CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1987

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1987.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1987?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1987?

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 4825.71 22.71 3.48
2 Russia 2358.15 11.1 0.4
3 China 2257.74 10.63 7.3
4 Germany 1032.44 4.86 -1.43
5 Japan 902.53 4.25 -1.07
6 Ukraine 733.83 3.45 -0.92
7 United Kingdom 571.67 2.69 0.55
8 Poland 463.73 2.18 2.63
9 India 455.34 2.14 6.81
10 Canada 430.98 2.03 6.49
11 France 387.71 1.82 -0.66
12 Italy 380.1 1.79 4.66
13 South Africa 328.66 1.55 -0.55
14 Mexico 306.02 1.44 4.3
15 Kazakhstan 256.08 1.21 -0.8
16 Australia 234.6 1.1 4.71
17 Romania 211.02 0.99 4.95
18 Brazil 205.97 0.97 4.43
19 Saudi Arabia 190.45 0.9 -6.92
20 Spain 189.51 0.89 0.21
21 South Korea 185.36 0.87 5.14
22 Czechia 183.64 0.86 -1.19
23 North Korea 175.62 0.83 11.98
24 Iran 158.56 0.75 7.42
25 Netherlands 151.48 0.71 5.18
26 Turkey 128.44 0.6 11.09
27 Indonesia 123.88 0.58 1.4
28 Argentina 114.88 0.54 10.3
29 Belarus 112.49 0.53 -7.45
30 Venezuela 110.66 0.52 1.3
31 Belgium 102.59 0.48 0.22
32 Taiwan 98.21 0.46 4.11
33 Uzbekistan 97.5 0.46 2.22
34 Bulgaria 91.27 0.43 0.11
35 Hungary 84.14 0.4 1.08
36 Algeria 83.88 0.39 10.26
37 Egypt 74.61 0.35 0.3
38 Greece 62.58 0.29 7.38
39 Sweden 59.69 0.28 -3.73
40 Nigeria 59.02 0.28 -19.36
41 Slovakia 58.86 0.28 -1.17
42 Denmark 58.24 0.27 -0.95
43 Finland 57.53 0.27 8.12
44 Austria 57.37 0.27 6.78
45 Serbia 56.58 0.27 -2.4
46 Thailand 53.57 0.25 9.85
47 Pakistan 52.99 0.25 8.01
48 Iraq 52.18 0.25 10.49
49 Colombia 50.12 0.24 2.81
50 Azerbaijan 49.61 0.23 -6.61
51 United Arab Emirates 47.45 0.22 0.89
52 Malaysia 40.88 0.19 1.93
53 Switzerland 40.21 0.19 -4.83
54 Estonia 38.53 0.18 -0.52
55 Moldova 37.53 0.18 -3.33
56 Lithuania 36.07 0.17 -0.66
57 Syria 35.94 0.17 15.67
58 Turkmenistan 35.79 0.17 0.77
59 Cuba 33.93 0.16 1.15
60 Norway 33.21 0.16 -4.54
61 Philippines 32.5 0.15 11.96
62 Libya 32.35 0.15 -4.56
63 Singapore 31.81 0.15 -6.72
64 Kuwait 31.38 0.15 -10.93
65 Portugal 31.2 0.15 3.23
66 Ireland 30.23 0.14 5.87
67 Hong Kong 28.09 0.13 10.03
68 Israel 27.07 0.13 2.74
69 Peru 25.69 0.12 18.0
70 New Zealand 24.17 0.11 5.31
71 Vietnam 23.3 0.11 13.18
72 Chile 22.41 0.11 1.76
73 Kyrgyzstan 21.2 0.1 -2.33
74 Croatia 21.06 0.1 -2.39
75 Morocco 19.9 0.09 6.53
76 Latvia 19.83 0.09 -17.67
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.52 0.09 -2.38
78 Trinidad and Tobago 17.49 0.08 0.77
79 Slovenia 15.96 0.08 -2.52
80 Georgia 15.73 0.07 0.98
81 Zimbabwe 15.17 0.07 16.09
82 Ecuador 15.02 0.07 -1.13
83 Tajikistan 11.81 0.06 -1.9
84 Bangladesh 11.8 0.06 3.45
85 Tunisia 11.78 0.06 -2.54
86 Qatar 11.47 0.05 -13.54
87 Bahrain 11.42 0.05 3.8
88 North Macedonia 10.8 0.05 -2.45
89 Mongolia 10.48 0.05 9.25
90 Dominican Republic 9.69 0.05 19.29
91 Jordan 9.51 0.04 3.72
92 Oman 9.4 0.04 -4.31
93 Luxembourg 8.81 0.04 -3.28
94 Yemen 8.63 0.04 5.31
95 Armenia 8.19 0.04 1.55
96 Lebanon 7.67 0.04 2.57
97 Albania 7.45 0.04 -7.58
98 Cote d'Ivoire 7.35 0.03 31.8
99 Angola 5.79 0.03 24.86
100 Jamaica 5.38 0.03 18.29
101 Kenya 5.17 0.02 24.33
102 Myanmar 4.94 0.02 -26.83
