CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1973

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1973.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1973?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1973?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4785.43 28.01 4.65
2 Russia 1676.59 9.81 4.22
3 Germany 1085.74 6.35 4.25
4 China 1008.29 5.9 4.09
5 Japan 914.26 5.35 6.18
6 United Kingdom 659.58 3.86 1.78
7 France 539.77 3.16 4.81
8 Ukraine 530.91 3.11 4.21
9 Canada 381.27 2.23 0.13
10 Italy 353.35 2.07 7.65
11 Poland 335.59 1.96 1.85
12 India 209.1 1.22 2.98
13 Kazakhstan 182.21 1.07 4.15
14 South Africa 173.35 1.01 1.05
15 Australia 170.14 1.0 10.77
16 Netherlands 165.26 0.97 4.93
17 Czechia 164.11 0.96 0.4
18 Spain 154.96 0.91 7.08
19 Romania 144.69 0.85 9.44
20 Mexico 144.04 0.84 8.91
21 Belgium 138.64 0.81 6.12
22 Brazil 132.06 0.77 15.82
23 Iran 129.48 0.76 22.13
24 North Korea 97.33 0.57 8.74
25 Saudi Arabia 95.05 0.56 35.25
26 Argentina 93.98 0.55 4.34
27 Sweden 87.29 0.51 3.05
28 Belarus 76.57 0.45 4.26
29 Hungary 72.97 0.43 5.23
30 South Korea 72.97 0.43 21.13
31 Uzbekistan 70.74 0.41 4.28
32 Bulgaria 68.72 0.4 3.99
33 Venezuela 66.43 0.39 6.27
34 Austria 60.02 0.35 7.03
35 Turkey 59.31 0.35 10.4
36 Denmark 59.19 0.35 -0.64
37 Slovakia 52.46 0.31 0.4
38 Nigeria 49.53 0.29 19.68
39 Finland 49.32 0.29 11.82
40 Indonesia 49.1 0.29 13.37
41 Switzerland 46.2 0.27 7.66
42 Taiwan 40.24 0.24 12.19
43 Algeria 38.28 0.22 35.15
44 Serbia 38.23 0.22 19.41
45 Greece 37.13 0.22 17.96
46 Azerbaijan 36.48 0.21 4.28
47 Colombia 33.63 0.2 7.02
48 Philippines 31.5 0.18 19.28
49 Iraq 30.61 0.18 3.7
50 United Arab Emirates 30.61 0.18 30.6
51 Norway 30.49 0.18 3.73
52 Lithuania 28.61 0.17 4.43
53 Moldova 28.59 0.17 4.28
54 Estonia 27.7 0.16 4.25
55 Chile 27.59 0.16 -1.96
56 Vietnam 25.07 0.15 8.83
57 Thailand 24.36 0.14 11.88
58 Kuwait 24.22 0.14 -12.27
59 Egypt 23.76 0.14 -6.73
60 Turkmenistan 23.2 0.14 4.32
61 Ireland 22.85 0.13 3.68
62 Cuba 22.38 0.13 7.69
63 Singapore 20.69 0.12 -4.74
64 Pakistan 20.01 0.12 5.85
65 Portugal 19.95 0.12 8.95
66 Peru 19.72 0.12 8.68
67 Israel 19.26 0.11 14.03
68 Latvia 18.38 0.11 4.29
69 New Zealand 18.2 0.11 12.42
70 Malaysia 17.51 0.1 -2.21
71 Kyrgyzstan 15.68 0.09 4.23
72 Libya 14.58 0.09 -4.24
73 Croatia 14.28 0.08 19.62
74 Luxembourg 14.18 0.08 5.06
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.15 0.08 19.45
76 Curacao 13.09 0.08 10.93
77 Qatar 12.46 0.07 15.61
78 Georgia 11.25 0.07 4.31
79 Slovenia 10.83 0.06 19.47
80 Brunei 9.97 0.06 5.5
81 Morocco 9.61 0.06 19.74
82 Trinidad and Tobago 9.39 0.05 14.02
83 Hong Kong 9.29 0.05 0.12
84 Zimbabwe 9.27 0.05 12.84
85 Tajikistan 8.98 0.05 4.29
86 Jamaica 8.29 0.05 31.96
87 Syria 7.89 0.05 1.66
88 Bahamas 7.86 0.05 21.31
89 North Macedonia 7.28 0.04 20.01
90 Lebanon 7.07 0.04 25.0
91 Armenia 6.06 0.04 4.37
92 Dominican Republic 5.96 0.03 27.63
93 Uruguay 5.77 0.03 -4.95
94 Bahrain 5.52 0.03 50.0
95 Gabon 5.31 0.03 93.98
96 Albania 5.29 0.03 -6.24
97 Ecuador 5.26 0.03 14.53
98 Sudan 4.99 0.03 0.88
99 Angola 4.87 0.03 8.29
100 Tunisia 4.82 0.03 1.95
101 Zambia 4.59 0.03 12.91
102 Bangladesh 4.55 0.03 29.77
103 Myanmar 4.11 0.02 -16.09
104 Panama 3.97 0.02 13.15
