CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2004

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2004.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2004?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2004?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 6112.65 21.35 1.71
2 China 5217.35 18.22 7.77
3 Russia 1543.96 5.39 0.45
4 Japan 1282.89 4.48 -0.36
5 India 1133.83 3.96 6.19
6 Germany 876.57 3.06 -2.0
7 Canada 579.16 2.02 -0.28
8 United Kingdom 573.43 2.0 0.32
9 Italy 500.69 1.75 1.13
10 South Korea 491.39 1.72 1.27
11 South Africa 449.31 1.57 11.1
12 Iran 442.12 1.54 7.58
13 Mexico 438.59 1.53 0.6
14 France 413.38 1.44 0.34
15 Saudi Arabia 407.88 1.42 16.07
16 Australia 383.16 1.34 3.66
17 Brazil 361.43 1.26 4.87
18 Spain 353.01 1.23 4.96
19 Indonesia 343.02 1.2 1.08
20 Poland 323.8 1.13 1.52
21 Ukraine 310.63 1.08 1.1
22 Taiwan 259.37 0.91 4.11
23 Turkey 244.77 0.85 3.38
24 Thailand 207.33 0.72 8.5
25 Kazakhstan 186.36 0.65 5.97
26 Netherlands 181.89 0.64 1.07
27 Malaysia 169.68 0.59 10.62
28 Argentina 157.05 0.55 16.78
29 Egypt 152.58 0.53 1.77
30 Venezuela 142.77 0.5 -7.45
31 Pakistan 129.8 0.45 10.5
32 Uzbekistan 129.1 0.45 -0.92
33 Belgium 128.78 0.45 0.42
34 Czechia 128.29 0.45 0.56
35 Iraq 112.8 0.39 11.39
36 United Arab Emirates 111.7 0.39 4.94
37 Greece 109.49 0.38 0.38
38 Romania 103.31 0.36 -0.51
39 Nigeria 95.55 0.33 -5.17
40 Algeria 91.71 0.32 -3.03
41 Vietnam 88.94 0.31 15.11
42 Austria 77.69 0.27 0.38
43 Philippines 72.66 0.25 3.64
44 North Korea 71.72 0.25 2.26
45 Finland 68.95 0.24 -5.11
46 Portugal 67.3 0.24 4.37
47 Kuwait 65.63 0.23 5.29
48 Serbia 60.17 0.21 7.78
49 Hungary 59.98 0.21 -2.64
50 Chile 59.23 0.21 7.49
51 Israel 58.68 0.2 -5.98
52 Belarus 58.25 0.2 5.75
53 Libya 56.85 0.2 2.48
54 Sweden 56.52 0.2 -1.35
55 Denmark 55.09 0.19 -9.14
56 Colombia 54.65 0.19 -4.76
57 Syria 51.29 0.18 -6.71
58 Bulgaria 49.62 0.17 -1.9
59 Turkmenistan 49.36 0.17 21.66
60 Qatar 47.32 0.17 1.73
61 Ireland 46.17 0.16 1.06
62 Switzerland 45.23 0.16 1.31
63 Norway 44.24 0.15 0.77
64 Slovakia 42.92 0.15 1.17
65 Morocco 42.23 0.15 15.46
66 Hong Kong 41.57 0.15 -3.78
67 Singapore 41.0 0.14 3.71
68 Bangladesh 35.98 0.13 7.42
69 New Zealand 35.84 0.13 -1.12
70 Trinidad and Tobago 32.71 0.11 0.99
71 Azerbaijan 32.25 0.11 5.79
72 Ecuador 29.26 0.1 8.08
73 Oman 29.02 0.1 -15.52
74 Peru 28.33 0.1 14.83
75 Cuba 24.55 0.09 -4.0
76 Croatia 22.85 0.08 -1.61
77 Tunisia 22.09 0.08 4.5
78 Bahrain 21.2 0.07 1.08
79 Yemen 19.98 0.07 8.09
80 Jordan 18.67 0.07 9.94
81 Dominican Republic 17.33 0.06 -18.8
82 Estonia 17.32 0.06 0.41
83 Lebanon 17.21 0.06 -7.13
84 Angola 17.02 0.06 -2.68
85 Slovenia 16.7 0.06 2.66
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.46 0.05 7.69
87 Lithuania 13.29 0.05 4.68
88 Myanmar 12.57 0.04 25.69
89 Sri Lanka 12.15 0.04 10.9
90 Luxembourg 11.82 0.04 13.09
91 Guatemala 11.18 0.04 7.01
92 Bolivia 11.03 0.04 0.58
93 Sudan 10.87 0.04 27.61
94 Jamaica 10.57 0.04 -0.87
95 Zimbabwe 9.43 0.03 -11.13
96 Mongolia 8.5 0.03 7.19
97 North Macedonia 8.23 0.03 -3.56
98 Cyprus 7.79 0.03 3.04
99 Latvia 7.73 0.03 0.07
100 Kenya 7.59 0.03 13.32
101 Cote d'Ivoire 7.39 0.03 39.35
102 Honduras 7.19 0.03 7.59
103 Costa Rica 6.84 0.02 3.94
104 Ghana 6.45 0.02 -3.5
105 Gabon 6.39 0.02 -5.33
106 El Salvador 6.25 0.02 -2.81
107 Equatorial Guinea 6.14 0.02 95.87
108 Kyrgyzstan 5.81 0.02 8.05
