CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1970

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1970.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1970?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1970?

Cook Islands produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4339.69 29.13 7.55
2 Russia 1440.53 9.67 5.17
3 Germany 1026.02 6.89 -2.47
4 China 807.95 5.42 32.96
5 Japan 767.96 5.15 17.57
6 United Kingdom 652.58 4.38 3.85
7 France 460.42 3.09 3.85
8 Ukraine 456.82 3.07 5.19
9 Canada 341.18 2.29 11.09
10 Poland 304.14 2.04 3.67
11 Italy 296.36 1.99 9.9
12 India 181.72 1.22 2.43
13 Kazakhstan 157.08 1.05 5.21
14 Czechia 154.42 1.04 14.65
15 South Africa 149.62 1.0 4.52
16 Australia 147.86 0.99 8.39
17 Netherlands 141.8 0.95 22.45
18 Belgium 125.49 0.84 1.62
19 Romania 119.98 0.81 7.58
20 Spain 116.77 0.78 20.71
21 Mexico 113.95 0.76 11.52
22 Brazil 93.49 0.63 11.18
23 Sweden 92.29 0.62 6.84
24 Iran 91.79 0.62 10.54
25 Argentina 82.65 0.55 6.99
26 Venezuela 74.49 0.5 8.06
27 North Korea 73.48 0.49 14.66
28 Hungary 69.93 0.47 12.15
29 Belarus 65.8 0.44 5.21
30 Denmark 62.04 0.42 4.54
31 Bulgaria 61.17 0.41 -7.74
32 Uzbekistan 60.56 0.41 4.95
33 South Korea 53.72 0.36 26.49
34 Austria 50.63 0.34 13.43
35 Slovakia 49.35 0.33 14.68
36 Saudi Arabia 45.25 0.3 28.3
37 Turkey 42.58 0.29 9.87
38 Finland 40.36 0.27 6.49
39 Switzerland 40.24 0.27 5.78
40 Indonesia 35.79 0.24 7.28
41 Libya 32.31 0.22 -9.06
42 Serbia 31.72 0.21 30.64
43 Azerbaijan 31.11 0.21 5.15
44 Taiwan 28.73 0.19 9.29
45 Colombia 28.37 0.19 1.26
46 Vietnam 28.17 0.19 4.13
47 Norway 27.98 0.19 26.07
48 Kuwait 25.02 0.17 -6.67
49 Philippines 24.75 0.17 8.42
50 Chile 24.64 0.17 9.34
51 Moldova 24.59 0.17 5.25
52 Lithuania 24.33 0.16 5.22
53 Greece 24.13 0.16 -5.14
54 Iraq 23.88 0.16 5.67
55 Estonia 23.87 0.16 5.2
56 Egypt 21.65 0.15 10.12
57 Nigeria 21.52 0.14 77.85
58 Pakistan 20.5 0.14 1.44
59 Turkmenistan 19.63 0.13 5.11
60 Ireland 19.39 0.13 4.86
61 Cuba 18.65 0.13 8.18
62 Singapore 17.83 0.12 158.88
63 Peru 17.77 0.12 16.23
64 Israel 16.56 0.11 11.88
65 Latvia 15.64 0.11 5.2
66 Thailand 15.35 0.1 5.59
67 Portugal 15.24 0.1 4.41
68 United Arab Emirates 15.23 0.1 -25.71
69 Algeria 15.06 0.1 33.7
70 Malaysia 14.59 0.1 59.62
71 New Zealand 14.18 0.1 -0.54
72 Curacao 13.98 0.09 11.84
73 Luxembourg 13.74 0.09 4.2
74 Kyrgyzstan 13.58 0.09 5.23
75 Croatia 11.8 0.08 30.79
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.91 0.07 30.68
77 Georgia 9.64 0.06 5.12
78 Slovenia 9.0 0.06 30.76
79 Trinidad and Tobago 8.99 0.06 130.45
80 Hong Kong 8.39 0.06 8.27
81 Brunei 8.2 0.06 1583.46
82 Zimbabwe 8.15 0.05 20.91
83 Tajikistan 7.7 0.05 5.2
84 Qatar 7.56 0.05 5.51
85 Morocco 7.28 0.05 25.18
86 Syria 6.65 0.04 -8.06
87 North Macedonia 6.07 0.04 31.37
88 Uruguay 5.74 0.04 2.62
89 Armenia 5.18 0.03 5.15
90 Jamaica 4.99 0.03 16.91
91 Myanmar 4.61 0.03 43.57
92 Sudan 4.45 0.03 16.04
93 Ecuador 4.28 0.03 19.21
94 Lebanon 3.94 0.03 -9.29
95 Bangladesh 3.8 0.03 1.44
96 Zambia 3.77 0.03 -11.82
97 Albania 3.74 0.03 15.37
98 Tunisia 3.74 0.03 -2.94
99 Sri Lanka 3.59 0.02 -16.73
