CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1962

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1962.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1962?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1962?

Tonga produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 2993.9 30.72 3.71
2 Russia 957.43 9.82 4.96
3 Germany 883.17 9.06 5.79
4 United Kingdom 592.93 6.08 0.73
5 China 459.62 4.72 -19.45
6 France 332.89 3.42 5.45
7 Ukraine 303.88 3.12 4.93
8 Japan 292.86 3.0 3.56
9 Poland 216.61 2.22 4.52
10 Canada 206.99 2.12 6.7
11 Italy 146.25 1.5 17.59
12 India 132.58 1.36 10.11
13 Czechia 114.56 1.18 6.57
14 South Africa 105.67 1.08 3.48
15 Kazakhstan 104.49 1.07 4.95
16 Belgium 98.02 1.01 5.74
17 Australia 90.91 0.93 4.48
18 Netherlands 83.28 0.85 9.84
19 Romania 63.81 0.65 14.53
20 Mexico 63.74 0.65 -2.29
21 Spain 59.98 0.62 11.88
22 Venezuela 54.06 0.55 4.19
23 Argentina 53.64 0.55 4.92
24 Brazil 53.61 0.55 9.11
25 Sweden 51.27 0.53 5.07
26 Hungary 50.51 0.52 3.23
27 Belarus 43.62 0.45 5.03
28 Uzbekistan 39.77 0.41 5.32
29 Iran 37.43 0.38 2.52
30 Denmark 36.89 0.38 16.37
31 Slovakia 36.59 0.38 6.56
32 Austria 33.86 0.35 6.41
33 Bulgaria 30.7 0.32 18.34
34 North Korea 30.69 0.31 16.12
35 Switzerland 24.12 0.25 18.48
36 Indonesia 22.97 0.24 -11.64
37 Turkey 21.6 0.22 24.59
38 Azerbaijan 20.59 0.21 5.08
39 Colombia 19.42 0.2 6.72
40 Egypt 18.57 0.19 8.82
41 South Korea 17.26 0.18 19.47
42 Serbia 16.86 0.17 2.63
43 Finland 16.79 0.17 12.52
44 Chile 16.71 0.17 15.58
45 Moldova 16.27 0.17 5.06
46 Lithuania 16.09 0.17 5.08
47 Estonia 15.87 0.16 4.95
48 Kuwait 14.28 0.15 43.17
49 Taiwan 14.16 0.15 13.06
50 Cuba 14.15 0.15 16.32
51 Norway 14.06 0.14 5.44
52 Pakistan 13.57 0.14 9.88
53 Ireland 13.11 0.13 6.11
54 Turkmenistan 12.96 0.13 5.17
55 Luxembourg 11.54 0.12 -0.35
56 New Zealand 11.2 0.11 -4.74
57 Curacao 10.67 0.11 9.82
58 Latvia 10.38 0.11 5.0
59 Philippines 10.34 0.11 18.63
60 Greece 10.15 0.1 3.47
61 Peru 9.96 0.1 15.36
62 Vietnam 9.34 0.1 17.04
63 Portugal 9.29 0.1 2.33
64 Kyrgyzstan 9.02 0.09 4.97
65 Iraq 9.02 0.09 3.58
66 Israel 7.93 0.08 12.34
67 Trinidad and Tobago 7.23 0.07 57.29
68 Georgia 6.37 0.07 5.1
69 Saudi Arabia 6.25 0.06 75.15
70 Croatia 6.25 0.06 2.61
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.8 0.06 2.62
72 Algeria 5.66 0.06 -6.52
73 Tajikistan 5.11 0.05 5.01
74 Thailand 5.03 0.05 21.4
75 Zimbabwe 4.89 0.05 -3.4
76 Slovenia 4.78 0.05 2.6
77 Malaysia 4.78 0.05 1.96
78 Nigeria 4.17 0.04 1.59
79 Uruguay 4.01 0.04 -2.67
80 Yemen 3.88 0.04 45.8
81 Hong Kong 3.68 0.04 9.24
82 Zambia 3.58 0.04 -3.4
83 Armenia 3.42 0.04 5.11
84 North Macedonia 3.21 0.03 2.47
85 Syria 3.2 0.03 4.54
86 Morocco 3.07 0.03 -18.47
87 Myanmar 2.88 0.03 11.17
88 Lebanon 2.85 0.03 6.43
89 Kenya 2.62 0.03 9.32
90 Sri Lanka 2.56 0.03 9.73
91 Bangladesh 2.52 0.03 9.88
92 Singapore 2.51 0.03 20.14
93 Albania 2.46 0.03 8.04
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.17 0.02 -7.79
