CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1980

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1980.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1980?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1980?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4808.56 24.68 -3.99
2 Russia 2129.11 10.93 3.93
3 China 1494.5 7.67 -2.04
4 Germany 1100.07 5.65 -1.59
5 Japan 944.87 4.85 -0.86
6 Ukraine 674.86 3.46 3.94
7 United Kingdom 579.04 2.97 -10.16
8 France 511.05 2.62 -3.96
9 Poland 463.33 2.38 4.99
10 Canada 442.85 2.27 0.26
11 Italy 386.43 1.98 0.31
12 India 291.71 1.5 5.58
13 Mexico 267.74 1.37 11.44
14 Kazakhstan 230.43 1.18 3.88
15 South Africa 228.2 1.17 4.36
16 Spain 213.91 1.1 5.51
17 Australia 204.37 1.05 6.26
18 Romania 195.81 1.01 0.25
19 Brazil 186.19 0.96 -0.85
20 Czechia 184.68 0.95 1.16
21 Netherlands 176.63 0.91 -5.55
22 Saudi Arabia 169.24 0.87 22.63
23 Belgium 134.84 0.69 -3.54
24 South Korea 134.52 0.69 1.24
25 Iran 120.49 0.62 -26.07
26 North Korea 114.08 0.59 3.46
27 Argentina 108.66 0.56 -1.77
28 Belarus 97.2 0.5 3.89
29 Indonesia 94.87 0.49 -0.28
30 Venezuela 90.64 0.47 18.57
31 Uzbekistan 89.79 0.46 3.84
32 Hungary 86.61 0.44 0.72
33 Taiwan 83.51 0.43 10.23
34 Bulgaria 77.25 0.4 -2.13
35 Turkey 75.21 0.39 0.23
36 Sweden 71.71 0.37 -15.5
37 Nigeria 68.04 0.35 -3.06
38 Algeria 66.42 0.34 45.82
39 Denmark 60.29 0.31 -4.17
40 Slovakia 59.1 0.3 1.18
41 Finland 58.14 0.3 7.19
42 Austria 52.02 0.27 -15.16
43 Greece 50.89 0.26 0.14
44 Serbia 47.98 0.25 -1.71
45 Azerbaijan 46.11 0.24 3.92
46 Iraq 45.36 0.23 -14.13
47 Egypt 45.18 0.23 5.33
48 Colombia 44.17 0.23 -0.21
49 Switzerland 40.49 0.21 1.57
50 Thailand 39.72 0.2 9.23
51 Philippines 36.87 0.19 -3.06
52 United Arab Emirates 36.82 0.19 0.76
53 Lithuania 36.42 0.19 3.96
54 Moldova 36.41 0.19 3.92
55 Estonia 35.31 0.18 3.94
56 Pakistan 31.93 0.16 13.5
57 Norway 31.78 0.16 -8.23
58 Cuba 31.37 0.16 -0.98
59 Singapore 30.43 0.16 -14.08
60 Turkmenistan 29.14 0.15 3.88
61 Malaysia 28.03 0.14 2.66
62 Libya 26.78 0.14 3.29
63 Portugal 26.77 0.14 7.72
64 Ireland 26.27 0.13 -4.13
65 Chile 25.1 0.13 1.5
66 Kuwait 24.62 0.13 39.65
67 Peru 24.06 0.12 8.32
68 Latvia 23.2 0.12 3.93
69 Israel 20.98 0.11 0.58
70 Syria 20.73 0.11 -7.82
71 Kyrgyzstan 19.99 0.1 3.88
72 Croatia 17.86 0.09 -1.71
73 New Zealand 17.48 0.09 5.97
74 Trinidad and Tobago 16.92 0.09 1.27
75 Vietnam 16.79 0.09 3.32
76 Hong Kong 16.6 0.09 4.81
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.53 0.08 -1.68
78 Morocco 15.82 0.08 -0.2
79 Georgia 14.3 0.07 3.89
80 Slovenia 13.56 0.07 -1.77
81 Ecuador 13.41 0.07 10.43
82 Qatar 13.08 0.07 -8.79
83 Tajikistan 11.41 0.06 3.91
84 Luxembourg 11.07 0.06 -8.95
85 Zimbabwe 9.61 0.05 1.93
86 Tunisia 9.5 0.05 8.27
87 North Macedonia 9.11 0.05 -1.89
88 Curacao 8.81 0.05 2.91
89 Jamaica 8.45 0.04 -0.99
90 Bahamas 7.97 0.04 15.28
91 Bahrain 7.88 0.04 -3.02
92 Armenia 7.72 0.04 3.91
93 Bangladesh 7.6 0.04 14.89
94 Brunei 6.88 0.04 -7.49
95 Mongolia 6.86 0.04 9.21
96 Gabon 6.62 0.03 -1.81
97 Dominican Republic 6.43 0.03 -5.28
98 Kenya 6.19 0.03 22.99
99 Oman 6.04 0.03 -21.7
100 Lebanon 5.89 0.03 1.81
101 Uruguay 5.82 0.03 -7.09
102 Cote d'Ivoire 5.57 0.03 2.77
