CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1983

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1983.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1983?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1983?

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 4429.42 23.33 -0.4
2 Russia 2158.13 11.37 1.42
3 China 1694.22 8.92 5.45
4 Germany 1011.6 5.33 -0.41
5 Japan 880.91 4.64 -1.84
6 Ukraine 683.81 3.6 1.41
7 United Kingdom 545.49 2.87 -0.5
8 France 423.25 2.23 -3.89
9 Poland 421.02 2.22 0.01
10 Canada 408.34 2.15 -1.48
11 Italy 358.41 1.89 -2.31
12 India 352.2 1.86 8.24
13 South Africa 291.9 1.54 4.09
14 Mexico 277.57 1.46 -8.67
15 Kazakhstan 232.96 1.23 1.33
16 Australia 207.65 1.09 -4.75
17 Spain 203.44 1.07 -2.48
18 Romania 199.66 1.05 2.45
19 Czechia 181.08 0.95 0.13
20 Brazil 165.9 0.87 -3.27
21 Saudi Arabia 160.84 0.85 1.86
22 Iran 149.58 0.79 8.58
23 South Korea 149.13 0.79 5.93
24 Netherlands 137.36 0.72 2.9
25 North Korea 125.16 0.66 7.08
26 Indonesia 105.18 0.55 -0.38
27 Argentina 105.14 0.55 1.73
28 Belgium 101.2 0.53 -13.58
29 Belarus 98.5 0.52 1.4
30 Venezuela 92.91 0.49 -0.31
31 Uzbekistan 91.17 0.48 1.44
32 Bulgaria 90.06 0.47 0.24
33 Turkey 89.81 0.47 4.18
34 Hungary 88.86 0.47 2.6
35 Taiwan 83.14 0.44 10.28
36 Nigeria 59.71 0.31 -8.7
37 Sweden 58.27 0.31 -6.41
38 Slovakia 57.98 0.31 0.14
39 Egypt 56.98 0.3 0.97
40 Greece 54.79 0.29 6.37
41 Algeria 52.5 0.28 34.03
42 Austria 51.67 0.27 -3.54
43 Serbia 51.62 0.27 7.67
44 Denmark 50.1 0.26 -6.56
45 Colombia 49.21 0.26 7.73
46 Azerbaijan 46.78 0.25 1.44
47 Thailand 41.75 0.22 11.88
48 Finland 41.46 0.22 -3.52
49 Switzerland 40.02 0.21 9.39
50 Pakistan 40.02 0.21 7.62
51 Iraq 38.47 0.2 26.64
52 Malaysia 38.05 0.2 24.17
53 Lithuania 37.05 0.2 1.53
54 Moldova 36.94 0.19 1.46
55 Estonia 35.8 0.19 1.43
56 Philippines 35.24 0.19 1.15
57 United Arab Emirates 35.22 0.19 -4.17
58 Singapore 33.4 0.18 17.67
59 Norway 31.95 0.17 3.35
60 Cuba 30.82 0.16 -10.74
61 Libya 30.15 0.16 -1.37
62 Portugal 29.9 0.16 3.11
63 Turkmenistan 29.57 0.16 1.44
64 Syria 27.77 0.15 14.0
65 Ireland 25.73 0.14 0.64
66 Israel 23.71 0.12 -0.61
67 Latvia 23.54 0.12 1.45
68 Kuwait 21.54 0.11 2.14
69 Hong Kong 20.91 0.11 6.57
70 Chile 20.67 0.11 0.97
71 Peru 20.39 0.11 -13.59
72 Kyrgyzstan 20.23 0.11 1.37
73 Ecuador 19.5 0.1 1.39
74 Vietnam 19.27 0.1 5.06
75 Croatia 19.19 0.1 7.69
76 New Zealand 18.0 0.09 -1.49
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.8 0.09 7.68
78 Morocco 17.63 0.09 4.27
79 Trinidad and Tobago 16.28 0.09 -11.57
80 Slovenia 14.57 0.08 7.71
81 Georgia 14.5 0.08 1.43
82 Tajikistan 11.57 0.06 1.43
83 Tunisia 11.32 0.06 18.75
84 Qatar 11.24 0.06 -8.86
85 Zimbabwe 10.43 0.05 18.74
86 North Macedonia 9.8 0.05 8.04
87 Luxembourg 8.36 0.04 -6.28
88 Bahrain 8.22 0.04 -16.36
89 Bangladesh 8.19 0.04 -4.26
90 Dominican Republic 7.87 0.04 24.78
91 Armenia 7.85 0.04 1.5
92 Albania 7.63 0.04 4.42
93 Oman 7.53 0.04 31.33
94 Jordan 7.3 0.04 16.69
95 Mongolia 6.97 0.04 3.83
96 Lebanon 6.94 0.04 21.38
97 Cameroon 6.55 0.03 3.78
98 Jamaica 6.44 0.03 3.72
99 Yemen 6.29 0.03 5.93
100 Myanmar 5.75 0.03 3.12
101 Gabon 5.51 0.03 -15.82
102 Angola 5.1 0.03 10.04
103 Sri Lanka 4.85 0.03 8.69
104 Curacao 4.82 0.03 -48.61