105 Kenya 3.91 0.02 1.24
106 Sri Lanka 3.68 0.02 4.14
107 Mozambique 3.56 0.02 7.99
108 Mongolia 3.47 0.02 5.99
109 Bolivia 3.45 0.02 -3.19
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.19 0.02 5.7
111 Tanzania 3.18 0.02 47.04
112 Guatemala 2.93 0.02 8.39
113 Cote d'Ivoire 2.88 0.02 6.08
114 Yemen 2.73 0.02 82.59
115 New Caledonia 2.6 0.02 52.46
116 Cyprus 2.5 0.01 4.06
117 Ghana 2.26 0.01 1.82
118 Jordan 2.2 0.01 14.94
119 Oman 2.11 0.01 1.05
120 Suriname 2.11 0.01 20.8
121 Costa Rica 2.04 0.01 16.02
122 El Salvador 1.97 0.01 17.25
123 Nicaragua 1.83 0.01 13.91
124 Guyana 1.8 0.01 15.49
125 Ethiopia 1.75 0.01 24.51
126 Iceland 1.75 0.01 18.02
127 Afghanistan 1.64 0.01 6.87
128 Senegal 1.55 0.01 6.57
129 Honduras 1.51 0.01 -1.76
130 Liberia 1.48 0.01 -1.7
131 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.45 0.01 10.93
132 Papua New Guinea 1.34 0.01 6.07
133 Montenegro 1.3 0.01 19.46
134 Congo 1.22 0.01 83.98
135 Uganda 1.18 0.01 -14.65
136 Madagascar 1.07 0.01 -16.53
137 Cameroon 0.9 0.01 4.25
138 Aruba 0.87 0.01 10.93
139 Paraguay 0.87 0.01 21.53
140 Malta 0.81 0.0 -3.93
141 Guinea 0.8 0.0 -3.52
142 Mauritius 0.68 0.0 -1.6
143 Fiji 0.63 0.0 8.87
144 Malawi 0.57 0.0 4.68
145 Greenland 0.56 0.0 0.66
146 Sierra Leone 0.54 0.0 -20.54
147 Laos 0.52 0.0 6.02
148 Barbados 0.48 0.0 -4.38
149 Mauritania 0.47 0.0 4.92
150 South Sudan 0.44 0.0 0.89
151 Bermuda 0.43 0.0 68.12
152 Nepal 0.42 0.0 57.53
153 Haiti 0.42 0.0 7.45
154 Togo 0.41 0.0 1.65
155 Benin 0.38 0.0 -1.89
156 Eswatini 0.37 0.0 -2.88
157 Antigua and Barbuda 0.33 0.0 -11.76
158 Niger 0.33 0.0 29.71
159 Mali 0.27 0.0 8.88
160 Somalia 0.26 0.0 12.5
161 Faroe Islands 0.25 0.0 7.81
162 Macao 0.22 0.0 -3.17
163 French Polynesia 0.21 0.0 -3.39
164 Djibouti 0.18 0.0 -5.77
165 Palau 0.18 0.0 2.13
166 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.18 0.0 10.93
167 Burkina Faso 0.17 0.0 4.55
168 Central African Republic 0.16 0.0 -4.35
169 Chad 0.16 0.0 33.33
170 Belize 0.15 0.0 -6.98
171 Liechtenstein 0.13 0.0 25.15
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.11 0.0 66.67
173 Cambodia 0.09 0.0 -4.0
174 Nauru 0.08 0.0 9.52
175 Saint Lucia 0.08 0.0 4.76
176 Burundi 0.07 0.0 0.0
177 Christmas Island 0.07 0.0 -17.39
178 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 5.56
179 Solomon Islands 0.07 0.0 20.0
180 Gambia 0.06 0.0 -5.56
181 Cape Verde 0.06 0.0 21.38
182 Grenada 0.05 0.0 15.38
183 Vanuatu 0.05 0.0 -11.76
184 Botswana 0.05 0.0 133.33
185 Seychelles 0.05 0.0 8.33
186 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 -42.11
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04 0.0 10.0
188 Kiribati 0.04 0.0 42.86
189 Samoa 0.04 0.0 0.0
190 Comoros 0.03 0.0 0.0
191 Equatorial Guinea 0.03 0.0 -66.67
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.03 0.0 0.0
193 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 16.67
194 Dominica 0.03 0.0 0.0
195 Tonga 0.03 0.0 16.67
196 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
197 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 0.0 33.33
198 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
199 Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.0
201 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0