CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2001

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2001.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2001?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2001?

Antarctica produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5907.74 22.98 -1.7
2 China 3728.51 14.5 2.17
3 Russia 1515.65 5.9 2.47
4 Japan 1249.39 4.86 -1.16
5 India 1000.53 3.89 1.43
6 Germany 915.25 3.56 1.81
7 United Kingdom 577.97 2.25 1.57
8 Canada 558.36 2.17 -1.4
9 Italy 469.68 1.83 0.02
10 South Korea 455.63 1.77 3.56
11 France 410.45 1.6 1.06
12 Mexico 407.48 1.59 4.1
13 Iran 389.91 1.52 6.18
14 South Africa 371.62 1.45 -1.77
15 Australia 357.78 1.39 2.22
16 Brazil 346.17 1.35 1.76
17 Saudi Arabia 324.52 1.26 4.76
18 Indonesia 317.03 1.23 12.69
19 Poland 313.5 1.22 -1.24
20 Spain 311.81 1.21 0.56
21 Ukraine 303.89 1.18 6.38
22 Taiwan 231.43 0.9 1.98
23 Turkey 213.58 0.83 -7.11
24 Netherlands 177.25 0.69 3.09
25 Thailand 172.27 0.67 2.94
26 Kazakhstan 138.77 0.54 -3.22
27 Argentina 135.14 0.53 -5.81
28 Malaysia 130.89 0.51 6.52
29 Venezuela 130.53 0.51 -8.61
30 Egypt 127.66 0.5 -11.25
31 Czechia 127.14 0.49 -0.07
32 Uzbekistan 126.22 0.49 2.22
33 Belgium 126.07 0.49 -0.52
34 Pakistan 105.4 0.41 1.41
35 Greece 105.36 0.41 2.32
36 United Arab Emirates 101.42 0.39 -9.3
37 Nigeria 100.95 0.39 3.39
38 Romania 98.99 0.39 6.05
39 Iraq 96.33 0.37 15.69
40 Algeria 86.84 0.34 1.69
41 North Korea 71.66 0.28 3.61
42 Austria 70.17 0.27 6.03
43 Philippines 70.14 0.27 -2.45
44 Portugal 65.19 0.25 -0.72
45 Israel 63.02 0.25 5.89
46 Finland 62.52 0.24 9.65
47 Vietnam 60.98 0.24 13.07
48 Hungary 59.83 0.23 2.72
49 Kuwait 59.05 0.23 7.58
50 Colombia 56.85 0.22 0.45
51 Denmark 55.89 0.22 2.93
52 Sweden 55.84 0.22 1.65
53 Belarus 54.0 0.21 -1.64
54 Libya 53.11 0.21 -0.23
55 Chile 52.92 0.21 -9.55
56 Syria 50.95 0.2 -5.94
57 Serbia 49.31 0.19 9.69
58 Bulgaria 49.12 0.19 7.73
59 Ireland 47.61 0.19 5.21
60 Qatar 45.82 0.18 13.65
61 Switzerland 45.09 0.18 3.36
62 Norway 43.5 0.17 3.3
63 Slovakia 43.28 0.17 5.07
64 Singapore 38.53 0.15 3.09
65 Hong Kong 37.8 0.15 -6.16
66 Morocco 36.81 0.14 10.86
67 New Zealand 34.38 0.13 6.63
68 Turkmenistan 34.03 0.13 -13.53
69 Bangladesh 31.06 0.12 17.05
70 Azerbaijan 28.42 0.11 -4.53
71 Trinidad and Tobago 26.76 0.1 9.81
72 Peru 25.42 0.1 -11.37
73 Cuba 24.68 0.1 -2.39
74 Ecuador 23.41 0.09 11.85
75 Oman 22.4 0.09 -6.22
76 Croatia 20.78 0.08 5.72
77 Tunisia 20.43 0.08 4.49
78 Bahrain 19.68 0.08 2.5
79 Dominican Republic 19.14 0.07 0.81
80 Yemen 17.08 0.07 8.6
81 Lebanon 16.41 0.06 6.08
82 Slovenia 16.3 0.06 8.3
83 Angola 15.91 0.06 -0.54
84 Estonia 15.87 0.06 2.58
85 Jordan 15.61 0.06 2.69
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.26 0.05 -3.21
87 Lithuania 12.63 0.05 6.32
88 Zimbabwe 12.51 0.05 -9.45
89 Jamaica 10.58 0.04 2.54
90 Sri Lanka 10.33 0.04 1.9
91 Guatemala 10.23 0.04 4.8
92 Kenya 9.28 0.04 -10.87
93 Luxembourg 9.21 0.04 5.78
94 Myanmar 8.86 0.03 -13.34
95 Bolivia 8.74 0.03 3.66
96 North Macedonia 8.29 0.03 -2.12
97 Mongolia 7.8 0.03 5.01
98 Cote d'Ivoire 7.65 0.03 15.32
99 Latvia 7.5 0.03 5.86
100 Cyprus 6.98 0.03 -1.78
101 Panama 6.95 0.03 21.38
102 Gabon 6.48 0.03 5.74
103 Sudan 6.02 0.02 13.72
104 Ghana 5.97 0.02 12.34
105 El Salvador 5.86 0.02 3.29
106 Costa Rica 5.67 0.02 5.06
107 Honduras 5.66 0.02 12.59