103 Myanmar 5.51 0.03 8.31
104 Angola 5.33 0.03 -2.82
105 Albania 5.17 0.03 -31.82
106 Jordan 4.7 0.02 24.33
107 Bolivia 4.66 0.02 -1.5
108 Guatemala 4.49 0.02 -3.96
109 Cameroon 3.89 0.02 114.06
110 Zambia 3.52 0.02 -2.04
111 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.49 0.02 -6.82
112 Sudan 3.43 0.02 4.9
113 Sri Lanka 3.39 0.02 -11.04
114 Senegal 3.34 0.02 15.52
115 Yemen 3.31 0.02 2.95
116 Cyprus 3.26 0.02 7.07
117 Mozambique 3.2 0.02 21.4
118 Panama 3.11 0.02 -2.3
119 Ghana 2.48 0.01 -4.29
120 Costa Rica 2.45 0.01 -11.96
121 Suriname 2.37 0.01 3.34
122 El Salvador 2.12 0.01 -10.83
123 Honduras 2.04 0.01 5.99
124 Liberia 2.04 0.01 4.93
125 Nicaragua 2.02 0.01 18.32
126 New Caledonia 2.0 0.01 21.88
127 Tanzania 1.87 0.01 -9.17
128 Iceland 1.86 0.01 -6.11
129 Papua New Guinea 1.83 0.01 1.84
130 Ethiopia 1.82 0.01 -1.45
131 Guyana 1.79 0.01 17.59
132 Afghanistan 1.76 0.01 -21.34
133 Montenegro 1.63 0.01 -1.67
134 Madagascar 1.61 0.01 42.8
135 Paraguay 1.49 0.01 12.08
136 Malta 1.02 0.01 12.96
137 Botswana 0.99 0.01 4.67
138 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.98 0.01 2.91
139 Guinea 0.96 0.0 1.94
140 Somalia 0.81 0.0 66.92
141 Togo 0.79 0.0 -42.49
142 Fiji 0.79 0.0 -5.26
143 Haiti 0.75 0.0 -0.64
144 Malawi 0.71 0.0 11.52
145 Barbados 0.67 0.0 12.2
146 Mauritania 0.63 0.0 4.24
147 Uganda 0.63 0.0 -6.69
148 Sierra Leone 0.61 0.0 -10.27
149 Mauritius 0.59 0.0 -10.56
150 Aruba 0.59 0.0 2.91
151 Niger 0.57 0.0 18.97
152 Greenland 0.56 0.0 -1.28
153 Nepal 0.54 0.0 5.65
154 Macao 0.53 0.0 27.43
155 Rwanda 0.49 0.0 66.67
156 Benin 0.48 0.0 30.96
157 Eswatini 0.47 0.0 4.1
158 Bermuda 0.44 0.0 -5.56
159 Burkina Faso 0.43 0.0 6.31
160 Faroe Islands 0.42 0.0 -12.21
161 Congo 0.41 0.0 16.5
162 Mali 0.39 0.0 -8.55
163 Djibouti 0.35 0.0 -4.04
164 South Sudan 0.31 0.0 4.93
165 French Polynesia 0.29 0.0 3.9
166 Cambodia 0.29 0.0 875.0
167 Chad 0.21 0.0 3.64
168 Belize 0.19 0.0 -8.77
169 Laos 0.19 0.0 -16.39
170 Liechtenstein 0.16 0.0 20.78
171 Gambia 0.16 0.0 7.5
172 Palau 0.16 0.0 26.47
173 Burundi 0.15 0.0 33.33
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.15 0.0 33.33
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.14 0.0 -64.86
176 Nauru 0.12 0.0 9.68
177 Cape Verde 0.12 0.0 -51.47
178 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.12 0.0 2.91
179 Saint Lucia 0.11 0.0 -24.39
180 Central African Republic 0.11 0.0 3.57
181 Solomon Islands 0.1 0.0 -6.67
182 Christmas Island 0.1 0.0 0.0
183 Seychelles 0.1 0.0 -21.21
184 Samoa 0.08 0.0 -8.7
185 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 0.0
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 0.0 -5.88
187 Comoros 0.05 0.0 116.67
188 Grenada 0.05 0.0 0.0
189 Maldives 0.04 0.0 50.0
190 Sao Tome and Principe 0.04 0.0 22.22
191 Tonga 0.04 0.0 0.0
192 Dominica 0.04 0.0 11.11
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 0.0
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04 0.0 25.0
195 British Virgin Islands 0.03 0.0 0.0
196 Cook Islands 0.03 0.0 14.29
197 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 14.29
198 Bhutan 0.02 0.0 0.0
199 Montserrat 0.01 0.0 -42.86
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0