CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1991

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1991.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1991?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1991?

Tuvalu produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5062.96 21.8 -1.13
2 China 2606.1 11.22 4.88
3 Russia 2406.76 10.36 -5.11
4 Japan 1168.9 5.03 1.01
5 Germany 1016.87 4.38 -3.59
6 Ukraine 632.92 2.72 -10.38
7 India 615.36 2.65 6.47
8 United Kingdom 609.41 2.62 1.24
9 Kuwait 492.84 2.12 1203.57
10 Canada 450.16 1.94 -1.82
11 Italy 438.39 1.89 -0.12
12 France 417.77 1.8 6.19
13 Poland 373.62 1.61 -0.8
14 Mexico 330.13 1.42 4.13
15 South Africa 326.03 1.4 4.19
16 Saudi Arabia 288.55 1.24 38.39
17 Australia 279.53 1.2 0.49
18 South Korea 275.69 1.19 10.05
19 Kazakhstan 261.07 1.12 -2.65
20 Spain 240.23 1.03 4.22
21 Brazil 229.39 0.99 4.91
22 Iran 221.83 0.95 5.66
23 Indonesia 174.87 0.75 12.76
24 Netherlands 171.11 0.74 5.19
25 Turkey 158.13 0.68 4.29
26 Czechia 148.88 0.64 -9.36
27 Romania 142.21 0.61 -19.43
28 Taiwan 133.6 0.58 7.59
29 Belgium 123.36 0.53 2.55
30 Argentina 117.51 0.51 4.84
31 Venezuela 115.05 0.5 -5.56
32 North Korea 112.82 0.49 -4.7
33 Belarus 104.07 0.45 -3.94
34 Uzbekistan 102.29 0.44 -1.44
35 Thailand 95.04 0.41 9.8
36 Greece 83.41 0.36 -0.04
37 Algeria 78.81 0.34 2.7
38 Egypt 77.3 0.33 2.76
39 Hungary 69.7 0.3 -5.01
40 Pakistan 67.48 0.29 -0.52
41 Malaysia 65.79 0.28 21.22
42 Austria 65.77 0.28 5.79
43 Denmark 64.1 0.28 19.87
44 Bulgaria 61.46 0.26 -19.81
45 Sweden 57.74 0.25 0.4
46 United Arab Emirates 56.67 0.24 9.61
47 Colombia 56.65 0.24 -0.43
48 Finland 55.19 0.24 -3.03
49 Slovakia 53.29 0.23 -13.32
50 Azerbaijan 49.75 0.21 -2.74
51 Portugal 47.1 0.2 4.02
52 Switzerland 46.14 0.2 4.47
53 Iraq 45.19 0.19 -7.89
54 Singapore 44.24 0.19 1.61
55 Philippines 43.47 0.19 5.13
56 Libya 42.62 0.18 16.72
57 Syria 42.2 0.18 13.92
58 Nigeria 41.93 0.18 7.91
59 Serbia 40.96 0.18 -29.17
60 Lithuania 37.82 0.16 5.83
61 Israel 36.15 0.16 0.9
62 Estonia 34.15 0.15 -7.51
63 Ireland 33.67 0.14 2.22
64 Norway 33.46 0.14 -4.41
65 Turkmenistan 32.42 0.14 2.27
66 Chile 30.89 0.13 -6.13
67 Moldova 29.27 0.13 -19.22
68 Hong Kong 28.46 0.12 4.85
69 Cuba 27.17 0.12 -8.36
70 New Zealand 26.18 0.11 2.67
71 Morocco 23.69 0.1 6.23
72 Vietnam 21.38 0.09 0.36
73 Peru 20.76 0.09 -3.0
74 Latvia 17.92 0.08 -8.86
75 Qatar 17.38 0.07 52.31
76 Croatia 16.99 0.07 -26.07
77 Trinidad and Tobago 16.97 0.07 -0.08
78 Ecuador 16.16 0.07 -1.83
79 Tunisia 16.01 0.07 18.71
80 Georgia 15.87 0.07 -0.48
81 Kyrgyzstan 15.66 0.07 -17.59
82 Zimbabwe 15.5 0.07 -0.32
83 Bangladesh 14.74 0.06 4.69
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.07 0.06 -29.25
85 Slovenia 13.97 0.06 -7.43
86 Luxembourg 12.43 0.05 5.24
87 Mongolia 11.96 0.05 22.15
88 Oman 11.59 0.05 3.32
89 Bahrain 11.39 0.05 -1.42
90 Bolivia 10.5 0.05 4.88
91 Jordan 9.9 0.04 -5.46
92 Tajikistan 9.66 0.04 -19.28
93 Dominican Republic 9.54 0.04 6.74
94 Yemen 9.13 0.04 -4.13
95 Lebanon 8.12 0.03 3.14
96 North Macedonia 7.79 0.03 -29.82
97 Jamaica 7.75 0.03 2.97
98 Armenia 7.31 0.03 -18.33
99 Brunei 7.21 0.03 32.17
100 Cyprus 5.13 0.02 10.51
101 Angola 5.06 0.02 -0.51
102 Guatemala 4.95 0.02 -0.42
103 Kenya 4.83 0.02 -16.92
104 Uruguay 4.53 0.02 14.13
105 Gabon 4.52 0.02 0.82
106 Sudan 4.47 0.02 -6.34
107 Cote d'Ivoire 4.31 0.02 -9.89
