CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1986

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1986.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1986?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1986?

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 4663.43 22.63 0.23
2 Russia 2348.73 11.4 0.02
3 China 2104.21 10.21 5.31
4 Germany 1047.47 5.08 0.32
5 Japan 912.26 4.43 -0.02
6 Ukraine 740.66 3.59 -0.48
7 United Kingdom 568.55 2.76 1.6
8 Poland 451.85 2.19 1.65
9 India 426.31 2.07 7.22
10 Canada 404.71 1.96 -4.03
11 France 390.29 1.89 -3.67
12 Italy 363.19 1.76 -1.57
13 South Africa 330.5 1.6 2.05
14 Mexico 293.41 1.42 2.1
15 Kazakhstan 258.14 1.25 1.9
16 Australia 224.04 1.09 -0.23
17 Saudi Arabia 204.6 0.99 18.67
18 Romania 201.07 0.98 3.94
19 Brazil 197.24 0.96 9.51
20 Spain 189.11 0.92 -5.41
21 Czechia 185.85 0.9 0.68
22 South Korea 176.3 0.86 4.47
23 North Korea 156.84 0.76 8.7
24 Iran 147.6 0.72 -7.67
25 Netherlands 144.01 0.7 -2.02
26 Indonesia 122.17 0.59 0.47
27 Belarus 121.55 0.59 13.53
28 Turkey 115.62 0.56 9.42
29 Venezuela 109.24 0.53 8.13
30 Argentina 104.15 0.51 3.6
31 Belgium 102.37 0.5 -1.57
32 Uzbekistan 95.38 0.46 -3.83
33 Taiwan 94.33 0.46 11.33
34 Bulgaria 91.17 0.44 2.19
35 Hungary 83.24 0.4 -3.01
36 Algeria 76.08 0.37 4.78
37 Egypt 74.39 0.36 16.59
38 Nigeria 73.19 0.36 5.11
39 Sweden 62.01 0.3 -0.57
40 Slovakia 59.56 0.29 0.7
41 Denmark 58.8 0.29 -1.97
42 Greece 58.27 0.28 -2.51
43 Serbia 57.97 0.28 4.41
44 Austria 53.73 0.26 -1.17
45 Finland 53.21 0.26 7.4
46 Azerbaijan 53.12 0.26 4.36
47 Pakistan 49.06 0.24 4.8
48 Thailand 48.77 0.24 2.04
49 Colombia 48.75 0.24 1.4
50 Iraq 47.23 0.23 6.86
51 United Arab Emirates 47.03 0.23 -5.28
52 Switzerland 42.25 0.21 6.2
53 Malaysia 40.1 0.19 10.38
54 Moldova 38.83 0.19 -3.31
55 Estonia 38.73 0.19 -0.59
56 Lithuania 36.31 0.18 -9.9
57 Turkmenistan 35.52 0.17 10.45
58 Kuwait 35.23 0.17 21.19
59 Norway 34.79 0.17 7.74
60 Singapore 34.1 0.17 5.26
61 Libya 33.9 0.16 9.33
62 Cuba 33.55 0.16 3.04
63 Syria 31.07 0.15 5.73
64 Portugal 30.22 0.15 11.4
65 Philippines 29.02 0.14 4.03
66 Ireland 28.55 0.14 6.73
67 Israel 26.35 0.13 7.05
68 Hong Kong 25.53 0.12 11.56
69 Latvia 24.09 0.12 -5.89
70 New Zealand 22.95 0.11 4.98
71 Chile 22.02 0.11 3.43
72 Peru 21.78 0.11 11.93
73 Kyrgyzstan 21.71 0.11 -1.29
74 Croatia 21.58 0.1 4.47
75 Vietnam 20.58 0.1 -2.43
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.0 0.1 4.43
77 Morocco 18.68 0.09 5.67
78 Trinidad and Tobago 17.35 0.08 -16.25
79 Slovenia 16.37 0.08 4.43
80 Georgia 15.58 0.08 -1.26
81 Ecuador 15.19 0.07 -21.49
82 Qatar 13.27 0.06 7.18
83 Zimbabwe 13.07 0.06 27.95
84 Tunisia 12.09 0.06 1.06
85 Tajikistan 12.04 0.06 -4.32
86 Bangladesh 11.41 0.06 11.94
87 North Macedonia 11.07 0.05 4.59
88 Bahrain 11.0 0.05 8.02
89 Oman 9.82 0.05 14.0
90 Mongolia 9.6 0.05 6.64
91 Jordan 9.17 0.04 8.83
92 Luxembourg 9.11 0.04 -1.36
93 Yemen 8.19 0.04 -4.45
94 Dominican Republic 8.12 0.04 12.15
95 Armenia 8.06 0.04 -5.51
96 Albania 8.06 0.04 2.24
97 Lebanon 7.48 0.04 -3.69
98 Myanmar 6.76 0.03 1.21
99 Cote d'Ivoire 5.58 0.03 -20.15
100 Gabon 4.95 0.02 -21.4
101 Angola 4.63 0.02 -0.9
102 Jamaica 4.55 0.02 -9.81
103 Kenya 4.16 0.02 10.4
