CO2 Emissions World Ranking 1999

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 1999.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 1999?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 1999?

Antarctica produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5803.92 23.37 1.23
2 China 3557.27 14.32 5.73
3 Russia 1494.18 6.02 1.97
4 Japan 1241.04 5.0 3.04
5 India 950.46 3.83 8.53
6 Germany 895.4 3.61 -3.04
7 United Kingdom 561.65 2.26 -1.21
8 Canada 544.48 2.19 2.68
9 Italy 466.39 1.88 1.03
10 France 412.37 1.66 -0.39
11 South Korea 410.52 1.65 8.59
12 Mexico 386.27 1.56 1.3
13 South Africa 374.89 1.51 -0.63
14 Iran 371.97 1.5 22.56
15 Australia 343.96 1.39 2.94
16 Poland 329.27 1.33 -2.89
17 Brazil 327.26 1.32 3.12
18 Ukraine 298.58 1.2 -9.19
19 Spain 298.07 1.2 8.55
20 Indonesia 292.0 1.18 19.42
21 Saudi Arabia 231.48 0.93 8.6
22 Turkey 207.93 0.84 -1.98
23 Taiwan 207.81 0.84 3.81
24 Netherlands 170.85 0.69 -3.05
25 Thailand 167.23 0.67 4.72
26 Argentina 147.67 0.59 6.24
27 Venezuela 143.05 0.58 -16.03
28 Egypt 128.22 0.52 2.56
29 Belgium 124.68 0.5 -4.26
30 Uzbekistan 123.59 0.5 2.16
31 Kazakhstan 119.27 0.48 -17.34
32 Czechia 116.67 0.47 -7.11
33 Malaysia 103.99 0.42 -5.28
34 Pakistan 99.39 0.4 2.74
35 Greece 97.93 0.39 -0.7
36 Algeria 91.45 0.37 -14.16
37 Romania 89.01 0.36 -15.12
38 Nigeria 84.99 0.34 -1.73
39 Iraq 82.04 0.33 1.49
40 United Arab Emirates 77.32 0.31 -3.48
41 Philippines 68.19 0.27 -0.11
42 Portugal 66.84 0.27 12.96
43 Austria 65.67 0.26 -1.87
44 North Korea 64.14 0.26 9.18
45 Hungary 61.81 0.25 0.8
46 Chile 61.41 0.25 7.25
47 Finland 58.87 0.24 -0.82
48 Denmark 58.65 0.24 -4.22
49 Belarus 57.97 0.23 -3.51
50 Sweden 55.98 0.23 -4.8
51 Colombia 55.48 0.22 -15.69
52 Syria 55.15 0.22 3.75
53 Kuwait 54.98 0.22 4.1
54 Israel 54.76 0.22 -2.24
55 Libya 50.26 0.2 -2.7
56 Singapore 49.2 0.2 3.77
57 Vietnam 48.55 0.2 1.42
58 Bulgaria 46.32 0.19 -12.8
59 Switzerland 44.44 0.18 -0.4
60 Slovakia 43.04 0.17 -1.8
61 Norway 42.59 0.17 1.85
62 Hong Kong 42.55 0.17 9.31
63 Ireland 42.44 0.17 4.25
64 Turkmenistan 39.8 0.16 18.99
65 Qatar 36.25 0.15 -1.73
66 Serbia 35.79 0.14 -31.02
67 Morocco 31.99 0.13 3.58
68 New Zealand 31.47 0.13 5.38
69 Peru 29.56 0.12 5.35
70 Azerbaijan 28.82 0.12 -9.32
71 Bangladesh 25.07 0.1 8.09
72 Cuba 24.47 0.1 0.71
73 Trinidad and Tobago 22.59 0.09 13.51
74 Oman 21.99 0.09 19.19
75 Ecuador 21.98 0.09 -4.83
76 Croatia 20.02 0.08 5.32
77 Tunisia 18.64 0.08 4.79
78 Bahrain 18.31 0.07 -0.28
79 Dominican Republic 17.82 0.07 0.19
80 Angola 17.26 0.07 4.53
81 Lebanon 16.43 0.07 0.88
82 Estonia 15.94 0.06 -5.92
83 Zimbabwe 15.73 0.06 11.3
84 Slovenia 15.41 0.06 -3.91
85 Yemen 14.69 0.06 14.36
86 Jordan 14.27 0.06 0.1
87 Lithuania 13.45 0.05 -15.92
88 Bolivia 10.94 0.04 -2.78
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.33 0.04 -2.06
90 Kenya 10.07 0.04 1.11
91 Jamaica 9.96 0.04 2.72
92 Myanmar 8.93 0.04 11.03
93 Guatemala 8.81 0.04 1.93
94 North Macedonia 8.78 0.04 -8.96
95 Sri Lanka 8.52 0.03 10.09
96 Luxembourg 8.12 0.03 5.93
97 Latvia 7.72 0.03 -7.08
98 Mongolia 7.49 0.03 -1.76
99 Cyprus 6.86 0.03 4.04
100 Uruguay 6.68 0.03 18.51
101 Cote d'Ivoire 6.09 0.02 -9.82
102 Gabon 6.01 0.02 -6.8
103 Brunei 5.98 0.02 6.84
104 Panama 5.62 0.02 -4.72
105 Ghana 5.61 0.02 0.52
106 El Salvador 5.59 0.02 -2.5
107 Costa Rica 5.44 0.02 3.89
108 Cameroon 5.22 0.02 -2.86
