CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1982

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1982.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1982?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1982?

Saint Helena produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 4447.3 23.57 -5.1
2 Russia 2127.95 11.28 1.89
3 China 1606.58 8.52 8.81
4 Germany 1015.73 5.38 -3.13
5 Japan 897.41 4.76 -3.18
6 Ukraine 674.32 3.57 1.9
7 United Kingdom 548.24 2.91 -2.2
8 France 440.36 2.33 -4.12
9 Poland 420.97 2.23 2.93
10 Canada 414.45 2.2 -3.53
11 Italy 366.88 1.94 -2.24
12 India 325.38 1.72 3.31
13 Mexico 303.91 1.61 7.12
14 South Africa 280.43 1.49 9.09
15 Kazakhstan 229.91 1.22 1.85
16 Australia 218.0 1.16 1.96
17 Spain 208.6 1.11 1.21
18 Romania 194.88 1.03 -1.24
19 Czechia 180.85 0.96 -0.99
20 Brazil 171.5 0.91 0.1
21 Saudi Arabia 157.89 0.84 -9.93
22 South Korea 140.78 0.75 0.85
23 Iran 137.77 0.73 21.93
24 Netherlands 133.49 0.71 -18.66
25 Belgium 117.1 0.62 -5.24
26 North Korea 116.89 0.62 2.18
27 Indonesia 105.58 0.56 5.27
28 Argentina 103.35 0.55 1.36
29 Belarus 97.14 0.51 1.86
30 Venezuela 93.2 0.49 1.54
31 Uzbekistan 89.88 0.48 1.91
32 Bulgaria 89.84 0.48 12.18
33 Hungary 86.6 0.46 0.29
34 Turkey 86.21 0.46 8.87
35 Taiwan 75.38 0.4 0.44
36 Nigeria 65.39 0.35 -0.63
37 Sweden 62.26 0.33 -10.28
38 Slovakia 57.9 0.31 -0.96
39 Egypt 56.43 0.3 10.86
40 Denmark 53.62 0.28 3.67
41 Austria 53.57 0.28 -4.06
42 Greece 51.51 0.27 2.76
43 Serbia 47.95 0.25 -8.18
44 Azerbaijan 46.12 0.24 1.89
45 Colombia 45.68 0.24 3.21
46 Finland 42.98 0.23 -16.39
47 Algeria 39.17 0.21 -15.47
48 Thailand 37.31 0.2 -0.56
49 Pakistan 37.19 0.2 8.64
50 United Arab Emirates 36.75 0.19 -0.04
51 Switzerland 36.59 0.19 -5.74
52 Lithuania 36.49 0.19 1.92
53 Moldova 36.41 0.19 1.84
54 Estonia 35.29 0.19 1.89
55 Philippines 34.84 0.18 0.9
56 Cuba 34.53 0.18 5.51
57 Norway 30.91 0.16 -2.81
58 Malaysia 30.64 0.16 -0.76
59 Libya 30.57 0.16 6.62
60 Iraq 30.37 0.16 -4.79
61 Turkmenistan 29.15 0.15 1.88
62 Portugal 29.0 0.15 7.41
63 Singapore 28.38 0.15 10.41
64 Ireland 25.57 0.14 -1.9
65 Syria 24.36 0.13 -8.18
66 Israel 23.85 0.13 13.5
67 Peru 23.6 0.13 -1.78
68 Latvia 23.2 0.12 1.88
69 Kuwait 21.09 0.11 -16.11
70 Chile 20.48 0.11 -15.9
71 Kyrgyzstan 19.96 0.11 1.84
72 Hong Kong 19.62 0.1 5.4
73 Ecuador 19.24 0.1 15.51
74 Trinidad and Tobago 18.41 0.1 6.74
75 Vietnam 18.34 0.1 3.65
76 New Zealand 18.27 0.1 10.32
77 Croatia 17.82 0.09 -8.16
78 Morocco 16.9 0.09 7.55
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.53 0.09 -8.14
80 Georgia 14.3 0.08 1.88
81 Slovenia 13.52 0.07 -8.26
82 Qatar 12.33 0.07 -3.94
83 Tajikistan 11.41 0.06 1.88
84 Bahrain 9.83 0.05 15.4
85 Tunisia 9.53 0.05 -3.13
86 Curacao 9.38 0.05 11.81
87 North Macedonia 9.07 0.05 -8.43
88 Luxembourg 8.92 0.05 -5.92
89 Zimbabwe 8.78 0.05 -6.65
90 Bangladesh 8.55 0.05 8.45
91 Armenia 7.73 0.04 1.9
92 Albania 7.31 0.04 -0.44
93 Mongolia 6.71 0.04 1.48
94 Gabon 6.54 0.03 -0.31
95 Cameroon 6.32 0.03 18.74
96 Dominican Republic 6.3 0.03 2.74
97 Jordan 6.26 0.03 7.39
98 Jamaica 6.21 0.03 -16.12
99 Yemen 5.93 0.03 40.43
100 Oman 5.73 0.03 -4.69
101 Lebanon 5.72 0.03 -2.14
102 Myanmar 5.58 0.03 -0.77
103 Cote d'Ivoire 5.55 0.03 43.7
104 Uruguay 4.85 0.03 -9.38
105 Kenya 4.69 0.02 -28.1
