CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1972

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1972.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1972?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1972?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4573.02 28.19 4.75
2 Russia 1608.39 9.91 5.21
3 Germany 1041.48 6.42 0.41
4 China 968.65 5.97 6.54
5 Japan 852.17 5.25 6.98
6 United Kingdom 648.03 3.99 -1.87
7 France 513.96 3.17 4.17
8 Ukraine 510.0 3.14 5.21
9 Canada 380.79 2.35 8.09
10 Poland 329.51 2.03 5.31
11 Italy 328.24 2.02 5.53
12 India 203.04 1.25 5.77
13 Kazakhstan 175.13 1.08 5.15
14 South Africa 171.55 1.06 1.87
15 Czechia 163.45 1.01 0.91
16 Netherlands 157.5 0.97 11.96
17 Australia 153.6 0.95 1.64
18 Spain 144.72 0.89 12.66
19 Mexico 132.27 0.82 4.82
20 Romania 132.21 0.81 5.21
21 Belgium 130.64 0.81 7.64
22 Brazil 114.02 0.7 11.42
23 Iran 106.02 0.65 4.32
24 Argentina 90.07 0.56 1.37
25 North Korea 89.5 0.55 -16.7
26 Sweden 84.7 0.52 0.23
27 Belarus 73.49 0.45 5.24
28 Saudi Arabia 70.28 0.43 17.61
29 Hungary 69.34 0.43 0.2
30 Uzbekistan 67.79 0.42 5.23
31 Bulgaria 66.08 0.41 2.89
32 Venezuela 62.51 0.39 0.02
33 South Korea 60.25 0.37 2.93
34 Denmark 59.58 0.37 4.52
35 Austria 56.07 0.35 7.69
36 Turkey 53.72 0.33 12.77
37 Slovakia 52.25 0.32 0.93
38 Finland 44.11 0.27 8.81
39 Indonesia 43.31 0.27 11.17
40 Switzerland 42.92 0.26 2.45
41 Nigeria 41.39 0.26 28.33
42 Taiwan 35.87 0.22 13.97
43 Azerbaijan 34.77 0.21 5.26
44 Serbia 32.04 0.2 -6.27
45 Greece 31.48 0.19 13.43
46 Colombia 31.43 0.19 3.78
47 Iraq 29.52 0.18 2.39
48 Norway 29.4 0.18 8.21
49 Algeria 28.32 0.17 51.87
50 Chile 28.14 0.17 4.0
51 Kuwait 27.61 0.17 1.82
52 Moldova 27.48 0.17 5.25
53 Lithuania 27.27 0.17 5.42
54 Estonia 26.66 0.16 5.24
55 Philippines 26.41 0.16 -4.15
56 Egypt 25.47 0.16 10.7
57 United Arab Emirates 23.43 0.14 10.71
58 Vietnam 23.03 0.14 -5.99
59 Ireland 22.04 0.14 -1.96
60 Turkmenistan 21.97 0.14 5.3
61 Thailand 21.76 0.13 13.32
62 Singapore 21.72 0.13 33.45
63 Cuba 20.78 0.13 6.07
64 Pakistan 18.9 0.12 -2.77
65 Portugal 18.31 0.11 11.8
66 Peru 18.15 0.11 -2.38
67 Malaysia 17.9 0.11 7.43
68 Latvia 17.49 0.11 5.27
69 Israel 16.89 0.1 4.14
70 New Zealand 16.19 0.1 7.58
71 Libya 15.22 0.09 -29.63
72 Kyrgyzstan 15.16 0.09 5.2
73 Luxembourg 13.49 0.08 2.27
74 Croatia 11.89 0.07 -6.41
75 Curacao 11.8 0.07 -3.04
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.02 0.07 -6.28
77 Georgia 10.78 0.07 5.29
78 Qatar 10.78 0.07 17.84
79 Brunei 9.45 0.06 25.85
80 Hong Kong 9.28 0.06 1.37
81 Slovenia 9.07 0.06 -6.42
82 Tajikistan 8.61 0.05 5.28
83 Trinidad and Tobago 8.24 0.05 1.72
84 Zimbabwe 8.22 0.05 -5.92
85 Morocco 8.03 0.05 -1.94
86 Syria 7.76 0.05 -12.6
87 Bahamas 6.48 0.04 -3.61
88 Jamaica 6.28 0.04 9.31
89 North Macedonia 6.07 0.04 -7.01
90 Uruguay 6.07 0.04 4.61
91 Armenia 5.8 0.04 5.34
92 Lebanon 5.65 0.03 6.65
93 Albania 5.64 0.03 29.67
94 Sudan 4.93 0.03 7.95
95 Myanmar 4.89 0.03 -4.02
96 Tunisia 4.73 0.03 12.46
97 Dominican Republic 4.67 0.03 32.69
98 Ecuador 4.59 0.03 8.76
99 Angola 4.5 0.03 32.16
100 Zambia 4.06 0.03 7.26
101 Kenya 3.87 0.02 5.08
102 Bahrain 3.68 0.02 21.11
103 Bolivia 3.57 0.02 16.65
