CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1955

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1955.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1955?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1955?

Sao Tome and Principe produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2728.51 36.65 9.6
2 Germany 723.5 9.72 9.67
3 Russia 631.1 8.48 13.39
4 United Kingdom 576.95 7.75 4.33
5 France 238.98 3.21 5.58
6 Ukraine 200.24 2.69 13.39
7 China 190.52 2.56 18.43
8 Canada 169.47 2.28 3.99
9 Poland 154.2 2.07 4.5
10 Japan 142.04 1.91 -0.45
11 Belgium 92.02 1.24 7.33
12 South Africa 82.94 1.11 12.23
13 India 78.79 1.06 8.8
14 Czechia 75.75 1.02 3.81
15 Italy 73.27 0.98 12.82
16 Australia 71.97 0.97 5.93
17 Kazakhstan 68.73 0.92 13.41
18 Netherlands 60.99 0.82 4.44
19 Venezuela 59.75 0.8 16.7
20 Spain 40.27 0.54 1.38
21 Mexico 39.66 0.53 9.35
22 Argentina 39.56 0.53 7.65
23 Sweden 39.1 0.53 13.34
24 Romania 36.78 0.49 9.78
25 Hungary 35.7 0.48 4.99
26 Brazil 34.02 0.46 14.65
27 Austria 29.07 0.39 18.63
28 Belarus 28.66 0.39 13.4
29 Denmark 27.06 0.36 5.82
30 Uzbekistan 25.85 0.35 13.34
31 Slovakia 24.23 0.33 3.77
32 Indonesia 20.84 0.28 41.34
33 Iran 15.81 0.21 1414.72
34 Turkey 13.62 0.18 1.39
35 Switzerland 13.61 0.18 8.11
36 Azerbaijan 13.59 0.18 13.4
37 Bulgaria 12.09 0.16 6.14
38 Colombia 11.94 0.16 24.14
39 Ireland 11.71 0.16 28.85
40 Chile 11.6 0.16 4.66
41 Norway 11.41 0.15 15.5
42 Finland 10.93 0.15 19.38
43 Curacao 10.87 0.15 -17.28
44 Moldova 10.65 0.14 13.43
45 Egypt 10.64 0.14 -8.76
46 Lithuania 10.62 0.14 13.39
47 Estonia 10.42 0.14 13.4
48 Serbia 10.23 0.14 14.51
49 Luxembourg 9.88 0.13 12.56
50 New Zealand 9.39 0.13 3.59
51 Turkmenistan 8.58 0.12 13.38
52 Pakistan 7.44 0.1 3.04
53 Malaysia 7.43 0.1 6.08
54 North Korea 7.34 0.1 53.44
55 Taiwan 7.2 0.1 10.95
56 Latvia 6.88 0.09 13.4
57 Cuba 6.78 0.09 13.92
58 Philippines 6.62 0.09 24.12
59 Portugal 6.46 0.09 11.58
60 South Korea 6.44 0.09 24.93
61 Peru 6.12 0.08 -1.77
62 Greece 5.95 0.08 17.14
63 Kyrgyzstan 5.9 0.08 13.41
64 Zimbabwe 5.57 0.07 17.93
65 Israel 4.82 0.06 11.34
66 Algeria 4.61 0.06 10.94
67 Georgia 4.18 0.06 13.38
68 Iraq 4.1 0.06 34.49
69 Zambia 4.08 0.05 17.93
70 Singapore 4.05 0.05 7.46
71 Uruguay 3.92 0.05 4.91
72 Croatia 3.8 0.05 14.5
73 Morocco 3.55 0.05 -0.83
74 Vietnam 3.52 0.05 31.97
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.52 0.05 14.52
76 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.39 0.05 20.29
77 Tajikistan 3.36 0.05 13.39
78 Slovenia 2.9 0.04 14.52
79 Trinidad and Tobago 2.72 0.04 -4.02
80 Nigeria 2.7 0.04 4.84
81 Yemen 2.48 0.03 -44.24
82 Thailand 2.37 0.03 15.73
83 Armenia 2.25 0.03 13.38
84 Saudi Arabia 2.11 0.03 70.71
85 Kenya 1.99 0.03 16.8
86 North Macedonia 1.94 0.03 14.56
87 Hong Kong 1.88 0.03 4.48
88 Kuwait 1.85 0.02 31.59
89 Sri Lanka 1.66 0.02 -6.78
90 Syria 1.64 0.02 184.49
91 Lebanon 1.62 0.02 24.08
