CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1989

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1989.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1989?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1989?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5132.21 22.93 1.62
2 China 2463.65 11.01 1.56
3 Russia 2404.97 10.75 -1.28
4 Japan 1021.68 4.57 3.68
5 Germany 1008.79 4.51 -1.97
6 Ukraine 683.16 3.05 -6.08
7 United Kingdom 581.58 2.6 1.98
8 India 540.65 2.42 9.96
9 Canada 462.89 2.07 1.58
10 Poland 422.18 1.89 -4.96
11 Italy 404.74 1.81 4.87
12 France 399.62 1.79 3.65
13 South Africa 340.71 1.52 -0.57
14 Mexico 323.48 1.45 5.83
15 Kazakhstan 264.74 1.18 -3.45
16 Australia 256.84 1.15 6.69
17 Spain 224.89 1.0 13.89
18 South Korea 223.51 1.0 5.95
19 Romania 212.97 0.95 0.66
20 Brazil 212.07 0.95 2.11
21 North Korea 209.25 0.94 5.03
22 Saudi Arabia 203.42 0.91 0.58
23 Iran 190.2 0.85 8.6
24 Czechia 172.33 0.77 -4.59
25 Netherlands 161.66 0.72 11.03
26 Turkey 137.57 0.61 10.3
27 Indonesia 131.67 0.59 -0.79
28 Taiwan 123.13 0.55 8.87
29 Argentina 117.02 0.52 -3.61
30 Belarus 109.14 0.49 -4.52
31 Venezuela 108.57 0.49 -6.2
32 Belgium 106.79 0.48 7.07
33 Uzbekistan 104.05 0.46 3.3
34 Bulgaria 86.48 0.39 -0.5
35 Algeria 79.81 0.36 -4.66
36 Hungary 75.92 0.34 -2.74
37 Greece 73.23 0.33 9.22
38 Iraq 72.24 0.32 7.62
39 Egypt 71.9 0.32 -3.24
40 Thailand 71.4 0.32 18.04
41 Pakistan 60.32 0.27 4.7
42 Serbia 58.19 0.26 -0.32
43 Sweden 55.52 0.25 -3.32
44 Slovakia 55.25 0.25 -4.57
45 United Arab Emirates 54.19 0.24 12.66
46 Austria 53.7 0.24 1.43
47 Colombia 52.79 0.24 1.49
48 Finland 52.45 0.23 0.75
49 Azerbaijan 50.64 0.23 -0.72
50 Malaysia 50.08 0.22 16.83
51 Denmark 48.69 0.22 -11.5
52 Nigeria 42.12 0.19 -40.19
53 Singapore 41.0 0.18 16.22
54 Portugal 40.82 0.18 25.35
55 Switzerland 39.42 0.18 -3.06
56 Estonia 39.37 0.18 2.08
57 Philippines 38.91 0.17 3.79
58 Moldova 38.34 0.17 -2.23
59 Turkmenistan 37.45 0.17 1.29
60 Libya 37.07 0.17 2.51
61 Lithuania 36.9 0.16 0.29
62 Kuwait 35.77 0.16 8.98
63 Cuba 35.72 0.16 0.29
64 Syria 34.27 0.15 -6.56
65 Norway 34.15 0.15 -4.06
66 Chile 32.02 0.14 20.37
67 Israel 31.39 0.14 5.7
68 Hong Kong 30.14 0.13 2.92
69 Ireland 30.06 0.13 0.59
70 New Zealand 25.45 0.11 0.02
71 Morocco 22.66 0.1 8.26
72 Peru 21.76 0.1 -13.01
73 Croatia 21.67 0.1 -0.31
74 Kyrgyzstan 20.92 0.09 -2.77
75 Ecuador 20.15 0.09 17.39
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.08 0.09 -0.31
77 Latvia 18.12 0.08 -6.63
78 Vietnam 17.4 0.08 -24.59
79 Slovenia 16.46 0.07 -0.49
80 Georgia 16.2 0.07 -0.75
81 Zimbabwe 16.11 0.07 0.53
82 Trinidad and Tobago 16.11 0.07 1.72
83 Qatar 14.29 0.06 20.13
84 Bangladesh 13.38 0.06 -0.71
85 Tunisia 13.27 0.06 6.19
86 Tajikistan 12.66 0.06 -0.77
87 Bahrain 11.72 0.05 -3.51
88 North Macedonia 11.14 0.05 -0.25
89 Mongolia 10.46 0.05 -9.0
90 Dominican Republic 10.26 0.05 5.32
91 Oman 9.99 0.04 -5.05
92 Yemen 9.94 0.04 4.03
93 Luxembourg 9.85 0.04 8.2
94 Armenia 9.46 0.04 1.85
95 Jordan 9.08 0.04 -1.06
96 Albania 8.99 0.04 22.61
97 Cote d'Ivoire 8.27 0.04 -6.12
98 Lebanon 7.72 0.03 5.11
99 Cameroon 7.58 0.03 251.8
100 Jamaica 6.72 0.03 48.58
