CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1979

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1979.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1979?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1979?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5008.64 25.55 1.36
2 Russia 2048.51 10.45 0.83
3 China 1525.66 7.78 2.2
4 Germany 1117.89 5.7 3.59
5 Japan 953.07 4.86 5.71
6 Ukraine 649.26 3.31 0.83
7 United Kingdom 644.51 3.29 6.58
8 France 532.11 2.71 0.63
9 Canada 441.68 2.25 6.29
10 Poland 441.31 2.25 2.42
11 Italy 385.26 1.97 3.77
12 India 276.28 1.41 4.99
13 Mexico 240.26 1.23 8.17
14 Kazakhstan 221.82 1.13 0.76
15 South Africa 218.67 1.12 8.32
16 Spain 202.75 1.03 1.62
17 Romania 195.32 1.0 1.08
18 Australia 192.32 0.98 0.66
19 Brazil 187.79 0.96 6.02
20 Netherlands 187.01 0.95 10.14
21 Czechia 182.56 0.93 -2.62
22 Iran 162.98 0.83 0.54
23 Belgium 139.79 0.71 3.2
24 Saudi Arabia 138.0 0.7 19.98
25 South Korea 132.87 0.68 17.46
26 Argentina 110.62 0.56 7.86
27 North Korea 110.26 0.56 1.89
28 Indonesia 95.14 0.49 1.28
29 Belarus 93.56 0.48 0.79
30 Uzbekistan 86.46 0.44 0.8
31 Hungary 85.99 0.44 -2.25
32 Sweden 84.87 0.43 6.78
33 Bulgaria 78.93 0.4 -2.81
34 Venezuela 76.45 0.39 11.45
35 Taiwan 75.77 0.39 6.67
36 Turkey 75.04 0.38 -2.18
37 Nigeria 70.19 0.36 45.54
38 Denmark 62.91 0.32 3.08
39 Austria 61.32 0.31 7.16
40 Slovakia 58.41 0.3 -2.61
41 Finland 54.24 0.28 4.65
42 Iraq 52.82 0.27 25.19
43 Greece 50.82 0.26 6.59
44 Serbia 48.82 0.25 8.73
45 Algeria 45.55 0.23 -27.07
46 Azerbaijan 44.37 0.23 0.84
47 Colombia 44.27 0.23 6.58
48 Egypt 42.89 0.22 9.24
49 Switzerland 39.86 0.2 -5.47
50 Philippines 38.03 0.19 1.74
51 United Arab Emirates 36.55 0.19 -18.34
52 Thailand 36.36 0.19 4.67
53 Singapore 35.42 0.18 9.11
54 Moldova 35.04 0.18 0.79
55 Lithuania 35.04 0.18 0.85
56 Norway 34.63 0.18 6.13
57 Estonia 33.97 0.17 0.82
58 Cuba 31.68 0.16 3.34
59 Pakistan 28.13 0.14 8.0
60 Turkmenistan 28.05 0.14 0.81
61 Ireland 27.4 0.14 16.21
62 Malaysia 27.31 0.14 17.39
63 Libya 25.93 0.13 22.55
64 Portugal 24.86 0.13 10.05
65 Chile 24.73 0.13 8.26
66 Syria 22.48 0.11 48.11
67 Latvia 22.32 0.11 0.82
68 Peru 22.22 0.11 -0.87
69 Israel 20.86 0.11 -0.8
70 Kyrgyzstan 19.24 0.1 0.74
71 Croatia 18.17 0.09 8.8
72 Kuwait 17.63 0.09 -15.94
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.82 0.09 8.76
74 Trinidad and Tobago 16.71 0.09 9.11
75 New Zealand 16.49 0.08 -8.49
76 Vietnam 16.25 0.08 5.6
77 Morocco 15.85 0.08 22.0
78 Hong Kong 15.84 0.08 0.79
79 Qatar 14.34 0.07 36.35
80 Slovenia 13.8 0.07 8.76
81 Georgia 13.76 0.07 0.81
82 Luxembourg 12.16 0.06 2.37
83 Ecuador 12.14 0.06 16.66
84 Tajikistan 10.98 0.06 0.81
85 Zimbabwe 9.43 0.05 1.64
86 North Macedonia 9.28 0.05 8.95
87 Tunisia 8.77 0.04 17.12
88 Curacao 8.56 0.04 4.9
89 Jamaica 8.53 0.04 -6.39
90 Bahrain 8.13 0.04 4.72
91 Oman 7.72 0.04 -0.94
92 Albania 7.58 0.04 16.83
93 Brunei 7.43 0.04 -22.02
94 Armenia 7.43 0.04 0.82
95 Bahamas 6.92 0.04 4.83
96 Dominican Republic 6.79 0.03 24.96
97 Gabon 6.75 0.03 -10.7
98 Bangladesh 6.61 0.03 10.5
99 Mongolia 6.28 0.03 8.91
100 Uruguay 6.26 0.03 9.3
101 Lebanon 5.79 0.03 5.26
102 Angola 5.49 0.03 1.66
103 Cote d'Ivoire 5.42 0.03 12.56