108 Cameroon 5.56 0.02 -0.47
109 Brunei 5.19 0.02 -2.61
110 Curacao 5.08 0.02 1.83
111 Uruguay 5.03 0.02 -4.51
112 Ethiopia 4.26 0.02 23.15
113 Senegal 4.26 0.02 9.12
114 Congo 4.18 0.02 -2.48
115 Nicaragua 3.92 0.02 5.39
116 Kyrgyzstan 3.86 0.02 -15.7
117 Botswana 3.85 0.01 1.84
118 Moldova 3.79 0.01 5.98
119 Georgia 3.72 0.01 -17.23
120 Paraguay 3.7 0.01 2.48
121 Armenia 3.53 0.01 1.18
122 Papua New Guinea 3.34 0.01 13.55
123 Nepal 3.24 0.01 6.54
124 Albania 3.22 0.01 6.47
125 Equatorial Guinea 3.09 0.01 14.65
126 Tanzania 3.04 0.01 18.24
127 Iceland 2.87 0.01 -2.31
128 Mauritius 2.86 0.01 6.4
129 Malta 2.74 0.01 10.87
130 Aruba 2.41 0.01 1.23
131 Suriname 2.36 0.01 7.78
132 Tajikistan 2.29 0.01 2.41
133 Cambodia 2.24 0.01 11.72
134 Namibia 2.23 0.01 29.36
135 Bahamas 1.95 0.01 -3.98
136 Zambia 1.89 0.01 5.69
137 New Caledonia 1.88 0.01 -15.48
138 Lesotho 1.88 0.01 1.39
139 Guyana 1.74 0.01 -0.21
140 Madagascar 1.74 0.01 -10.52
141 Benin 1.69 0.01 14.68
142 Montenegro 1.67 0.01 9.63
143 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.65 0.01 -3.36
144 Guinea 1.56 0.01 4.67
145 Macao 1.56 0.01 2.16
146 Mozambique 1.55 0.01 17.55
147 Haiti 1.47 0.01 -9.97
148 Uganda 1.42 0.01 4.13
149 Palestine 1.35 0.01 -18.76
150 Barbados 1.3 0.01 -0.13
151 Mauritania 1.17 0.0 5.26
152 Mali 1.16 0.0 8.93
153 Togo 1.16 0.0 -12.95
154 Eswatini 1.1 0.0 -9.39
155 Afghanistan 1.07 0.0 2.1
156 Laos 1.06 0.0 10.65
157 Burkina Faso 1.06 0.0 13.51
158 Fiji 1.0 0.0 23.2
159 Malawi 0.77 0.0 -9.84
160 Faroe Islands 0.76 0.0 10.64
161 French Polynesia 0.73 0.0 18.56
162 Niger 0.65 0.0 -5.96
163 Eritrea 0.64 0.0 5.44
164 Greenland 0.62 0.0 -7.4
165 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.56 0.0 1.83
166 Bermuda 0.53 0.0 2.13
167 Andorra 0.52 0.0 0.0
168 Rwanda 0.52 0.0 1.41
169 South Sudan 0.51 0.0 15.06
170 Chad 0.51 0.0 3.71
171 Somalia 0.5 0.0 4.62
172 Bhutan 0.46 0.0 17.09
173 Maldives 0.46 0.0 2.44
174 Belize 0.45 0.0 12.96
175 Liberia 0.42 0.0 4.68
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.37 0.0 4.12
177 Sierra Leone 0.37 0.0 36.49
178 Djibouti 0.37 0.0 0.0
179 Saint Lucia 0.36 0.0 3.16
180 Cape Verde 0.35 0.0 17.28
181 Seychelles 0.34 0.0 9.3
182 Gambia 0.3 0.0 9.33
183 Central African Republic 0.25 0.0 4.69
184 Solomon Islands 0.23 0.0 4.92
185 Palau 0.22 0.0 3.51
186 Liechtenstein 0.21 0.0 -1.01
187 Burundi 0.21 0.0 -24.32
188 Grenada 0.19 0.0 1.92
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.18 0.0 22.5
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.18 0.0 2.13
191 Micronesia (country) 0.16 0.0 -8.16
192 Samoa 0.15 0.0 7.69
193 Guinea-Bissau 0.15 0.0 2.5
194 British Virgin Islands 0.12 0.0 6.25
195 East Timor 0.12 0.0 -45.95
196 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.11 0.0 3.33
197 Dominica 0.11 0.0 7.14
198 Comoros 0.11 0.0 3.57
199 Marshall Islands 0.1 0.0 3.7
200 Tonga 0.09 0.0 -7.69
201 Anguilla 0.08 0.0 9.52
202 Nauru 0.08 0.0 -4.35
203 Vanuatu 0.08 0.0 -4.35
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 1.83
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 7.69
208 Kiribati 0.04 0.0 0.0
209 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 0.0
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 50.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
214 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0