CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1961

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1961.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1961?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1961?

Eswatini produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2886.87 30.66 -0.36
2 Russia 912.22 9.69 3.13
3 Germany 834.84 8.87 2.57
4 United Kingdom 588.61 6.25 0.79
5 China 570.63 6.06 -28.56
6 France 315.68 3.35 6.61
7 Ukraine 289.61 3.08 3.11
8 Japan 282.79 3.0 21.63
9 Poland 207.24 2.2 3.84
10 Canada 194.0 2.06 0.67
11 Italy 124.37 1.32 13.89
12 India 120.4 1.28 8.16
13 Czechia 107.5 1.14 8.53
14 South Africa 102.12 1.08 4.37
15 Kazakhstan 99.56 1.06 3.13
16 Belgium 92.7 0.98 1.97
17 Australia 87.01 0.92 -0.5
18 Netherlands 75.82 0.81 3.24
19 Mexico 65.24 0.69 3.47
20 Romania 55.72 0.59 4.35
21 Spain 53.61 0.57 9.7
22 Venezuela 51.88 0.55 -9.01
23 Argentina 51.13 0.54 4.84
24 Brazil 49.14 0.52 4.88
25 Hungary 48.93 0.52 7.95
26 Sweden 48.8 0.52 -0.75
27 Belarus 41.53 0.44 3.18
28 Uzbekistan 37.76 0.4 3.48
29 Iran 36.51 0.39 -2.27
30 Slovakia 34.34 0.36 8.55
31 Austria 31.82 0.34 3.38
32 Denmark 31.7 0.34 6.56
33 North Korea 26.43 0.28 11.09
34 Indonesia 26.0 0.28 21.59
35 Bulgaria 25.95 0.28 16.5
36 Switzerland 20.36 0.22 4.42
37 Azerbaijan 19.6 0.21 3.24
38 Colombia 18.2 0.19 11.02
39 Turkey 17.34 0.18 3.23
40 Egypt 17.07 0.18 6.44
41 Serbia 16.43 0.17 4.81
42 Moldova 15.49 0.16 3.22
43 Lithuania 15.31 0.16 3.2
44 Estonia 15.13 0.16 3.13
45 Finland 14.92 0.16 -1.1
46 Chile 14.45 0.15 7.26
47 South Korea 14.45 0.15 15.22
48 Norway 13.34 0.14 1.9
49 Taiwan 12.53 0.13 5.51
50 Ireland 12.35 0.13 10.6
51 Pakistan 12.35 0.13 3.55
52 Turkmenistan 12.32 0.13 3.31
53 Cuba 12.17 0.13 -11.1
54 New Zealand 11.76 0.12 1.94
55 Luxembourg 11.58 0.12 0.64
56 Kuwait 9.97 0.11 27.91
57 Latvia 9.89 0.11 3.16
58 Greece 9.81 0.1 4.44
59 Curacao 9.72 0.1 4.36
60 Portugal 9.08 0.1 10.53
61 Philippines 8.71 0.09 4.65
62 Iraq 8.71 0.09 5.49
63 Peru 8.63 0.09 5.74
64 Kyrgyzstan 8.6 0.09 3.14
65 Vietnam 7.98 0.08 6.61
66 Israel 7.06 0.07 9.3
67 Croatia 6.09 0.06 4.87
68 Georgia 6.06 0.06 3.25
69 Algeria 6.06 0.06 -1.55
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.65 0.06 4.82
71 Zimbabwe 5.06 0.05 -14.84
72 Tajikistan 4.86 0.05 3.16
73 Malaysia 4.68 0.05 11.51
74 Slovenia 4.66 0.05 4.85
75 Trinidad and Tobago 4.6 0.05 78.3
76 Thailand 4.14 0.04 11.62
77 Uruguay 4.12 0.04 -4.58
78 Nigeria 4.11 0.04 20.76
79 Morocco 3.77 0.04 3.72
80 Zambia 3.71 0.04 -14.84
81 Saudi Arabia 3.57 0.04 33.43
82 Hong Kong 3.37 0.04 14.14
83 Armenia 3.26 0.03 3.24
84 North Macedonia 3.13 0.03 5.06
85 Syria 3.06 0.03 -4.9
86 Lebanon 2.68 0.03 3.98
87 Yemen 2.66 0.03 -26.64
88 Mozambique 2.63 0.03 39.71
89 Myanmar 2.59 0.03 -4.59
90 Kenya 2.4 0.03 -1.05
91 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.36 0.03 1.59
92 Sri Lanka 2.33 0.02 3.41
