CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1978

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1978.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1978?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1978?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4941.42 25.92 1.06
2 Russia 2031.66 10.66 3.43
3 China 1492.78 7.83 11.33
4 Germany 1079.13 5.66 2.52
5 Japan 901.59 4.73 -3.39
6 Ukraine 643.92 3.38 3.42
7 United Kingdom 604.71 3.17 0.06
8 France 528.76 2.77 4.3
9 Poland 430.87 2.26 3.09
10 Canada 415.53 2.18 1.9
11 Italy 371.27 1.95 4.76
12 India 263.15 1.38 1.62
13 Mexico 222.12 1.17 15.45
14 Kazakhstan 220.16 1.15 3.34
15 South Africa 201.88 1.06 1.07
16 Spain 199.51 1.05 2.4
17 Romania 193.24 1.01 8.67
18 Australia 191.05 1.0 5.02
19 Czechia 187.46 0.98 0.9
20 Brazil 177.12 0.93 9.09
21 Netherlands 169.79 0.89 3.78
22 Iran 162.1 0.85 -0.99
23 Belgium 135.45 0.71 7.33
24 Saudi Arabia 115.02 0.6 -2.58
25 South Korea 113.12 0.59 7.26
26 North Korea 108.21 0.57 -4.8
27 Argentina 102.56 0.54 1.84
28 Indonesia 93.94 0.49 13.98
29 Belarus 92.83 0.49 3.43
30 Hungary 87.96 0.46 5.97
31 Uzbekistan 85.78 0.45 3.45
32 Bulgaria 81.21 0.43 7.14
33 Sweden 79.48 0.42 -7.31
34 Turkey 76.71 0.4 -5.43
35 Taiwan 71.03 0.37 16.19
36 Venezuela 68.59 0.36 7.76
37 Algeria 62.46 0.33 49.25
38 Denmark 61.03 0.32 -1.19
39 Slovakia 59.97 0.31 0.9
40 Austria 57.23 0.3 2.2
41 Finland 51.83 0.27 3.37
42 Nigeria 48.22 0.25 -4.52
43 Greece 47.68 0.25 2.19
44 Serbia 44.9 0.24 11.7
45 United Arab Emirates 44.75 0.23 15.49
46 Azerbaijan 44.0 0.23 3.46
47 Iraq 42.19 0.22 -3.29
48 Switzerland 42.17 0.22 2.76
49 Colombia 41.53 0.22 5.84
50 Egypt 39.26 0.21 3.82
51 Philippines 37.38 0.2 1.92
52 Moldova 34.76 0.18 3.43
53 Thailand 34.74 0.18 9.01
54 Lithuania 34.74 0.18 3.56
55 Estonia 33.7 0.18 3.42
56 Norway 32.62 0.17 -2.06
57 Singapore 32.46 0.17 17.57
58 Cuba 30.66 0.16 4.38
59 Turkmenistan 27.83 0.15 3.46
60 Pakistan 26.05 0.14 7.12
61 Ireland 23.58 0.12 0.05
62 Malaysia 23.26 0.12 2.83
63 Chile 22.84 0.12 -0.76
64 Portugal 22.58 0.12 -0.09
65 Peru 22.41 0.12 -3.79
66 Latvia 22.14 0.12 3.46
67 Libya 21.16 0.11 4.74
68 Israel 21.03 0.11 6.4
69 Kuwait 20.97 0.11 21.92
70 Kyrgyzstan 19.1 0.1 3.37
71 New Zealand 18.02 0.09 -11.27
72 Croatia 16.7 0.09 11.8
73 Hong Kong 15.71 0.08 10.63
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.46 0.08 11.74
75 Vietnam 15.39 0.08 0.92
76 Trinidad and Tobago 15.31 0.08 -5.24
77 Syria 15.18 0.08 3.75
78 Georgia 13.65 0.07 3.45
79 Morocco 12.99 0.07 2.91
80 Slovenia 12.69 0.07 11.73
81 Luxembourg 11.88 0.06 8.46
82 Tajikistan 10.89 0.06 3.45
83 Qatar 10.52 0.06 6.08
84 Ecuador 10.41 0.05 39.27
85 Brunei 9.53 0.05 49.2
86 Zimbabwe 9.28 0.05 -0.05
87 Jamaica 9.11 0.05 22.46
88 North Macedonia 8.52 0.04 11.96
89 Curacao 8.16 0.04 -14.84
90 Oman 7.79 0.04 -8.36
91 Bahrain 7.76 0.04 3.98
92 Gabon 7.55 0.04 19.79
93 Tunisia 7.49 0.04 10.87
94 Armenia 7.37 0.04 3.5
95 Bahamas 6.6 0.03 -32.05
96 Albania 6.49 0.03 13.54
97 Bangladesh 5.98 0.03 3.45
98 Mongolia 5.76 0.03 16.19
99 Uruguay 5.73 0.03 1.59
100 Lebanon 5.5 0.03 2.05
101 Dominican Republic 5.43 0.03 -3.01
102 Angola 5.4 0.03 53.08
103 Kenya 5.32 0.03 5.3
104 Myanmar 5.15 0.03 -0.38
105 Bolivia 5.02 0.03 12.19