105 Kenya 4.65 0.02 -0.7
106 Cote d'Ivoire 4.52 0.02 -18.67
107 Bolivia 4.28 0.02 -1.38
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.0 0.02 31.21
109 Uruguay 3.8 0.02 -21.64
110 Sudan 3.57 0.02 2.06
111 Ghana 3.56 0.02 20.55
112 Panama 3.48 0.02 6.14
113 Zambia 3.26 0.02 -7.12
114 Guatemala 3.16 0.02 -12.39
115 Cyprus 3.15 0.02 -0.19
116 Brunei 2.73 0.01 2.57
117 Senegal 2.61 0.01 -14.0
118 Afghanistan 2.52 0.01 20.31
119 Tanzania 2.2 0.01 2.23
120 Costa Rica 2.09 0.01 0.88
121 Bahamas 2.01 0.01 -10.81
122 Papua New Guinea 2.01 0.01 3.2
123 Nicaragua 2.0 0.01 -5.4
124 Honduras 1.98 0.01 12.97
125 Mozambique 1.95 0.01 -22.56
126 El Salvador 1.89 0.01 7.61
127 Ethiopia 1.83 0.01 24.48
128 Montenegro 1.76 0.01 7.68
129 Iceland 1.54 0.01 -3.22
130 Paraguay 1.41 0.01 3.34
131 Suriname 1.37 0.01 -26.65
132 Guyana 1.25 0.01 -11.23
133 New Caledonia 1.15 0.01 -8.76
134 Congo 1.14 0.01 -14.94
135 Botswana 1.03 0.01 -6.33
136 Malta 1.0 0.01 -24.02
137 Niger 0.96 0.01 29.07
138 Guinea 0.95 0.01 -2.99
139 Mauritania 0.94 0.0 6.22
140 Somalia 0.93 0.0 30.1
141 Haiti 0.89 0.0 8.41
142 Fiji 0.71 0.0 -15.11
143 Liberia 0.71 0.0 18.26
144 Rwanda 0.7 0.0 14.46
145 Sierra Leone 0.69 0.0 24.5
146 Barbados 0.69 0.0 6.25
147 Macao 0.68 0.0 40.91
148 Madagascar 0.65 0.0 -35.82
149 Togo 0.62 0.0 -23.75
150 Uganda 0.61 0.0 12.64
151 Mauritius 0.6 0.0 18.98
152 Burkina Faso 0.59 0.0 3.18
153 Malawi 0.57 0.0 -3.13
154 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.53 0.0 -48.61
155 Nepal 0.49 0.0 11.32
156 Faroe Islands 0.49 0.0 6.4
157 Bermuda 0.45 0.0 13.89
158 French Polynesia 0.42 0.0 25.0
159 Mali 0.42 0.0 14.1
160 Benin 0.4 0.0 -8.62
161 Cambodia 0.37 0.0 8.7
162 Greenland 0.36 0.0 -29.79
163 Djibouti 0.35 0.0 0.0
164 South Sudan 0.33 0.0 2.11
165 Aruba 0.32 0.0 -48.61
166 Eswatini 0.27 0.0 -37.82
167 Burundi 0.21 0.0 30.23
168 Chad 0.21 0.0 0.0
169 Laos 0.18 0.0 13.95
170 Belize 0.17 0.0 0.0
171 Gambia 0.16 0.0 0.0
172 Palau 0.16 0.0 0.0
173 Central African Republic 0.15 0.0 2.56
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.14 0.0 0.0
175 Solomon Islands 0.14 0.0 18.18
176 Liechtenstein 0.13 0.0 25.93
177 Nauru 0.12 0.0 0.0
178 Saint Lucia 0.1 0.0 -9.68
179 Seychelles 0.1 0.0 17.39
180 Bhutan 0.09 0.0 38.4
181 Antigua and Barbuda 0.08 0.0 -71.25
182 Christmas Island 0.08 0.0 10.0
183 Samoa 0.07 0.0 0.0
184 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.0 -48.61
185 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 0.0 -15.0
186 Grenada 0.06 0.0 0.0
187 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 15.38
188 Vanuatu 0.05 0.0 7.14
189 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 0.0
190 Maldives 0.05 0.0 7.69
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.05 0.0 -22.22
192 Comoros 0.05 0.0 0.0
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.05 0.0 18.18
194 Tonga 0.05 0.0 8.33
195 British Virgin Islands 0.04 0.0 10.0
196 Dominica 0.04 0.0 0.0
197 Cape Verde 0.04 0.0 0.0
198 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -18.18
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 -14.29
200 Montserrat 0.02 0.0 20.0
201 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0
202 Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0