104 Sudan 3.88 0.02 4.38
105 Bolivia 3.76 0.02 -8.42
106 Guatemala 3.66 0.02 4.8
107 Sri Lanka 3.66 0.02 -6.54
108 Cyprus 3.61 0.02 14.66
109 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.35 0.02 -7.37
110 Uruguay 3.16 0.02 -3.62
111 Afghanistan 3.13 0.02 -10.5
112 Ghana 2.96 0.01 -7.26
113 Zambia 2.87 0.01 4.86
114 Panama 2.73 0.01 0.29
115 Curacao 2.7 0.01 -80.83
116 Senegal 2.64 0.01 -0.53
117 Costa Rica 2.58 0.01 14.94
118 Brunei 2.3 0.01 -11.44
119 Tanzania 2.28 0.01 -2.58
120 Nicaragua 2.26 0.01 13.64
121 Ethiopia 2.2 0.01 22.05
122 Papua New Guinea 2.06 0.01 -2.93
123 Cameroon 1.99 0.01 -69.2
124 Montenegro 1.97 0.01 4.44
125 El Salvador 1.97 0.01 0.11
126 Honduras 1.82 0.01 -3.22
127 Iceland 1.78 0.01 9.71
128 Suriname 1.76 0.01 10.09
129 Paraguay 1.65 0.01 6.9
130 Malta 1.48 0.01 23.85
131 Bahamas 1.41 0.01 -6.55
132 New Caledonia 1.4 0.01 -3.46
133 Madagascar 1.14 0.01 7.98
134 Botswana 1.07 0.01 -7.91
135 Congo 1.06 0.01 -16.69
136 Guyana 1.04 0.01 -26.36
137 Guinea 1.0 0.0 0.37
138 Mozambique 0.98 0.0 -13.9
139 Somalia 0.92 0.0 7.69
140 Barbados 0.92 0.0 8.24
141 Niger 0.89 0.0 -9.66
142 Macao 0.88 0.0 19.5
143 Togo 0.85 0.0 28.66
144 Haiti 0.83 0.0 -10.68
145 Mauritius 0.8 0.0 12.95
146 Liberia 0.72 0.0 0.95
147 Uganda 0.7 0.0 13.77
148 Nepal 0.7 0.0 3.11
149 Sierra Leone 0.67 0.0 1.66
150 Benin 0.62 0.0 -9.09
151 French Polynesia 0.61 0.0 3.11
152 Fiji 0.6 0.0 4.38
153 Rwanda 0.6 0.0 -2.98
154 Malawi 0.55 0.0 -0.69
155 Faroe Islands 0.49 0.0 -4.96
156 Burkina Faso 0.48 0.0 0.77
157 Eswatini 0.46 0.0 4.17
158 Cambodia 0.43 0.0 3.51
159 Bermuda 0.42 0.0 -6.5
160 Mali 0.38 0.0 -6.36
161 Djibouti 0.38 0.0 5.1
162 Mauritania 0.37 0.0 -43.02
163 South Sudan 0.35 0.0 4.32
164 Greenland 0.33 0.0 -35.97
165 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.3 0.0 -80.83
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 0.0 0.0
167 Burundi 0.23 0.0 1.59
168 Laos 0.21 0.0 1.79
169 Belize 0.21 0.0 7.69
170 Liechtenstein 0.2 0.0 14.64
171 Chad 0.19 0.0 4.08
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.18 0.0 6.38
173 Aruba 0.18 0.0 -80.83
174 Seychelles 0.16 0.0 9.76
175 Central African Republic 0.16 0.0 0.0
176 Gambia 0.16 0.0 -6.38
177 Nauru 0.16 0.0 29.41
178 Palau 0.16 0.0 0.0
179 Solomon Islands 0.15 0.0 2.44
180 Saint Lucia 0.13 0.0 2.86
181 Bhutan 0.11 0.0 -6.11
182 Equatorial Guinea 0.08 0.0 22.22
183 Maldives 0.08 0.0 22.22
184 Samoa 0.08 0.0 4.76
185 Grenada 0.07 0.0 5.88
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.07 0.0 0.0
187 Cape Verde 0.06 0.0 -30.43
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.06 0.0 14.29
189 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 -51.52
190 British Virgin Islands 0.05 0.0 15.38
191 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 -6.67
192 Dominica 0.05 0.0 0.0
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 44.44
194 Tonga 0.05 0.0 0.0
195 Comoros 0.04 0.0 -7.69
196 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.04 0.0 -80.83
197 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 14.29
198 Cook Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 -16.67
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0
201 Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0