CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1959

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1959.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1959?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1959?

Eswatini produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2831.92 31.98 3.09
2 Russia 849.6 9.59 5.14
3 Germany 755.79 8.54 -0.08
4 China 720.15 8.13 37.27
5 United Kingdom 546.61 6.17 -1.75
6 Ukraine 269.83 3.05 5.13
7 France 261.89 2.96 -1.6
8 Japan 192.62 2.18 6.33
9 Poland 189.66 2.14 7.31
10 Canada 184.48 2.08 1.28
11 India 101.45 1.15 5.88
12 South Africa 94.47 1.07 -1.85
13 Italy 94.08 1.06 7.4
14 Czechia 92.87 1.05 0.11
15 Kazakhstan 92.69 1.05 5.17
16 Belgium 88.31 1.0 0.71
17 Australia 83.07 0.94 6.59
18 Netherlands 67.12 0.76 0.64
19 Venezuela 65.15 0.74 19.64
20 Mexico 58.29 0.66 7.92
21 Spain 52.08 0.59 -6.79
22 Romania 50.64 0.57 1.7
23 Argentina 48.95 0.55 10.76
24 Sweden 42.39 0.48 0.75
25 Hungary 41.9 0.47 6.78
26 Brazil 39.02 0.44 -0.09
27 Belarus 38.65 0.44 5.15
28 Uzbekistan 35.02 0.4 5.19
29 Slovakia 29.66 0.33 0.03
30 Austria 27.91 0.32 -0.63
31 Denmark 26.03 0.29 -2.82
32 Iran 25.57 0.29 1.35
33 Indonesia 23.86 0.27 7.46
34 North Korea 19.87 0.22 27.08
35 Bulgaria 19.62 0.22 25.57
36 Azerbaijan 18.23 0.21 5.17
37 Turkey 17.19 0.19 7.22
38 Switzerland 16.6 0.19 1.95
39 Colombia 16.09 0.18 15.1
40 Cuba 15.66 0.18 -12.95
41 Moldova 14.4 0.16 5.22
42 Serbia 14.35 0.16 14.63
43 Lithuania 14.25 0.16 5.13
44 Estonia 14.08 0.16 5.15
45 Finland 13.56 0.15 27.8
46 Egypt 12.71 0.14 -7.13
47 Chile 12.7 0.14 2.03
48 Ireland 12.31 0.14 37.47
49 Norway 11.81 0.13 5.56
50 Turkmenistan 11.45 0.13 5.17
51 South Korea 11.22 0.13 24.56
52 Taiwan 10.99 0.12 14.85
53 Curacao 10.83 0.12 28.72
54 Luxembourg 10.42 0.12 3.31
55 New Zealand 10.32 0.12 1.37
56 Pakistan 9.92 0.11 -2.96
57 Latvia 9.2 0.1 5.15
58 Greece 8.12 0.09 9.05
59 Kyrgyzstan 8.0 0.09 5.17
60 Portugal 7.98 0.09 5.63
61 Iraq 7.31 0.08 9.73
62 Philippines 7.23 0.08 -4.42
63 Peru 7.22 0.08 -2.14
64 Vietnam 6.6 0.07 31.7
65 Zimbabwe 6.23 0.07 11.55
66 Algeria 5.66 0.06 8.49
67 Georgia 5.64 0.06 5.14
68 Israel 5.6 0.06 1.19
69 Croatia 5.31 0.06 14.67
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.93 0.06 14.64
71 Zambia 4.57 0.05 11.55
72 Tajikistan 4.53 0.05 5.14
73 Uruguay 4.39 0.05 10.32
74 Slovenia 4.07 0.05 14.64
75 Kuwait 3.8 0.04 2.98
76 Nigeria 3.56 0.04 -4.23
77 Morocco 3.37 0.04 3.13
78 Thailand 3.32 0.04 10.07
79 Malaysia 3.18 0.04 -16.93
80 Trinidad and Tobago 3.09 0.03 -11.07
81 Armenia 3.03 0.03 5.14
82 Myanmar 2.78 0.03 15.2
83 North Macedonia 2.73 0.03 14.72
84 Hong Kong 2.7 0.03 13.9
85 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.7 0.03 -7.76
86 Yemen 2.6 0.03 38.13
87 Lebanon 2.45 0.03 23.64
88 Syria 2.23 0.03 2.69
89 Kenya 2.21 0.02 5.77
90 Sri Lanka 2.06 0.02 5.45
91 Saudi Arabia 1.85 0.02 -7.17
92 Bangladesh 1.84 0.02 -2.96
93 Jamaica 1.84 0.02 35.69