108 Albania 4.29 0.02 -22.29
109 Sri Lanka 4.14 0.02 8.02
110 Myanmar 4.14 0.02 -2.32
111 Ghana 3.9 0.02 11.04
112 Curacao 3.85 0.02 -20.2
113 Senegal 3.38 0.01 7.66
114 Costa Rica 3.29 0.01 12.87
115 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.28 0.01 -22.8
116 El Salvador 3.15 0.01 27.46
117 Panama 3.1 0.01 17.95
118 Ethiopia 2.96 0.01 -0.94
119 Cameroon 2.67 0.01 2.44
120 Botswana 2.63 0.01 -2.44
121 Honduras 2.53 0.01 0.89
122 Zambia 2.38 0.01 -1.05
123 Malta 2.27 0.01 -6.41
124 Tanzania 2.26 0.01 6.77
125 Papua New Guinea 2.17 0.01 0.68
126 Iceland 2.1 0.01 -5.36
127 Paraguay 2.1 0.01 -1.51
128 Suriname 2.02 0.01 16.45
129 Bahamas 2.0 0.01 -1.27
130 Nicaragua 1.99 0.01 -2.82
131 Afghanistan 1.91 0.01 -5.44
132 New Caledonia 1.76 0.01 11.56
133 Lesotho 1.53 0.01 3.73
134 Mauritius 1.52 0.01 4.01
135 Barbados 1.42 0.01 11.21
136 Montenegro 1.39 0.01 -29.25
137 Cambodia 1.3 0.01 3.49
138 Guyana 1.11 0.0 -1.95
139 Macao 1.09 0.0 5.67
140 Congo 1.08 0.0 7.43
141 Togo 1.05 0.0 7.38
142 Nepal 1.03 0.0 42.26
143 Guinea 1.03 0.0 2.19
144 Madagascar 1.02 0.0 8.53
145 Haiti 0.98 0.0 -1.9
146 Mozambique 0.94 0.0 -8.18
147 Palestine 0.88 0.0 2.55
148 Eswatini 0.87 0.0 -9.16
149 Mauritania 0.87 0.0 1.72
150 Malawi 0.79 0.0 6.39
151 Uganda 0.78 0.0 2.49
152 Somalia 0.7 0.0 -10.01
153 Faroe Islands 0.66 0.0 -6.77
154 Fiji 0.66 0.0 -18.25
155 Burkina Faso 0.63 0.0 7.55
156 Benin 0.62 0.0 6.96
157 Greenland 0.61 0.0 -2.37
158 Niger 0.57 0.0 -5.44
159 Sierra Leone 0.56 0.0 11.76
160 Laos 0.55 0.0 6.43
161 Bermuda 0.54 0.0 7.3
162 Aruba 0.53 0.0 9.02
163 Rwanda 0.47 0.0 -9.87
164 French Polynesia 0.47 0.0 0.0
165 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.43 0.0 -20.2
166 Mali 0.43 0.0 0.86
167 Andorra 0.41 0.0 0.0
168 Belize 0.41 0.0 30.59
169 South Sudan 0.41 0.0 -6.33
170 Chad 0.38 0.0 1.94
171 Liberia 0.37 0.0 -17.89
172 Djibouti 0.3 0.0 1.23
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25 0.0 3.03
174 Burundi 0.24 0.0 14.04
175 Palau 0.23 0.0 0.0
176 Liechtenstein 0.21 0.0 3.7
177 Gambia 0.2 0.0 0.0
178 Central African Republic 0.19 0.0 4.0
179 Saint Lucia 0.19 0.0 6.12
180 Bhutan 0.19 0.0 0.0
181 Guinea-Bissau 0.18 0.0 2.13
182 Seychelles 0.17 0.0 14.63
183 Cape Verde 0.16 0.0 -8.16
184 Solomon Islands 0.16 0.0 7.5
185 Maldives 0.15 0.0 -10.64
186 Nauru 0.12 0.0 0.0
187 Grenada 0.11 0.0 3.45
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.11 0.0 0.0
189 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.1 0.0 12.0
190 Samoa 0.1 0.0 8.33
191 Tonga 0.09 0.0 4.35
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 0.0 4.55
193 British Virgin Islands 0.07 0.0 11.11
194 Comoros 0.07 0.0 0.0
195 Equatorial Guinea 0.07 0.0 5.88
196 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0 0.0
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.06 0.0 0.0
198 Dominica 0.06 0.0 0.0
199 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.05 0.0 -20.2
200 Anguilla 0.05 0.0 0.0
201 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
202 Cook Islands 0.04 0.0 0.0
203 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
204 Kiribati 0.02 0.0 0.0
205 Wallis and Futuna 0.02 0.0 0.0
206 Antarctica 0.01 0.0 33.33
207 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
208 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
209 Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 0.0