104 Sri Lanka 3.54 0.02 10.79
105 Bangladesh 3.51 0.02 -2.77
106 Mozambique 3.3 0.02 -8.73
107 Mongolia 3.28 0.02 8.03
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.02 0.02 1.98
109 Panama 2.8 0.02 7.61
110 Gabon 2.74 0.02 -3.74
111 Cote d'Ivoire 2.71 0.02 10.45
112 Guatemala 2.71 0.02 10.96
113 Cyprus 2.41 0.01 27.74
114 Ghana 2.4 0.01 5.33
115 Tanzania 2.16 0.01 -12.07
116 Oman 2.09 0.01 -0.18
117 Jordan 1.91 0.01 15.66
118 Costa Rica 1.76 0.01 15.34
119 Suriname 1.74 0.01 1.71
120 New Caledonia 1.7 0.01 -29.55
121 El Salvador 1.68 0.01 11.16
122 Nicaragua 1.6 0.01 6.57
123 Guyana 1.56 0.01 4.16
124 Honduras 1.53 0.01 15.37
125 Afghanistan 1.53 0.01 -19.18
126 Liberia 1.51 0.01 -1.2
127 Yemen 1.49 0.01 -24.16
128 Iceland 1.48 0.01 0.72
129 Senegal 1.45 0.01 7.57
130 Ethiopia 1.41 0.01 -23.97
131 Uganda 1.38 0.01 -4.13
132 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.31 0.01 -3.04
133 Madagascar 1.29 0.01 25.37
134 Papua New Guinea 1.27 0.01 53.78
135 Montenegro 1.09 0.01 -6.27
136 Cameroon 0.86 0.01 6.32
137 Malta 0.84 0.01 27.22
138 Guinea 0.83 0.01 2.25
139 Aruba 0.78 0.0 -3.04
140 Paraguay 0.71 0.0 12.68
141 Mauritius 0.69 0.0 74.07
142 Sierra Leone 0.68 0.0 -15.53
143 Congo 0.66 0.0 -3.21
144 Fiji 0.58 0.0 5.33
145 Greenland 0.55 0.0 17.97
146 Malawi 0.55 0.0 8.75
147 Barbados 0.5 0.0 3.79
148 Laos 0.49 0.0 15.65
149 South Sudan 0.45 0.0 7.95
150 Mauritania 0.45 0.0 11.93
151 Togo 0.4 0.0 28.51
152 Haiti 0.39 0.0 -2.74
153 Benin 0.39 0.0 32.5
154 Eswatini 0.38 0.0 -4.59
155 Antigua and Barbuda 0.37 0.0 -12.07
156 Nepal 0.27 0.0 35.19
157 Bermuda 0.25 0.0 9.52
158 Niger 0.25 0.0 9.39
159 Mali 0.25 0.0 8.06
160 Faroe Islands 0.23 0.0 -9.86
161 Somalia 0.23 0.0 25.49
162 Macao 0.23 0.0 1.61
163 French Polynesia 0.22 0.0 -4.84
164 Djibouti 0.19 0.0 18.18
165 Palau 0.17 0.0 4.44
166 Central African Republic 0.17 0.0 -8.0
167 Burkina Faso 0.16 0.0 7.32
168 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.16 0.0 -3.04
169 Belize 0.16 0.0 10.26
170 Chad 0.12 0.0 -19.51
171 Cambodia 0.12 0.0 -52.89
172 Liechtenstein 0.11 0.0 -7.47
173 Equatorial Guinea 0.09 0.0 33.33
174 Christmas Island 0.08 0.0 0.0
175 Nauru 0.08 0.0 -12.5
176 Saint Lucia 0.08 0.0 10.53
177 Burundi 0.07 0.0 0.0
178 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 46.15
179 Gambia 0.07 0.0 20.0
180 Guinea-Bissau 0.07 0.0 -10.0
181 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 5.88
182 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 6.25
183 Solomon Islands 0.05 0.0 15.38
184 Cape Verde 0.05 0.0 40.03
185 Grenada 0.05 0.0 0.0
186 Seychelles 0.04 0.0 33.33
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04 0.0 25.0
188 Samoa 0.04 0.0 0.0
189 Comoros 0.03 0.0 0.0
190 Dominica 0.03 0.0 0.0
191 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 -12.5
192 British Virgin Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
193 Tonga 0.02 0.0 20.0
194 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
195 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 0.0
197 Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0
198 Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.0
199 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0