106 Angola 4.64 0.02 -11.99
107 Sri Lanka 4.47 0.02 11.52
108 Bolivia 4.34 0.02 -9.27
109 Guatemala 3.61 0.02 -8.68
110 Zambia 3.51 0.02 4.55
111 Sudan 3.5 0.02 5.07
112 Panama 3.28 0.02 -1.33
113 Cyprus 3.16 0.02 1.99
114 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.05 0.02 -18.86
115 Senegal 3.04 0.02 -7.42
116 Ghana 2.95 0.02 0.6
117 Brunei 2.66 0.01 29.41
118 Mozambique 2.52 0.01 1.81
119 Bahamas 2.26 0.01 -19.29
120 Tanzania 2.15 0.01 1.97
121 Nicaragua 2.11 0.01 -1.13
122 Afghanistan 2.09 0.01 5.87
123 Costa Rica 2.07 0.01 -7.4
124 Papua New Guinea 1.95 0.01 0.76
125 Suriname 1.87 0.01 -7.78
126 El Salvador 1.75 0.01 -3.66
127 Honduras 1.75 0.01 -3.23
128 Montenegro 1.63 0.01 -8.13
129 Iceland 1.59 0.01 -8.82
130 Ethiopia 1.47 0.01 -20.76
131 Guyana 1.4 0.01 -22.0
132 Paraguay 1.36 0.01 -1.5
133 Congo 1.34 0.01 185.33
134 Malta 1.31 0.01 14.74
135 New Caledonia 1.26 0.01 -9.25
136 Botswana 1.1 0.01 9.09
137 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.04 0.01 11.81
138 Madagascar 1.01 0.01 -1.09
139 Guinea 0.98 0.01 -0.74
140 Mauritania 0.88 0.0 39.34
141 Fiji 0.84 0.0 -22.47
142 Togo 0.82 0.0 15.77
143 Haiti 0.82 0.0 7.69
144 Niger 0.74 0.0 9.09
145 Somalia 0.72 0.0 161.33
146 Barbados 0.64 0.0 -5.88
147 Aruba 0.62 0.0 11.81
148 Rwanda 0.61 0.0 1.22
149 Liberia 0.6 0.0 -69.13
150 Malawi 0.59 0.0 -1.78
151 Burkina Faso 0.58 0.0 3.29
152 Sierra Leone 0.55 0.0 -20.11
153 Uganda 0.54 0.0 3.35
154 Greenland 0.52 0.0 -2.08
155 Mauritius 0.5 0.0 -7.43
156 Macao 0.48 0.0 -9.59
157 Faroe Islands 0.46 0.0 4.17
158 Benin 0.44 0.0 14.27
159 Nepal 0.44 0.0 -2.39
160 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 0.0
161 Bermuda 0.4 0.0 1.89
162 Mali 0.37 0.0 -7.53
163 Djibouti 0.35 0.0 15.85
164 Cambodia 0.34 0.0 12.2
165 French Polynesia 0.34 0.0 2.22
166 South Sudan 0.32 0.0 5.14
167 Antigua and Barbuda 0.29 0.0 175.86
168 Chad 0.21 0.0 -1.75
169 Belize 0.17 0.0 -6.0
170 Gambia 0.16 0.0 2.33
171 Burundi 0.16 0.0 0.0
172 Laos 0.16 0.0 4.88
173 Palau 0.16 0.0 0.0
174 Central African Republic 0.14 0.0 5.41
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.14 0.0 0.0
176 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.13 0.0 11.81
177 Nauru 0.12 0.0 0.0
178 Solomon Islands 0.12 0.0 -10.81
179 Saint Lucia 0.11 0.0 19.23
180 Liechtenstein 0.1 0.0 -29.97
181 Seychelles 0.08 0.0 -14.81
182 Christmas Island 0.07 0.0 -28.57
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.07 0.0 5.26
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.07 0.0 20.0
185 Samoa 0.07 0.0 -14.29
186 Bhutan 0.06 0.0 13.25
187 Grenada 0.06 0.0 6.25
188 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 -22.22
189 Vanuatu 0.05 0.0 0.0
190 Comoros 0.05 0.0 0.0
191 Maldives 0.05 0.0 0.0
192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 8.33
193 Tonga 0.04 0.0 -7.69
194 Dominica 0.04 0.0 10.0
195 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.04 0.0 0.0
196 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.04 0.0 10.0
197 British Virgin Islands 0.04 0.0 -16.67
198 Cape Verde 0.04 0.0 11.11
199 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 -12.5
200 Montserrat 0.02 0.0 0.0
201 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0
202 Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 -50.0