CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2000

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2000.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2000?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2000?

Antarctica produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 6010.14 23.57 3.55
2 China 3649.2 14.31 2.58
3 Russia 1479.14 5.8 -1.01
4 Japan 1263.75 4.96 1.83
5 India 977.53 3.83 2.85
6 Germany 898.94 3.53 0.39
7 United Kingdom 569.03 2.23 1.31
8 Canada 567.1 2.22 4.15
9 Italy 470.52 1.85 0.89
10 South Korea 439.98 1.73 7.18
11 France 406.51 1.59 -1.42
12 Mexico 391.73 1.54 1.41
13 South Africa 378.31 1.48 0.91
14 Iran 364.3 1.43 -2.06
15 Australia 350.01 1.37 1.76
16 Brazil 340.18 1.33 3.95
17 Poland 317.45 1.24 -3.59
18 Spain 310.07 1.22 4.02
19 Saudi Arabia 302.33 1.19 30.61
20 Ukraine 285.67 1.12 -4.32
21 Indonesia 281.33 1.1 -3.65
22 Turkey 229.94 0.9 10.58
23 Taiwan 226.9 0.89 9.19
24 Netherlands 172.02 0.67 0.68
25 Thailand 167.35 0.66 0.07
26 Egypt 143.84 0.56 12.18
27 Kazakhstan 143.38 0.56 20.22
28 Venezuela 142.83 0.56 -0.15
29 Argentina 142.77 0.56 -3.32
30 Czechia 127.24 0.5 9.05
31 Belgium 126.72 0.5 1.64
32 Uzbekistan 123.48 0.48 -0.09
33 Malaysia 122.88 0.48 18.17
34 United Arab Emirates 111.81 0.44 44.62
35 Pakistan 103.94 0.41 4.58
36 Greece 102.97 0.4 5.14
37 Nigeria 96.85 0.38 13.95
38 Romania 93.33 0.37 4.86
39 Algeria 85.4 0.33 -6.62
40 Iraq 83.27 0.33 1.49
41 Philippines 72.36 0.28 6.11
42 North Korea 69.16 0.27 7.83
43 Austria 66.17 0.26 0.76
44 Portugal 65.61 0.26 -1.83
45 Israel 59.52 0.23 8.7
46 Hungary 58.51 0.23 -5.34
47 Chile 58.5 0.23 -4.73
48 Finland 57.01 0.22 -3.15
49 Colombia 56.59 0.22 2.01
50 Sweden 54.93 0.22 -1.88
51 Belarus 54.91 0.22 -5.28
52 Kuwait 54.89 0.22 -0.16
53 Denmark 54.31 0.21 -7.41
54 Syria 54.17 0.21 -1.78
55 Vietnam 53.94 0.21 11.1
56 Libya 53.24 0.21 5.93
57 Singapore 48.39 0.19 -1.64
58 Bulgaria 45.41 0.18 -1.95
59 Ireland 45.25 0.18 6.62
60 Serbia 44.95 0.18 25.59
61 Switzerland 43.61 0.17 -1.85
62 Norway 42.11 0.17 -1.13
63 Slovakia 41.14 0.16 -4.41
64 Qatar 40.31 0.16 11.22
65 Hong Kong 40.28 0.16 -5.33
66 Turkmenistan 39.36 0.15 -1.09
67 Morocco 33.2 0.13 3.79
68 New Zealand 32.25 0.13 2.48
69 Azerbaijan 29.77 0.12 3.27
70 Peru 28.68 0.11 -2.99
71 Bangladesh 26.52 0.1 5.78
72 Cuba 25.78 0.1 5.35
73 Trinidad and Tobago 24.37 0.1 7.84
74 Oman 23.89 0.09 8.66
75 Ecuador 20.93 0.08 -4.77
76 Croatia 19.66 0.08 -1.81
77 Tunisia 19.55 0.08 4.91
78 Bahrain 19.23 0.08 5.02
79 Dominican Republic 18.99 0.07 6.57
80 Angola 16.0 0.06 -7.34
81 Yemen 15.73 0.06 7.06
82 Estonia 15.48 0.06 -2.86
83 Lebanon 15.47 0.06 -5.86
84 Jordan 15.2 0.06 6.54
85 Slovenia 15.05 0.06 -2.33
86 Zimbabwe 13.82 0.05 -12.14
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.7 0.05 32.6
88 Lithuania 11.84 0.05 -11.95
89 Kenya 10.41 0.04 3.36
90 Jamaica 10.31 0.04 3.57
91 Myanmar 10.22 0.04 14.39
92 Sri Lanka 10.13 0.04 18.99
93 Guatemala 9.76 0.04 10.89
94 Luxembourg 8.7 0.03 7.22
95 North Macedonia 8.47 0.03 -3.59
96 Bolivia 8.43 0.03 -22.9
97 Mongolia 7.43 0.03 -0.74
98 Cyprus 7.1 0.03 3.58
99 Latvia 7.08 0.03 -8.24
100 Cote d'Ivoire 6.63 0.03 8.89
101 Gabon 6.13 0.02 1.9
102 Panama 5.73 0.02 1.89
103 El Salvador 5.67 0.02 1.49
104 Cameroon 5.59 0.02 7.07
105 Costa Rica 5.39 0.02 -0.81
106 Brunei 5.33 0.02 -10.86
107 Ghana 5.31 0.02 -5.35
108 Sudan 5.28 0.02 11.33
109 Uruguay 5.27 0.02 -21.16
