CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2008

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2008.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2008?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2008?

Antarctica produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 7501.5 23.39 7.42
2 United States 5915.12 18.44 -3.51
3 Russia 1652.06 5.15 1.74
4 India 1489.44 4.64 6.96
5 Japan 1232.2 3.84 -5.43
6 Germany 856.61 2.67 1.24
7 Canada 575.77 1.8 -2.72
8 United Kingdom 544.93 1.7 -2.62
9 South Korea 532.65 1.66 2.1
10 Iran 528.54 1.65 4.09
11 South Africa 494.7 1.54 6.38
12 Italy 478.13 1.49 -2.35
13 Mexico 472.98 1.47 -0.13
14 Saudi Arabia 469.71 1.46 10.9
15 Brazil 412.64 1.29 5.65
16 Australia 404.84 1.26 1.34
17 France 389.09 1.21 -1.75
18 Indonesia 365.72 1.14 -5.71
19 Spain 335.89 1.05 -8.58
20 Poland 329.57 1.03 -1.89
21 Ukraine 325.98 1.02 -3.22
22 Turkey 310.62 0.97 -0.98
23 Taiwan 266.89 0.83 -4.71
24 Kazakhstan 226.83 0.71 0.04
25 Thailand 224.25 0.7 0.07
26 Egypt 197.73 0.62 4.73
27 Malaysia 192.85 0.6 9.92
28 Argentina 187.34 0.58 7.93
29 Netherlands 175.71 0.55 1.66
30 Venezuela 155.51 0.48 1.0
31 Pakistan 155.15 0.48 -1.6
32 United Arab Emirates 153.68 0.48 15.44
33 Uzbekistan 128.39 0.4 3.69
34 Czechia 122.93 0.38 -4.23
35 Belgium 120.18 0.37 -0.25
36 Vietnam 114.3 0.36 12.69
37 Algeria 111.09 0.35 1.09
38 Greece 111.08 0.35 -3.03
39 Romania 106.93 0.33 -1.35
40 Iraq 93.94 0.29 53.78
41 Nigeria 90.4 0.28 8.41
42 Kuwait 84.28 0.26 9.23
43 Philippines 76.98 0.24 9.28
44 Austria 73.49 0.23 -0.84
45 Chile 70.55 0.22 0.11
46 North Korea 70.33 0.22 10.79
47 Israel 67.98 0.21 8.25
48 Syria 67.76 0.21 1.64
49 Colombia 66.96 0.21 10.7
50 Belarus 62.84 0.2 4.35
51 Qatar 61.64 0.19 3.8
52 Portugal 60.01 0.19 -3.8
53 Turkmenistan 59.44 0.19 20.85
54 Finland 58.62 0.18 -12.19
55 Hungary 57.18 0.18 -2.16
56 Bulgaria 54.11 0.17 -2.94
57 Serbia 51.78 0.16 -13.06
58 Morocco 51.37 0.16 5.02
59 Denmark 51.25 0.16 -6.31
60 Sweden 50.87 0.16 -4.01
61 Libya 49.7 0.15 11.96
62 Ireland 47.36 0.15 -0.63
63 Oman 47.19 0.15 4.7
64 Bangladesh 45.34 0.14 6.25
65 Switzerland 44.7 0.14 3.09
66 Norway 44.67 0.14 -2.0
67 Trinidad and Tobago 44.46 0.14 -2.45
68 Hong Kong 42.79 0.13 -1.79
69 Slovakia 41.55 0.13 0.96
70 Singapore 40.2 0.13 -2.19
71 New Zealand 37.51 0.12 3.02
72 Peru 35.3 0.11 2.89
73 Azerbaijan 33.04 0.1 9.99
74 Ecuador 30.31 0.09 -11.57
75 Bahrain 29.52 0.09 10.88
76 Cuba 27.74 0.09 7.83
77 Tunisia 25.54 0.08 3.85
78 Yemen 24.41 0.08 3.55
79 Croatia 23.52 0.07 -5.18
80 Jordan 20.72 0.06 -3.35
81 Dominican Republic 20.33 0.06 1.7
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.96 0.06 14.22
83 Angola 18.75 0.06 6.61
84 Slovenia 18.28 0.06 5.39
85 Estonia 17.81 0.06 -10.62
86 Lebanon 17.42 0.05 26.71
87 Lithuania 14.96 0.05 -3.61
88 Sudan 14.18 0.04 4.53
89 Bolivia 12.97 0.04 2.13
90 Sri Lanka 11.99 0.04 -1.35
91 Mongolia 11.92 0.04 -0.33
92 Luxembourg 11.17 0.03 -1.2
93 Guatemala 10.89 0.03 -10.31
94 Jamaica 10.78 0.03 0.28
95 Kenya 10.23 0.03 4.16
96 Myanmar 9.77 0.03 -23.9
97 Brunei 9.17 0.03 13.48
98 North Macedonia 8.94 0.03 -0.85
99 Cyprus 8.72 0.03 2.5
100 Honduras 8.53 0.03 3.85
101 Ghana 8.32 0.03 -7.32
102 Uruguay 8.2 0.03 37.9
103 Latvia 8.2 0.03 -5.08
104 Costa Rica 7.99 0.02 0.37
105 Zimbabwe 7.72 0.02 -21.51
106 Kyrgyzstan 7.48 0.02 14.7