109 Panama 5.71 0.02 -6.22
110 Cameroon 5.7 0.02 -0.11
111 Brunei 5.64 0.02 0.76
112 Uruguay 5.56 0.02 22.93
113 Senegal 5.24 0.02 6.31
114 Ethiopia 5.16 0.02 5.92
115 Curacao 5.14 0.02 4.92
116 Papua New Guinea 4.69 0.02 15.71
117 Moldova 4.61 0.02 4.75
118 Nicaragua 4.38 0.02 0.98
119 Georgia 4.27 0.01 14.48
120 Tanzania 4.22 0.01 14.48
121 Albania 4.18 0.01 -2.95
122 Paraguay 4.06 0.01 0.74
123 Botswana 3.89 0.01 1.82
124 Armenia 3.69 0.01 6.82
125 Congo 3.55 0.01 8.92
126 Iceland 3.11 0.01 4.08
127 Mauritius 3.09 0.01 0.96
128 Malta 2.85 0.01 -3.78
129 Aruba 2.62 0.01 2.15
130 Benin 2.59 0.01 8.34
131 Nepal 2.58 0.01 -8.11
132 Tajikistan 2.56 0.01 23.64
133 New Caledonia 2.51 0.01 -7.73
134 Cambodia 2.24 0.01 -0.49
135 Namibia 2.24 0.01 7.18
136 Palestine 2.19 0.01 71.63
137 Zambia 2.1 0.01 1.43
138 Bahamas 2.05 0.01 -1.06
139 Montenegro 2.04 0.01 8.05
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.03 0.01 -3.25
141 Lesotho 1.98 0.01 2.66
142 Guyana 1.93 0.01 3.75
143 Mozambique 1.86 0.01 0.46
144 Madagascar 1.8 0.01 6.64
145 Guinea 1.76 0.01 3.66
146 Togo 1.74 0.01 -3.37
147 Haiti 1.65 0.01 -2.83
148 Uganda 1.61 0.01 6.26
149 Macao 1.58 0.01 11.34
150 Suriname 1.56 0.01 1.17
151 Mali 1.41 0.0 12.94
152 Mauritania 1.38 0.0 7.39
153 Barbados 1.38 0.0 1.79
154 Fiji 1.29 0.0 30.74
155 Laos 1.28 0.0 5.04
156 Afghanistan 1.24 0.0 -20.67
157 Burkina Faso 1.1 0.0 -7.1
158 Eswatini 1.0 0.0 -0.36
159 South Sudan 0.92 0.0 26.37
160 Chad 0.9 0.0 2.28
161 Malawi 0.9 0.0 -1.83
162 Niger 0.79 0.0 6.47
163 French Polynesia 0.77 0.0 -1.41
164 Faroe Islands 0.75 0.0 2.0
165 Maldives 0.67 0.0 31.88
166 Greenland 0.64 0.0 -1.51
167 Eritrea 0.63 0.0 -18.8
168 Bermuda 0.58 0.0 3.92
169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.57 0.0 4.92
170 Andorra 0.56 0.0 4.79
171 Somalia 0.56 0.0 0.0
172 Liberia 0.55 0.0 17.69
173 Sierra Leone 0.52 0.0 -2.74
174 Rwanda 0.52 0.0 1.31
175 East Timor 0.5 0.0 99.98
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.45 0.0 5.13
177 Bhutan 0.44 0.0 -10.87
178 Cape Verde 0.43 0.0 2.65
179 Djibouti 0.41 0.0 -3.48
180 Saint Lucia 0.4 0.0 6.8
181 Belize 0.39 0.0 -9.32
182 Seychelles 0.37 0.0 8.6
183 Gambia 0.32 0.0 7.41
184 Solomon Islands 0.27 0.0 7.14
185 Liechtenstein 0.23 0.0 0.02
186 Central African Republic 0.22 0.0 -1.64
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 11.11
188 Palau 0.22 0.0 1.72
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.21 0.0 7.41
190 Grenada 0.21 0.0 -5.08
191 Burundi 0.2 0.0 17.02
192 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 0.0 3.77
193 Samoa 0.16 0.0 4.65
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.16 0.0 2.33
195 British Virgin Islands 0.15 0.0 5.0
196 Comoros 0.15 0.0 8.11
197 Dominica 0.14 0.0 21.88
198 Micronesia (country) 0.14 0.0 -11.36
199 Marshall Islands 0.12 0.0 10.34
200 Tonga 0.11 0.0 -6.25
201 Anguilla 0.1 0.0 16.67
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.07 0.0 11.11
203 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0 -9.09
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 4.92
205 Nauru 0.07 0.0 0.0
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 0.0 -5.88
207 Cook Islands 0.05 0.0 7.14
208 Montserrat 0.05 0.0 30.0
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 Antarctica 0.01 0.0 100.0
214 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0