CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1996

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1996.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1996?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1996?

Tuvalu produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5612.98 23.15 3.46
2 China 3508.82 14.47 4.38
3 Russia 1586.82 6.54 -2.03
4 Japan 1251.55 5.16 1.01
5 Germany 959.65 3.96 2.1
6 India 823.62 3.4 8.31
7 United Kingdom 586.76 2.42 3.64
8 Canada 508.2 2.1 3.33
9 Italy 443.66 1.83 -1.28
10 South Korea 421.0 1.74 9.73
11 France 402.89 1.66 4.25
12 Poland 377.29 1.56 4.05
13 South Africa 363.73 1.5 0.56
14 Ukraine 351.77 1.45 -9.82
15 Mexico 341.76 1.41 3.21
16 Australia 311.94 1.29 2.26
17 Brazil 289.31 1.19 7.68
18 Iran 274.93 1.13 2.1
19 Saudi Arabia 263.33 1.09 -1.79
20 Spain 253.5 1.05 -4.71
21 Indonesia 253.07 1.04 13.78
22 Turkey 199.65 0.82 10.09
23 Netherlands 182.3 0.75 5.25
24 Taiwan 176.79 0.73 4.68
25 Thailand 173.57 0.72 12.96
26 Kazakhstan 154.51 0.64 -8.19
27 Czechia 135.02 0.56 2.58
28 Argentina 131.13 0.54 4.71
29 Belgium 129.48 0.53 2.81
30 Romania 129.15 0.53 2.73
31 Venezuela 118.25 0.49 -5.19
32 Malaysia 110.63 0.46 -0.19
33 Uzbekistan 108.18 0.45 3.23
34 Algeria 100.04 0.41 3.37
35 Egypt 97.95 0.4 -1.05
36 Nigeria 97.89 0.4 16.06
37 Pakistan 93.54 0.39 11.87
38 Greece 89.11 0.37 2.47
39 United Arab Emirates 75.41 0.31 4.07
40 Denmark 74.9 0.31 21.49
41 Iraq 74.71 0.31 -6.26
42 Austria 67.39 0.28 5.22
43 North Korea 66.29 0.27 -12.87
44 Finland 64.03 0.26 10.18
45 Sweden 63.38 0.26 6.51
46 Hungary 63.16 0.26 2.53
47 Belarus 61.73 0.25 1.36
48 Philippines 61.27 0.25 2.17
49 Colombia 59.91 0.25 0.83
50 Bulgaria 58.46 0.24 0.95
51 Libya 53.95 0.22 -1.18
52 Israel 51.94 0.21 4.15
53 Portugal 51.76 0.21 -4.97
54 Kuwait 51.63 0.21 -8.02
55 Chile 48.23 0.2 16.03
56 Singapore 48.01 0.2 18.42
57 Syria 47.13 0.19 2.27
58 Serbia 45.82 0.19 17.08
59 Switzerland 44.1 0.18 1.59
60 Slovakia 44.03 0.18 -0.27
61 Norway 41.52 0.17 7.97
62 Ireland 37.47 0.15 4.51
63 Vietnam 35.48 0.15 17.92
64 Qatar 34.42 0.14 3.88
65 Turkmenistan 31.65 0.13 -8.43
66 Azerbaijan 31.24 0.13 -6.21
67 Morocco 29.52 0.12 2.69
68 New Zealand 29.3 0.12 4.65
69 Hong Kong 28.91 0.12 -7.54
70 Ecuador 25.3 0.1 7.67
71 Peru 24.72 0.1 -1.69
72 Cuba 23.33 0.1 2.18
73 Bangladesh 21.49 0.09 2.14
74 Estonia 19.04 0.08 5.44
75 Trinidad and Tobago 18.46 0.08 25.29
76 Oman 18.11 0.07 -3.34
77 Croatia 17.34 0.07 3.14
78 Tunisia 16.62 0.07 2.14
79 Dominican Republic 16.48 0.07 9.12
80 Bahrain 16.02 0.07 8.07
81 Slovenia 16.0 0.07 4.2
82 Lithuania 15.74 0.06 4.53
83 Angola 15.25 0.06 20.86
84 Zimbabwe 14.91 0.06 -0.8
85 Jordan 13.83 0.06 4.67
86 Lebanon 12.75 0.05 4.06
87 Moldova 11.69 0.05 2.47
88 Yemen 11.3 0.05 2.17
89 Bolivia 10.02 0.04 11.09
90 Jamaica 9.69 0.04 5.61
91 North Macedonia 9.42 0.04 18.82
92 Kenya 9.29 0.04 23.1
93 Latvia 9.21 0.04 0.85
94 Luxembourg 9.21 0.04 0.56
95 Mongolia 7.94 0.03 1.25
96 Cote d'Ivoire 7.53 0.03 20.89
97 Myanmar 7.19 0.03 4.29
98 Sri Lanka 6.97 0.03 19.89
99 Guatemala 6.57 0.03 -7.17
100 Cyprus 6.21 0.03 5.97
101 Cameroon 5.97 0.02 11.16
102 Gabon 5.89 0.02 12.74
103 Brunei 5.88 0.02 0.92
104 Kyrgyzstan 5.65 0.02 25.4
105 Uruguay 5.41 0.02 18.61
106 Ghana 4.86 0.02 5.07
107 Costa Rica 4.69 0.02 -2.38
108 Panama 4.45 0.02 21.73
109 El Salvador 4.41 0.02 -11.68
