CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1953

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1953.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1953?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1953?

Burkina Faso produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2612.97 39.29 2.42
2 Germany 623.49 9.37 2.05
3 United Kingdom 540.21 8.12 2.18
4 Russia 509.61 7.66 5.79
5 France 214.55 3.23 -5.48
6 Ukraine 161.69 2.43 5.79
7 Canada 160.61 2.41 0.75
8 Japan 145.9 2.19 11.86
9 Poland 139.19 2.09 8.71
10 China 133.78 2.01 4.52
11 Belgium 82.37 1.24 -1.31
12 South Africa 71.0 1.07 0.16
13 India 68.7 1.03 1.9
14 Czechia 68.32 1.03 3.65
15 Australia 63.04 0.95 0.94
16 Italy 55.99 0.84 10.62
17 Kazakhstan 55.48 0.83 5.82
18 Netherlands 55.26 0.83 1.0
19 Venezuela 47.86 0.72 -5.69
20 Spain 38.93 0.59 3.53
21 Mexico 36.71 0.55 -1.36
22 Argentina 35.13 0.53 -2.66
23 Sweden 32.55 0.49 -5.71
24 Hungary 31.77 0.48 16.75
25 Romania 30.63 0.46 15.0
26 Brazil 25.22 0.38 1.14
27 Denmark 23.15 0.35 1.1
28 Belarus 23.14 0.35 5.8
29 Slovakia 21.87 0.33 3.64
30 Austria 21.71 0.33 -1.61
31 Uzbekistan 20.93 0.31 5.67
32 Indonesia 13.08 0.2 2.82
33 Turkey 12.96 0.19 23.79
34 Azerbaijan 10.98 0.17 5.78
35 Egypt 10.78 0.16 -1.05
36 Colombia 10.76 0.16 24.65
37 Bulgaria 10.59 0.16 12.28
38 Chile 10.4 0.16 -1.9
39 Switzerland 10.33 0.16 -7.94
40 Norway 9.78 0.15 1.02
41 Ireland 9.54 0.14 -0.88
42 Luxembourg 8.65 0.13 -7.95
43 Moldova 8.59 0.13 5.83
44 Lithuania 8.58 0.13 5.78
45 New Zealand 8.55 0.13 -8.26
46 Estonia 8.41 0.13 5.81
47 Finland 7.57 0.11 -12.58
48 Serbia 7.49 0.11 -0.7
49 Pakistan 7.11 0.11 1.77
50 Turkmenistan 6.94 0.1 5.76
51 Malaysia 6.5 0.1 2.01
52 Curacao 6.5 0.1 15.73
53 Taiwan 6.47 0.1 1.26
54 Cuba 6.19 0.09 -1.46
55 Portugal 5.93 0.09 10.82
56 Latvia 5.56 0.08 5.8
57 Peru 5.51 0.08 6.28
58 Greece 4.88 0.07 1.82
59 Kyrgyzstan 4.76 0.07 5.82
60 South Korea 4.69 0.07 35.56
61 Zimbabwe 4.3 0.06 8.99
62 Morocco 4.17 0.06 17.05
63 Israel 4.04 0.06 10.41
64 Philippines 4.03 0.06 -0.45
65 Algeria 4.0 0.06 2.82
66 Iran 3.83 0.06 -6.45
67 Uruguay 3.51 0.05 11.16
68 Singapore 3.48 0.05 1.17
69 Georgia 3.38 0.05 5.76
70 Zambia 3.15 0.05 9.0
71 Trinidad and Tobago 2.93 0.04 4.98
72 Croatia 2.78 0.04 -0.52
73 Tajikistan 2.71 0.04 5.79
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.57 0.04 -0.7
75 Iraq 2.53 0.04 28.96
76 Nigeria 2.44 0.04 11.76
77 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.29 0.03 9.85
78 Slovenia 2.12 0.03 -0.69
79 Sri Lanka 2.07 0.03 6.62
80 Armenia 1.82 0.03 5.76
81 Vietnam 1.75 0.03 -6.11
82 North Korea 1.74 0.03 95.06
83 Hong Kong 1.73 0.03 12.65
84 Thailand 1.64 0.02 28.66
85 Kenya 1.51 0.02 -4.84
86 North Macedonia 1.42 0.02 -0.55
87 Tunisia 1.38 0.02 -4.58
88 Bangladesh 1.32 0.02 1.77
89 Myanmar 1.3 0.02 15.21
90 Lebanon 1.25 0.02 6.23