95 Jamaica 2.12 0.02 -0.51
96 Mozambique 1.99 0.02 -24.51
97 Mongolia 1.97 0.02 41.58
98 Tunisia 1.79 0.02 1.65
99 Bahrain 1.59 0.02 -10.14
100 Ecuador 1.56 0.02 -4.9
101 Ghana 1.43 0.01 6.54
102 Guatemala 1.38 0.01 -1.82
103 Sudan 1.36 0.01 7.14
104 Dominican Republic 1.24 0.01 20.66
105 Iceland 1.2 0.01 9.73
106 Panama 1.19 0.01 7.97
107 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.18 0.01 9.82
108 Angola 1.18 0.01 159.89
109 Bolivia 1.1 0.01 5.63
110 Libya 1.05 0.01 -12.27
111 Jordan 1.05 0.01 7.12
112 Cyprus 0.9 0.01 4.66
113 Senegal 0.81 0.01 0.0
114 Tanzania 0.77 0.01 8.85
115 Bahamas 0.73 0.01 32.89
116 Aruba 0.71 0.01 9.82
117 Honduras 0.7 0.01 -4.98
118 Afghanistan 0.69 0.01 40.3
119 Guyana 0.68 0.01 -7.96
120 Guinea 0.66 0.01 7.14
121 Nicaragua 0.66 0.01 17.65
122 El Salvador 0.65 0.01 11.33
123 Cote d'Ivoire 0.59 0.01 5.96
124 Montenegro 0.57 0.01 2.62
125 New Caledonia 0.56 0.01 -36.36
126 Costa Rica 0.55 0.01 11.94
127 Suriname 0.49 0.01 15.38
128 Uganda 0.43 0.0 5.42
129 Madagascar 0.4 0.0 11.32
130 Ethiopia 0.4 0.0 16.12
131 Paraguay 0.39 0.0 8.08
132 Brunei 0.37 0.0 21.69
133 Malawi 0.36 0.0 -3.4
134 Malta 0.33 0.0 12.5
135 Sierra Leone 0.33 0.0 12.66
136 Cambodia 0.31 0.0 7.69
137 Haiti 0.3 0.0 2.45
138 Cameroon 0.29 0.0 2.6
139 Greenland 0.26 0.0 -10.0
140 Barbados 0.26 0.0 33.96
141 Liberia 0.25 0.0 56.82
142 Mauritius 0.25 0.0 35.29
143 Congo 0.24 0.0 -10.96
144 Fiji 0.23 0.0 36.96
145 Papua New Guinea 0.2 0.0 -1.82
146 Qatar 0.19 0.0 18.18
147 Bermuda 0.16 0.0 -10.42
148 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.14 0.0 9.82
149 Mali 0.14 0.0 18.75
150 Benin 0.14 0.0 5.71
151 Laos 0.13 0.0 16.13
152 South Sudan 0.12 0.0 7.14
153 Faroe Islands 0.12 0.0 3.23
154 Somalia 0.11 0.0 20.83
155 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 0.0 115.38
156 Macao 0.1 0.0 36.84
157 Gabon 0.09 0.0 -46.67
158 Nepal 0.09 0.0 9.09
159 Togo 0.09 0.0 -4.0
160 Burkina Faso 0.08 0.0 -8.0
161 Chad 0.08 0.0 64.29
162 Rwanda 0.08 0.0 -7.89
163 Central African Republic 0.07 0.0 -16.67
164 Belize 0.07 0.0 90.0
165 Niger 0.07 0.0 20.0
166 Mauritania 0.06 0.0 30.77
167 Palau 0.05 0.0 0.0
168 Djibouti 0.05 0.0 8.33
169 French Polynesia 0.05 0.0 -18.75
170 Burundi 0.04 0.0 -7.9
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.04 0.0 37.5
172 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -30.77
173 Gambia 0.03 0.0 16.67
174 Grenada 0.03 0.0 40.0
175 Equatorial Guinea 0.02 0.0 0.0
176 Saint Lucia 0.02 0.0 0.0
177 Samoa 0.02 0.0 0.0
178 United Arab Emirates 0.02 0.0 66.67
179 Cape Verde 0.02 0.0 -16.69
180 Liechtenstein 0.02 0.0 2.93
181 Solomon Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
182 Comoros 0.01 0.0 0.0
183 Dominica 0.01 0.0 0.0
184 Kiribati 0.01 0.0 50.0
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 0.0 0.0
186 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 0.0
187 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0