106 Cote d'Ivoire 4.81 0.03 18.81
107 Guatemala 4.12 0.02 8.22
108 Jordan 3.63 0.02 15.01
109 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.53 0.02 1.41
110 Zambia 3.47 0.02 -7.07
111 Sri Lanka 3.44 0.02 18.02
112 Sudan 3.15 0.02 -9.69
113 Yemen 3.1 0.02 4.17
114 Costa Rica 2.91 0.02 11.68
115 Ghana 2.87 0.02 -0.89
116 Mozambique 2.87 0.02 5.89
117 Cyprus 2.85 0.01 5.4
118 Panama 2.83 0.01 -17.97
119 Nicaragua 2.63 0.01 -7.26
120 Senegal 2.62 0.01 17.09
121 Suriname 2.39 0.01 26.05
122 El Salvador 2.38 0.01 4.37
123 Tanzania 2.2 0.01 9.45
124 Afghanistan 2.15 0.01 -9.68
125 Guyana 2.06 0.01 8.3
126 Honduras 2.04 0.01 2.31
127 Cameroon 1.99 0.01 27.85
128 Iceland 1.92 0.01 0.96
129 Papua New Guinea 1.67 0.01 6.03
130 New Caledonia 1.54 0.01 -27.94
131 Montenegro 1.53 0.01 11.75
132 Liberia 1.5 0.01 2.16
133 Paraguay 1.45 0.01 26.08
134 Ethiopia 1.37 0.01 30.73
135 Madagascar 1.02 0.01 20.3
136 Malta 0.93 0.0 16.44
137 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.9 0.0 -14.84
138 Guinea 0.9 0.0 0.0
139 Botswana 0.83 0.0 6.57
140 Haiti 0.75 0.0 6.6
141 Sierra Leone 0.71 0.0 38.57
142 Fiji 0.71 0.0 -7.26
143 Uganda 0.7 0.0 -13.32
144 Malawi 0.67 0.0 5.16
145 Barbados 0.63 0.0 6.83
146 Mauritius 0.63 0.0 -1.71
147 Mauritania 0.58 0.0 4.61
148 Somalia 0.56 0.0 -30.28
149 Aruba 0.54 0.0 -14.84
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0.49 0.0 5.51
151 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 29.03
152 Bermuda 0.43 0.0 -6.45
153 Macao 0.41 0.0 34.52
154 Niger 0.41 0.0 13.81
155 Faroe Islands 0.4 0.0 -1.8
156 Mali 0.39 0.0 -4.48
157 Greenland 0.39 0.0 -45.69
158 Benin 0.36 0.0 22.22
159 Togo 0.36 0.0 -23.02
160 Burkina Faso 0.35 0.0 39.71
161 Nepal 0.33 0.0 -2.21
162 Congo 0.32 0.0 -32.82
163 French Polynesia 0.31 0.0 13.33
164 Rwanda 0.29 0.0 8.22
165 South Sudan 0.29 0.0 -9.63
166 Laos 0.23 0.0 0.0
167 Belize 0.22 0.0 9.26
168 Cape Verde 0.21 0.0 158.71
169 Djibouti 0.2 0.0 1.85
170 Chad 0.19 0.0 -1.85
171 Liechtenstein 0.15 0.0 -0.25
172 Central African Republic 0.15 0.0 14.29
173 Gambia 0.14 0.0 22.58
174 Nauru 0.11 0.0 0.0
175 Palau 0.11 0.0 -40.0
176 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.11 0.0 -14.84
177 Burundi 0.1 0.0 3.7
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.1 0.0 0.0
179 Saint Lucia 0.1 0.0 42.11
180 Samoa 0.1 0.0 35.0
181 Christmas Island 0.09 0.0 0.0
182 Seychelles 0.08 0.0 -8.7
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.07 0.0 11.76
184 Solomon Islands 0.06 0.0 -22.73
185 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 14.29
186 Cambodia 0.05 0.0 -30.62
187 Grenada 0.05 0.0 7.69
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04 0.0 11.11
189 Tonga 0.04 0.0 25.0
190 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -10.0
191 Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 0.0 12.5
192 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
193 Comoros 0.03 0.0 -27.27
194 Cook Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
195 Dominica 0.03 0.0 0.0
196 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
197 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 0.0
198 Maldives 0.02 0.0 50.0
199 Bhutan 0.01 0.0 50.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0