CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1956

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1956.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1956?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1956?

Eswatini produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2859.99 36.08 4.82
2 Germany 766.19 9.67 5.9
3 Russia 691.83 8.73 9.64
4 United Kingdom 574.32 7.25 -0.46
5 France 268.5 3.39 12.35
6 Ukraine 219.77 2.77 9.63
7 China 215.82 2.72 13.28
8 Canada 189.8 2.39 12.0
9 Poland 166.42 2.1 7.92
10 Japan 160.64 2.03 13.22
11 Belgium 96.78 1.22 5.18
12 South Africa 87.26 1.1 5.22
13 Italy 83.48 1.05 13.93
14 India 81.66 1.03 3.64
15 Czechia 81.28 1.03 7.31
16 Australia 75.48 0.95 4.88
17 Kazakhstan 75.44 0.95 9.64
18 Netherlands 65.08 0.82 6.71
19 Venezuela 65.01 0.82 8.8
20 Argentina 44.3 0.56 11.97
21 Sweden 43.38 0.55 10.95
22 Spain 42.33 0.53 5.12
23 Mexico 42.13 0.53 6.23
24 Romania 40.78 0.51 10.87
25 Brazil 36.61 0.46 7.6
26 Hungary 33.16 0.42 -7.12
27 Belarus 31.46 0.4 9.69
28 Uzbekistan 28.38 0.36 9.93
29 Austria 28.2 0.36 -2.98
30 Denmark 26.37 0.33 -2.56
31 Slovakia 26.0 0.33 7.3
32 Iran 22.81 0.29 44.23
33 Indonesia 21.81 0.28 4.64
34 Switzerland 17.06 0.22 25.32
35 Azerbaijan 14.81 0.19 9.77
36 Turkey 14.36 0.18 5.43
37 Curacao 14.06 0.18 29.33
38 Bulgaria 12.97 0.16 7.24
39 Colombia 12.6 0.16 5.49
40 Finland 12.17 0.15 11.37
41 Norway 11.95 0.15 4.72
42 Chile 11.83 0.15 2.02
43 Moldova 11.7 0.15 9.68
44 Serbia 11.7 0.15 14.3
45 Lithuania 11.6 0.15 9.75
46 Estonia 11.47 0.14 9.64
47 Ireland 10.92 0.14 -6.76
48 Luxembourg 10.37 0.13 4.89
49 Egypt 9.94 0.13 -6.58
50 New Zealand 9.67 0.12 3.0
51 Turkmenistan 9.3 0.12 9.84
52 North Korea 8.96 0.11 22.04
53 Pakistan 8.81 0.11 18.49
54 Taiwan 7.68 0.1 6.77
55 Malaysia 7.56 0.1 1.79
56 South Korea 7.55 0.1 17.23
57 Latvia 7.49 0.09 9.67
58 Portugal 7.16 0.09 10.87
59 Kyrgyzstan 6.51 0.08 9.64
60 Iraq 6.4 0.08 56.03
61 Peru 6.31 0.08 3.05
62 Greece 6.29 0.08 5.59
63 Philippines 6.25 0.08 -5.49
64 Zimbabwe 6.08 0.08 9.02
65 Cuba 5.84 0.07 -13.8
66 Algeria 5.0 0.06 8.43
67 Israel 4.79 0.06 -0.45
68 Georgia 4.59 0.06 9.75
69 Zambia 4.45 0.06 9.02
70 Croatia 4.33 0.05 14.45
71 Singapore 4.1 0.05 1.06
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.02 0.05 14.33
73 Uruguay 4.02 0.05 2.61
74 Tajikistan 3.69 0.05 9.68
75 Morocco 3.52 0.04 -1.02
76 Slovenia 3.32 0.04 14.39
77 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.17 0.04 -6.28
78 Nigeria 3.01 0.04 11.68
79 Vietnam 2.91 0.04 -17.46
80 Trinidad and Tobago 2.88 0.04 5.79
81 Thailand 2.62 0.03 10.34
82 Armenia 2.46 0.03 9.75
83 Yemen 2.33 0.03 -6.19
84 North Macedonia 2.23 0.03 14.87
85 Kenya 2.22 0.03 11.8
86 Hong Kong 2.12 0.03 12.87
87 Syria 2.0 0.03 21.83
88 Lebanon 1.88 0.02 16.26
89 Myanmar 1.66 0.02 16.5
90 Bangladesh 1.63 0.02 18.49
91 Saudi Arabia 1.63 0.02 -22.88
