CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1952

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1952.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1952?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1952?

Kuwait produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2551.22 39.45 -2.58
2 Germany 610.98 9.45 5.91
3 United Kingdom 528.71 8.17 -3.03
4 Russia 481.62 7.45 7.08
5 France 226.99 3.51 -0.76
6 Canada 159.41 2.46 -2.01
7 Ukraine 153.0 2.37 7.08
8 Japan 130.41 2.02 5.63
9 Poland 128.04 1.98 4.84
10 China 128.0 1.98 25.35
11 Belgium 83.46 1.29 -6.69
12 South Africa 70.88 1.1 8.81
13 India 67.43 1.04 5.32
14 Czechia 65.92 1.02 6.92
15 Australia 62.45 0.97 2.17
16 Netherlands 54.71 0.85 -0.46
17 Kazakhstan 52.49 0.81 7.1
18 Venezuela 50.74 0.78 7.1
19 Italy 50.62 0.78 3.68
20 Spain 37.6 0.58 13.55
21 Mexico 37.21 0.58 6.66
22 Argentina 36.1 0.56 3.24
23 Sweden 34.52 0.53 3.24
24 Hungary 27.21 0.42 22.64
25 Romania 26.63 0.41 18.34
26 Brazil 24.93 0.39 15.12
27 Denmark 22.9 0.35 4.46
28 Austria 22.07 0.34 -5.13
29 Belarus 21.89 0.34 7.1
30 Slovakia 21.1 0.33 6.93
31 Uzbekistan 19.79 0.31 6.97
32 Indonesia 12.72 0.2 35.47
33 Switzerland 11.22 0.17 -8.73
34 Egypt 10.89 0.17 3.16
35 Chile 10.6 0.16 6.24
36 Turkey 10.47 0.16 2.84
37 Azerbaijan 10.31 0.16 7.09
38 Norway 9.68 0.15 2.2
39 Ireland 9.62 0.15 -8.44
40 Bulgaria 9.43 0.15 15.48
41 Luxembourg 9.4 0.15 4.35
42 New Zealand 9.32 0.14 14.08
43 Finland 8.65 0.13 8.5
44 Colombia 8.63 0.13 5.74
45 Moldova 8.14 0.13 7.12
46 Lithuania 8.07 0.12 7.09
47 Estonia 7.98 0.12 7.1
48 Serbia 7.55 0.12 0.44
49 Pakistan 6.98 0.11 5.61
50 Turkmenistan 6.47 0.1 7.07
51 Taiwan 6.39 0.1 30.23
52 Malaysia 6.37 0.1 22.04
53 Cuba 6.28 0.1 -2.89
54 Curacao 5.61 0.09 -42.26
55 Portugal 5.35 0.08 -0.82
56 Latvia 5.21 0.08 7.09
57 Peru 5.19 0.08 8.67
58 Greece 4.8 0.07 4.87
59 Kyrgyzstan 4.53 0.07 7.1
60 Iran 4.09 0.06 -40.81
61 Philippines 4.05 0.06 14.03
62 Zimbabwe 3.94 0.06 12.49
63 Algeria 3.89 0.06 -5.86
64 Israel 3.66 0.06 25.36
65 Morocco 3.56 0.06 21.78
66 South Korea 3.46 0.05 18.42
67 Singapore 3.44 0.05 21.78
68 Georgia 3.19 0.05 7.06
69 Uruguay 3.15 0.05 20.26
70 Zambia 2.89 0.04 12.49
71 Trinidad and Tobago 2.8 0.04 11.22
72 Croatia 2.79 0.04 0.25
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.59 0.04 0.42
74 Tajikistan 2.57 0.04 7.08
75 Nigeria 2.18 0.03 29.35
76 Slovenia 2.14 0.03 0.37
77 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.08 0.03 19.29
78 Iraq 1.96 0.03 -19.31
79 Sri Lanka 1.94 0.03 25.36
80 Vietnam 1.86 0.03 45.04
81 Armenia 1.72 0.03 7.06
82 Kenya 1.59 0.02 14.21
83 Hong Kong 1.53 0.02 -1.41
84 Tunisia 1.44 0.02 4.78
85 North Macedonia 1.43 0.02 -0.09
86 Bangladesh 1.3 0.02 5.61
87 Bahrain 1.29 0.02 9.35
