CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1988

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1988.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1988?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1988?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5050.54 22.88 4.66
2 Russia 2436.09 11.03 3.31
3 China 2425.89 10.99 7.45
4 Germany 1029.02 4.66 -0.33
5 Japan 985.46 4.46 9.19
6 Ukraine 727.36 3.29 -0.88
7 United Kingdom 570.29 2.58 -0.24
8 India 491.69 2.23 7.98
9 Canada 455.67 2.06 5.73
10 Poland 444.23 2.01 -4.21
11 Italy 385.96 1.75 1.54
12 France 385.54 1.75 -0.56
13 South Africa 342.65 1.55 4.26
14 Mexico 305.67 1.38 -0.12
15 Kazakhstan 274.21 1.24 7.08
16 Australia 240.74 1.09 2.62
17 Romania 211.57 0.96 0.26
18 South Korea 210.95 0.96 13.81
19 Brazil 207.7 0.94 0.84
20 Saudi Arabia 202.25 0.92 6.2
21 North Korea 199.23 0.9 13.44
22 Spain 197.46 0.89 4.19
23 Czechia 180.62 0.82 -1.65
24 Iran 175.14 0.79 10.46
25 Netherlands 145.6 0.66 -3.88
26 Indonesia 132.72 0.6 7.14
27 Turkey 124.73 0.56 -2.89
28 Argentina 121.4 0.55 5.68
29 Venezuela 115.75 0.52 4.6
30 Belarus 114.31 0.52 1.62
31 Taiwan 113.09 0.51 15.16
32 Uzbekistan 100.72 0.46 3.31
33 Belgium 99.74 0.45 -2.77
34 Bulgaria 86.91 0.39 -4.78
35 Algeria 83.71 0.38 -0.21
36 Hungary 78.05 0.35 -7.23
37 Egypt 74.31 0.34 -0.41
38 Nigeria 70.42 0.32 19.31
39 Iraq 67.13 0.3 28.64
40 Greece 67.05 0.3 7.15
41 Thailand 60.49 0.27 12.92
42 Serbia 58.38 0.26 3.17
43 Slovakia 57.89 0.26 -1.65
44 Pakistan 57.61 0.26 8.72
45 Sweden 57.43 0.26 -3.8
46 Denmark 55.01 0.25 -5.54
47 Austria 52.94 0.24 -7.73
48 Finland 52.06 0.24 -9.52
49 Colombia 52.02 0.24 3.78
50 Azerbaijan 51.01 0.23 2.84
51 United Arab Emirates 48.1 0.22 1.36
52 Malaysia 42.87 0.19 4.87
53 Switzerland 40.66 0.18 1.14
54 Moldova 39.21 0.18 4.47
55 Estonia 38.56 0.17 0.09
56 Philippines 37.48 0.17 15.35
57 Turkmenistan 36.97 0.17 3.3
58 Lithuania 36.79 0.17 2.0
59 Syria 36.68 0.17 2.05
60 Libya 36.16 0.16 11.78
61 Cuba 35.62 0.16 4.96
62 Norway 35.59 0.16 7.18
63 Singapore 35.28 0.16 10.91
64 Kuwait 32.83 0.15 4.61
65 Portugal 32.57 0.15 4.39
66 Ireland 29.88 0.14 -1.13
67 Israel 29.7 0.13 9.73
68 Hong Kong 29.28 0.13 4.27
69 Chile 26.6 0.12 18.7
70 New Zealand 25.45 0.12 5.31
71 Peru 25.02 0.11 -2.63
72 Vietnam 23.07 0.1 -0.96
73 Croatia 21.74 0.1 3.22
74 Kyrgyzstan 21.51 0.1 1.46
75 Morocco 20.93 0.09 5.15
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.14 0.09 3.18
77 Latvia 19.41 0.09 -2.15
78 Ecuador 17.17 0.08 14.29
79 Slovenia 16.54 0.07 3.64
80 Georgia 16.32 0.07 3.76
81 Zimbabwe 16.03 0.07 5.66
82 Trinidad and Tobago 15.83 0.07 -9.47
83 Bangladesh 13.48 0.06 14.23
84 Tajikistan 12.76 0.06 7.98
85 Tunisia 12.5 0.06 6.07
86 Bahrain 12.14 0.05 6.32
87 Qatar 11.9 0.05 3.72
88 Mongolia 11.49 0.05 9.64
89 North Macedonia 11.17 0.05 3.38
90 Oman 10.52 0.05 11.86
91 Dominican Republic 9.74 0.04 0.54
92 Yemen 9.55 0.04 10.71
93 Armenia 9.29 0.04 13.44
94 Jordan 9.18 0.04 -3.46
95 Luxembourg 9.1 0.04 3.26
96 Cote d'Ivoire 8.8 0.04 19.79
97 Lebanon 7.35 0.03 -4.23
98 Albania 7.33 0.03 -1.58
99 Brunei 5.71 0.03 72.27
100 Angola 5.05 0.02 -12.73
101 Uruguay 4.79 0.02 35.1
102 Kenya 4.78 0.02 -7.44
103 Jamaica 4.53 0.02 -15.87
104 Sudan 4.43 0.02 44.71
105 Gabon 4.32 0.02 7.76
