CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1960

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1960.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1960?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1960?

United Arab Emirates produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2897.32 30.87 2.31
2 Russia 884.55 9.42 4.11
3 Germany 813.95 8.67 7.69
4 China 798.8 8.51 10.92
5 United Kingdom 584.02 6.22 6.84
6 France 296.11 3.15 13.07
7 Ukraine 280.89 2.99 4.1
8 Japan 232.5 2.48 20.7
9 Poland 199.58 2.13 5.23
10 Canada 192.72 2.05 4.46
11 India 111.33 1.19 9.74
12 Italy 109.2 1.16 16.07
13 Czechia 99.05 1.06 6.65
14 South Africa 97.84 1.04 3.57
15 Kazakhstan 96.54 1.03 4.15
16 Belgium 90.91 0.97 2.94
17 Australia 87.44 0.93 5.26
18 Netherlands 73.44 0.78 9.42
19 Mexico 63.05 0.67 8.18
20 Venezuela 57.02 0.61 -12.48
21 Romania 53.39 0.57 5.43
22 Sweden 49.17 0.52 16.0
23 Spain 48.87 0.52 -6.17
24 Argentina 48.76 0.52 -0.38
25 Brazil 46.85 0.5 20.08
26 Hungary 45.33 0.48 8.17
27 Belarus 40.25 0.43 4.14
28 Iran 37.36 0.4 46.11
29 Uzbekistan 36.49 0.39 4.22
30 Slovakia 31.63 0.34 6.65
31 Austria 30.78 0.33 10.3
32 Denmark 29.75 0.32 14.27
33 North Korea 23.79 0.25 19.75
34 Bulgaria 22.27 0.24 13.5
35 Indonesia 21.39 0.23 -10.38
36 Switzerland 19.5 0.21 17.45
37 Azerbaijan 18.98 0.2 4.16
38 Turkey 16.8 0.18 -2.29
39 Colombia 16.39 0.17 1.89
40 Egypt 16.03 0.17 26.17
41 Serbia 15.68 0.17 9.23
42 Finland 15.09 0.16 11.3
43 Moldova 15.01 0.16 4.22
44 Lithuania 14.83 0.16 4.12
45 Estonia 14.67 0.16 4.13
46 Cuba 13.69 0.15 -12.62
47 Chile 13.48 0.14 6.09
48 Norway 13.09 0.14 10.83
49 South Korea 12.54 0.13 11.75
50 Pakistan 11.93 0.13 20.21
51 Turkmenistan 11.92 0.13 4.18
52 Taiwan 11.87 0.13 8.03
53 New Zealand 11.53 0.12 11.75
54 Luxembourg 11.51 0.12 10.44
55 Ireland 11.17 0.12 -9.29
56 Latvia 9.58 0.1 4.14
57 Greece 9.39 0.1 15.65
58 Curacao 9.31 0.1 -14.01
59 Kyrgyzstan 8.34 0.09 4.15
60 Philippines 8.33 0.09 15.21
61 Iraq 8.26 0.09 12.88
62 Portugal 8.21 0.09 2.93
63 Peru 8.16 0.09 13.15
64 Kuwait 7.8 0.08 105.21
65 Vietnam 7.48 0.08 13.31
66 Israel 6.46 0.07 15.3
67 Algeria 6.15 0.07 8.74
68 Zimbabwe 5.94 0.06 -4.65
69 Georgia 5.87 0.06 4.14
70 Croatia 5.81 0.06 9.27
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.39 0.06 9.23
72 Tajikistan 4.71 0.05 4.12
73 Slovenia 4.45 0.05 9.24
74 Zambia 4.36 0.05 -4.65
75 Uruguay 4.31 0.05 -1.67
76 Malaysia 4.2 0.04 31.99
77 Thailand 3.71 0.04 11.69
78 Morocco 3.64 0.04 7.93
79 Yemen 3.63 0.04 39.58
80 Nigeria 3.4 0.04 -4.53
81 Syria 3.22 0.03 44.6
82 Armenia 3.15 0.03 4.14
83 North Macedonia 2.98 0.03 9.3
84 Hong Kong 2.95 0.03 9.21
85 Myanmar 2.71 0.03 -2.24
86 Saudi Arabia 2.67 0.03 44.27
87 Trinidad and Tobago 2.58 0.03 -16.59
88 Lebanon 2.58 0.03 5.22
89 Kenya 2.42 0.03 9.78
90 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.32 0.02 -14.1
91 Sri Lanka 2.26 0.02 9.81
92 Bangladesh 2.21 0.02 20.21
93 Albania 2.02 0.02 40.11