100 Angola 3.58 0.02 28.56
101 Dominican Republic 3.11 0.02 17.12
102 Kenya 3.08 0.02 -1.54
103 Mozambique 2.98 0.02 -7.93
104 Mongolia 2.85 0.02 6.14
105 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.71 0.02 -25.72
106 Ghana 2.62 0.02 55.36
107 Bahrain 2.59 0.02 103.75
108 Bahamas 2.57 0.02 47.57
109 Yemen 2.51 0.02 -46.32
110 Bolivia 2.48 0.02 -2.45
111 New Caledonia 2.39 0.02 53.65
112 Guatemala 2.3 0.02 0.8
113 Cote d'Ivoire 2.24 0.02 18.6
114 Panama 2.2 0.01 7.31
115 Gabon 2.08 0.01 45.27
116 Tanzania 1.77 0.01 -1.63
117 Cyprus 1.7 0.01 1.97
118 Afghanistan 1.67 0.01 77.47
119 Ethiopia 1.65 0.01 -0.88
120 Suriname 1.61 0.01 5.78
121 Guyana 1.58 0.01 15.55
122 Jordan 1.56 0.01 -11.45
123 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.55 0.01 11.84
124 Liberia 1.45 0.01 14.12
125 Uganda 1.44 0.01 22.75
126 El Salvador 1.43 0.01 20.0
127 Nicaragua 1.4 0.01 9.12
128 Iceland 1.39 0.01 9.86
129 Honduras 1.39 0.01 18.07
130 Senegal 1.31 0.01 166.67
131 Costa Rica 1.25 0.01 8.94
132 Cambodia 1.17 0.01 -12.8
133 Montenegro 1.08 0.01 30.68
134 Madagascar 0.97 0.01 14.23
135 Aruba 0.93 0.01 11.84
136 Sierra Leone 0.86 0.01 -20.95
137 Guinea 0.79 0.01 5.88
138 Paraguay 0.74 0.0 42.93
139 Papua New Guinea 0.69 0.0 24.34
140 Malta 0.66 0.0 1.69
141 Cameroon 0.64 0.0 11.52
142 Congo 0.57 0.0 13.87
143 Laos 0.57 0.0 79.31
144 Fiji 0.52 0.0 20.34
145 Mauritius 0.5 0.0 -12.82
146 Antigua and Barbuda 0.46 0.0 -63.27
147 Malawi 0.45 0.0 19.25
148 Barbados 0.43 0.0 -10.69
149 Mauritania 0.43 0.0 56.0
150 South Sudan 0.4 0.0 16.04
151 Haiti 0.38 0.0 22.1
152 Greenland 0.38 0.0 -6.31
153 Eswatini 0.37 0.0 20.48
154 Benin 0.28 0.0 40.0
155 Togo 0.27 0.0 13.64
156 Faroe Islands 0.26 0.0 20.69
157 Oman 0.23 0.0 0.0
158 Bermuda 0.23 0.0 14.81
159 Nepal 0.23 0.0 -43.12
160 Somalia 0.22 0.0 34.09
161 Niger 0.22 0.0 13.45
162 Central African Republic 0.21 0.0 11.76
163 Macao 0.21 0.0 21.74
164 Mali 0.2 0.0 25.0
165 French Polynesia 0.19 0.0 20.45
166 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.19 0.0 11.84
167 Burkina Faso 0.14 0.0 18.18
168 Djibouti 0.14 0.0 65.22
169 Palau 0.14 0.0 2.78
170 Chad 0.12 0.0 -22.73
171 Belize 0.12 0.0 -10.81
172 Liechtenstein 0.11 0.0 26.77
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.07 0.0 18.75
174 Nauru 0.07 0.0 0.0
175 Saint Lucia 0.07 0.0 5.88
176 Burundi 0.06 0.0 -15.0
177 Rwanda 0.06 0.0 0.0
178 Gambia 0.05 0.0 0.0
179 Grenada 0.04 0.0 -7.69
180 Solomon Islands 0.04 0.0 10.0
181 Vanuatu 0.04 0.0 -8.33
182 Equatorial Guinea 0.04 0.0 -16.67
183 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 11.11
184 Cape Verde 0.04 0.0 0.0
185 Comoros 0.03 0.0 60.0
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 0.0
187 Samoa 0.03 0.0 0.0
188 Seychelles 0.03 0.0 300.0
189 Dominica 0.03 0.0 40.0
190 Tonga 0.03 0.0 133.33
191 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 100.0
192 British Virgin Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
193 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 100.0
194 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 0.0
195 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0