CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1968

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1968.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1968?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1968?

Seychelles produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 3840.92 29.76 3.66
2 Russia 1315.18 10.19 2.81
3 Germany 984.79 7.63 5.19
4 United Kingdom 606.49 4.7 2.44
5 Japan 561.91 4.35 14.84
6 China 495.51 3.84 7.67
7 France 418.23 3.24 3.36
8 Ukraine 417.05 3.23 2.79
9 Canada 303.26 2.35 7.68
10 Poland 275.8 2.14 6.48
11 Italy 249.17 1.93 6.42
12 India 174.07 1.35 9.1
13 Kazakhstan 143.4 1.11 2.78
14 South Africa 137.95 1.07 3.14
15 Australia 128.77 1.0 5.31
16 Czechia 126.88 0.98 4.62
17 Belgium 118.44 0.92 10.32
18 Netherlands 113.45 0.88 6.34
19 Romania 100.08 0.78 8.75
20 Spain 97.02 0.75 12.3
21 Mexico 93.89 0.73 4.31
22 Iran 82.33 0.64 21.29
23 Sweden 77.61 0.6 12.59
24 Brazil 77.22 0.6 16.95
25 Argentina 69.01 0.53 5.4
26 Venezuela 65.57 0.51 -0.27
27 Hungary 61.09 0.47 3.95
28 Belarus 60.03 0.47 2.86
29 Bulgaria 59.46 0.46 7.9
30 North Korea 59.27 0.46 13.13
31 Uzbekistan 55.34 0.43 3.01
32 Denmark 53.27 0.41 8.66
33 Austria 42.3 0.33 5.97
34 Slovakia 40.52 0.31 4.65
35 South Korea 37.2 0.29 5.93
36 Turkey 36.27 0.28 8.32
37 Switzerland 35.98 0.28 10.65
38 Finland 33.28 0.26 16.42
39 Libya 30.11 0.23 62.85
40 Saudi Arabia 29.08 0.23 14.1
41 Azerbaijan 28.39 0.22 2.88
42 Indonesia 27.56 0.21 12.32
43 Colombia 26.57 0.21 7.64
44 Taiwan 24.14 0.19 9.88
45 Vietnam 23.6 0.18 2.78
46 Serbia 23.42 0.18 6.97
47 Kuwait 23.15 0.18 -8.94
48 Egypt 22.87 0.18 16.4
49 Moldova 22.43 0.17 2.87
50 Greece 22.29 0.17 14.26
51 Philippines 22.22 0.17 22.04
52 Lithuania 22.18 0.17 2.92
53 Estonia 21.79 0.17 2.79
54 Chile 21.2 0.16 10.21
55 Norway 21.11 0.16 9.37
56 Pakistan 20.84 0.16 14.67
57 Iraq 19.7 0.15 7.2
58 Turkmenistan 17.92 0.14 2.94
59 Ireland 17.8 0.14 8.58
60 Thailand 17.08 0.13 40.54
61 Cuba 16.02 0.12 1.8
62 Peru 14.49 0.11 6.2
63 Latvia 14.28 0.11 2.84
64 Israel 13.79 0.11 1.97
65 New Zealand 13.47 0.1 -1.13
66 Portugal 12.99 0.1 4.85
67 Kyrgyzstan 12.39 0.1 2.8
68 Luxembourg 12.26 0.09 8.01
69 Yemen 11.64 0.09 281.27
70 Malaysia 10.53 0.08 3.98
71 Curacao 9.55 0.07 -7.01
72 Algeria 9.05 0.07 7.34
73 Georgia 8.8 0.07 2.9
74 Croatia 8.7 0.07 6.97
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.05 0.06 6.96
76 Qatar 7.08 0.05 5.87
77 Tajikistan 7.03 0.05 2.86
78 Slovenia 6.64 0.05 6.93
79 Nigeria 6.63 0.05 -48.33
80 Zimbabwe 6.38 0.05 20.46
81 Hong Kong 6.2 0.05 2.41
82 Syria 5.95 0.05 29.34
83 Morocco 5.62 0.04 3.92
84 Singapore 5.13 0.04 81.95
85 Uruguay 4.88 0.04 -0.01
86 Armenia 4.73 0.04 2.93
87 Zambia 4.57 0.04 -4.59
88 North Macedonia 4.46 0.03 6.78
89 Trinidad and Tobago 4.04 0.03 -12.89
90 Jamaica 3.88 0.03 0.37
91 Bangladesh 3.87 0.03 14.67
92 Lebanon 3.69 0.03 3.61
93 Tunisia 3.59 0.03 16.51
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.37 0.03 47.06
95 Sri Lanka 3.24 0.03 9.95
96 Ecuador 3.11 0.02 20.23
97 Albania 3.07 0.02 14.63
98 Myanmar 2.93 0.02 -19.06