109 Sudan 4.74 0.02 8.72
110 Honduras 4.7 0.02 -2.2
111 Moldova 4.68 0.02 -27.3
112 Kyrgyzstan 4.64 0.02 -21.33
113 Paraguay 4.38 0.02 -0.18
114 Georgia 4.31 0.02 -12.72
115 Congo 3.92 0.02 1.2
116 Senegal 3.6 0.01 8.1
117 Nicaragua 3.6 0.01 6.03
118 Nepal 3.19 0.01 43.53
119 Botswana 3.16 0.01 -5.48
120 Ethiopia 3.09 0.01 -1.69
121 Armenia 3.04 0.01 -11.08
122 Albania 2.99 0.01 70.18
123 Iceland 2.84 0.01 7.68
124 Malta 2.57 0.01 1.9
125 Papua New Guinea 2.55 0.01 -27.75
126 Tajikistan 2.52 0.01 0.82
127 Equatorial Guinea 2.51 0.01 9.08
128 Tanzania 2.46 0.01 -0.89
129 Mauritius 2.43 0.01 11.82
130 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.2 0.01 -19.53
131 Suriname 2.12 0.01 0.87
132 New Caledonia 2.06 0.01 13.56
133 Bahamas 2.03 0.01 2.21
134 Cambodia 1.89 0.01 -3.48
135 Curacao 1.88 0.01 649.35
136 Togo 1.85 0.01 43.45
137 Guyana 1.83 0.01 0.2
138 Lesotho 1.82 0.01 1.22
139 Zambia 1.78 0.01 -21.98
140 Madagascar 1.76 0.01 8.87
141 Namibia 1.66 0.01 -8.47
142 Barbados 1.65 0.01 5.17
143 Macao 1.52 0.01 -2.59
144 Benin 1.46 0.01 31.25
145 Guinea 1.43 0.01 5.11
146 Palestine 1.37 0.01 -6.52
147 Haiti 1.27 0.01 2.97
148 Uganda 1.25 0.01 3.8
149 Eswatini 1.24 0.0 6.62
150 Montenegro 1.21 0.0 -31.05
151 Mozambique 1.17 0.0 5.08
152 Mauritania 1.1 0.0 2.4
153 Afghanistan 1.09 0.0 -14.62
154 Mali 0.97 0.0 3.92
155 Burkina Faso 0.92 0.0 6.6
156 Malawi 0.89 0.0 -0.94
157 Laos 0.85 0.0 3.14
158 Aruba 0.81 0.0 0.45
159 Fiji 0.76 0.0 1.77
160 Niger 0.68 0.0 -2.1
161 Faroe Islands 0.63 0.0 1.18
162 Eritrea 0.62 0.0 5.0
163 Greenland 0.59 0.0 -0.39
164 French Polynesia 0.54 0.0 10.53
165 Andorra 0.51 0.0 4.48
166 Bermuda 0.51 0.0 -1.41
167 Rwanda 0.5 0.0 4.38
168 Somalia 0.49 0.0 -3.62
169 Chad 0.48 0.0 2.89
170 South Sudan 0.42 0.0 8.45
171 Maldives 0.42 0.0 40.24
172 Bhutan 0.39 0.0 0.96
173 Djibouti 0.38 0.0 0.0
174 Liberia 0.38 0.0 -20.49
175 Belize 0.35 0.0 -5.94
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.34 0.0 6.82
177 Saint Lucia 0.34 0.0 3.37
178 Seychelles 0.3 0.0 5.06
179 Cape Verde 0.29 0.0 19.7
180 Gambia 0.27 0.0 13.64
181 Burundi 0.25 0.0 1.47
182 Central African Republic 0.23 0.0 5.0
183 Liechtenstein 0.23 0.0 -1.17
184 Solomon Islands 0.22 0.0 0.0
185 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.21 0.0 649.34
186 Palau 0.2 0.0 0.0
187 Grenada 0.19 0.0 10.42
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.19 0.0 12.77
189 Micronesia (country) 0.19 0.0 -5.45
190 Sierra Leone 0.18 0.0 -20.0
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.16 0.0 2.27
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.16 0.0 7.32
193 East Timor 0.15 0.0 152.7
194 Samoa 0.14 0.0 -5.13
195 British Virgin Islands 0.11 0.0 10.71
196 Tonga 0.11 0.0 25.0
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.1 0.0 12.5
198 Comoros 0.1 0.0 4.0
199 Nauru 0.09 0.0 -7.41
200 Marshall Islands 0.09 0.0 -4.0
201 Vanuatu 0.09 0.0 4.35
202 Dominica 0.08 0.0 4.76
203 Anguilla 0.07 0.0 0.0
204 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 0.0
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 25.0
208 Kiribati 0.03 0.0 0.0
209 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 16.67
210 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.03 0.0 649.32
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
214 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0