CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2005

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2005.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2005?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2005?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 United States 6132.18 20.72 0.32
2 China 5882.14 19.88 12.74
3 Russia 1562.58 5.28 1.21
4 Japan 1290.14 4.36 0.58
5 India 1185.67 4.01 5.38
6 Germany 865.47 2.92 -2.28
7 Canada 574.76 1.94 -0.85
8 United Kingdom 570.34 1.93 -0.54
9 Italy 502.35 1.7 0.14
10 South Korea 498.69 1.69 1.49
11 Mexico 463.64 1.57 5.66
12 Iran 462.0 1.56 5.56
13 South Africa 416.2 1.41 -7.37
14 France 416.15 1.41 0.6
15 Saudi Arabia 402.85 1.36 0.46
16 Australia 386.21 1.31 0.87
17 Spain 368.34 1.24 4.34
18 Brazil 364.37 1.23 0.81
19 Indonesia 347.62 1.17 1.34
20 Poland 322.77 1.09 -0.32
21 Ukraine 313.53 1.06 0.94
22 Taiwan 266.46 0.9 3.33
23 Turkey 264.87 0.9 8.21
24 Thailand 214.33 0.72 3.37
25 Kazakhstan 200.04 0.68 7.34
26 Netherlands 177.86 0.6 -2.16
27 Malaysia 169.97 0.57 0.17
28 Egypt 168.22 0.57 10.25
29 Argentina 161.19 0.54 2.86
30 Venezuela 148.31 0.5 3.88
31 Pakistan 134.69 0.46 3.91
32 Czechia 125.69 0.42 -2.03
33 Belgium 125.63 0.42 -2.44
34 Uzbekistan 121.6 0.41 -5.81
35 United Arab Emirates 114.4 0.39 2.41
36 Iraq 114.02 0.39 1.08
37 Greece 113.89 0.38 4.02
38 Algeria 110.99 0.38 21.02
39 Romania 101.84 0.34 -1.39
40 Nigeria 101.47 0.34 7.0
41 Vietnam 95.85 0.32 7.77
42 Austria 79.1 0.27 1.8
43 North Korea 75.01 0.25 4.58
44 Kuwait 74.43 0.25 13.4
45 Philippines 73.3 0.25 0.68
46 Portugal 69.63 0.24 3.46
47 Chile 61.13 0.21 3.21
48 Libya 60.67 0.21 6.72
49 Hungary 60.4 0.2 0.25
50 Colombia 60.16 0.2 10.09
51 Belarus 59.31 0.2 1.81
52 Finland 57.05 0.19 -17.25
53 Israel 56.52 0.19 -3.67
54 Sweden 53.88 0.18 -4.67
55 Serbia 51.63 0.17 -14.18
56 Denmark 51.53 0.17 -6.47
57 Syria 50.75 0.17 -1.04
58 Bulgaria 50.6 0.17 2.17
59 Ireland 48.16 0.16 4.31
60 Turkmenistan 47.93 0.16 -2.89
61 Qatar 47.55 0.16 0.49
62 Switzerland 45.78 0.15 1.21
63 Morocco 44.66 0.15 5.77
64 Hong Kong 43.73 0.15 5.2
65 Norway 43.26 0.15 -2.2
66 Slovakia 42.8 0.14 0.01
67 Singapore 41.59 0.14 -11.25
68 Trinidad and Tobago 38.23 0.13 16.86
69 Bangladesh 37.68 0.13 4.82
70 New Zealand 37.42 0.13 4.43
71 Azerbaijan 34.19 0.12 6.02
72 Oman 31.6 0.11 8.87
73 Ecuador 30.59 0.1 4.55
74 Peru 30.32 0.1 7.01
75 Cuba 26.21 0.09 3.93
76 Croatia 23.34 0.08 1.99
77 Tunisia 22.55 0.08 2.06
78 Yemen 21.66 0.07 8.43
79 Jordan 20.44 0.07 9.46
80 Bahrain 19.8 0.07 10.74
81 Dominican Republic 17.94 0.06 3.5
82 Estonia 17.1 0.06 -1.33
83 Slovenia 16.93 0.06 1.36
84 Lebanon 16.65 0.06 -3.24
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.05 0.05 3.77
86 Angola 15.39 0.05 -9.57
87 Lithuania 13.86 0.05 4.59
88 Bolivia 12.31 0.04 11.61
89 Guatemala 12.11 0.04 8.31
90 Luxembourg 12.08 0.04 2.18
91 Sri Lanka 11.94 0.04 -1.75
92 Myanmar 11.56 0.04 -8.04
93 Zimbabwe 10.7 0.04 13.47
94 Sudan 10.53 0.04 -2.83
95 Jamaica 10.42 0.04 -1.49
96 North Macedonia 8.6 0.03 4.5
97 Kenya 8.55 0.03 12.72
98 Mongolia 8.52 0.03 0.16
99 Cyprus 7.96 0.03 2.16
100 Latvia 7.81 0.03 1.03
101 Cote d'Ivoire 7.56 0.03 2.41
102 Panama 6.97 0.02 22.07
103 Honduras 6.83 0.02 -4.99
104 Costa Rica 6.72 0.02 -1.73
105 El Salvador 6.3 0.02 0.7
106 Gabon 6.22 0.02 -2.56
107 Equatorial Guinea 6.21 0.02 1.15
108 Ghana 6.11 0.02 -5.23
109 Uruguay 5.73 0.02 2.91