91 Mozambique 1.08 0.02 0.68
92 Ghana 1.02 0.02 17.3
93 Bahrain 1.0 0.01 -22.51
94 Iceland 0.92 0.01 17.92
95 Ecuador 0.82 0.01 -8.28
96 Panama 0.82 0.01 -10.06
97 Sudan 0.76 0.01 9.66
98 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.72 0.01 15.73
99 Guatemala 0.68 0.01 5.68
100 Dominican Republic 0.62 0.01 4.33
101 Jamaica 0.62 0.01 9.07
102 Bolivia 0.54 0.01 5.0
103 Tanzania 0.53 0.01 -2.04
104 Syria 0.51 0.01 7.65
105 Guyana 0.45 0.01 33.7
106 Costa Rica 0.43 0.01 11.32
107 Aruba 0.43 0.01 15.73
108 Cote d'Ivoire 0.43 0.01 -16.92
109 El Salvador 0.42 0.01 7.5
110 Albania 0.41 0.01 10.79
111 New Caledonia 0.4 0.01 -15.5
112 Cyprus 0.37 0.01 16.28
113 Qatar 0.37 0.01 88.68
114 Brunei 0.34 0.01 6.82
115 Honduras 0.33 0.01 -7.14
116 Malawi 0.32 0.0 8.99
117 Suriname 0.31 0.0 16.44
118 Mongolia 0.3 0.0 1.22
119 Nicaragua 0.29 0.0 4.0
120 Angola 0.27 0.0 -11.8
121 Senegal 0.27 0.0 -16.02
122 Montenegro 0.25 0.0 -0.7
123 Madagascar 0.25 0.0 -17.86
124 Libya 0.25 0.0 51.11
125 Malta 0.23 0.0 -4.55
126 Jordan 0.21 0.0 9.43
127 Uganda 0.21 0.0 46.09
128 Cameroon 0.2 0.0 -28.57
129 Mauritius 0.19 0.0 6.25
130 Ethiopia 0.18 0.0 85.21
131 Fiji 0.17 0.0 6.98
132 Sierra Leone 0.17 0.0 -6.12
133 Haiti 0.16 0.0 7.5
134 Guinea 0.14 0.0 -16.92
135 Congo 0.13 0.0 -15.66
136 Greenland 0.12 0.0 13.79
137 Paraguay 0.12 0.0 17.45
138 Barbados 0.11 0.0 25.0
139 Benin 0.11 0.0 -16.92
140 Afghanistan 0.11 0.0 16.0
141 Papua New Guinea 0.1 0.0 13.04
142 Bermuda 0.09 0.0 -13.79
143 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.09 0.0 15.73
144 Faroe Islands 0.08 0.0 53.33
145 Bahamas 0.08 0.0 4.76
146 Yemen 0.07 0.0 18.75
147 Central African Republic 0.07 0.0 -15.66
148 South Sudan 0.07 0.0 9.66
149 Liberia 0.06 0.0 6.67
150 Somalia 0.05 0.0 0.0
151 Chad 0.04 0.0 -15.66
152 Nepal 0.04 0.0 25.0
153 Belize 0.03 0.0 14.29
154 Djibouti 0.03 0.0 14.29
155 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -11.11
156 Togo 0.03 0.0 -33.33
157 Rwanda 0.03 0.0 -7.69
158 Niger 0.02 0.0 -16.92
159 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 -50.0
160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.02 0.0 16.67
161 Gabon 0.02 0.0 -15.66
162 Burundi 0.02 0.0 -7.69
163 Equatorial Guinea 0.01 0.0 0.0
164 Gambia 0.01 0.0 0.0
165 Grenada 0.01 0.0 0.0
166 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 50.0
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01 0.0 16.66
168 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 0.0 -33.33
169 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 -33.33
170 Samoa 0.01 0.0 0.0
171 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
172 Dominica 0.0 0.0 -50.0
173 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0
174 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 0.0 0.0
175 Solomon Islands 0.0 0.0 0.0
176 Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 -16.91