CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1976

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1976.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1976?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1976?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4747.82 26.4 6.02
2 Russia 1899.59 10.56 3.85
3 China 1226.42 6.82 3.65
4 Germany 1090.84 6.07 8.82
5 Japan 907.14 5.04 4.45
6 Ukraine 602.17 3.35 3.85
7 United Kingdom 598.53 3.33 -0.78
8 France 523.45 2.91 8.56
9 Canada 398.96 2.22 0.55
10 Poland 398.12 2.21 6.23
11 Italy 365.8 2.03 7.25
12 India 244.75 1.36 4.5
13 Kazakhstan 206.22 1.15 3.75
14 Spain 197.75 1.1 9.22
15 South Africa 192.91 1.07 4.27
16 Mexico 183.74 1.02 11.94
17 Czechia 180.41 1.0 3.88
18 Romania 174.27 0.97 7.67
19 Australia 169.8 0.94 -1.91
20 Netherlands 169.13 0.94 10.89
21 Iran 156.46 0.87 12.39
22 Brazil 154.61 0.86 2.85
23 Belgium 129.68 0.72 6.45
24 North Korea 110.03 0.61 2.24
25 Saudi Arabia 101.46 0.56 21.86
26 Argentina 99.7 0.55 5.12
27 South Korea 93.1 0.52 14.01
28 Sweden 88.24 0.49 9.26
29 Belarus 86.82 0.48 3.8
30 Uzbekistan 80.2 0.45 3.86
31 Hungary 79.84 0.44 6.1
32 Turkey 73.36 0.41 12.14
33 Bulgaria 72.96 0.41 0.06
34 Indonesia 61.79 0.34 14.57
35 Denmark 60.06 0.33 7.81
36 Austria 58.2 0.32 7.36
37 Slovakia 57.7 0.32 3.91
38 Venezuela 57.27 0.32 -10.16
39 Taiwan 56.1 0.31 29.1
40 Nigeria 55.19 0.31 16.55
41 Finland 51.2 0.28 11.24
42 Iraq 48.74 0.27 47.15
43 Greece 42.66 0.24 10.31
44 Serbia 41.35 0.23 3.18
45 Azerbaijan 41.13 0.23 3.86
46 Switzerland 40.44 0.22 3.55
47 United Arab Emirates 39.62 0.22 27.61
48 Algeria 39.13 0.22 22.28
49 Colombia 37.98 0.21 6.06
50 Philippines 35.07 0.19 7.95
51 Egypt 34.45 0.19 10.92
52 Norway 33.33 0.19 8.92
53 Moldova 32.5 0.18 3.84
54 Lithuania 32.41 0.18 3.91
55 Estonia 31.51 0.18 3.85
56 Singapore 29.34 0.16 22.94
57 Thailand 28.55 0.16 17.82
58 Cuba 27.2 0.15 0.58
59 Turkmenistan 26.01 0.14 3.84
60 Chile 24.03 0.13 4.72
61 Malaysia 23.9 0.13 22.9
62 Pakistan 22.79 0.13 -1.72
63 Peru 22.4 0.12 2.16
64 Portugal 22.33 0.12 4.94
65 Ireland 22.29 0.12 1.11
66 Latvia 20.69 0.12 3.85
67 Israel 19.5 0.11 -0.22
68 New Zealand 19.25 0.11 5.35
69 Kuwait 18.46 0.1 9.77
70 Curacao 18.35 0.1 113.62
71 Libya 17.89 0.1 54.63
72 Kyrgyzstan 17.88 0.1 3.76
73 Trinidad and Tobago 15.91 0.09 65.51
74 Croatia 15.37 0.09 3.18
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.23 0.08 3.21
76 Vietnam 13.9 0.08 -36.16
77 Syria 13.74 0.08 22.97
78 Georgia 12.76 0.07 3.84
79 Hong Kong 12.49 0.07 13.47
80 Luxembourg 11.86 0.07 -0.02
81 Slovenia 11.7 0.07 3.13
82 Morocco 11.49 0.06 3.83
83 Zimbabwe 10.85 0.06 30.61
84 Qatar 10.37 0.06 -5.23
85 Tajikistan 10.18 0.06 3.83
86 Oman 8.32 0.05 14.75
87 Ecuador 8.1 0.05 10.14
88 North Macedonia 7.85 0.04 3.07
89 Jamaica 7.28 0.04 -11.06
90 Armenia 6.88 0.04 3.88
91 Bahrain 6.57 0.04 14.28
92 Bahamas 6.46 0.04 -21.69
93 Dominican Republic 6.32 0.04 -0.16
94 Brunei 6.02 0.03 -14.91
95 Lebanon 5.92 0.03 -5.44
96 Uruguay 5.89 0.03 -1.26
97 Tunisia 5.84 0.03 5.43
98 Gabon 5.7 0.03 6.33
99 Bangladesh 5.56 0.03 14.39
100 Albania 4.95 0.03 7.75
101 Myanmar 4.89 0.03 6.76
102 Kenya 4.6 0.03 -7.38