110 Senegal 5.54 0.02 5.74
111 Kyrgyzstan 5.52 0.02 -4.98
112 Brunei 5.43 0.02 -3.76
113 Cameroon 5.42 0.02 -4.82
114 Tanzania 5.36 0.02 26.88
115 Curacao 5.1 0.02 -0.89
116 Georgia 5.01 0.02 17.37
117 Papua New Guinea 4.98 0.02 6.09
118 Ethiopia 4.96 0.02 -3.92
119 Moldova 4.94 0.02 7.03
120 Armenia 4.38 0.01 18.56
121 Congo 4.35 0.01 22.64
122 Nicaragua 4.27 0.01 -2.46
123 Albania 4.26 0.01 2.03
124 Botswana 4.09 0.01 5.08
125 Paraguay 3.78 0.01 -6.93
126 Mauritius 3.29 0.01 6.64
127 Nepal 2.99 0.01 15.66
128 Iceland 2.98 0.01 -4.22
129 New Caledonia 2.81 0.01 11.72
130 Cambodia 2.77 0.01 13.49
131 Palestine 2.74 0.01 24.87
132 Aruba 2.72 0.01 3.92
133 Malta 2.66 0.01 -6.75
134 Benin 2.49 0.01 -4.0
135 Tajikistan 2.44 0.01 -4.73
136 Namibia 2.31 0.01 17.29
137 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.29 0.01 12.83
138 Zambia 2.24 0.01 6.58
139 Uganda 2.02 0.01 25.53
140 Lesotho 2.01 0.01 1.48
141 Bahamas 1.91 0.01 -6.98
142 Afghanistan 1.89 0.01 52.72
143 Macao 1.83 0.01 6.62
144 Guinea 1.82 0.01 3.53
145 Mozambique 1.77 0.01 -5.06
146 Barbados 1.76 0.01 2.46
147 Montenegro 1.75 0.01 -14.23
148 Madagascar 1.74 0.01 -3.51
149 Haiti 1.72 0.01 4.38
150 Togo 1.72 0.01 -1.28
151 Guyana 1.62 0.01 -15.97
152 Suriname 1.59 0.01 2.1
153 Mali 1.45 0.0 3.39
154 Mauritania 1.44 0.0 3.78
155 Laos 1.34 0.0 4.25
156 Burkina Faso 1.12 0.0 1.99
157 Fiji 1.08 0.0 -19.29
158 Eswatini 1.01 0.0 1.47
159 Chad 0.93 0.0 2.57
160 South Sudan 0.91 0.0 -4.2
161 Malawi 0.85 0.0 -5.84
162 French Polynesia 0.83 0.0 7.62
163 Eritrea 0.77 0.0 -0.01
164 Faroe Islands 0.72 0.0 -3.43
165 Niger 0.69 0.0 -12.71
166 Liberia 0.65 0.0 19.05
167 Greenland 0.64 0.0 0.64
168 Maldives 0.6 0.0 -9.89
169 Bermuda 0.58 0.0 0.0
170 Andorra 0.58 0.0 2.61
171 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.56 0.0 -0.89
172 Somalia 0.56 0.0 0.65
173 Rwanda 0.51 0.0 -0.3
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.48 0.0 6.5
175 Cape Verde 0.45 0.0 5.17
176 Sierra Leone 0.43 0.0 -18.31
177 Belize 0.42 0.0 7.48
178 Djibouti 0.41 0.0 1.8
179 Bhutan 0.4 0.0 28.56
180 Saint Lucia 0.39 0.0 -3.64
181 Seychelles 0.38 0.0 2.97
182 Gambia 0.32 0.0 1.15
183 East Timor 0.32 0.0 -35.38
184 Solomon Islands 0.28 0.0 2.67
185 Liechtenstein 0.23 0.0 -0.18
186 Palau 0.22 0.0 1.69
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 0.0
188 Central African Republic 0.22 0.0 -1.67
189 Grenada 0.22 0.0 5.36
190 Guinea-Bissau 0.21 0.0 5.45
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2 0.0 -6.9
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.19 0.0 18.18
193 Samoa 0.17 0.0 2.22
194 British Virgin Islands 0.16 0.0 7.14
195 Burundi 0.15 0.0 -22.22
196 Dominica 0.15 0.0 5.13
197 Comoros 0.14 0.0 -2.5
198 Micronesia (country) 0.12 0.0 -17.95
199 Marshall Islands 0.11 0.0 -3.12
200 Tonga 0.11 0.0 3.33
201 Anguilla 0.11 0.0 7.14
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 0.0 5.0
203 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 -0.89
204 Cook Islands 0.06 0.0 13.33
205 Nauru 0.06 0.0 -5.56
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 0.0 6.25
207 Vanuatu 0.06 0.0 0.0
208 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 18.18
209 Montserrat 0.04 0.0 -15.38
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 14.29
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Antarctica 0.01 0.0 0.0
214 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0