CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1985

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1985.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1985?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1985?

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 4652.63 22.91 -0.2
2 Russia 2348.14 11.56 7.85
3 China 1998.08 9.84 8.31
4 Germany 1044.12 5.14 1.05
5 Japan 912.4 4.49 -2.63
6 Ukraine 744.23 3.67 7.89
7 United Kingdom 559.63 2.76 5.77
8 Poland 444.51 2.19 2.78
9 Canada 421.72 2.08 -0.83
10 France 405.14 2.0 -1.66
11 India 397.59 1.96 9.97
12 Italy 368.98 1.82 1.2
13 South Africa 323.86 1.59 2.62
14 Mexico 287.37 1.42 3.88
15 Kazakhstan 253.34 1.25 7.88
16 Australia 224.56 1.11 3.24
17 Spain 199.93 0.98 1.15
18 Romania 193.45 0.95 2.72
19 Czechia 184.6 0.91 -1.37
20 Brazil 180.11 0.89 7.49
21 Saudi Arabia 172.42 0.85 10.87
22 South Korea 168.76 0.83 5.01
23 Iran 159.86 0.79 6.67
24 Netherlands 146.98 0.72 2.02
25 North Korea 144.28 0.71 7.15
26 Indonesia 121.6 0.6 8.12
27 Belarus 107.06 0.53 7.77
28 Turkey 105.66 0.52 11.33
29 Belgium 104.0 0.51 -0.92
30 Venezuela 101.03 0.5 8.63
31 Argentina 100.53 0.5 -5.56
32 Uzbekistan 99.18 0.49 7.79
33 Bulgaria 89.22 0.44 2.5
34 Hungary 85.83 0.42 -5.23
35 Taiwan 84.73 0.42 -0.15
36 Algeria 72.61 0.36 2.34
37 Nigeria 69.64 0.34 0.33
38 Egypt 63.81 0.31 0.16
39 Sweden 62.36 0.31 8.82
40 Denmark 59.98 0.3 18.12
41 Greece 59.77 0.29 6.2
42 Slovakia 59.15 0.29 -1.35
43 Serbia 55.52 0.27 1.99
44 Austria 54.37 0.27 0.28
45 Azerbaijan 50.9 0.25 7.81
46 United Arab Emirates 49.65 0.24 7.58
47 Finland 49.55 0.24 17.56
48 Colombia 48.08 0.24 -1.28
49 Thailand 47.79 0.24 5.93
50 Pakistan 46.81 0.23 10.0
51 Iraq 44.2 0.22 11.13
52 Lithuania 40.3 0.2 7.74
53 Moldova 40.16 0.2 7.74
54 Switzerland 39.78 0.2 1.67
55 Estonia 38.96 0.19 7.87
56 Malaysia 36.33 0.18 4.41
57 Cuba 32.56 0.16 -0.08
58 Singapore 32.4 0.16 1.34
59 Norway 32.29 0.16 -4.51
60 Turkmenistan 32.16 0.16 7.77
61 Libya 31.0 0.15 9.64
62 Syria 29.39 0.14 -10.53
63 Kuwait 29.07 0.14 2.78
64 Philippines 27.9 0.14 -9.51
65 Portugal 27.13 0.13 -5.78
66 Ireland 26.75 0.13 4.7
67 Latvia 25.6 0.13 7.8
68 Israel 24.61 0.12 4.74
69 Hong Kong 22.88 0.11 2.95
70 Kyrgyzstan 21.99 0.11 7.82
71 New Zealand 21.86 0.11 13.04
72 Chile 21.29 0.1 -3.24
73 Vietnam 21.1 0.1 20.59
74 Trinidad and Tobago 20.72 0.1 18.39
75 Croatia 20.65 0.1 2.02
76 Peru 19.45 0.1 -5.71
77 Ecuador 19.35 0.1 -8.67
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.15 0.09 2.01
79 Morocco 17.68 0.09 0.21
80 Georgia 15.77 0.08 7.79
81 Slovenia 15.67 0.08 2.01
82 Curacao 14.1 0.07 17.05
83 Tajikistan 12.59 0.06 7.78
84 Qatar 12.38 0.06 0.65
85 Tunisia 11.96 0.06 3.44
86 North Macedonia 10.59 0.05 2.19
87 Zimbabwe 10.21 0.05 3.38
88 Bangladesh 10.19 0.05 12.25
89 Bahrain 10.19 0.05 10.71
90 Luxembourg 9.24 0.05 2.58
91 Mongolia 9.0 0.04 40.05
92 Oman 8.62 0.04 7.02
93 Yemen 8.57 0.04 20.8
94 Armenia 8.53 0.04 7.76
95 Jordan 8.42 0.04 2.12
96 Albania 7.88 0.04 0.71
97 Lebanon 7.76 0.04 15.67
98 Dominican Republic 7.24 0.04 -2.02
99 Cote d'Ivoire 6.98 0.03 36.05
100 Myanmar 6.68 0.03 1.94
101 Cameroon 6.47 0.03 6.9
102 Gabon 6.3 0.03 5.34
103 Jamaica 5.04 0.02 -1.92
104 Angola 4.68 0.02 -6.21