94 Singapore 1.8 0.02 -21.69
95 Mozambique 1.79 0.02 -1.22
96 Tunisia 1.59 0.02 9.86
97 Albania 1.44 0.02 20.13
98 Mongolia 1.34 0.02 18.39
99 Ghana 1.32 0.01 -2.96
100 Bahrain 1.31 0.01 1.7
101 Ecuador 1.29 0.01 -2.21
102 Sudan 1.25 0.01 5.96
103 Iceland 1.24 0.01 13.41
104 Guatemala 1.24 0.01 9.74
105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.2 0.01 28.72
106 Dominican Republic 1.11 0.01 4.5
107 Panama 1.0 0.01 7.07
108 Bolivia 0.95 0.01 3.6
109 Cyprus 0.83 0.01 8.62
110 Aruba 0.72 0.01 28.72
111 Tanzania 0.69 0.01 -14.16
112 Jordan 0.66 0.01 25.2
113 Angola 0.62 0.01 4.34
114 El Salvador 0.6 0.01 1.23
115 New Caledonia 0.59 0.01 -20.3
116 Honduras 0.59 0.01 -0.01
117 Guyana 0.55 0.01 20.8
118 Cote d'Ivoire 0.55 0.01 9.56
119 Montenegro 0.49 0.01 14.64
120 Nicaragua 0.48 0.01 -20.13
121 Malawi 0.46 0.01 11.56
122 Libya 0.43 0.0 22.92
123 Uganda 0.41 0.0 41.34
124 Malta 0.39 0.0 17.78
125 Senegal 0.39 0.0 9.27
126 Costa Rica 0.38 0.0 -13.93
127 Afghanistan 0.38 0.0 16.62
128 Madagascar 0.37 0.0 0.0
129 Suriname 0.37 0.0 14.94
130 Ethiopia 0.34 0.0 5.76
131 Brunei 0.33 0.0 2.3
132 Paraguay 0.3 0.0 25.75
133 Cameroon 0.28 0.0 -0.0
134 Bahamas 0.26 0.0 44.9
135 Haiti 0.25 0.0 -8.0
136 Greenland 0.23 0.0 3.23
137 Sierra Leone 0.23 0.0 12.28
138 Mauritius 0.22 0.0 7.02
139 Cambodia 0.21 0.0 7.41
140 Fiji 0.2 0.0 12.5
141 Congo 0.19 0.0 -13.68
142 Qatar 0.18 0.0 8.7
143 Papua New Guinea 0.16 0.0 10.0
144 Guinea 0.16 0.0 -4.44
145 Barbados 0.15 0.0 0.0
146 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.15 0.0 28.72
147 Liberia 0.14 0.0 -11.36
148 Bermuda 0.14 0.0 -7.5
149 South Sudan 0.11 0.0 5.97
150 Benin 0.1 0.0 -17.65
151 Central African Republic 0.1 0.0 -13.68
152 Faroe Islands 0.1 0.0 -15.62
153 Somalia 0.09 0.0 4.35
154 Laos 0.08 0.0 5.0
155 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 287.5
156 Nepal 0.07 0.0 12.5
157 Chad 0.06 0.0 -13.67
158 Togo 0.05 0.0 15.38
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 0.0 0.0
160 Belize 0.04 0.0 0.0
161 Burundi 0.04 0.0 287.49
162 Djibouti 0.04 0.0 -23.08
163 Macao 0.04 0.0 25.0
164 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -18.18
165 Antigua and Barbuda 0.03 0.0 0.0
166 French Polynesia 0.03 0.0 -42.86
167 Gabon 0.02 0.0 -13.68
168 Niger 0.02 0.0 -14.29
169 Gambia 0.02 0.0 -28.57
170 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 24.8
171 Grenada 0.01 0.0 0.0
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 0.0 33.33
173 Palau 0.01 0.0 0.0
174 Samoa 0.01 0.0 33.33
175 Dominica 0.01 0.0 50.0
176 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 0.0
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 0.0
178 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
179 Burkina Faso 0.01 0.0 100.0
180 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 0.0
181 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
182 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 0.0