CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2002

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2002.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2002?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2002?

Antarctica produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 5946.31 22.65 0.65
2 China 4103.04 15.63 10.04
3 Russia 1506.79 5.74 -0.58
4 Japan 1278.79 4.87 2.37
5 India 1021.66 3.89 3.1
6 Germany 898.83 3.42 -1.79
7 Canada 564.37 2.15 0.93
8 United Kingdom 560.27 2.13 -3.06
9 Italy 478.0 1.82 1.58
10 South Korea 476.06 1.81 4.48
11 Mexico 410.51 1.56 0.68
12 France 406.43 1.55 -1.12
13 Iran 393.41 1.5 1.88
14 Australia 362.54 1.38 1.33
15 South Africa 356.52 1.36 -4.06
16 Brazil 347.77 1.32 0.46
17 Saudi Arabia 331.98 1.26 9.67
18 Spain 331.95 1.26 6.46
19 Indonesia 308.49 1.18 -2.69
20 Poland 306.12 1.17 -2.35
21 Ukraine 295.9 1.13 -2.63
22 Taiwan 237.33 0.9 3.29
23 Turkey 221.23 0.84 3.58
24 Thailand 184.67 0.7 7.2
25 Netherlands 176.47 0.67 -0.38
26 Venezuela 164.15 0.63 25.75
27 Kazakhstan 157.52 0.6 13.52
28 Uzbekistan 132.58 0.51 5.03
29 Malaysia 132.04 0.5 0.87
30 Egypt 129.15 0.49 1.17
31 Belgium 126.86 0.48 0.63
32 Argentina 124.45 0.47 -7.42
33 Czechia 123.97 0.47 -2.5
34 Pakistan 112.9 0.43 7.12
35 Greece 105.0 0.4 -0.34
36 Romania 99.3 0.38 0.31
37 Iraq 96.54 0.37 0.22
38 Algeria 90.69 0.35 4.44
39 Nigeria 89.92 0.34 -10.25
40 United Arab Emirates 84.65 0.32 -16.53
41 Austria 71.97 0.27 2.57
42 Philippines 70.27 0.27 -0.08
43 Portugal 69.56 0.27 6.76
44 Vietnam 69.53 0.26 14.01
45 North Korea 68.64 0.26 -4.22
46 Finland 65.04 0.25 4.04
47 Kuwait 59.99 0.23 1.58
48 Israel 59.3 0.23 -5.91
49 Hungary 59.09 0.23 -1.7
50 Sweden 56.69 0.22 1.52
51 Colombia 55.9 0.21 -1.67
52 Denmark 55.55 0.21 -0.61
53 Chile 54.84 0.21 3.62
54 Belarus 53.84 0.21 -0.29
55 Libya 52.52 0.2 -1.11
56 Serbia 52.23 0.2 5.93
57 Singapore 47.09 0.18 -4.28
58 Bulgaria 46.1 0.18 -5.77
59 Ireland 46.08 0.18 -3.21
60 Qatar 45.07 0.17 -1.64
61 Switzerland 43.46 0.17 -3.59
62 Norway 42.55 0.16 -2.17
63 Slovakia 41.98 0.16 -2.88
64 Syria 40.35 0.15 -20.81
65 Hong Kong 39.49 0.15 4.45
66 Morocco 37.31 0.14 1.36
67 New Zealand 34.54 0.13 0.47
68 Bangladesh 31.98 0.12 3.05
69 Turkmenistan 30.13 0.11 -11.47
70 Trinidad and Tobago 28.7 0.11 7.27
71 Azerbaijan 28.57 0.11 0.55
72 Oman 26.84 0.1 19.81
73 Cuba 25.52 0.1 1.22
74 Peru 25.44 0.1 0.09
75 Ecuador 24.83 0.09 6.06
76 Croatia 21.89 0.08 5.32
77 Dominican Republic 20.95 0.08 9.43
78 Tunisia 20.68 0.08 1.23
79 Yemen 16.58 0.06 -2.9
80 Slovenia 16.56 0.06 1.61
81 Jordan 16.42 0.06 5.2
82 Lebanon 16.24 0.06 -0.99
83 Angola 16.08 0.06 1.08
84 Bahrain 15.87 0.06 3.21
85 Estonia 15.37 0.06 -3.22
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.17 0.05 6.86
87 Lithuania 12.67 0.05 0.57
88 Zimbabwe 11.9 0.05 -4.9
89 Sri Lanka 10.95 0.04 6.02
90 Guatemala 10.72 0.04 4.77
91 Bolivia 10.4 0.04 18.99
92 Jamaica 10.2 0.04 -3.53
93 Luxembourg 9.98 0.04 8.42
94 Myanmar 9.33 0.04 5.33
95 Mongolia 8.2 0.03 5.03
96 Kenya 7.89 0.03 -14.95
97 North Macedonia 7.83 0.03 -5.48
98 Sudan 7.61 0.03 26.85
99 Latvia 7.52 0.03 0.32
100 Cote d'Ivoire 7.45 0.03 -2.61
101 Cyprus 7.17 0.03 2.74
102 Ghana 6.48 0.02 8.62
103 Gabon 6.25 0.02 -3.54
104 Costa Rica 6.25 0.02 10.21
105 El Salvador 6.07 0.02 3.63
106 Honduras 5.95 0.02 4.95
107 Panama 5.82 0.02 -16.28
