CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1997

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1997.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1997?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1997?

Tuvalu produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5688.14 23.32 1.34
2 China 3515.59 14.41 0.19
3 Russia 1482.24 6.08 -6.59
4 Japan 1244.25 5.1 -0.58
5 Germany 931.49 3.82 -2.94
6 India 858.01 3.52 4.18
7 United Kingdom 562.71 2.31 -4.1
8 Canada 522.58 2.14 2.83
9 Italy 449.43 1.84 1.3
10 South Korea 444.97 1.82 5.69
11 France 395.51 1.62 -1.83
12 South Africa 385.22 1.58 5.91
13 Poland 367.24 1.51 -2.66
14 Mexico 362.68 1.49 6.12
15 Ukraine 340.51 1.4 -3.2
16 Australia 320.33 1.31 2.69
17 Brazil 306.95 1.26 6.1
18 Indonesia 279.94 1.15 10.62
19 Iran 267.36 1.1 -2.75
20 Spain 265.83 1.09 4.87
21 Saudi Arabia 221.67 0.91 -15.82
22 Turkey 212.11 0.87 6.24
23 Taiwan 190.56 0.78 7.78
24 Thailand 181.2 0.74 4.4
25 Netherlands 175.29 0.72 -3.85
26 Kazakhstan 146.43 0.6 -5.23
27 Argentina 136.52 0.56 4.11
28 Czechia 130.94 0.54 -3.02
29 Venezuela 129.67 0.53 9.65
30 Belgium 123.99 0.51 -4.24
31 Malaysia 119.63 0.49 8.13
32 Romania 118.16 0.48 -8.51
33 Egypt 111.7 0.46 14.04
34 Uzbekistan 109.03 0.45 0.78
35 Nigeria 95.78 0.39 -2.15
36 Greece 93.8 0.38 5.26
37 Pakistan 93.79 0.38 0.27
38 Algeria 88.37 0.36 -11.67
39 Iraq 76.17 0.31 1.96
40 United Arab Emirates 72.92 0.3 -3.31
41 Philippines 70.07 0.29 14.37
42 Austria 67.29 0.28 -0.15
43 Denmark 65.44 0.27 -12.63
44 Colombia 65.26 0.27 8.92
45 North Korea 63.68 0.26 -3.94
46 Finland 62.7 0.26 -2.09
47 Hungary 61.71 0.25 -2.29
48 Belarus 61.59 0.25 -0.24
49 Sweden 58.38 0.24 -7.89
50 Singapore 56.74 0.23 18.17
51 Kuwait 56.62 0.23 9.67
52 Chile 55.94 0.23 16.0
53 Bulgaria 55.81 0.23 -4.53
54 Israel 54.87 0.22 5.64
55 Portugal 54.63 0.22 5.54
56 Libya 51.78 0.21 -4.03
57 Serbia 49.26 0.2 7.51
58 Syria 49.26 0.2 4.52
59 Vietnam 45.5 0.19 28.24
60 Slovakia 44.1 0.18 0.16
61 Switzerland 43.04 0.18 -2.41
62 Qatar 42.18 0.17 22.54
63 Norway 41.62 0.17 0.24
64 Ireland 38.8 0.16 3.56
65 New Zealand 31.28 0.13 6.74
66 Turkmenistan 31.2 0.13 -1.45
67 Hong Kong 30.5 0.13 5.49
68 Morocco 29.98 0.12 1.53
69 Azerbaijan 29.84 0.12 -4.48
70 Peru 27.75 0.11 12.26
71 Cuba 24.81 0.1 6.33
72 Bangladesh 23.13 0.09 7.6
73 Ecuador 19.43 0.08 -23.21
74 Trinidad and Tobago 18.91 0.08 2.45
75 Estonia 18.68 0.08 -1.89
76 Croatia 18.56 0.08 6.99
77 Oman 18.05 0.07 -0.3
78 Bahrain 17.29 0.07 7.93
79 Dominican Republic 17.27 0.07 4.74
80 Tunisia 17.22 0.07 3.61
81 Slovenia 16.51 0.07 3.17
82 Angola 15.88 0.07 4.17
83 Lithuania 15.16 0.06 -3.67
84 Lebanon 15.1 0.06 18.4
85 Jordan 14.07 0.06 1.8
86 Zimbabwe 13.91 0.06 -6.69
87 Yemen 12.17 0.05 7.69
88 Bolivia 11.72 0.05 17.02
89 Jamaica 10.07 0.04 3.93
90 Latvia 8.68 0.04 -5.77
91 Luxembourg 8.56 0.04 -6.99
92 North Macedonia 8.45 0.03 -10.31
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.37 0.03 97.33
94 Kenya 8.21 0.03 -11.65
95 Mongolia 7.62 0.03 -4.04
96 Sri Lanka 7.52 0.03 7.89
97 Guatemala 7.5 0.03 14.16
98 Myanmar 7.42 0.03 3.22
99 Moldova 7.3 0.03 -37.53
100 Cote d'Ivoire 7.21 0.03 -4.18
101 Cyprus 6.3 0.03 1.39
102 Brunei 6.09 0.02 3.55
103 Kyrgyzstan 5.56 0.02 -1.61
104 Gabon 5.53 0.02 -6.09
105 Ghana 5.51 0.02 13.5
106 Uruguay 5.51 0.02 2.01
107 El Salvador 5.42 0.02 22.68
108 Cameroon 5.38 0.02 -9.97