94 Mozambique 1.88 0.02 4.9
95 Ecuador 1.76 0.02 36.26
96 Tunisia 1.72 0.02 8.54
97 Jamaica 1.47 0.02 -20.13
98 Ghana 1.46 0.02 10.53
99 Singapore 1.39 0.01 -22.61
100 Guatemala 1.34 0.01 8.59
101 Mongolia 1.29 0.01 -3.81
102 Sudan 1.25 0.01 -0.54
103 Iceland 1.21 0.01 -2.07
104 Dominican Republic 1.04 0.01 -6.58
105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.03 0.01 -14.01
106 Bolivia 1.0 0.01 5.79
107 Panama 1.0 0.01 -0.01
108 Cyprus 0.89 0.01 6.61
109 New Caledonia 0.86 0.01 45.96
110 Tanzania 0.83 0.01 20.21
111 Senegal 0.83 0.01 113.41
112 Jordan 0.74 0.01 13.39
113 Sierra Leone 0.71 0.01 204.69
114 Libya 0.69 0.01 60.17
115 Guyana 0.66 0.01 19.21
116 El Salvador 0.62 0.01 2.42
117 Aruba 0.62 0.01 -14.01
118 Honduras 0.62 0.01 4.98
119 Bahrain 0.58 0.01 -56.15
120 Angola 0.55 0.01 -11.26
121 Montenegro 0.53 0.01 9.23
122 Nicaragua 0.53 0.01 10.7
123 Costa Rica 0.49 0.01 27.62
124 Cote d'Ivoire 0.46 0.0 -15.44
125 Malawi 0.44 0.0 -4.65
126 Suriname 0.43 0.0 18.0
127 Uganda 0.42 0.0 1.78
128 Afghanistan 0.41 0.0 7.62
129 Bahamas 0.41 0.0 57.75
130 Guinea 0.41 0.0 160.47
131 Madagascar 0.4 0.0 6.86
132 Ethiopia 0.35 0.0 4.34
133 Malta 0.34 0.0 -12.26
134 Brunei 0.33 0.0 2.25
135 Paraguay 0.3 0.0 0.0
136 Haiti 0.29 0.0 13.03
137 Cameroon 0.27 0.0 -2.62
138 Cambodia 0.23 0.0 10.34
139 Congo 0.22 0.0 19.61
140 Greenland 0.22 0.0 -4.69
141 Fiji 0.19 0.0 -1.85
142 Mauritius 0.18 0.0 -19.67
143 Papua New Guinea 0.18 0.0 11.36
144 Qatar 0.18 0.0 -4.0
145 Barbados 0.17 0.0 14.63
146 Liberia 0.16 0.0 15.38
147 Benin 0.16 0.0 57.14
148 Bermuda 0.16 0.0 16.22
149 Gabon 0.13 0.0 500.0
150 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.12 0.0 -14.01
151 Mali 0.12 0.0 153.85
152 South Sudan 0.11 0.0 -0.54
153 Central African Republic 0.09 0.0 -11.11
154 Somalia 0.08 0.0 -4.17
155 Laos 0.08 0.0 4.76
156 Nepal 0.08 0.0 22.22
157 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 -6.45
158 Togo 0.07 0.0 20.0
159 Faroe Islands 0.06 0.0 -40.74
160 Chad 0.05 0.0 -11.76
161 Macao 0.05 0.0 40.0
162 Belize 0.04 0.0 9.09
163 Burkina Faso 0.04 0.0 500.0
164 Djibouti 0.04 0.0 10.0
165 Antigua and Barbuda 0.04 0.0 25.0
166 French Polynesia 0.04 0.0 25.0
167 Mauritania 0.04 0.0 11.11
168 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 11.11
169 Burundi 0.04 0.0 -6.45
170 Eswatini 0.03 0.0 800.0
171 Niger 0.03 0.0 33.33
172 Equatorial Guinea 0.02 0.0 -53.85
173 Grenada 0.02 0.0 50.0
174 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 20.03
175 Gambia 0.02 0.0 0.0
176 Guinea-Bissau 0.02 0.0 25.0
177 Liechtenstein 0.02 0.0 31.94
178 Palau 0.01 0.0 0.0
179 Saint Lucia 0.01 0.0 33.33
180 Samoa 0.01 0.0 0.0
181 Comoros 0.01 0.0 0.0
182 Dominica 0.01 0.0 0.0
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 0.0
184 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 50.0
185 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
186 Tonga 0.01 0.0 50.0
187 United Arab Emirates 0.01 0.0 0.0