99 Sudan 2.84 0.02 -2.53
100 Kenya 2.82 0.02 4.34
101 Mozambique 2.78 0.02 48.35
102 Mongolia 2.48 0.02 15.33
103 Dominican Republic 2.35 0.02 49.8
104 Bolivia 2.18 0.02 15.12
105 Guatemala 2.14 0.02 7.96
106 Panama 2.02 0.02 19.02
107 Gabon 1.96 0.02 93.84
108 New Caledonia 1.84 0.01 24.88
109 Ghana 1.76 0.01 17.83
110 Ethiopia 1.73 0.01 60.77
111 Angola 1.67 0.01 68.33
112 Tanzania 1.65 0.01 -6.05
113 Bahamas 1.63 0.01 -4.31
114 Cyprus 1.62 0.01 19.08
115 Cote d'Ivoire 1.6 0.01 17.52
116 Iceland 1.59 0.01 10.41
117 Jordan 1.5 0.01 6.44
118 Suriname 1.45 0.01 8.79
119 Guyana 1.33 0.01 0.55
120 El Salvador 1.26 0.01 8.86
121 United Arab Emirates 1.24 0.01 35.6
122 Nicaragua 1.23 0.01 13.9
123 Afghanistan 1.22 0.01 -4.56
124 Honduras 1.22 0.01 39.76
125 Bahrain 1.1 0.01 9.85
126 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.06 0.01 -7.01
127 Costa Rica 1.04 0.01 18.41
128 Antigua and Barbuda 0.99 0.01 75.32
129 Uganda 0.98 0.01 21.27
130 Madagascar 0.91 0.01 8.26
131 Liberia 0.88 0.01 44.28
132 Montenegro 0.79 0.01 6.95
133 Guinea 0.75 0.01 3.03
134 Malta 0.64 0.0 22.54
135 Mauritius 0.64 0.0 27.94
136 Aruba 0.63 0.0 -7.01
137 Paraguay 0.59 0.0 21.05
138 Greenland 0.54 0.0 29.82
139 Cameroon 0.51 0.0 10.4
140 Papua New Guinea 0.5 0.0 15.13
141 Cambodia 0.49 0.0 17.55
142 Congo 0.45 0.0 39.77
143 Barbados 0.44 0.0 30.43
144 Brunei 0.43 0.0 -2.5
145 Fiji 0.4 0.0 11.34
146 Malawi 0.39 0.0 5.99
147 Sierra Leone 0.36 0.0 43.48
148 Eswatini 0.28 0.0 22.58
149 Haiti 0.26 0.0 1.4
150 South Sudan 0.26 0.0 -2.53
151 Nepal 0.25 0.0 18.97
152 Mauritania 0.23 0.0 18.52
153 Bermuda 0.22 0.0 5.17
154 Mali 0.2 0.0 -11.48
155 Togo 0.19 0.0 -1.85
156 Central African Republic 0.18 0.0 100.0
157 Faroe Islands 0.18 0.0 8.7
158 Laos 0.17 0.0 -47.13
159 Macao 0.17 0.0 2.22
160 Oman 0.16 0.0 18.92
161 Niger 0.16 0.0 22.24
162 Benin 0.15 0.0 7.69
163 French Polynesia 0.15 0.0 10.53
164 Somalia 0.15 0.0 -32.26
165 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.13 0.0 -7.01
166 Chad 0.12 0.0 6.25
167 Djibouti 0.12 0.0 37.5
168 Belize 0.1 0.0 -15.15
169 Burkina Faso 0.1 0.0 0.0
170 Senegal 0.1 0.0 -85.96
171 Palau 0.08 0.0 5.0
172 Liechtenstein 0.07 0.0 21.74
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.06 0.0 30.77
174 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 -26.09
175 Burundi 0.05 0.0 15.38
176 Rwanda 0.05 0.0 36.36
177 Nauru 0.05 0.0 0.0
178 Grenada 0.04 0.0 10.0
179 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 -21.43
180 Gambia 0.04 0.0 11.11
181 Saint Lucia 0.04 0.0 11.11
182 Solomon Islands 0.04 0.0 11.11
183 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 50.0
184 Equatorial Guinea 0.03 0.0 14.29
185 Samoa 0.03 0.0 14.29
186 Cape Verde 0.03 0.0 59.84
187 Dominica 0.02 0.0 0.0
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.02 0.0 20.0
189 Comoros 0.02 0.0 0.0
190 British Virgin Islands 0.01 0.0 300.0
191 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 33.33
192 Tonga 0.01 0.0 0.0
193 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
194 Seychelles 0.01 0.0 0.0