CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1990

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1990.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1990?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1990?

Eritrea produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5120.96 22.51 -0.22
2 Russia 2536.25 11.15 5.46
3 China 2484.85 10.92 0.86
4 Japan 1157.2 5.09 13.26
5 Germany 1054.74 4.64 4.55
6 Ukraine 706.23 3.1 3.38
7 United Kingdom 601.95 2.65 3.5
8 India 578.0 2.54 6.91
9 Canada 458.5 2.02 -0.95
10 Italy 438.9 1.93 8.44
11 France 393.43 1.73 -1.55
12 Poland 376.64 1.66 -10.79
13 Mexico 317.04 1.39 -1.99
14 South Africa 312.93 1.38 -8.15
15 Australia 278.16 1.22 8.3
16 Kazakhstan 268.17 1.18 1.3
17 South Korea 250.51 1.1 12.08
18 Spain 230.5 1.01 2.5
19 Brazil 218.66 0.96 3.11
20 Iran 209.94 0.92 10.38
21 Saudi Arabia 208.5 0.92 2.49
22 Romania 176.51 0.78 -17.12
23 Czechia 164.25 0.72 -4.69
24 Netherlands 162.67 0.71 0.62
25 Indonesia 155.08 0.68 17.78
26 Turkey 151.61 0.67 10.21
27 Taiwan 124.18 0.55 0.86
28 Venezuela 121.82 0.54 12.21
29 Belgium 120.29 0.53 12.64
30 North Korea 118.38 0.52 -43.43
31 Argentina 112.08 0.49 -4.22
32 Belarus 108.35 0.48 -0.73
33 Uzbekistan 103.78 0.46 -0.25
34 Thailand 86.56 0.38 21.23
35 Greece 83.44 0.37 13.94
36 Algeria 76.74 0.34 -3.85
37 Bulgaria 76.64 0.34 -11.38
38 Egypt 75.22 0.33 4.61
39 Hungary 73.38 0.32 -3.35
40 Pakistan 67.83 0.3 12.45
41 Austria 62.17 0.27 15.78
42 Slovakia 61.47 0.27 11.26
43 Serbia 57.83 0.25 -0.62
44 Sweden 57.51 0.25 3.58
45 Finland 56.92 0.25 8.52
46 Colombia 56.9 0.25 7.78
47 Malaysia 54.27 0.24 8.36
48 Denmark 53.48 0.24 9.84
49 United Arab Emirates 51.7 0.23 -4.58
50 Azerbaijan 51.15 0.22 1.0
51 Iraq 49.06 0.22 -32.09
52 Portugal 45.28 0.2 10.92
53 Switzerland 44.16 0.19 12.03
54 Singapore 43.54 0.19 6.17
55 Philippines 41.35 0.18 6.28
56 Nigeria 38.86 0.17 -7.74
57 Kuwait 37.81 0.17 5.69
58 Syria 37.05 0.16 8.09
59 Estonia 36.92 0.16 -6.22
60 Libya 36.51 0.16 -1.5
61 Moldova 36.24 0.16 -5.47
62 Israel 35.82 0.16 14.11
63 Lithuania 35.74 0.16 -3.14
64 Norway 35.0 0.15 2.5
65 Ireland 32.94 0.14 9.59
66 Chile 32.91 0.14 2.78
67 Turkmenistan 31.7 0.14 -15.34
68 Cuba 29.65 0.13 -17.0
69 Hong Kong 27.15 0.12 -9.93
70 New Zealand 25.5 0.11 0.19
71 Croatia 22.97 0.1 6.02
72 Morocco 22.3 0.1 -1.6
73 Peru 21.4 0.09 -1.66
74 Vietnam 21.3 0.09 22.42
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.89 0.09 -0.97
76 Latvia 19.66 0.09 8.51
77 Kyrgyzstan 19.0 0.08 -9.17
78 Trinidad and Tobago 16.98 0.07 5.44
79 Ecuador 16.46 0.07 -18.34
80 Georgia 15.95 0.07 -1.53
81 Zimbabwe 15.55 0.07 -3.49
82 Slovenia 15.09 0.07 -8.27
83 Bangladesh 14.08 0.06 5.23
84 Tunisia 13.48 0.06 1.62
85 Tajikistan 11.97 0.05 -5.48
86 Luxembourg 11.82 0.05 20.0
87 Bahrain 11.56 0.05 -1.37
88 Qatar 11.41 0.05 -20.16
89 Oman 11.22 0.05 12.39
90 North Macedonia 11.11 0.05 -0.29
91 Jordan 10.48 0.05 15.38
92 Bolivia 10.01 0.04 101.41
93 Mongolia 9.79 0.04 -6.39
94 Yemen 9.52 0.04 -4.18
95 Armenia 8.95 0.04 -5.44
96 Dominican Republic 8.94 0.04 -12.89
97 Lebanon 7.87 0.03 1.91
98 Jamaica 7.53 0.03 11.94
99 Kenya 5.82 0.03 12.18
100 Albania 5.52 0.02 -38.57
101 Brunei 5.46 0.02 -13.98
102 Angola 5.09 0.02 3.39
103 Guatemala 4.97 0.02 18.72
104 Curacao 4.82 0.02 7.09
