CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1974

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1974.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1974?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1974?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4621.1 27.17 -3.43
2 Russia 1740.14 10.23 3.81
3 Germany 1062.73 6.25 -2.12
4 China 1028.1 6.04 1.96
5 Japan 914.31 5.38 0.0
6 United Kingdom 617.18 3.63 -6.43
7 Ukraine 551.68 3.24 3.8
8 France 520.66 3.06 -3.34
9 Canada 389.62 2.29 2.19
10 Italy 358.25 2.11 1.39
11 Poland 346.24 2.04 3.17
12 India 215.85 1.27 3.23
13 Kazakhstan 189.22 1.11 3.73
14 South Africa 176.54 1.04 1.84
15 Spain 172.67 1.02 11.43
16 Australia 166.18 0.98 -2.33
17 Czechia 166.0 0.98 1.15
18 Netherlands 159.99 0.94 -3.19
19 Mexico 154.73 0.91 7.41
20 Romania 150.61 0.89 4.09
21 Iran 143.78 0.85 11.04
22 Brazil 143.02 0.84 8.3
23 Belgium 134.95 0.79 -2.66
24 North Korea 101.61 0.6 4.4
25 Saudi Arabia 98.7 0.58 3.84
26 Argentina 95.48 0.56 1.6
27 Sweden 79.82 0.47 -8.55
28 Belarus 79.56 0.47 3.84
29 South Korea 75.55 0.44 3.53
30 Venezuela 75.06 0.44 12.98
31 Hungary 73.98 0.43 1.4
32 Uzbekistan 73.43 0.43 3.87
33 Bulgaria 71.14 0.42 3.52
34 Nigeria 62.24 0.37 25.65
35 Turkey 60.93 0.36 2.73
36 Austria 57.29 0.34 -4.53
37 Denmark 55.01 0.32 -7.07
38 Slovakia 53.06 0.31 1.14
39 Indonesia 51.23 0.3 4.34
40 Finland 46.61 0.27 -5.5
41 Switzerland 41.43 0.24 -10.34
42 Taiwan 39.31 0.23 -2.32
43 Serbia 38.41 0.23 0.41
44 Azerbaijan 37.66 0.22 3.86
45 Colombia 36.39 0.21 8.22
46 Greece 36.06 0.21 -2.88
47 Algeria 31.88 0.19 -16.72
48 United Arab Emirates 31.3 0.18 2.27
49 Iraq 30.91 0.18 0.97
50 Philippines 30.49 0.18 -3.2
51 Moldova 29.76 0.17 3.88
52 Lithuania 29.63 0.17 4.03
53 Estonia 28.86 0.17 3.83
54 Norway 27.69 0.16 -9.19
55 Egypt 26.09 0.15 9.8
56 Chile 25.88 0.15 -6.2
57 Thailand 24.1 0.14 -0.99
58 Turkmenistan 23.82 0.14 3.91
59 Ireland 23.29 0.14 1.96
60 Cuba 22.89 0.13 2.29
61 Singapore 21.43 0.13 3.56
62 Pakistan 21.39 0.13 6.89
63 Peru 21.33 0.13 8.12
64 Portugal 20.64 0.12 3.51
65 Israel 19.37 0.11 0.56
66 Kuwait 19.31 0.11 -20.27
67 Vietnam 19.06 0.11 -23.97
68 Malaysia 19.04 0.11 8.79
69 Latvia 18.94 0.11 3.88
70 New Zealand 18.76 0.11 3.07
71 Kyrgyzstan 16.4 0.1 3.81
72 Luxembourg 14.42 0.08 1.75
73 Croatia 14.28 0.08 0.39
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.22 0.08 0.43
75 Curacao 11.86 0.07 -9.36
76 Georgia 11.68 0.07 3.9
77 Morocco 11.1 0.07 15.46
78 Slovenia 10.88 0.06 0.36
79 Hong Kong 10.67 0.06 14.87
80 Qatar 10.48 0.06 -15.88
81 Trinidad and Tobago 10.04 0.06 6.95
82 Syria 9.65 0.06 22.44
83 Libya 9.34 0.05 -35.93
84 Tajikistan 9.33 0.05 3.88
85 Zimbabwe 9.05 0.05 -2.41
86 Brunei 8.18 0.05 -18.0
87 Jamaica 7.59 0.04 -8.4
88 Bahamas 7.38 0.04 -6.14
89 North Macedonia 7.31 0.04 0.28
90 Lebanon 7.09 0.04 0.3
91 Dominican Republic 6.41 0.04 7.56
92 Armenia 6.3 0.04 3.96
93 Ecuador 6.08 0.04 15.75
94 Uruguay 5.68 0.03 -1.59
95 Gabon 5.45 0.03 2.62
96 Bahrain 5.4 0.03 -2.12
97 Tunisia 5.39 0.03 11.78
98 Sudan 5.21 0.03 4.72
99 Kenya 4.94 0.03 26.3
100 Angola 4.87 0.03 -0.15
101 Myanmar 4.67 0.03 13.74
102 Bangladesh 4.65 0.03 2.27
103 Albania 4.34 0.03 -17.87
104 Zambia 4.2 0.02 -8.47
105 Mongolia 3.74 0.02 7.74