93 Bangladesh 2.29 0.02 3.55
94 Albania 2.28 0.02 12.67
95 Jamaica 2.13 0.02 44.91
96 Singapore 2.09 0.02 50.26
97 Bahrain 1.77 0.02 207.64
98 Tunisia 1.76 0.02 2.36
99 Ecuador 1.64 0.02 -6.66
100 Guatemala 1.41 0.01 4.63
101 Mongolia 1.39 0.01 7.65
102 Ghana 1.34 0.01 -8.02
103 Sudan 1.27 0.01 1.9
104 Libya 1.19 0.01 72.49
105 Panama 1.1 0.01 10.67
106 Iceland 1.09 0.01 -9.97
107 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.08 0.01 4.36
108 Bolivia 1.04 0.01 3.65
109 Dominican Republic 1.03 0.01 -1.08
110 Jordan 0.98 0.01 31.52
111 New Caledonia 0.89 0.01 2.98
112 Cyprus 0.86 0.01 -2.48
113 Senegal 0.81 0.01 -1.78
114 Guyana 0.74 0.01 11.67
115 Honduras 0.74 0.01 19.64
116 Tanzania 0.7 0.01 -15.04
117 Aruba 0.65 0.01 4.36
118 Guinea 0.62 0.01 50.0
119 El Salvador 0.58 0.01 -5.91
120 Nicaragua 0.56 0.01 5.51
121 Montenegro 0.56 0.01 4.82
122 Cote d'Ivoire 0.55 0.01 19.84
123 Bahamas 0.55 0.01 33.04
124 Costa Rica 0.49 0.01 0.0
125 Afghanistan 0.49 0.01 18.58
126 Angola 0.45 0.0 -17.35
127 Suriname 0.43 0.0 -0.85
128 Uganda 0.41 0.0 -3.47
129 Malawi 0.37 0.0 -14.84
130 Paraguay 0.36 0.0 19.28
131 Madagascar 0.36 0.0 -11.01
132 Ethiopia 0.34 0.0 -3.13
133 Brunei 0.3 0.0 -8.79
134 Haiti 0.3 0.0 3.86
135 Greenland 0.29 0.0 31.15
136 Malta 0.29 0.0 -13.98
137 Sierra Leone 0.29 0.0 -59.49
138 Cambodia 0.29 0.0 21.88
139 Cameroon 0.28 0.0 4.05
140 Congo 0.27 0.0 19.67
141 Papua New Guinea 0.2 0.0 12.24
142 Barbados 0.19 0.0 12.77
143 Mauritius 0.19 0.0 4.08
144 Bermuda 0.18 0.0 11.63
145 Fiji 0.17 0.0 -13.21
146 Gabon 0.16 0.0 25.0
147 Liberia 0.16 0.0 -2.22
148 Qatar 0.16 0.0 -8.33
149 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.13 0.0 4.36
150 Benin 0.13 0.0 -20.45
151 Mali 0.12 0.0 -3.03
152 South Sudan 0.12 0.0 1.89
153 Faroe Islands 0.11 0.0 93.75
154 Laos 0.11 0.0 40.91
155 Burkina Faso 0.09 0.0 108.33
156 Togo 0.09 0.0 38.89
157 Rwanda 0.09 0.0 31.03
158 Central African Republic 0.09 0.0 0.0
159 Somalia 0.09 0.0 4.35
160 Nepal 0.08 0.0 0.0
161 Macao 0.07 0.0 35.71
162 French Polynesia 0.06 0.0 60.0
163 Niger 0.05 0.0 87.5
164 Chad 0.05 0.0 -6.67
165 Palau 0.05 0.0 250.0
166 Burundi 0.05 0.0 31.03
167 Antigua and Barbuda 0.05 0.0 30.0
168 Mauritania 0.05 0.0 30.0
169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 30.0
170 Djibouti 0.04 0.0 9.09
171 Belize 0.04 0.0 -16.67
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 0.0 60.0
173 Equatorial Guinea 0.02 0.0 0.0
174 Gambia 0.02 0.0 20.0
175 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 0.0
176 Grenada 0.02 0.0 -16.67
177 Saint Lucia 0.02 0.0 25.0
178 Samoa 0.02 0.0 25.0
179 Liechtenstein 0.02 0.0 9.17
180 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 33.33
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 0.0
185 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
186 United Arab Emirates 0.01 0.0 0.0
187 Eswatini 0.0 0.0 -88.89