101 Brunei 6.34 0.03 11.03
102 Gabon 5.76 0.03 33.25
103 Kenya 5.19 0.02 8.43
104 Bolivia 4.97 0.02 15.9
105 Angola 4.92 0.02 -2.51
106 Uruguay 4.85 0.02 1.39
107 Curacao 4.5 0.02 90.36
108 Cyprus 4.43 0.02 5.53
109 Myanmar 4.43 0.02 8.29
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.35 0.02 9.4
111 Guatemala 4.19 0.02 2.77
112 Senegal 3.66 0.02 35.08
113 Sri Lanka 3.45 0.02 -0.28
114 Sudan 3.43 0.02 -22.55
115 Ghana 3.07 0.01 -4.94
116 Costa Rica 2.93 0.01 0.94
117 Mauritania 2.8 0.01 -11.97
118 Ethiopia 2.79 0.01 5.84
119 Afghanistan 2.76 0.01 -3.22
120 Honduras 2.68 0.01 8.73
121 Zambia 2.57 0.01 -17.34
122 El Salvador 2.55 0.01 4.69
123 Panama 2.51 0.01 -13.87
124 Paraguay 2.22 0.01 3.72
125 Malta 2.17 0.01 7.83
126 Tanzania 2.16 0.01 -4.85
127 Papua New Guinea 2.03 0.01 -7.5
128 Montenegro 1.98 0.01 -0.31
129 Bahamas 1.95 0.01 26.43
130 Iceland 1.9 0.01 3.01
131 Suriname 1.85 0.01 -1.18
132 New Caledonia 1.64 0.01 9.21
133 Congo 1.5 0.01 0.18
134 Nicaragua 1.47 0.01 -34.45
135 Botswana 1.43 0.01 9.86
136 Guyana 1.18 0.01 -15.67
137 Mauritius 1.05 0.0 23.18
138 Guinea 1.04 0.0 1.79
139 Mozambique 1.03 0.0 2.82
140 Niger 1.03 0.0 5.18
141 Macao 1.03 0.0 6.84
142 Togo 1.02 0.0 6.3
143 Haiti 1.02 0.0 1.53
144 Barbados 0.99 0.0 4.65
145 Somalia 0.95 0.0 -5.14
146 Madagascar 0.93 0.0 -28.0
147 Nepal 0.89 0.0 -8.44
148 Burkina Faso 0.82 0.0 48.34
149 Uganda 0.8 0.0 -7.23
150 Bermuda 0.78 0.0 21.02
151 Rwanda 0.68 0.0 -1.16
152 Liberia 0.66 0.0 -18.49
153 Aruba 0.65 0.0 5.99
154 Fiji 0.63 0.0 13.72
155 Faroe Islands 0.58 0.0 9.72
156 Benin 0.57 0.0 12.23
157 Malawi 0.56 0.0 4.04
158 French Polynesia 0.54 0.0 -5.73
159 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.5 0.0 90.36
160 Greenland 0.47 0.0 -13.42
161 Cambodia 0.45 0.0 0.0
162 Eswatini 0.44 0.0 0.0
163 Mali 0.42 0.0 8.58
164 Djibouti 0.39 0.0 11.58
165 Sierra Leone 0.37 0.0 -18.4
166 South Sudan 0.31 0.0 -22.47
167 Belize 0.3 0.0 20.59
168 Antigua and Barbuda 0.29 0.0 0.0
169 Burundi 0.27 0.0 17.74
170 Central African Republic 0.25 0.0 7.94
171 Seychelles 0.23 0.0 18.52
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.23 0.0 6.78
173 Laos 0.23 0.0 8.62
174 Palau 0.23 0.0 24.0
175 Liechtenstein 0.19 0.0 4.54
176 Gambia 0.18 0.0 -2.0
177 Saint Lucia 0.16 0.0 0.0
178 Solomon Islands 0.16 0.0 2.33
179 Nauru 0.16 0.0 0.0
180 Maldives 0.12 0.0 30.77
181 Bhutan 0.12 0.0 -28.45
182 Equatorial Guinea 0.12 0.0 10.34
183 Chad 0.1 0.0 55.56
184 Grenada 0.1 0.0 7.69
185 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.1 0.0 55.56
186 Samoa 0.08 0.0 0.0
187 Cape Verde 0.08 0.0 10.0
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 0.0 16.67
189 Tonga 0.07 0.0 0.0
190 British Virgin Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.07 0.0 0.0
192 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 -5.56
193 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.0 90.36
194 Dominica 0.06 0.0 6.67
195 Comoros 0.05 0.0 0.0
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
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 0.0
201 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
202 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0