103 Cyprus 4.18 0.02 16.05
104 Sri Lanka 4.03 0.02 10.02
105 Bolivia 4.01 0.02 6.59
106 Gabon 4.01 0.02 -19.01
107 Guatemala 3.92 0.02 6.93
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.82 0.02 14.05
109 Uruguay 3.54 0.02 11.93
110 Brunei 3.32 0.02 44.34
111 Mauritania 3.24 0.02 767.65
112 Panama 3.18 0.01 16.26
113 Ghana 3.17 0.01 7.13
114 Afghanistan 3.11 0.01 -0.63
115 Sudan 3.06 0.01 -21.17
116 Costa Rica 2.72 0.01 5.68
117 Zambia 2.67 0.01 -6.69
118 Ethiopia 2.55 0.01 16.36
119 Nicaragua 2.43 0.01 7.78
120 Senegal 2.42 0.01 -8.04
121 El Salvador 2.41 0.01 22.72
122 Curacao 2.4 0.01 -11.1
123 Tanzania 2.37 0.01 3.95
124 Papua New Guinea 2.33 0.01 13.14
125 Honduras 2.14 0.01 17.49
126 Montenegro 1.93 0.01 -2.37
127 Paraguay 1.88 0.01 13.42
128 Malta 1.85 0.01 24.94
129 Iceland 1.85 0.01 3.64
130 Cameroon 1.84 0.01 -7.54
131 Suriname 1.76 0.01 -0.01
132 New Caledonia 1.45 0.01 3.83
133 Bahamas 1.42 0.01 0.78
134 Congo 1.32 0.01 24.26
135 Guyana 1.31 0.01 25.26
136 Madagascar 1.28 0.01 12.78
137 Botswana 1.24 0.01 16.15
138 Guinea 0.99 0.0 -0.37
139 Somalia 0.99 0.0 7.54
140 Niger 0.99 0.0 11.01
141 Mozambique 0.98 0.0 -0.04
142 Macao 0.97 0.0 10.88
143 Barbados 0.94 0.0 2.8
144 Mauritius 0.93 0.0 16.51
145 Togo 0.92 0.0 9.09
146 Haiti 0.9 0.0 8.26
147 Nepal 0.86 0.0 23.48
148 Uganda 0.77 0.0 9.51
149 Liberia 0.76 0.0 4.92
150 French Polynesia 0.61 0.0 0.6
151 Rwanda 0.61 0.0 2.38
152 Bermuda 0.57 0.0 35.65
153 Malawi 0.55 0.0 -1.33
154 Burkina Faso 0.52 0.0 7.63
155 Faroe Islands 0.5 0.0 1.49
156 Sierra Leone 0.5 0.0 -26.09
157 Benin 0.47 0.0 -24.09
158 Fiji 0.47 0.0 -21.08
159 Aruba 0.45 0.0 148.98
160 Cambodia 0.44 0.0 0.85
161 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 -4.8
162 Djibouti 0.39 0.0 2.91
163 Mali 0.36 0.0 -5.82
164 South Sudan 0.28 0.0 -21.14
165 Antigua and Barbuda 0.27 0.0 10.29
166 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.27 0.0 -11.1
167 Central African Republic 0.26 0.0 61.36
168 Burundi 0.25 0.0 6.25
169 Greenland 0.23 0.0 -28.09
170 Belize 0.23 0.0 10.71
171 Laos 0.21 0.0 1.75
172 Seychelles 0.2 0.0 22.22
173 Chad 0.2 0.0 5.88
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.19 0.0 6.0
175 Gambia 0.18 0.0 11.36
176 Palau 0.16 0.0 0.0
177 Solomon Islands 0.16 0.0 4.76
178 Bhutan 0.16 0.0 42.38
179 Nauru 0.16 0.0 -2.27
180 Saint Lucia 0.15 0.0 11.11
181 Liechtenstein 0.14 0.0 -30.76
182 Equatorial Guinea 0.1 0.0 22.73
183 Cape Verde 0.08 0.0 37.5
184 Maldives 0.08 0.0 0.0
185 Samoa 0.08 0.0 0.0
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 0.0 16.67
187 Grenada 0.07 0.0 11.11
188 British Virgin Islands 0.06 0.0 13.33
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.05 0.0 -6.25
190 Tonga 0.05 0.0 15.38
191 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 7.69
192 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
193 Comoros 0.05 0.0 8.33
194 Dominica 0.05 0.0 0.0
195 Vanuatu 0.05 0.0 -18.75
196 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.03 0.0 -11.1
197 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
198 Cook Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 20.0
200 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0
201 Saint Helena 0.0 0.0 0.0