Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1981.
| Rank | Country | CO₂ (million tonnes) | Global share (%) | Change from previous year (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4686.42 | 24.64 | -2.54 |
| 2 | Russia | 2088.57 | 10.98 | -1.9 |
| 3 | China | 1476.49 | 7.76 | -1.2 |
| 4 | Germany | 1048.52 | 5.51 | -4.69 |
| 5 | Japan | 926.84 | 4.87 | -1.91 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 661.77 | 3.48 | -1.94 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 560.55 | 2.95 | -3.19 |
| 8 | France | 459.3 | 2.42 | -10.13 |
| 9 | Canada | 429.63 | 2.26 | -2.98 |
| 10 | Poland | 409.0 | 2.15 | -11.73 |
| 11 | Italy | 375.3 | 1.97 | -2.88 |
| 12 | India | 314.97 | 1.66 | 7.97 |
| 13 | Mexico | 283.71 | 1.49 | 5.96 |
| 14 | South Africa | 257.08 | 1.35 | 12.65 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 225.75 | 1.19 | -2.03 |
| 16 | Australia | 213.81 | 1.12 | 4.62 |
| 17 | Spain | 206.1 | 1.08 | -3.65 |
| 18 | Romania | 197.32 | 1.04 | 0.77 |
| 19 | Czechia | 182.65 | 0.96 | -1.1 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 175.3 | 0.92 | 3.58 |
| 21 | Brazil | 171.32 | 0.9 | -7.98 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 164.11 | 0.86 | -7.09 |
| 23 | South Korea | 139.59 | 0.73 | 3.77 |
| 24 | Belgium | 123.57 | 0.65 | -8.35 |
| 25 | North Korea | 114.39 | 0.6 | 0.27 |
| 26 | Iran | 113.0 | 0.59 | -6.22 |
| 27 | Argentina | 101.97 | 0.54 | -6.15 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 100.3 | 0.53 | 5.72 |
| 29 | Belarus | 95.37 | 0.5 | -1.88 |
| 30 | Venezuela | 91.79 | 0.48 | 1.27 |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 88.19 | 0.46 | -1.77 |
| 32 | Hungary | 86.35 | 0.45 | -0.3 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 80.09 | 0.42 | 3.67 |
| 34 | Turkey | 79.19 | 0.42 | 5.28 |
| 35 | Taiwan | 75.05 | 0.39 | -10.13 |
| 36 | Sweden | 69.39 | 0.36 | -3.24 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 65.81 | 0.35 | -3.27 |
| 38 | Slovakia | 58.45 | 0.31 | -1.09 |
| 39 | Austria | 55.83 | 0.29 | 7.32 |
| 40 | Serbia | 52.22 | 0.27 | 8.83 |
| 41 | Denmark | 51.72 | 0.27 | -14.22 |
| 42 | Finland | 51.4 | 0.27 | -11.59 |
| 43 | Egypt | 50.9 | 0.27 | 12.68 |
| 44 | Greece | 50.13 | 0.26 | -1.5 |
| 45 | Algeria | 46.34 | 0.24 | -30.23 |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 45.26 | 0.24 | -1.84 |
| 47 | Colombia | 44.26 | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| 48 | Switzerland | 38.81 | 0.2 | -4.14 |
| 49 | Thailand | 37.52 | 0.2 | -5.52 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 36.77 | 0.19 | -0.15 |
| 51 | Lithuania | 35.8 | 0.19 | -1.7 |
| 52 | Moldova | 35.75 | 0.19 | -1.82 |
| 53 | Estonia | 34.64 | 0.18 | -1.91 |
| 54 | Philippines | 34.53 | 0.18 | -6.35 |
| 55 | Pakistan | 34.23 | 0.18 | 7.21 |
| 56 | Cuba | 32.72 | 0.17 | 4.3 |
| 57 | Iraq | 31.9 | 0.17 | -29.67 |
| 58 | Norway | 31.8 | 0.17 | 0.09 |
| 59 | Malaysia | 30.88 | 0.16 | 10.15 |
| 60 | Libya | 28.67 | 0.15 | 7.05 |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 28.61 | 0.15 | -1.81 |
| 62 | Portugal | 27.0 | 0.14 | 0.85 |
| 63 | Syria | 26.53 | 0.14 | 28.02 |
| 64 | Ireland | 26.06 | 0.14 | -0.8 |
| 65 | Singapore | 25.71 | 0.14 | -15.53 |
| 66 | Kuwait | 25.14 | 0.13 | 2.13 |
| 67 | Chile | 24.35 | 0.13 | -3.0 |
| 68 | Peru | 24.03 | 0.13 | -0.16 |
| 69 | Latvia | 22.77 | 0.12 | -1.84 |
| 70 | Israel | 21.02 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.6 | 0.1 | -1.96 |