108 Cameroon 5.35 0.02 -3.81
109 Kyrgyzstan 4.92 0.02 27.5
110 Curacao 4.9 0.02 -3.59
111 Brunei 4.67 0.02 -10.02
112 Uruguay 4.56 0.02 -9.4
113 Senegal 4.44 0.02 4.2
114 Ethiopia 4.43 0.02 3.92
115 Moldova 4.05 0.02 7.0
116 Nicaragua 3.99 0.02 1.74
117 Botswana 3.98 0.02 3.33
118 Paraguay 3.86 0.01 4.38
119 Albania 3.75 0.01 16.38
120 Papua New Guinea 3.66 0.01 9.79
121 Tanzania 3.49 0.01 14.63
122 Georgia 3.35 0.01 -10.11
123 Armenia 3.08 0.01 -12.91
124 Iceland 2.99 0.01 4.43
125 Mauritius 2.88 0.01 0.77
126 Equatorial Guinea 2.76 0.01 -10.77
127 Malta 2.75 0.01 0.39
128 Congo 2.72 0.01 -34.89
129 Nepal 2.6 0.01 -19.77
130 Aruba 2.44 0.01 1.22
131 New Caledonia 2.39 0.01 27.47
132 Cambodia 2.21 0.01 -1.95
133 Benin 2.11 0.01 24.92
134 Bahamas 2.04 0.01 4.71
135 Zambia 1.96 0.01 3.99
136 Lesotho 1.91 0.01 1.56
137 Tajikistan 1.88 0.01 -17.94
138 Namibia 1.79 0.01 -11.11
139 Haiti 1.79 0.01 21.34
140 Montenegro 1.77 0.01 5.94
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.73 0.01 5.27
142 Guyana 1.71 0.01 -1.68
143 Barbados 1.66 0.01 0.34
144 Guinea 1.62 0.01 3.99
145 Suriname 1.56 0.01 -33.97
146 Mozambique 1.54 0.01 -1.09
147 Macao 1.52 0.01 -10.0
148 Uganda 1.45 0.01 2.06
149 Afghanistan 1.34 0.01 25.43
150 Togo 1.32 0.01 14.11
151 Mauritania 1.25 0.0 6.56
152 Madagascar 1.24 0.0 -29.1
153 Mali 1.21 0.0 4.1
154 Laos 1.17 0.0 9.7
155 Palestine 1.15 0.0 -14.4
156 Eswatini 1.08 0.0 -1.34
157 Burkina Faso 1.0 0.0 1.03
158 Fiji 0.88 0.0 -15.58
159 Malawi 0.86 0.0 10.73
160 Faroe Islands 0.73 0.0 -4.81
161 French Polynesia 0.73 0.0 0.0
162 Niger 0.68 0.0 5.98
163 South Sudan 0.67 0.0 27.45
164 Eritrea 0.6 0.0 -4.11
165 Maldives 0.59 0.0 28.57
166 Greenland 0.58 0.0 -6.18
167 Bermuda 0.56 0.0 5.56
168 Somalia 0.56 0.0 11.76
169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.54 0.0 -3.59
170 Andorra 0.53 0.0 1.4
171 Chad 0.53 0.0 4.34
172 Rwanda 0.52 0.0 -0.67
173 Sierra Leone 0.5 0.0 35.64
174 Belize 0.43 0.0 -3.28
175 Liberia 0.43 0.0 3.5
176 Bhutan 0.42 0.0 8.4
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.41 0.0 9.9
178 Djibouti 0.4 0.0 9.0
179 Cape Verde 0.38 0.0 9.47
180 Saint Lucia 0.36 0.0 0.0
181 Seychelles 0.35 0.0 1.06
182 Gambia 0.3 0.0 -1.22
183 East Timor 0.26 0.0 120.36
184 Solomon Islands 0.25 0.0 4.69
185 Central African Republic 0.24 0.0 -1.49
186 Liechtenstein 0.22 0.0 2.49
187 Burundi 0.21 0.0 3.57
188 Palau 0.21 0.0 -1.69
189 Grenada 0.21 0.0 5.66
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2 0.0 12.5
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19 0.0 4.08
192 Samoa 0.16 0.0 4.76
193 Guinea-Bissau 0.15 0.0 2.44
194 Micronesia (country) 0.15 0.0 -8.89
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.15 0.0 32.26
196 British Virgin Islands 0.14 0.0 14.71
197 Marshall Islands 0.11 0.0 7.14
198 Comoros 0.11 0.0 0.0
199 Dominica 0.1 0.0 -6.67
200 Tonga 0.1 0.0 16.67
201 Anguilla 0.08 0.0 0.0
202 Vanuatu 0.08 0.0 -8.0
203 Nauru 0.08 0.0 -4.55
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 -3.59
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 0.0 6.67
206 Sao Tome and Principe 0.06 0.0 14.29
207 Montserrat 0.05 0.0 85.71
208 Cook Islands 0.04 0.0 -15.38
209 Kiribati 0.04 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 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0
214 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 0.0