92 Tunisia 1.6 0.02 13.53
93 Myanmar 1.42 0.02 -2.76
94 Bahrain 1.4 0.02 34.39
95 Bangladesh 1.38 0.02 3.04
96 Mozambique 1.37 0.02 20.19
97 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.2 0.02 -17.28
98 Ecuador 1.2 0.02 24.32
99 Ghana 1.19 0.02 18.25
100 Jamaica 0.99 0.01 24.54
101 Bolivia 0.93 0.01 18.14
102 Guatemala 0.92 0.01 23.15
103 Dominican Republic 0.92 0.01 46.2
104 Iceland 0.91 0.01 16.9
105 Sudan 0.85 0.01 13.43
106 Panama 0.79 0.01 10.18
107 Aruba 0.72 0.01 -17.28
108 New Caledonia 0.7 0.01 34.51
109 Albania 0.66 0.01 32.1
110 Mongolia 0.59 0.01 21.05
111 Tanzania 0.56 0.01 3.4
112 Guyana 0.52 0.01 9.3
113 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5 0.01 -0.31
114 El Salvador 0.46 0.01 -1.57
115 Cyprus 0.45 0.01 1.65
116 Honduras 0.44 0.01 15.53
117 Libya 0.43 0.01 42.68
118 Qatar 0.42 0.01 -31.33
119 Angola 0.41 0.01 18.92
120 Malawi 0.41 0.01 17.93
121 Nicaragua 0.39 0.01 24.42
122 Jordan 0.38 0.01 50.74
123 Costa Rica 0.35 0.0 -14.41
124 Montenegro 0.35 0.0 14.52
125 Malta 0.34 0.0 10.71
126 Suriname 0.31 0.0 -7.61
127 Madagascar 0.3 0.0 5.06
128 Brunei 0.3 0.0 -16.33
129 Senegal 0.29 0.0 -7.92
130 Haiti 0.27 0.0 23.67
131 Uganda 0.26 0.0 20.0
132 Cameroon 0.23 0.0 1.57
133 Ethiopia 0.23 0.0 -16.22
134 Greenland 0.21 0.0 103.57
135 Paraguay 0.19 0.0 3.98
136 Sierra Leone 0.18 0.0 47.06
137 Fiji 0.17 0.0 9.3
138 Guinea 0.17 0.0 -0.31
139 Afghanistan 0.15 0.0 44.83
140 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.15 0.0 -17.28
141 Congo 0.14 0.0 -1.35
142 Bahamas 0.13 0.0 52.17
143 Barbados 0.13 0.0 12.9
144 Mauritius 0.13 0.0 -31.37
145 Papua New Guinea 0.13 0.0 34.62
146 Benin 0.13 0.0 -0.31
147 Bermuda 0.11 0.0 30.43
148 Faroe Islands 0.1 0.0 28.57
149 South Sudan 0.07 0.0 13.45
150 Central African Republic 0.07 0.0 -1.35
151 Somalia 0.07 0.0 38.46
152 Liberia 0.06 0.0 -42.86
153 Chad 0.05 0.0 -1.35
154 Nepal 0.04 0.0 9.09
155 Togo 0.04 0.0 22.22
156 Djibouti 0.04 0.0 11.11
157 Equatorial Guinea 0.04 0.0 25.0
158 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 11.11
159 Belize 0.03 0.0 0.0
160 Niger 0.03 0.0 -0.31
161 Antigua and Barbuda 0.02 0.0 80.0
162 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 0.0
163 Macao 0.02 0.0 0.0
164 Gabon 0.02 0.0 -1.35
165 Gambia 0.01 0.0 0.0
166 Rwanda 0.01 0.0 20.0
167 Grenada 0.01 0.0 0.0
168 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 0.0 50.0
169 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01 0.0 79.99
170 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 50.0
171 Samoa 0.01 0.0 0.0
172 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 200.0
173 Burundi 0.01 0.0 20.0
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 0.0
175 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
176 Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 -0.32
177 Dominica 0.0 0.0 0.0
178 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 0.0 0.0