110 Honduras 5.03 0.02 6.95
111 Curacao 4.99 0.02 165.34
112 Kyrgyzstan 4.58 0.02 -1.45
113 Georgia 4.5 0.02 4.39
114 Congo 4.28 0.02 9.42
115 Senegal 3.9 0.02 8.28
116 Botswana 3.78 0.01 19.61
117 Nicaragua 3.72 0.01 3.45
118 Paraguay 3.61 0.01 -17.59
119 Moldova 3.57 0.01 -23.73
120 Armenia 3.49 0.01 14.84
121 Ethiopia 3.46 0.01 11.91
122 Nepal 3.04 0.01 -4.82
123 Albania 3.02 0.01 1.3
124 Papua New Guinea 2.94 0.01 15.11
125 Iceland 2.93 0.01 3.23
126 Equatorial Guinea 2.7 0.01 7.48
127 Mauritius 2.69 0.01 10.88
128 Tanzania 2.57 0.01 4.6
129 Malta 2.47 0.01 -4.07
130 Aruba 2.38 0.01 193.67
131 Tajikistan 2.23 0.01 -11.26
132 New Caledonia 2.22 0.01 8.02
133 Suriname 2.19 0.01 3.28
134 Bahamas 2.03 0.01 -0.36
135 Cambodia 1.97 0.01 4.26
136 Madagascar 1.95 0.01 10.5
137 Lesotho 1.85 0.01 1.41
138 Zambia 1.78 0.01 0.37
139 Barbados 1.75 0.01 5.77
140 Guyana 1.75 0.01 -4.6
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.7 0.01 -22.49
142 Palestine 1.66 0.01 21.45
143 Haiti 1.63 0.01 28.53
144 Macao 1.63 0.01 7.49
145 Namibia 1.6 0.01 -3.52
146 Montenegro 1.52 0.01 25.5
147 Guinea 1.49 0.01 4.09
148 Benin 1.47 0.01 0.75
149 Uganda 1.36 0.01 8.46
150 Togo 1.33 0.01 -28.05
151 Mozambique 1.32 0.01 13.15
152 Eswatini 1.21 0.0 -2.37
153 Mauritania 1.11 0.0 1.67
154 Mali 1.07 0.0 9.81
155 Afghanistan 1.05 0.0 -4.08
156 Burkina Faso 1.03 0.0 12.46
157 Laos 0.96 0.0 13.54
158 Malawi 0.86 0.0 -3.99
159 Fiji 0.81 0.0 7.72
160 Faroe Islands 0.69 0.0 9.3
161 Niger 0.69 0.0 0.79
162 Greenland 0.67 0.0 12.25
163 French Polynesia 0.61 0.0 13.61
164 Eritrea 0.6 0.0 -1.79
165 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.55 0.0 165.34
166 Andorra 0.52 0.0 2.14
167 Bermuda 0.52 0.0 0.71
168 Rwanda 0.52 0.0 2.49
169 Chad 0.49 0.0 2.15
170 Somalia 0.48 0.0 -2.26
171 South Sudan 0.46 0.0 8.73
172 Maldives 0.45 0.0 6.96
173 Liberia 0.4 0.0 6.02
174 Bhutan 0.4 0.0 2.85
175 Belize 0.4 0.0 13.68
176 Djibouti 0.37 0.0 -4.76
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.36 0.0 3.19
178 Saint Lucia 0.35 0.0 3.26
179 Seychelles 0.32 0.0 3.61
180 Cape Verde 0.3 0.0 2.53
181 Gambia 0.27 0.0 0.0
182 Burundi 0.27 0.0 7.25
183 Sierra Leone 0.27 0.0 54.17
184 Central African Republic 0.23 0.0 1.59
185 Solomon Islands 0.22 0.0 3.39
186 East Timor 0.22 0.0 43.72
187 Liechtenstein 0.22 0.0 -4.28
188 Palau 0.21 0.0 5.56
189 Grenada 0.19 0.0 -1.89
190 Micronesia (country) 0.18 0.0 -5.77
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17 0.0 6.82
192 Guinea-Bissau 0.15 0.0 -24.53
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.15 0.0 -11.11
194 Samoa 0.14 0.0 5.41
195 British Virgin Islands 0.12 0.0 3.23
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.11 0.0 11.11
197 Comoros 0.1 0.0 7.69
198 Dominica 0.1 0.0 27.27
199 Marshall Islands 0.1 0.0 12.5
200 Tonga 0.1 0.0 -13.33
201 Vanuatu 0.09 0.0 0.0
202 Nauru 0.08 0.0 -8.0
203 Anguilla 0.08 0.0 16.67
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 165.34
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0 0.0
206 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 0.0
207 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 0.0 0.0
208 Kiribati 0.04 0.0 25.0
209 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 -30.0
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 0.0
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 -33.33
214 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0