88 Thailand 1.28 0.02 17.16
89 Lebanon 1.17 0.02 -19.36
90 Myanmar 1.13 0.02 23.59
91 Mozambique 1.07 0.02 15.36
92 Ecuador 0.89 0.01 27.09
93 North Korea 0.89 0.01 -10.67
94 Ghana 0.87 0.01 -0.84
95 Iceland 0.78 0.01 20.45
96 Panama 0.73 0.01 29.41
97 Sudan 0.7 0.01 5.08
98 Guatemala 0.64 0.01 1.15
99 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.62 0.01 -42.26
100 Dominican Republic 0.59 0.01 65.34
101 Jamaica 0.56 0.01 8.39
102 Tanzania 0.54 0.01 20.49
103 Cote d'Ivoire 0.52 0.01 11.82
104 Bolivia 0.51 0.01 11.11
105 Syria 0.48 0.01 24.92
106 New Caledonia 0.47 0.01 67.53
107 Costa Rica 0.39 0.01 24.71
108 El Salvador 0.39 0.01 20.45
109 Albania 0.37 0.01 -7.27
110 Aruba 0.37 0.01 -42.26
111 Honduras 0.36 0.01 3.16
112 Guyana 0.34 0.01 17.95
113 Senegal 0.33 0.01 8.05
114 Brunei 0.32 0.0 7.32
115 Cyprus 0.32 0.0 11.69
116 Angola 0.31 0.0 25.0
117 Madagascar 0.31 0.0 25.39
118 Mongolia 0.3 0.0 2.5
119 Malawi 0.29 0.0 12.49
120 Cameroon 0.28 0.0 54.0
121 Nicaragua 0.27 0.0 36.38
122 Suriname 0.27 0.0 14.06
123 Montenegro 0.26 0.0 0.42
124 Malta 0.24 0.0 -5.71
125 Jordan 0.19 0.0 20.45
126 Qatar 0.19 0.0 -50.0
127 Sierra Leone 0.18 0.0 88.46
128 Mauritius 0.18 0.0 26.32
129 Guinea 0.17 0.0 11.82
130 Libya 0.16 0.0 -2.17
131 Fiji 0.16 0.0 19.44
132 Congo 0.15 0.0 29.69
133 Haiti 0.15 0.0 11.11
134 Uganda 0.14 0.0 2.63
135 Benin 0.13 0.0 11.82
136 Bermuda 0.11 0.0 81.25
137 Greenland 0.11 0.0 7.41
138 Paraguay 0.1 0.0 115.32
139 Ethiopia 0.1 0.0 58.85
140 Afghanistan 0.09 0.0 0.0
141 Barbados 0.09 0.0 -20.0
142 Papua New Guinea 0.08 0.0 35.29
143 Central African Republic 0.08 0.0 29.69
144 Bahamas 0.08 0.0 16.67
145 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.08 0.0 -42.26
146 South Sudan 0.06 0.0 5.08
147 Yemen 0.06 0.0 45.45
148 Faroe Islands 0.05 0.0 36.36
149 Liberia 0.05 0.0 25.0
150 Chad 0.05 0.0 29.69
151 Somalia 0.05 0.0 0.0
152 Togo 0.04 0.0 71.43
153 Cape Verde 0.04 0.0 -52.38
154 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 50.0
155 Rwanda 0.03 0.0 85.72
156 Nepal 0.03 0.0 0.0
157 Niger 0.03 0.0 11.83
158 Belize 0.03 0.0 0.0
159 Djibouti 0.03 0.0 0.0
160 Gabon 0.02 0.0 29.69
161 Burundi 0.02 0.0 85.71
162 Equatorial Guinea 0.01 0.0 0.0
163 Gambia 0.01 0.0 -25.0
164 Grenada 0.01 0.0 0.0
165 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 0.0 200.0
166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 200.0
167 Dominica 0.01 0.0 100.0
168 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 -33.33
169 Samoa 0.01 0.0 100.0
170 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
171 Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 11.83
172 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0
173 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 0.0 0.0
174 Kuwait 0.0 0.0 -100.0