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 4621.42 27.17 -3.43
2 Russia 1740.44 10.23 3.81
3 Germany 1062.73 6.25 -2.12
4 China 1028.1 6.04 1.96
5 Japan 914.3 5.37 0.0
6 United Kingdom 617.18 3.63 -6.43
7 Ukraine 551.07 3.24 3.8
8 France 521.91 3.07 -3.31
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 189.01 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 154.7 0.91 7.4
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 79.51 0.47 3.84
29 South Korea 75.55 0.44 3.53
30 Venezuela 75.06 0.44 12.98
31 Hungary 74.0 0.44 1.41
32 Uzbekistan 73.48 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 41.42 0.24 -10.34
42 Taiwan 39.31 0.23 -2.32
43 Serbia 38.39 0.23 0.41
44 Azerbaijan 37.89 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 Lithuania 29.76 0.17 4.02
52 Moldova 29.7 0.17 3.88
53 Estonia 28.76 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 24.12 0.14 -0.99
58 Turkmenistan 24.1 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 Latvia 19.09 0.11 3.88
68 Vietnam 19.06 0.11 -23.97
69 Malaysia 19.04 0.11 8.79
70 New Zealand 18.76 0.11 3.07
71 Kyrgyzstan 16.28 0.1 3.81
72 Luxembourg 14.42 0.08 1.75
73 Croatia 14.33 0.08 0.39
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.21 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 10.87 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 9.32 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 7.3 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 5.22 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 Panama 3.85 0.02 -2.95
106 Mongolia 3.74 0.02 7.74
107 Bolivia 3.51 0.02 1.69
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.36 0.02 5.5
109 Cote d'Ivoire 3.24 0.02 12.74
110 Mozambique 3.15 0.02 -11.62
111 Guatemala 3.07 0.02 4.5
112 Sri Lanka 2.93 0.02 -20.49
113 New Caledonia 2.78 0.02 7.05
114 Ghana 2.67 0.02 18.51
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 Haiti 0.47 0.0 12.16
150 South Sudan 0.46 0.0 4.73
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 Rwanda 0.07 0.0 5.26
178 Saint Lucia 0.07 0.0 -9.09
179 Cape Verde 0.07 0.0 5.98
180 Solomon Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
181 Gambia 0.06 0.0 0.0
182 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 13.33
183 Seychelles 0.05 0.0 15.38
184 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 0.0 75.0
185 Cambodia 0.05 0.0 -45.83
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.04 0.0 25.0
190 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 -10.0
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 -18.18
192 Comoros 0.03 0.0 0.0
193 Dominica 0.03 0.0 14.29
194 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
195 Tonga 0.02 0.0 -14.29
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02 0.0 25.0
197 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
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