CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1950

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1950.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1950?

United States produced the most CO₂ out of all countries, followed by Germany and United Kingdom.

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1950?

Barbados produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2541.49 42.86 17.4
2 Germany 510.68 8.61 18.17
3 United Kingdom 500.79 8.45 3.23
4 Russia 414.99 7.0 11.47
5 France 202.28 3.41 -11.69
6 Canada 154.13 2.6 6.28
7 Ukraine 131.83 2.22 11.47
8 Poland 112.12 1.89 6.35
9 Japan 102.54 1.73 4.19
10 China 78.84 1.33 26.99
11 Belgium 76.2 1.29 -5.66
12 India 61.1 1.03 8.75
13 South Africa 61.03 1.03 0.73
14 Czechia 57.85 0.98 2.96
15 Australia 55.74 0.94 15.97
16 Netherlands 51.29 0.86 1.56
17 Kazakhstan 45.21 0.76 11.51
18 Italy 41.43 0.7 4.17
19 Venezuela 38.28 0.65 33.28
20 Spain 33.04 0.56 -7.61
21 Mexico 30.51 0.51 5.35
22 Argentina 29.92 0.5 94.74
23 Sweden 28.66 0.48 6.8
24 Denmark 21.99 0.37 30.26
25 Austria 20.89 0.35 -21.37
26 Brazil 19.66 0.33 166.86
27 Romania 19.42 0.33 -16.0
28 Belarus 18.87 0.32 11.41
29 Slovakia 18.52 0.31 2.94
30 Hungary 18.39 0.31 -9.9
31 Uzbekistan 17.11 0.29 11.04
32 Egypt 10.23 0.17 37.17
33 Switzerland 10.23 0.17 19.97
34 Indonesia 9.83 0.17 -55.12
35 Ireland 9.73 0.16 16.55
36 Iran 9.6 0.16 18.1
37 Turkey 9.49 0.16 19.08
38 Azerbaijan 8.89 0.15 11.32
39 New Zealand 8.57 0.14 52.79
40 Chile 8.45 0.14 43.84
41 Norway 8.43 0.14 -18.98
42 Serbia 7.94 0.13 -3.93
43 Colombia 7.5 0.13 46.02
44 Bulgaria 7.5 0.13 0.61
45 Luxembourg 7.42 0.13 12658.71
46 Moldova 7.01 0.12 11.49
47 Lithuania 6.96 0.12 11.29
48 Estonia 6.87 0.12 11.49
49 Finland 6.54 0.11 32.68
50 Portugal 5.62 0.09 1.79
51 Cuba 5.6 0.09 2980.29
52 Turkmenistan 5.59 0.09 11.21
53 Pakistan 5.35 0.09 422.67
54 Saudi Arabia 5.14 0.09 -72.04
55 Peru 4.54 0.08 -31.5
56 Latvia 4.49 0.08 11.45
57 Greece 4.13 0.07 151.67
58 Kyrgyzstan 3.9 0.07 11.5
59 Algeria 3.78 0.06 316.62
60 Taiwan 3.78 0.06 -15.4
61 Malaysia 3.66 0.06 199.59
62 Philippines 3.6 0.06 1033.51
63 Zimbabwe 3.18 0.05 -38.01
64 Croatia 2.94 0.05 -3.72
65 Georgia 2.76 0.05 11.3
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.73 0.05 -3.94
67 Morocco 2.56 0.04 135.47
68 Uruguay 2.45 0.04 1587.53
69 Trinidad and Tobago 2.35 0.04 -82.89
70 Nigeria 2.26 0.04 52.1
71 Slovenia 2.25 0.04 -3.93
72 Tajikistan 2.21 0.04 11.41
73 South Korea 2.18 0.04 0.34
74 Israel 1.67 0.03 1291.83
75 Iraq 1.65 0.03 46.08
76 Lebanon 1.51 0.03 1200.26
77 North Macedonia 1.51 0.03 -3.77
78 Armenia 1.48 0.02 11.28
79 Vietnam 1.48 0.02 37.44
80 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.48 0.02 211.01
81 Bahrain 1.38 0.02 -70.03
82 Hong Kong 1.32 0.02 4435.92
83 Tunisia 1.22 0.02 855.99
84 Bangladesh 0.99 0.02 422.03
85 Thailand 0.96 0.02 1446.73
86 Mozambique 0.9 0.02 1442.15
87 Myanmar 0.8 0.01 682.14
88 North Korea 0.78 0.01 -56.17
89 Iceland 0.74 0.01 -0.36
90 Ecuador 0.74 0.01 -43.11
91 Guatemala 0.62 0.01 3306.74
92 Panama 0.52 0.01 1958.74
93 Bolivia 0.49 0.01 70.94
94 Brunei 0.41 0.01 -96.39
95 Syria 0.41 0.01 1323.13
96 Kuwait 0.38 0.01 -63.79
97 Qatar 0.35 0.01 35.21
98 Dominican Republic 0.35 0.01 1267.07
99 Madagascar 0.3 0.01 8267.69
100 Albania 0.3 0.01 -70.76
101 Montenegro 0.27 0.0 -3.94
102 Nicaragua 0.19 0.0 2520.29
103 Ethiopia 0.09 0.0 2319.01
104 Afghanistan 0.08 0.0 475.0
105 Barbados 0.07 0.0 1900.0