107 Panama 7.33 0.02 -0.2
108 Cameroon 7.32 0.02 -1.2
109 Cote d'Ivoire 6.71 0.02 0.89
110 Ethiopia 6.42 0.02 9.9
111 El Salvador 6.4 0.02 -6.44
112 Tanzania 5.99 0.02 4.95
113 Equatorial Guinea 5.94 0.02 3.8
114 Curacao 5.75 0.02 -3.81
115 Armenia 5.57 0.02 9.31
116 Papua New Guinea 5.54 0.02 -15.75
117 Gabon 5.38 0.02 6.77
118 Georgia 5.31 0.02 -16.55
119 Moldova 5.19 0.02 4.25
120 Senegal 4.74 0.01 -2.51
121 Botswana 4.5 0.01 6.5
122 Albania 4.4 0.01 11.35
123 Nicaragua 4.37 0.01 -4.07
124 Paraguay 4.28 0.01 5.85
125 Congo 4.27 0.01 0.26
126 Afghanistan 4.25 0.01 51.95
127 Cambodia 3.94 0.01 12.8
128 Benin 3.92 0.01 -0.3
129 Iceland 3.81 0.01 9.08
130 Mauritius 3.77 0.01 2.19
131 Nepal 3.35 0.01 30.4
132 Tajikistan 2.9 0.01 -10.26
133 Namibia 2.86 0.01 22.83
134 New Caledonia 2.85 0.01 -2.69
135 Uganda 2.78 0.01 2.57
136 Malta 2.72 0.01 -0.24
137 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.69 0.01 2.37
138 Aruba 2.66 0.01 -5.84
139 Montenegro 2.61 0.01 26.74
140 Zambia 2.55 0.01 11.28
141 Mozambique 2.18 0.01 -0.41
142 Laos 2.13 0.01 16.13
143 Lesotho 2.13 0.01 2.47
144 Palestine 2.05 0.01 -11.67
145 Guinea 2.0 0.01 1.49
146 Mali 1.96 0.01 9.43
147 Suriname 1.93 0.01 9.97
148 Bahamas 1.92 0.01 2.35
149 Mauritania 1.83 0.01 4.37
150 Burkina Faso 1.82 0.01 12.2
151 Madagascar 1.78 0.01 2.59
152 Haiti 1.76 0.01 -0.66
153 Barbados 1.73 0.01 17.69
154 Guyana 1.71 0.01 -4.12
155 Togo 1.52 0.0 0.4
156 South Sudan 1.2 0.0 5.62
157 Macao 1.13 0.0 -16.94
158 Eswatini 1.02 0.0 -1.76
159 Malawi 1.0 0.0 8.58
160 Chad 0.87 0.0 -19.88
161 Maldives 0.84 0.0 7.98
162 French Polynesia 0.84 0.0 2.7
163 Niger 0.79 0.0 11.64
164 Fiji 0.79 0.0 -27.03
165 Greenland 0.68 0.0 3.61
166 Bermuda 0.65 0.0 -11.06
167 Bhutan 0.65 0.0 62.73
168 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.64 0.0 -3.81
169 Faroe Islands 0.63 0.0 -8.51
170 Somalia 0.6 0.0 -1.2
171 Andorra 0.54 0.0 0.0
172 Antigua and Barbuda 0.54 0.0 0.68
173 Liberia 0.53 0.0 -15.09
174 Rwanda 0.53 0.0 -2.65
175 Sierra Leone 0.51 0.0 3.76
176 Djibouti 0.5 0.0 7.94
177 Cape Verde 0.47 0.0 -7.25
178 Belize 0.44 0.0 -8.46
179 Saint Lucia 0.43 0.0 0.0
180 Seychelles 0.41 0.0 2.73
181 Eritrea 0.4 0.0 -6.07
182 Gambia 0.36 0.0 4.21
183 Solomon Islands 0.31 0.0 2.44
184 East Timor 0.29 0.0 -1.02
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.26 0.0 4.35
186 Grenada 0.25 0.0 4.62
187 Guinea-Bissau 0.23 0.0 -1.59
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 -6.25
189 Liechtenstein 0.22 0.0 9.33
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 0.0 0.0
191 Palau 0.21 0.0 -18.84
192 Burundi 0.2 0.0 5.88
193 British Virgin Islands 0.19 0.0 3.92
194 Dominica 0.17 0.0 -2.13
195 Central African Republic 0.16 0.0 -28.57
196 Samoa 0.16 0.0 -10.2
197 Marshall Islands 0.13 0.0 2.94
198 Anguilla 0.12 0.0 0.0
199 Tonga 0.12 0.0 6.45
200 Comoros 0.11 0.0 3.45
201 Micronesia (country) 0.11 0.0 -16.67
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 0.0 0.0
203 Vanuatu 0.08 0.0 15.0
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.08 0.0 -3.81
205 Cook Islands 0.07 0.0 0.0
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 0.0
208 Montserrat 0.05 0.0 18.18
209 Nauru 0.04 0.0 0.0
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.02 0.0 -25.0
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 100.0
214 Antarctica 0.0 0.0 -100.0