105 Cote d'Ivoire 4.78 0.02 -42.15
106 Sudan 4.77 0.02 39.0
107 Cyprus 4.64 0.02 4.86
108 Gabon 4.48 0.02 -22.11
109 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.25 0.02 -2.37
110 Myanmar 4.24 0.02 -4.28
111 Uruguay 3.97 0.02 -18.24
112 Sri Lanka 3.83 0.02 11.13
113 Ghana 3.51 0.02 14.33
114 Senegal 3.14 0.01 -14.28
115 Ethiopia 2.99 0.01 6.89
116 Costa Rica 2.91 0.01 -0.69
117 Botswana 2.7 0.01 88.97
118 Panama 2.63 0.01 4.85
119 Cameroon 2.6 0.01 -65.63
120 Honduras 2.5 0.01 -6.55
121 El Salvador 2.48 0.01 -2.83
122 Malta 2.43 0.01 11.91
123 Zambia 2.41 0.01 -6.34
124 Iceland 2.22 0.01 17.21
125 Papua New Guinea 2.15 0.01 5.95
126 Paraguay 2.14 0.01 -3.95
127 Tanzania 2.11 0.01 -2.28
128 Nicaragua 2.04 0.01 39.2
129 Afghanistan 2.02 0.01 -26.78
130 Bahamas 2.02 0.01 3.95
131 Montenegro 1.96 0.01 -1.08
132 Suriname 1.74 0.01 -6.18
133 New Caledonia 1.58 0.01 -3.85
134 Mauritius 1.46 0.01 39.02
135 Barbados 1.28 0.01 28.99
136 Cambodia 1.26 0.01 179.67
137 Guyana 1.13 0.0 -4.64
138 Macao 1.03 0.0 0.36
139 Mozambique 1.03 0.0 -0.88
140 Congo 1.01 0.0 -32.61
141 Guinea 1.0 0.0 -3.86
142 Haiti 0.99 0.0 -2.75
143 Togo 0.98 0.0 -4.54
144 Eswatini 0.96 0.0 120.17
145 Madagascar 0.94 0.0 2.0
146 Mauritania 0.85 0.0 -69.54
147 Fiji 0.8 0.0 28.15
148 Somalia 0.78 0.0 -17.84
149 Uganda 0.76 0.0 -4.95
150 Malawi 0.74 0.0 31.42
151 Nepal 0.72 0.0 -19.26
152 Faroe Islands 0.7 0.0 21.52
153 Greenland 0.62 0.0 32.17
154 Niger 0.6 0.0 -42.09
155 Burkina Faso 0.58 0.0 -29.02
156 Benin 0.58 0.0 1.61
157 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.53 0.0 7.09
158 Rwanda 0.52 0.0 -23.44
159 Laos 0.51 0.0 122.22
160 Bermuda 0.5 0.0 -35.68
161 Sierra Leone 0.5 0.0 33.33
162 Aruba 0.49 0.0 -24.86
163 French Polynesia 0.47 0.0 -13.51
164 Liberia 0.46 0.0 -30.85
165 South Sudan 0.43 0.0 38.73
166 Mali 0.42 0.0 1.53
167 Chad 0.38 0.0 267.86
168 Belize 0.31 0.0 3.66
169 Djibouti 0.3 0.0 -23.58
170 Antigua and Barbuda 0.24 0.0 -15.38
171 Palau 0.23 0.0 3.23
172 Burundi 0.21 0.0 -21.92
173 Liechtenstein 0.2 0.0 6.32
174 Gambia 0.2 0.0 10.2
175 Bhutan 0.19 0.0 55.07
176 Central African Republic 0.18 0.0 -26.47
177 Cape Verde 0.18 0.0 122.73
178 Saint Lucia 0.18 0.0 8.89
179 Guinea-Bissau 0.17 0.0 -25.4
180 Maldives 0.17 0.0 38.24
181 Seychelles 0.15 0.0 -35.94
182 Solomon Islands 0.15 0.0 -9.09
183 Nauru 0.12 0.0 -20.93
184 Grenada 0.11 0.0 3.57
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.11 0.0 61.11
186 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.09 0.0 -10.71
187 Samoa 0.09 0.0 4.35
188 Tonga 0.08 0.0 21.05
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 0.0 4.76
190 British Virgin Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
191 Comoros 0.07 0.0 28.57
192 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0 5.88
193 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.0 7.09
194 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 0.0 -46.88
195 Dominica 0.06 0.0 0.0
196 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
197 Cook Islands 0.04 0.0 100.0
198 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
199 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 0.0
200 Antarctica 0.01 0.0 50.0
201 Niue 0.01 0.0 100.0
202 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
203 Eritrea 0.0 0.0 -100.0