106 Bolivia 4.29 0.02 6.85
107 Cyprus 4.2 0.02 0.3
108 Myanmar 4.09 0.02 -17.33
109 Guatemala 4.08 0.02 4.0
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.98 0.02 4.25
111 Sri Lanka 3.46 0.02 -14.16
112 Ghana 3.23 0.01 2.08
113 Mauritania 3.18 0.01 -1.81
114 Zambia 3.11 0.01 16.28
115 Panama 2.91 0.01 -8.33
116 Costa Rica 2.91 0.01 6.68
117 Afghanistan 2.86 0.01 -8.25
118 Senegal 2.71 0.01 11.81
119 Ethiopia 2.64 0.01 3.35
120 Honduras 2.46 0.01 14.96
121 El Salvador 2.43 0.01 0.77
122 Curacao 2.37 0.01 -1.49
123 Tanzania 2.27 0.01 -4.05
124 Nicaragua 2.24 0.01 -7.86
125 Papua New Guinea 2.2 0.01 -5.81
126 Cameroon 2.15 0.01 16.87
127 Paraguay 2.14 0.01 14.23
128 Malta 2.01 0.01 8.5
129 Montenegro 1.99 0.01 3.19
130 Suriname 1.87 0.01 6.67
131 Iceland 1.84 0.01 -0.21
132 Bahamas 1.54 0.01 8.25
133 New Caledonia 1.5 0.01 3.21
134 Congo 1.49 0.01 13.09
135 Guyana 1.4 0.01 7.28
136 Botswana 1.3 0.01 5.03
137 Madagascar 1.29 0.01 0.26
138 Guinea 1.03 0.0 3.32
139 Haiti 1.01 0.0 12.11
140 Mozambique 1.01 0.0 3.01
141 Somalia 1.0 0.0 1.08
142 Niger 0.98 0.0 -0.99
143 Nepal 0.98 0.0 13.4
144 Macao 0.96 0.0 -0.75
145 Togo 0.96 0.0 4.16
146 Barbados 0.94 0.0 0.4
147 Uganda 0.86 0.0 12.27
148 Mauritius 0.85 0.0 -8.27
149 Liberia 0.81 0.0 6.69
150 Rwanda 0.69 0.0 13.23
151 Bermuda 0.64 0.0 12.82
152 Aruba 0.61 0.0 36.89
153 French Polynesia 0.58 0.0 -5.99
154 Burkina Faso 0.55 0.0 7.09
155 Fiji 0.55 0.0 16.48
156 Greenland 0.55 0.0 132.81
157 Malawi 0.54 0.0 -0.66
158 Faroe Islands 0.53 0.0 5.88
159 Benin 0.51 0.0 7.25
160 Sierra Leone 0.46 0.0 -8.09
161 Cambodia 0.45 0.0 3.36
162 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 0.0
163 South Sudan 0.4 0.0 44.64
164 Mali 0.38 0.0 7.14
165 Djibouti 0.35 0.0 -10.38
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.29 0.0 4.0
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.26 0.0 -1.49
168 Belize 0.25 0.0 9.68
169 Central African Republic 0.23 0.0 -11.27
170 Burundi 0.23 0.0 -8.82
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.22 0.0 11.32
172 Laos 0.21 0.0 0.0
173 Seychelles 0.2 0.0 -1.82
174 Gambia 0.18 0.0 2.04
175 Palau 0.18 0.0 13.64
176 Liechtenstein 0.18 0.0 32.49
177 Bhutan 0.17 0.0 4.58
178 Saint Lucia 0.16 0.0 12.5
179 Nauru 0.16 0.0 0.0
180 Solomon Islands 0.16 0.0 -2.27
181 Equatorial Guinea 0.11 0.0 7.41
182 Grenada 0.1 0.0 30.0
183 Maldives 0.1 0.0 18.18
184 Samoa 0.08 0.0 4.55
185 Cape Verde 0.07 0.0 -9.09
186 Tonga 0.07 0.0 26.67
187 British Virgin Islands 0.07 0.0 5.88
188 Chad 0.07 0.0 -66.67
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.07 0.0 20.0
190 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 28.57
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.07 0.0 -14.29
192 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0 38.46
193 Dominica 0.05 0.0 15.38
194 Comoros 0.05 0.0 7.69
195 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 -7.14
196 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.03 0.0 -1.49
197 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
198 Cook Islands 0.02 0.0 0.0
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 0.0
200 Antarctica 0.01 0.0 100.0
201 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 100.0
202 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0