 | Samoa | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 194 | Palau | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 195 | Vanuatu | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | Dependency | 0.2 actual |
| 197 | Dominica | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 199 | Tonga | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 200 | Caribbean Netherlands | Territory | 0.2 actual |
| 201 | Micronesia | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 202 | Anguilla | Dependency | 0.1 actual |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 205 | Cook Islands | Associated state | 0.1 actual |
| 206 | Kiribati | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 207 | Nauru | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Dependency | 0.1 actual |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna | Dependency | 0 actual |
| 210 | Montserrat | Dependency | 0 actual |
| 211 | Tuvalu | UN member | 0 actual |
| 212 | Saint Helena | Dependency | 0 actual |
| 213 | Niue | Associated state | 0 actual |
| 214 | Christmas Island | Territory | 0 actual |
No 2024 figure
These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.
- Åland Islands Statistical area
- American Samoa Territory
- Cayman Islands Dependency
- Cocos Islands Territory
- Falkland Islands Dependency
- French Guiana Territory
- Gibraltar Dependency
- Guadeloupe Territory
- Guam Territory
- Guernsey Dependency
- Holy See UN observer
- Isle of Man Dependency
- Jersey Dependency
- Kosovo Special status
- Martinique Territory
- Mayotte Territory
- Monaco UN member
- Norfolk Island Territory
- Northern Mariana Islands Territory
- Puerto Rico Territory
- Réunion Territory
- Saint Barthélemy Dependency
- Saint Martin Dependency
- San Marino UN member
- Tokelau Territory
- U.S. Virgin Islands Territory
- Western Sahara Special status