105 Bolivia 4.11 0.02 2.0
106 Sri Lanka 3.92 0.02 1.67
107 Kenya 3.77 0.02 -12.72
108 Sudan 3.72 0.02 16.2
109 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.61 0.02 -8.13
110 Afghanistan 3.5 0.02 24.1
111 Guatemala 3.5 0.02 2.82
112 Uruguay 3.28 0.02 -4.49
113 Ghana 3.19 0.02 27.55
114 Cyprus 3.14 0.02 -2.77
115 Zambia 2.73 0.01 -2.56
116 Panama 2.73 0.01 -4.9
117 Senegal 2.65 0.01 -19.29
118 Brunei 2.59 0.01 35.37
119 Tanzania 2.34 0.01 -0.39
120 Costa Rica 2.24 0.01 13.2
121 Papua New Guinea 2.13 0.01 3.94
122 Nicaragua 1.98 0.01 7.52
123 El Salvador 1.97 0.01 23.74
124 Montenegro 1.89 0.01 2.01
125 Honduras 1.89 0.01 -3.66
126 Ethiopia 1.8 0.01 8.99
127 Iceland 1.62 0.01 -10.34
128 Suriname 1.6 0.01 2.82
129 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.56 0.01 17.05
130 Paraguay 1.55 0.01 3.88
131 Bahamas 1.51 0.01 -18.58
132 New Caledonia 1.45 0.01 20.7
133 Guyana 1.42 0.01 1.04
134 Congo 1.28 0.01 11.91
135 Malta 1.2 0.01 -12.1
136 Botswana 1.16 0.01 10.88
137 Mozambique 1.13 0.01 -24.88
138 Madagascar 1.05 0.01 21.54
139 Guinea 0.99 0.0 1.5
140 Niger 0.99 0.0 0.33
141 Aruba 0.94 0.0 17.05
142 Haiti 0.93 0.0 2.92
143 Somalia 0.86 0.0 20.0
144 Barbados 0.85 0.0 13.22
145 Macao 0.73 0.0 21.21
146 Liberia 0.72 0.0 2.97
147 Mauritius 0.71 0.0 12.87
148 Benin 0.69 0.0 53.11
149 Nepal 0.68 0.0 -3.62
150 Sierra Leone 0.66 0.0 7.74
151 Togo 0.66 0.0 -5.12
152 Mauritania 0.66 0.0 -24.79
153 Uganda 0.62 0.0 6.29
154 Rwanda 0.62 0.0 -2.89
155 French Polynesia 0.59 0.0 27.78
156 Fiji 0.57 0.0 -0.73
157 Malawi 0.56 0.0 0.02
158 Faroe Islands 0.52 0.0 3.68
159 Greenland 0.51 0.0 -10.32
160 Burkina Faso 0.48 0.0 2.36
161 Bermuda 0.45 0.0 1.65
162 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 31.87
163 Cambodia 0.42 0.0 1.79
164 Mali 0.41 0.0 -6.77
165 Djibouti 0.36 0.0 2.08
166 South Sudan 0.34 0.0 16.21
167 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 0.0 70.0
168 Burundi 0.23 0.0 5.0
169 Laos 0.21 0.0 12.0
170 Belize 0.19 0.0 10.64
171 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.19 0.0 17.05
172 Chad 0.18 0.0 -16.95
173 Gambia 0.17 0.0 0.0
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.17 0.0 6.82
175 Liechtenstein 0.17 0.0 24.76
176 Central African Republic 0.16 0.0 7.32
177 Palau 0.16 0.0 2.33
178 Seychelles 0.15 0.0 51.85
179 Solomon Islands 0.15 0.0 5.13
180 Saint Lucia 0.13 0.0 12.9
181 Nauru 0.12 0.0 0.0
182 Vanuatu 0.12 0.0 120.0
183 Bhutan 0.12 0.0 10.12
184 Cape Verde 0.08 0.0 0.0
185 Samoa 0.08 0.0 16.67
186 Equatorial Guinea 0.07 0.0 -18.18
187 Maldives 0.07 0.0 12.5
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.07 0.0 0.0
189 Grenada 0.06 0.0 0.0
190 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 7.14
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.05 0.0 0.0
192 British Virgin Islands 0.05 0.0 18.18
193 Comoros 0.05 0.0 0.0
194 Dominica 0.05 0.0 8.33
195 Tonga 0.05 0.0 0.0
196 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.0 -10.0
197 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 16.67
198 Cook Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 0.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0
201 Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0