| 72 | Croatia | 19.41 | 0.1 | 8.68 |
| 73 | Hong Kong | 18.62 | 0.1 | 12.15 |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.0 | 0.09 | 8.83 |
| 75 | Vietnam | 17.7 | 0.09 | 5.4 |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.24 | 0.09 | 1.91 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 16.65 | 0.09 | 24.21 |
| 78 | New Zealand | 16.56 | 0.09 | -5.25 |
| 79 | Morocco | 15.72 | 0.08 | -0.63 |
| 80 | Slovenia | 14.74 | 0.08 | 8.72 |
| 81 | Georgia | 14.03 | 0.07 | -1.83 |
| 82 | Qatar | 12.84 | 0.07 | -1.84 |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 11.2 | 0.06 | -1.85 |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 9.9 | 0.05 | 8.74 |
| 85 | Tunisia | 9.84 | 0.05 | 3.62 |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 9.49 | 0.05 | -14.34 |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 9.41 | 0.05 | -2.17 |
| 88 | Bahrain | 8.52 | 0.04 | 8.09 |
| 89 | Curacao | 8.39 | 0.04 | -4.75 |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 7.89 | 0.04 | 3.8 |
| 91 | Armenia | 7.59 | 0.04 | -1.74 |
| 92 | Jamaica | 7.41 | 0.04 | -12.28 |
| 93 | Albania | 7.34 | 0.04 | 41.94 |
| 94 | Mongolia | 6.61 | 0.03 | -3.51 |
| 95 | Gabon | 6.56 | 0.03 | -0.92 |
| 96 | Kenya | 6.52 | 0.03 | 5.33 |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 6.14 | 0.03 | -4.54 |
| 98 | Oman | 6.01 | 0.03 | -0.49 |
| 99 | Lebanon | 5.84 | 0.03 | -0.77 |
| 100 | Jordan | 5.83 | 0.03 | 24.05 |
| 101 | Myanmar | 5.62 | 0.03 | 2.07 |
| 102 | Uruguay | 5.36 | 0.03 | -7.95 |
| 103 | Cameroon | 5.32 | 0.03 | 36.88 |
| 104 | Angola | 5.27 | 0.03 | -1.27 |
| 105 | Bolivia | 4.78 | 0.03 | 2.62 |
| 106 | Yemen | 4.23 | 0.02 | 27.52 |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 4.01 | 0.02 | 18.21 |
| 108 | Guatemala | 3.95 | 0.02 | -12.09 |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.87 | 0.02 | -30.59 |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.76 | 0.02 | 7.76 |
| 111 | Zambia | 3.36 | 0.02 | -4.69 |
| 112 | Sudan | 3.33 | 0.02 | -2.83 |
| 113 | Panama | 3.32 | 0.02 | 6.92 |
| 114 | Senegal | 3.28 | 0.02 | -1.7 |
| 115 | Cyprus | 3.1 | 0.02 | -5.06 |
| 116 | Ghana | 2.94 | 0.02 | 18.18 |
| 117 | Bahamas | 2.8 | 0.01 | -64.9 |
| 118 | Mozambique | 2.48 | 0.01 | -22.49 |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 2.24 | 0.01 | -8.67 |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 2.13 | 0.01 | 5.56 |
| 121 | Tanzania | 2.11 | 0.01 | 12.45 |
| 122 | Brunei | 2.06 | 0.01 | -70.06 |
| 123 | Suriname | 2.03 | 0.01 | -14.4 |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 1.98 | 0.01 | 12.65 |
| 125 | Liberia | 1.93 | 0.01 | -5.04 |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 1.93 | 0.01 | 5.61 |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 1.86 | 0.01 | 2.34 |
| 128 | El Salvador | 1.82 | 0.01 | -14.19 |
| 129 | Honduras | 1.81 | 0.01 | -11.29 |
| 130 | Guyana | 1.8 | 0.01 | 0.61 |
| 131 | Montenegro | 1.78 | 0.01 | 8.83 |
| 132 | Iceland | 1.75 | 0.01 | -6.11 |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 1.39 | 0.01 | -30.44 |
| 134 | Paraguay | 1.38 | 0.01 | -6.89 |
| 135 | Malta | 1.14 | 0.01 | 11.83 |
| 136 | Fiji | 1.08 | 0.01 | 35.93 |
| 137 | Madagascar | 1.02 | 0.01 | -36.52 |
| 138 | Botswana | 1.01 | 0.01 | 2.23 |
| 139 | Guinea | 0.99 | 0.01 | 2.66 |
| 140 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.93 | 0.0 | -4.75 |
| 141 | Haiti | 0.76 | 0.0 | 1.86 |