106 Bolivia 3.51 0.02 1.69
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.36 0.02 5.5
108 Cote d'Ivoire 3.24 0.02 12.74
109 Mozambique 3.15 0.02 -11.62
110 Guatemala 3.07 0.02 4.5
111 Panama 3.02 0.02 -6.79
112 Sri Lanka 2.93 0.02 -20.49
113 Ghana 2.88 0.02 18.11
114 New Caledonia 2.78 0.02 7.05
115 Oman 2.33 0.01 10.59
116 Tanzania 2.3 0.01 -27.63
117 Yemen 2.25 0.01 -17.73
118 Jordan 2.23 0.01 1.17
119 El Salvador 1.97 0.01 0.18
120 Nicaragua 1.95 0.01 6.61
121 Cyprus 1.93 0.01 -22.96
122 Afghanistan 1.91 0.01 16.98
123 Costa Rica 1.9 0.01 -6.82
124 Senegal 1.85 0.01 19.39
125 Iceland 1.74 0.01 -0.66
126 Ethiopia 1.74 0.01 -0.84
127 Liberia 1.72 0.01 16.34
128 Congo 1.62 0.01 33.03
129 Suriname 1.6 0.01 -24.0
130 Papua New Guinea 1.59 0.01 17.98
131 Guyana 1.55 0.01 -13.82
132 Honduras 1.55 0.01 3.13
133 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.31 0.01 -9.36
134 Montenegro 1.3 0.01 0.44
135 Uganda 1.19 0.01 1.13
136 Madagascar 1.19 0.01 10.59
137 Cameroon 0.97 0.01 8.57
138 Paraguay 0.95 0.01 9.64
139 Guinea 0.84 0.0 4.57
140 Aruba 0.79 0.0 -9.36
141 Malta 0.74 0.0 -7.73
142 Mauritius 0.69 0.0 2.16
143 Fiji 0.67 0.0 6.4
144 Greenland 0.56 0.0 0.0
145 Malawi 0.55 0.0 -3.86
146 Sierra Leone 0.52 0.0 -3.4
147 Barbados 0.49 0.0 2.29
148 Mauritania 0.48 0.0 3.12
149 South Sudan 0.47 0.0 4.73
150 Haiti 0.47 0.0 12.16
151 Bermuda 0.44 0.0 4.31
152 Antigua and Barbuda 0.43 0.0 30.0
153 Nepal 0.42 0.0 0.83
154 Benin 0.41 0.0 6.73
155 Togo 0.39 0.0 -5.14
156 Somalia 0.33 0.0 25.0
157 Eswatini 0.31 0.0 -15.84
158 Mali 0.3 0.0 13.71
159 Faroe Islands 0.3 0.0 18.84
160 Laos 0.29 0.0 -43.26
161 Niger 0.29 0.0 -11.79
162 Macao 0.27 0.0 19.67
163 French Polynesia 0.22 0.0 3.51
164 Burkina Faso 0.21 0.0 21.74
165 Djibouti 0.19 0.0 8.16
166 Palau 0.19 0.0 10.42
167 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.16 0.0 -9.36
168 Belize 0.15 0.0 5.0
169 Chad 0.15 0.0 -6.82
170 Christmas Island 0.12 0.0 78.95
171 Central African Republic 0.11 0.0 -29.55
172 Liechtenstein 0.11 0.0 -18.86
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.1 0.0 -6.67
174 Nauru 0.1 0.0 17.39
175 Burundi 0.09 0.0 25.0
176 Botswana 0.09 0.0 71.43
177 Cambodia 0.07 0.0 -42.72
178 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 5.26
179 Saint Lucia 0.07 0.0 -9.09
180 Cape Verde 0.07 0.0 5.98
181 Solomon Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
182 Gambia 0.06 0.0 0.0
183 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 13.33
184 Seychelles 0.05 0.0 15.38
185 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 0.0 75.0
186 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 9.09
187 Samoa 0.04 0.0 20.0
188 Grenada 0.04 0.0 -33.33
189 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 -10.0
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 -18.18
191 Comoros 0.03 0.0 0.0
192 Dominica 0.03 0.0 14.29
193 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
194 Tonga 0.02 0.0 -14.29
195 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 0.0 25.0
196 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
197 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
198 Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0
199 Maldives 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0