109 Sudan 5.01 0.02 22.63
110 Costa Rica 4.92 0.02 4.9
111 Congo 4.83 0.02 19.65
112 Panama 4.63 0.02 4.12
113 Curacao 4.55 0.02 4.65
114 Georgia 4.43 0.02 9.19
115 Paraguay 4.13 0.02 11.0
116 Honduras 4.01 0.02 3.48
117 Armenia 3.25 0.01 30.09
118 Senegal 3.18 0.01 -13.15
119 Nicaragua 3.11 0.01 9.39
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.09 0.01 -11.04
121 Ethiopia 2.98 0.01 6.66
122 Tanzania 2.82 0.01 11.78
123 Botswana 2.8 0.01 1.6
124 Nepal 2.64 0.01 12.25
125 Iceland 2.62 0.01 3.79
126 Papua New Guinea 2.61 0.01 19.39
127 Malta 2.56 0.01 0.88
128 Zambia 2.35 0.01 28.08
129 Tajikistan 2.15 0.01 -23.86
130 Suriname 2.1 0.01 1.05
131 Mauritius 2.0 0.01 2.44
132 Equatorial Guinea 1.97 0.01 45.68
133 New Caledonia 1.82 0.01 -16.78
134 Guyana 1.81 0.01 9.31
135 Lesotho 1.77 0.01 1.9
136 Namibia 1.77 0.01 2.77
137 Montenegro 1.67 0.01 7.52
138 Bahamas 1.61 0.01 -11.31
139 Cambodia 1.55 0.01 -4.87
140 Albania 1.54 0.01 -23.52
141 Barbados 1.54 0.01 15.04
142 Madagascar 1.54 0.01 23.27
143 Macao 1.49 0.01 5.73
144 Haiti 1.35 0.01 32.37
145 Afghanistan 1.3 0.01 -4.81
146 Guinea 1.29 0.01 4.45
147 Benin 1.22 0.01 3.39
148 Mozambique 1.17 0.0 7.18
149 Eswatini 1.14 0.0 45.12
150 Mauritania 1.08 0.0 1.38
151 Uganda 1.06 0.0 4.31
152 Malawi 0.91 0.0 -0.51
153 Togo 0.88 0.0 -30.52
154 Palestine 0.86 0.0 -16.61
155 Eritrea 0.81 0.0 -10.02
156 Burkina Faso 0.8 0.0 14.09
157 Laos 0.79 0.0 5.67
158 Fiji 0.76 0.0 -3.55
159 Aruba 0.76 0.0 4.55
160 Mali 0.73 0.0 12.47
161 Niger 0.64 0.0 0.86
162 Greenland 0.62 0.0 3.51
163 Faroe Islands 0.59 0.0 -1.83
164 Somalia 0.53 0.0 -7.01
165 Bermuda 0.52 0.0 -0.69
166 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.5 0.0 4.65
167 French Polynesia 0.49 0.0 4.69
168 Rwanda 0.48 0.0 3.98
169 Andorra 0.47 0.0 2.42
170 Chad 0.45 0.0 2.23
171 South Sudan 0.45 0.0 22.43
172 Liberia 0.45 0.0 4.38
173 Bhutan 0.39 0.0 30.79
174 Belize 0.39 0.0 26.19
175 Djibouti 0.33 0.0 8.33
176 Maldives 0.33 0.0 13.92
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.31 0.0 7.59
178 Saint Lucia 0.3 0.0 1.25
179 Seychelles 0.27 0.0 17.19
180 Burundi 0.25 0.0 3.03
181 Cape Verde 0.23 0.0 5.08
182 Gambia 0.22 0.0 1.67
183 Liechtenstein 0.22 0.0 6.03
184 Central African Republic 0.22 0.0 1.72
185 Sierra Leone 0.21 0.0 -11.11
186 Solomon Islands 0.21 0.0 3.7
187 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 0.0 -1.79
188 Palau 0.2 0.0 0.0
189 Micronesia (country) 0.19 0.0 6.0
190 Grenada 0.17 0.0 9.52
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.14 0.0 8.33
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.13 0.0 0.0
193 Samoa 0.12 0.0 0.0
194 British Virgin Islands 0.1 0.0 3.7
195 Nauru 0.1 0.0 0.0
196 Tonga 0.1 0.0 28.57
197 Marshall Islands 0.09 0.0 0.0
198 Vanuatu 0.09 0.0 4.35
199 Comoros 0.08 0.0 4.55
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.08 0.0 21.05
201 Dominica 0.08 0.0 10.0
202 Anguilla 0.06 0.0 0.0
203 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.0 4.65
204 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 0.0
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 -31.58
206 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
207 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 -10.0
208 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 0.0
209 Wallis and Futuna 0.02 0.0 0.0
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