| 142 | Togo | 0.71 | 0.0 | -11.07 |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 0.69 | 0.0 | 13.86 |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.69 | 0.0 | 1.63 |
| 145 | Niger | 0.68 | 0.0 | 20.14 |
| 146 | Mauritania | 0.63 | 0.0 | 0.56 |
| 147 | Malawi | 0.6 | 0.0 | -14.96 |
| 148 | Rwanda | 0.6 | 0.0 | 21.48 |
| 149 | Aruba | 0.56 | 0.0 | -4.75 |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 0.56 | 0.0 | 28.81 |
| 151 | Mauritius | 0.54 | 0.0 | -8.07 |
| 152 | Macao | 0.53 | 0.0 | 1.39 |
| 153 | Greenland | 0.53 | 0.0 | -6.49 |
| 154 | Uganda | 0.53 | 0.0 | -15.81 |
| 155 | Congo | 0.47 | 0.0 | 16.08 |
| 156 | Nepal | 0.45 | 0.0 | -16.28 |
| 157 | Faroe Islands | 0.44 | 0.0 | 4.35 |
| 158 | Eswatini | 0.44 | 0.0 | -6.3 |
| 159 | Mali | 0.39 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| 160 | Bermuda | 0.39 | 0.0 | -10.92 |
| 161 | Benin | 0.39 | 0.0 | -19.29 |
| 162 | French Polynesia | 0.33 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.3 | 0.0 | -2.84 |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.13 |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0.3 | 0.0 | -13.68 |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.27 | 0.0 | -66.22 |
| 167 | Chad | 0.21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 168 | Belize | 0.18 | 0.0 | -3.85 |
| 169 | Burundi | 0.16 | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| 170 | Gambia | 0.16 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 171 | Palau | 0.16 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 172 | Laos | 0.15 | 0.0 | -19.61 |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 0.15 | 0.0 | -6.09 |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.14 | 0.0 | -2.5 |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 0.14 | 0.0 | 27.59 |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 0.14 | 0.0 | 32.14 |
| 177 | Nauru | 0.12 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 178 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.11 | 0.0 | -4.75 |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.11 | 0.0 | -25.64 |
| 180 | Christmas Island | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.85 |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.1 | 0.0 | -16.13 |
| 183 | Samoa | 0.08 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.07 | 0.0 | 18.75 |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 0.07 | 0.0 | 125.0 |
| 186 | Grenada | 0.06 | 0.0 | 23.08 |
| 187 | Bhutan | 0.06 | 0.0 | 151.77 |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 0.05 | 0.0 | -17.65 |
| 189 | Comoros | 0.05 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 190 | Maldives | 0.05 | 0.0 | 8.33 |
| 191 | Tonga | 0.05 | 0.0 | 18.18 |
| 192 | British Virgin Islands | 0.04 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| 193 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.04 | 0.0 | 9.09 |
| 194 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.04 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| 195 | Dominica | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 197 | Cape Verde | 0.03 | 0.0 | -72.73 |
| 198 | Kiribati | 0.03 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 199 | Montserrat | 0.02 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| 200 | Saint Helena | 0.01 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 201 | Niue | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |