CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2006

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2006.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2006?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2006?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 6494.34 21.22 10.41
2 United States 6052.69 19.78 -1.3
3 Russia 1623.0 5.3 3.87
4 India 1292.48 4.22 9.01
5 Japan 1267.12 4.14 -1.78
6 Germany 877.5 2.87 1.39
7 Canada 568.58 1.86 -1.08
8 United Kingdom 567.85 1.86 -0.44
9 South Korea 503.48 1.65 0.96
10 Italy 496.93 1.62 -1.08
11 Iran 496.07 1.62 7.37
12 Mexico 474.74 1.55 2.39
13 South Africa 446.77 1.46 7.34
14 Saudi Arabia 439.12 1.43 9.0
15 France 406.31 1.33 -2.36
16 Australia 392.44 1.28 1.61
17 Brazil 368.87 1.21 1.24
18 Spain 359.65 1.18 -2.36
19 Indonesia 346.63 1.13 -0.28
20 Poland 336.57 1.1 4.28
21 Ukraine 333.06 1.09 6.23
22 Turkey 282.37 0.92 6.61
23 Taiwan 276.16 0.9 3.64
24 Kazakhstan 220.57 0.72 10.26
25 Thailand 215.82 0.71 0.7
26 Egypt 179.19 0.59 6.53
27 Argentina 174.21 0.57 8.08
28 Netherlands 172.99 0.57 -2.74
29 Malaysia 170.17 0.56 0.12
30 Venezuela 155.6 0.51 4.91
31 Pakistan 143.55 0.47 6.58
32 Czechia 126.56 0.41 0.69
33 Uzbekistan 124.9 0.41 2.71
34 Belgium 123.87 0.4 -1.4
35 United Arab Emirates 121.71 0.4 6.39
36 Greece 112.42 0.37 -1.29
37 Algeria 105.9 0.35 -4.59
38 Romania 104.3 0.34 2.41
39 Vietnam 99.65 0.33 3.97
40 Iraq 98.56 0.32 -13.56
41 Nigeria 89.95 0.29 -11.36
42 Austria 76.82 0.25 -2.88
43 North Korea 76.17 0.25 1.55
44 Kuwait 76.05 0.25 2.18
45 Finland 68.37 0.22 19.85
46 Philippines 66.55 0.22 -9.21
47 Portugal 64.84 0.21 -6.88
48 Chile 64.05 0.21 4.78
49 Colombia 62.3 0.2 3.56
50 Israel 62.15 0.2 9.95
51 Belarus 61.74 0.2 4.1
52 Serbia 60.84 0.2 17.83
53 Hungary 59.71 0.2 -1.14
54 Qatar 59.63 0.19 25.4
55 Denmark 59.5 0.19 15.46
56 Libya 55.74 0.18 -8.12
57 Sweden 53.74 0.18 -0.25
58 Syria 53.66 0.18 5.74
59 Bulgaria 51.84 0.17 2.45
60 Turkmenistan 49.5 0.16 3.28
61 Ireland 47.6 0.16 -1.15
62 Morocco 46.25 0.15 3.56
63 Switzerland 45.37 0.15 -0.9
64 Norway 43.84 0.14 1.34
65 Trinidad and Tobago 42.73 0.14 11.77
66 Slovakia 42.56 0.14 -0.55
67 Singapore 42.31 0.14 1.74
68 Hong Kong 41.91 0.14 -4.15
69 Bangladesh 41.69 0.14 10.65
70 Oman 40.17 0.13 27.12
71 New Zealand 37.33 0.12 -0.25
72 Azerbaijan 34.52 0.11 0.96
73 Ecuador 29.69 0.1 -2.94
74 Peru 28.2 0.09 -7.0
75 Cuba 26.82 0.09 2.31
76 Yemen 23.79 0.08 9.83
77 Croatia 23.55 0.08 0.89
78 Tunisia 22.97 0.08 1.87
79 Jordan 20.53 0.07 0.44
80 Bahrain 19.42 0.06 -1.93
81 Dominican Republic 19.11 0.06 6.53
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.39 0.06 8.36
83 Slovenia 17.18 0.06 1.45
84 Angola 17.14 0.06 11.43
85 Estonia 16.44 0.05 -3.81
86 Lebanon 14.79 0.05 -11.16
87 Lithuania 14.2 0.05 2.4
88 Myanmar 12.81 0.04 10.89
89 Bolivia 12.33 0.04 0.16
90 Guatemala 12.18 0.04 0.56
91 Luxembourg 11.91 0.04 -1.4
92 Sri Lanka 11.79 0.04 -1.2
93 Jamaica 11.58 0.04 11.14
94 Sudan 11.51 0.04 9.34
95 Zimbabwe 10.37 0.03 -3.11
96 Kenya 9.57 0.03 11.81
97 Mongolia 9.28 0.03 9.0
98 North Macedonia 8.65 0.03 0.64
99 Ghana 8.52 0.03 39.43
100 Latvia 8.31 0.03 6.39
101 Cyprus 8.19 0.03 2.86
102 Honduras 7.7 0.03 12.63
103 Panama 7.52 0.02 7.93
104 Brunei 7.14 0.02 31.6
105 Costa Rica 7.01 0.02 4.21
106 Cote d'Ivoire 6.89 0.02 -8.95
107 El Salvador 6.72 0.02 6.67
108 Uruguay 6.6 0.02 15.2
109 Equatorial Guinea 6.18 0.02 -0.42
110 Georgia 6.09 0.02 21.52
111 Tanzania 5.88 0.02 9.72
112 Gabon 5.54 0.02 -10.94
113 Cameroon 5.49 0.02 1.14
114 Kyrgyzstan 5.46 0.02 -1.06
115 Ethiopia 5.32 0.02 7.31
116 Curacao 5.31 0.02 4.22
117 Papua New Guinea 5.05 0.02 1.42
118 Moldova 5.03 0.02 1.87
119 Congo 4.79 0.02 9.97
120 Senegal 4.42 0.01 -20.16
121 Nicaragua 4.42 0.01 3.47
122 Armenia 4.4 0.01 0.58
123 Botswana 4.13 0.01 0.98
124 Albania 3.91 0.01 -8.23
125 Paraguay 3.91 0.01 3.41
126 Mauritius 3.63 0.01 10.12
127 Benin 3.35 0.01 34.6
128 Iceland 3.16 0.01 5.96
129 Cambodia 3.0 0.01 8.06
130 Aruba 2.72 0.01 -0.13
131 New Caledonia 2.71 0.01 -3.67
132 Malta 2.67 0.01 0.41
133 Tajikistan 2.66 0.01 8.84
134 Nepal 2.46 0.01 -17.76
135 Uganda 2.38 0.01 18.11
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.35 0.01 2.8
137 Namibia 2.34 0.01 1.11
138 Palestine 2.26 0.01 -17.38
139 Zambia 2.23 0.01 -0.51
140 Afghanistan 2.16 0.01 14.28
141 Montenegro 2.06 0.01 17.82
142 Lesotho 2.04 0.01 1.28
143 Mozambique 1.92 0.01 8.25
144 Guinea 1.89 0.01 3.61
145 Bahamas 1.85 0.01 -2.69
146 Barbados 1.78 0.01 0.72
147 Laos 1.76 0.01 31.44
148 Haiti 1.75 0.01 1.61
149 Suriname 1.74 0.01 9.45
150 Madagascar 1.67 0.01 -3.81
151 Macao 1.62 0.01 -11.42
152 Mauritania 1.55 0.01 7.84
153 Mali 1.54 0.01 5.54
154 Guyana 1.51 0.0 -6.79
155 Togo 1.5 0.0 -12.84
156 Burkina Faso 1.36 0.0 21.21
157 Fiji 1.2 0.0 11.12
158 Eswatini 1.01 0.0 0.0
159 South Sudan 1.0 0.0 9.5
160 Chad 0.96 0.0 3.81
161 Malawi 0.85 0.0 -0.12
162 French Polynesia 0.82 0.0 -0.88
163 Maldives 0.74 0.0 23.78
164 Faroe Islands 0.68 0.0 -6.09
165 Liberia 0.67 0.0 3.41
166 Niger 0.67 0.0 -2.91
167 Greenland 0.66 0.0 2.99
168 Bermuda 0.65 0.0 11.95
169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.59 0.0 4.22
170 Sierra Leone 0.58 0.0 36.21
171 Somalia 0.56 0.0 0.0
172 Eritrea 0.55 0.0 -28.61
173 Andorra 0.55 0.0 -5.1
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.52 0.0 7.63
175 Rwanda 0.51 0.0 0.04
176 Cape Verde 0.49 0.0 10.66
177 Belize 0.44 0.0 5.22
178 Djibouti 0.41 0.0 0.0
179 Saint Lucia 0.41 0.0 5.66
180 Bhutan 0.39 0.0 -0.59
181 Seychelles 0.38 0.0 0.96
182 Gambia 0.35 0.0 7.95
183 East Timor 0.32 0.0 -1.38
184 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 2.6
185 Liechtenstein 0.23 0.0 0.93
186 Grenada 0.23 0.0 6.78
187 Central African Republic 0.23 0.0 5.08
188 Palau 0.23 0.0 3.33
189 Guinea-Bissau 0.22 0.0 1.72
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 -1.67
191 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.22 0.0 13.46
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2 0.0 1.85
193 Burundi 0.18 0.0 19.05
194 British Virgin Islands 0.18 0.0 8.89
195 Samoa 0.17 0.0 2.17
196 Comoros 0.16 0.0 15.38
197 Dominica 0.14 0.0 -4.88
198 Tonga 0.13 0.0 12.9
199 Anguilla 0.12 0.0 10.0
200 Marshall Islands 0.12 0.0 6.45
201 Micronesia (country) 0.11 0.0 -3.12
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 0.0 9.52
203 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 4.22
204 Cook Islands 0.07 0.0 5.88
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 5.88
206 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 0.0
207 Vanuatu 0.05 0.0 -18.75
208 Nauru 0.04 0.0 -29.41
209 Montserrat 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 0.0
214 Niue 0.0 0.0 0.0