92 Tunisia 1.56 0.02 -2.29
93 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.56 0.02 29.33
94 Mozambique 1.55 0.02 13.07
95 Sri Lanka 1.42 0.02 -14.76
96 Ecuador 1.3 0.02 8.26
97 Jamaica 1.26 0.02 27.88
98 New Caledonia 1.17 0.01 66.49
99 Bolivia 1.11 0.01 18.9
100 Ghana 1.08 0.01 -9.26
101 Bahrain 1.06 0.01 -24.8
102 Kuwait 1.04 0.01 -43.65
103 Dominican Republic 0.98 0.01 7.6
104 Guatemala 0.98 0.01 6.8
105 Iceland 0.95 0.01 4.02
106 Aruba 0.93 0.01 29.33
107 Albania 0.84 0.01 26.51
108 Sudan 0.82 0.01 -3.16
109 Mongolia 0.69 0.01 16.77
110 Cyprus 0.67 0.01 49.56
111 Tanzania 0.66 0.01 18.42
112 Panama 0.64 0.01 -10.77
113 Cote d'Ivoire 0.58 0.01 15.79
114 Guyana 0.55 0.01 6.38
115 El Salvador 0.53 0.01 14.29
116 Qatar 0.51 0.01 21.05
117 Angola 0.5 0.01 21.24
118 Costa Rica 0.48 0.01 38.95
119 Honduras 0.45 0.01 4.2
120 Jordan 0.45 0.01 18.29
121 Malawi 0.45 0.01 9.02
122 Montenegro 0.4 0.01 14.33
123 Nicaragua 0.38 0.0 -3.75
124 Senegal 0.34 0.0 16.8
125 Suriname 0.34 0.0 9.41
126 Libya 0.33 0.0 -23.08
127 Madagascar 0.32 0.0 4.82
128 Brunei 0.3 0.0 -1.22
129 Malta 0.3 0.0 -12.9
130 Haiti 0.26 0.0 -1.39
131 Uganda 0.26 0.0 -0.01
132 Ethiopia 0.24 0.0 6.45
133 Cameroon 0.24 0.0 1.55
134 Mauritius 0.22 0.0 71.43
135 Paraguay 0.2 0.0 3.85
136 Fiji 0.19 0.0 12.77
137 Guinea 0.19 0.0 15.79
138 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.19 0.0 29.33
139 Afghanistan 0.18 0.0 19.05
140 Sierra Leone 0.18 0.0 -2.0
141 Congo 0.18 0.0 30.14
142 Benin 0.15 0.0 15.79
143 Greenland 0.14 0.0 -31.58
144 Bahamas 0.14 0.0 8.57
145 Bermuda 0.14 0.0 23.33
146 Cambodia 0.13 0.0 28.57
147 Barbados 0.13 0.0 0.0
148 Papua New Guinea 0.13 0.0 0.0
149 Faroe Islands 0.11 0.0 14.81
150 Central African Republic 0.09 0.0 30.14
151 South Sudan 0.07 0.0 -3.16
152 Somalia 0.07 0.0 5.56
153 Laos 0.06 0.0 128.57
154 Chad 0.06 0.0 30.14
155 Liberia 0.05 0.0 -18.75
156 Nepal 0.05 0.0 8.33
157 French Polynesia 0.04 0.0 0.0
158 Togo 0.04 0.0 0.0
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.04 0.0 0.0
160 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -10.0
161 Niger 0.03 0.0 15.79
162 Belize 0.03 0.0 0.0
163 Cape Verde 0.03 0.0 33.33
164 Djibouti 0.03 0.0 -20.0
165 Macao 0.03 0.0 16.67
166 Gabon 0.02 0.0 30.14
167 Gambia 0.02 0.0 25.0
168 Rwanda 0.02 0.0 16.66
169 Grenada 0.01 0.0 0.0
170 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 0.0 0.0
171 Palau 0.01 0.0 0.0
172 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 0.0
173 Samoa 0.01 0.0 0.0
174 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
175 Burundi 0.01 0.0 16.68
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 0.0
177 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 100.0
178 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
179 Burkina Faso 0.0 0.0 15.79
180 Dominica 0.0 0.0 0.0
181 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0