104 Myanmar 5.09 0.03 -1.17
105 Kenya 5.03 0.03 -5.36
106 Bolivia 4.73 0.02 -5.78
107 Guatemala 4.68 0.02 13.62
108 Sri Lanka 3.81 0.02 10.87
109 Jordan 3.78 0.02 4.12
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.74 0.02 6.07
111 Zambia 3.6 0.02 3.62
112 Sudan 3.27 0.02 3.81
113 Yemen 3.22 0.02 3.75
114 Panama 3.18 0.02 12.21
115 Cyprus 3.05 0.02 7.04
116 Senegal 2.89 0.01 10.25
117 Costa Rica 2.78 0.01 -4.5
118 Mozambique 2.63 0.01 -8.07
119 Ghana 2.59 0.01 -9.49
120 El Salvador 2.38 0.01 -0.2
121 Suriname 2.29 0.01 -4.14
122 Afghanistan 2.23 0.01 3.69
123 Tanzania 2.06 0.01 -6.12
124 Iceland 1.98 0.01 3.24
125 Liberia 1.94 0.01 29.19
126 Honduras 1.92 0.01 -5.72
127 Ethiopia 1.84 0.01 34.76
128 Cameroon 1.82 0.01 -8.92
129 Papua New Guinea 1.8 0.01 7.22
130 Nicaragua 1.71 0.01 -34.95
131 Montenegro 1.66 0.01 8.77
132 New Caledonia 1.64 0.01 6.4
133 Guyana 1.52 0.01 -26.02
134 Togo 1.38 0.01 288.66
135 Paraguay 1.33 0.01 -8.82
136 Madagascar 1.13 0.01 11.11
137 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.95 0.0 4.9
138 Guinea 0.95 0.0 4.88
139 Botswana 0.94 0.0 13.22
140 Malta 0.91 0.0 -3.14
141 Fiji 0.84 0.0 17.96
142 Haiti 0.75 0.0 -0.1
143 Sierra Leone 0.68 0.0 -4.64
144 Uganda 0.67 0.0 -3.5
145 Mauritius 0.66 0.0 4.65
146 Malawi 0.64 0.0 -4.93
147 Mauritania 0.6 0.0 3.77
148 Barbados 0.6 0.0 -4.65
149 Greenland 0.57 0.0 45.79
150 Aruba 0.57 0.0 4.9
151 Nepal 0.51 0.0 55.74
152 Somalia 0.49 0.0 -12.5
153 Faroe Islands 0.48 0.0 20.18
154 Niger 0.48 0.0 15.14
155 Bermuda 0.46 0.0 8.62
156 Eswatini 0.45 0.0 1.67
157 Mali 0.43 0.0 8.35
158 Macao 0.41 0.0 0.0
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0.41 0.0 -17.16
160 Burkina Faso 0.41 0.0 16.84
161 Benin 0.37 0.0 1.01
162 Djibouti 0.36 0.0 80.0
163 Congo 0.35 0.0 7.95
164 South Sudan 0.3 0.0 3.84
165 Rwanda 0.3 0.0 2.53
166 French Polynesia 0.28 0.0 -9.41
167 Cape Verde 0.25 0.0 19.47
168 Laos 0.22 0.0 -3.17
169 Belize 0.21 0.0 -3.39
170 Chad 0.2 0.0 3.77
171 Saint Lucia 0.15 0.0 51.85
172 Gambia 0.15 0.0 5.26
173 Liechtenstein 0.13 0.0 -13.97
174 Palau 0.12 0.0 13.33
175 Seychelles 0.12 0.0 57.14
176 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.11 0.0 4.9
177 Nauru 0.11 0.0 0.0
178 Burundi 0.11 0.0 7.14
179 Guinea-Bissau 0.11 0.0 7.14
180 Solomon Islands 0.11 0.0 76.47
181 Central African Republic 0.1 0.0 -30.0
182 Christmas Island 0.1 0.0 8.0
183 Samoa 0.08 0.0 -14.81
184 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 0.0 -10.53
185 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 6.25
186 Grenada 0.05 0.0 -7.14
187 Tonga 0.04 0.0 10.0
188 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 11.11
189 Dominica 0.03 0.0 28.57
190 Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 0.0 0.0
191 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
192 Cambodia 0.03 0.0 -43.02
193 Maldives 0.03 0.0 33.33
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 0.0 -20.0
195 Cook Islands 0.03 0.0 -12.5
196 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 16.67
197 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
198 Bhutan 0.02 0.0 100.0
199 Comoros 0.02 0.0 -25.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0