110 Curacao 4.34 0.02 -6.46
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.24 0.02 24.62
112 Sudan 4.08 0.02 3.37
113 Georgia 4.05 0.02 77.0
114 Congo 4.04 0.02 25.2
115 Honduras 3.88 0.02 1.02
116 Paraguay 3.72 0.02 -5.55
117 Senegal 3.66 0.02 6.82
118 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.47 0.01 12.16
119 Nicaragua 2.85 0.01 3.35
120 Tajikistan 2.82 0.01 15.48
121 Ethiopia 2.79 0.01 11.5
122 Botswana 2.76 0.01 -9.51
123 Malta 2.53 0.01 3.34
124 Tanzania 2.53 0.01 3.81
125 Iceland 2.52 0.01 2.2
126 Armenia 2.5 0.01 -25.65
127 Nepal 2.35 0.01 1.9
128 Papua New Guinea 2.19 0.01 6.36
129 New Caledonia 2.18 0.01 5.85
130 Suriname 2.08 0.01 1.07
131 Albania 2.02 0.01 -3.43
132 Mauritius 1.95 0.01 6.61
133 Zambia 1.84 0.01 -14.21
134 Bahamas 1.81 0.01 -1.39
135 Lesotho 1.74 0.01 1.72
136 Namibia 1.72 0.01 6.33
137 Guyana 1.65 0.01 5.37
138 Cambodia 1.63 0.01 4.87
139 Montenegro 1.55 0.01 17.0
140 Macao 1.41 0.01 14.29
141 Afghanistan 1.37 0.01 -3.33
142 Equatorial Guinea 1.36 0.01 10.47
143 Barbados 1.34 0.01 4.37
144 Togo 1.27 0.01 7.7
145 Madagascar 1.25 0.01 4.44
146 Guinea 1.23 0.01 5.97
147 Benin 1.18 0.0 23.79
148 Mozambique 1.09 0.0 -3.46
149 Mauritania 1.06 0.0 4.69
150 Palestine 1.04 0.0 9.69
151 Haiti 1.02 0.0 16.32
152 Uganda 1.02 0.0 10.01
153 Malawi 0.92 0.0 1.44
154 Eritrea 0.9 0.0 9.2
155 Fiji 0.79 0.0 7.57
156 Eswatini 0.79 0.0 -25.86
157 Laos 0.75 0.0 11.77
158 Aruba 0.73 0.0 2.59
159 Burkina Faso 0.7 0.0 12.91
160 Mali 0.65 0.0 8.55
161 Niger 0.64 0.0 14.45
162 Faroe Islands 0.6 0.0 5.13
163 Greenland 0.6 0.0 11.71
164 Somalia 0.58 0.0 -1.74
165 Bermuda 0.53 0.0 -0.69
166 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.48 0.0 -6.46
167 French Polynesia 0.47 0.0 -0.78
168 Rwanda 0.46 0.0 2.04
169 Andorra 0.45 0.0 6.9
170 Chad 0.44 0.0 3.7
171 Liberia 0.43 0.0 2.74
172 South Sudan 0.37 0.0 3.17
173 Belize 0.31 0.0 -18.45
174 Djibouti 0.31 0.0 -1.18
175 Bhutan 0.3 0.0 19.8
176 Saint Lucia 0.29 0.0 6.67
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.29 0.0 6.76
178 Maldives 0.29 0.0 16.18
179 Burundi 0.24 0.0 1.54
180 Seychelles 0.23 0.0 18.52
181 Sierra Leone 0.23 0.0 3.28
182 Gambia 0.22 0.0 1.69
183 Cape Verde 0.22 0.0 9.26
184 Central African Republic 0.21 0.0 1.75
185 Liechtenstein 0.21 0.0 0.86
186 Guinea-Bissau 0.21 0.0 12.0
187 Palau 0.2 0.0 0.0
188 Solomon Islands 0.2 0.0 3.85
189 Micronesia (country) 0.18 0.0 2.04
190 Grenada 0.15 0.0 2.44
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.13 0.0 2.86
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.13 0.0 2.86
193 Samoa 0.12 0.0 9.68
194 Nauru 0.1 0.0 -3.45
195 British Virgin Islands 0.1 0.0 12.5
196 Marshall Islands 0.09 0.0 0.0
197 Vanuatu 0.08 0.0 27.78
198 Comoros 0.08 0.0 4.76
199 Tonga 0.08 0.0 -19.23
200 Dominica 0.07 0.0 -9.09
201 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
203 Anguilla 0.06 0.0 6.25
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.0 -6.46
205 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 7.69
206 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
207 Montserrat 0.04 0.0 11.11
208 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 0.0
209 Wallis and Futuna 0.02 0.0 20.0
210 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
211 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0
213 Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 0.0