103 Bolivia 4.57 0.03 12.82
104 Mongolia 4.39 0.02 8.27
105 Zambia 4.02 0.02 -1.39
106 Cote d'Ivoire 3.96 0.02 -0.64
107 Panama 3.61 0.02 -1.43
108 Sudan 3.44 0.02 -11.43
109 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.4 0.02 5.32
110 Guatemala 3.3 0.02 -6.1
111 Angola 3.28 0.02 -25.6
112 Jordan 2.94 0.02 18.29
113 Sri Lanka 2.8 0.02 -3.26
114 Tanzania 2.79 0.02 22.11
115 Yemen 2.56 0.01 18.23
116 Mozambique 2.56 0.01 -11.35
117 Cyprus 2.49 0.01 24.96
118 New Caledonia 2.39 0.01 -5.52
119 Ghana 2.33 0.01 -12.25
120 Nicaragua 2.22 0.01 15.34
121 El Salvador 2.21 0.01 4.81
122 Costa Rica 2.08 0.01 2.26
123 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.03 0.01 113.62
124 Suriname 2.0 0.01 -1.1
125 Afghanistan 1.98 0.01 -6.62
126 Honduras 1.77 0.01 6.61
127 Senegal 1.77 0.01 -31.35
128 Guyana 1.75 0.01 -4.02
129 Iceland 1.7 0.01 5.44
130 Papua New Guinea 1.57 0.01 2.63
131 Liberia 1.48 0.01 -0.54
132 Montenegro 1.4 0.01 3.21
133 Congo 1.23 0.01 12.33
134 Aruba 1.22 0.01 113.62
135 Ethiopia 1.17 0.01 -2.8
136 Cameroon 1.09 0.01 -6.17
137 Paraguay 1.03 0.01 23.13
138 Madagascar 0.99 0.01 -41.38
139 Uganda 0.99 0.01 -12.69
140 Guinea 0.89 0.0 5.22
141 Malta 0.76 0.0 14.29
142 Haiti 0.67 0.0 39.16
143 Mauritius 0.62 0.0 4.97
144 Botswana 0.59 0.0 217.65
145 Malawi 0.58 0.0 0.64
146 Barbados 0.53 0.0 -6.45
147 Mauritania 0.52 0.0 1.44
148 Fiji 0.48 0.0 -22.42
149 Somalia 0.48 0.0 -4.38
150 Bermuda 0.47 0.0 2.4
151 Sierra Leone 0.45 0.0 -13.99
152 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4 0.0 -43.01
153 Mali 0.34 0.0 -0.08
154 Eswatini 0.33 0.0 -1.09
155 Niger 0.33 0.0 -0.54
156 Faroe Islands 0.33 0.0 -5.26
157 Togo 0.32 0.0 3.53
158 South Sudan 0.31 0.0 -11.42
159 Nepal 0.28 0.0 -19.87
160 Rwanda 0.27 0.0 52.08
161 French Polynesia 0.26 0.0 24.14
162 Benin 0.26 0.0 -41.32
163 Macao 0.25 0.0 -14.81
164 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.25 0.0 113.62
165 Laos 0.22 0.0 -11.59
166 Greenland 0.22 0.0 -56.52
167 Burkina Faso 0.21 0.0 -5.0
168 Djibouti 0.2 0.0 0.0
169 Chad 0.18 0.0 0.0
170 Belize 0.18 0.0 0.0
171 Liechtenstein 0.13 0.0 -2.76
172 Central African Republic 0.13 0.0 25.0
173 Christmas Island 0.12 0.0 -8.11
174 Palau 0.11 0.0 -41.51
175 Nauru 0.1 0.0 0.0
176 Gambia 0.1 0.0 0.0
177 Guinea-Bissau 0.1 0.0 -16.13
178 Burundi 0.09 0.0 14.29
179 Saint Lucia 0.08 0.0 9.52
180 Seychelles 0.08 0.0 37.5
181 Cambodia 0.07 0.0 0.21
182 Cape Verde 0.07 0.0 -4.76
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 0.0 0.0
184 Solomon Islands 0.06 0.0 6.25
185 Grenada 0.05 0.0 0.0
186 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 44.44
187 Samoa 0.04 0.0 -25.0
188 Vanuatu 0.04 0.0 -20.0
189 Comoros 0.04 0.0 22.22
190 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 0.0
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 0.0
192 Dominica 0.03 0.0 0.0
193 Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 0.0 60.0
194 Tonga 0.03 0.0 -11.11
195 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
196 Cook Islands 0.01 0.0 0.0
197 Maldives 0.01 0.0 50.0
198 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 0.0
199 Bhutan 0.0 0.0 0.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0