CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2009

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2009.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2009?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2009?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 7891.08 25.02 5.19
2 United States 5480.73 17.38 -7.34
3 India 1612.22 5.11 8.24
4 Russia 1545.03 4.9 -6.48
5 Japan 1163.39 3.69 -5.58
6 Germany 789.95 2.5 -7.78
7 Iran 543.41 1.72 2.81
8 Canada 542.81 1.72 -5.72
9 South Korea 537.82 1.71 0.97
10 Saudi Arabia 504.28 1.6 7.36
11 United Kingdom 494.11 1.57 -9.33
12 South Africa 474.52 1.5 -4.08
13 Mexico 460.29 1.46 -2.68
14 Italy 424.06 1.34 -11.31
15 Australia 407.09 1.29 0.56
16 Indonesia 398.94 1.26 9.08
17 Brazil 389.77 1.24 -5.54
18 France 370.88 1.18 -4.68
19 Turkey 316.41 1.0 1.86
20 Poland 316.04 1.0 -4.1
21 Spain 296.5 0.94 -11.73
22 Ukraine 277.59 0.88 -14.84
23 Taiwan 253.03 0.8 -5.19
24 Thailand 228.84 0.73 2.05
25 Kazakhstan 224.55 0.71 -1.01
26 Egypt 206.48 0.65 4.43
27 Malaysia 192.12 0.61 -0.38
28 Argentina 178.18 0.56 -4.89
29 Netherlands 170.23 0.54 -3.11
30 United Arab Emirates 168.01 0.53 9.32
31 Pakistan 155.52 0.49 0.24
32 Venezuela 151.85 0.48 -2.35
33 Vietnam 124.49 0.39 8.92
34 Algeria 118.86 0.38 6.99
35 Czechia 114.98 0.36 -6.47
36 Uzbekistan 109.23 0.35 -14.92
37 Belgium 107.78 0.34 -10.32
38 Iraq 104.82 0.33 11.58
39 Greece 104.32 0.33 -6.09
40 Kuwait 88.72 0.28 5.26
41 Romania 87.73 0.28 -17.96
42 Nigeria 80.35 0.25 -11.12
43 Philippines 75.91 0.24 -1.39
44 Colombia 72.46 0.23 8.21
45 North Korea 67.66 0.21 -3.79
46 Austria 67.31 0.21 -8.41
47 Chile 65.96 0.21 -6.51
48 Qatar 65.07 0.21 5.58
49 Israel 63.86 0.2 -6.06
50 Syria 62.97 0.2 -7.07
51 Belarus 60.58 0.19 -3.59
52 Portugal 57.15 0.18 -4.77
53 Finland 55.92 0.18 -4.61
54 Turkmenistan 52.46 0.17 -11.74
55 Libya 51.63 0.16 3.88
56 Hungary 51.46 0.16 -10.01
57 Morocco 50.86 0.16 -0.99
58 Bangladesh 49.19 0.16 8.48
59 Denmark 48.84 0.15 -4.69
60 Sweden 47.24 0.15 -7.13
61 Serbia 45.9 0.15 -11.36
62 Bulgaria 45.84 0.15 -15.29
63 Trinidad and Tobago 44.44 0.14 -0.06
64 Oman 44.28 0.14 -6.17
65 Switzerland 43.52 0.14 -2.63
66 Norway 43.08 0.14 -3.57
67 Ireland 42.19 0.13 -10.91
68 Hong Kong 41.58 0.13 -2.83
69 Singapore 40.8 0.13 1.49
70 Peru 39.51 0.13 11.93
71 Slovakia 37.8 0.12 -9.03
72 New Zealand 34.62 0.11 -7.7
73 Ecuador 33.6 0.11 10.83
74 Azerbaijan 29.1 0.09 -11.91
75 Bahrain 28.1 0.09 -4.83
76 Cuba 27.82 0.09 0.3
77 Yemen 26.78 0.08 9.71
78 Tunisia 25.42 0.08 -0.44
79 Croatia 21.76 0.07 -7.5
80 Jordan 21.34 0.07 2.99
81 Lebanon 20.96 0.07 20.32
82 Angola 20.67 0.07 10.23
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.54 0.07 2.9
84 Dominican Republic 19.78 0.06 -2.71
85 Slovenia 16.2 0.05 -11.35
86 Sudan 14.8 0.05 4.42
87 Estonia 14.4 0.05 -19.14
88 Bolivia 13.54 0.04 4.42
89 Mongolia 13.03 0.04 9.3
90 Sri Lanka 12.94 0.04 7.99
91 Lithuania 12.86 0.04 -14.02
92 Kenya 12.34 0.04 20.62
93 Guatemala 11.44 0.04 5.04
94 Luxembourg 10.63 0.03 -4.87
95 Myanmar 10.21 0.03 4.45
96 Cameroon 8.55 0.03 16.86
97 Cyprus 8.47 0.03 -2.82
98 Panama 8.46 0.03 15.35
99 Zimbabwe 8.25 0.03 6.86
100 North Macedonia 8.24 0.03 -7.83
101 Honduras 8.03 0.03 -5.89
102 Uruguay 7.95 0.03 -3.11
103 Jamaica 7.93 0.03 -26.4
104 Costa Rica 7.75 0.02 -3.03
105 Brunei 7.74 0.02 -15.5
106 Latvia 7.46 0.02 -9.05
107 Ghana 6.87 0.02 -17.49
108 Kyrgyzstan 6.71 0.02 -10.31
109 Ethiopia 6.45 0.02 0.56
110 Afghanistan 6.39 0.02 50.24
111 El Salvador 6.31 0.02 -1.44
112 Georgia 6.14 0.02 15.57
113 Curacao 5.89 0.02 2.32
114 Tanzania 5.81 0.02 -3.03
115 Cote d'Ivoire 5.66 0.02 -15.68
116 Gabon 5.3 0.02 -1.38
117 Papua New Guinea 5.26 0.02 -5.05
118 Senegal 5.26 0.02 10.91
119 Congo 4.94 0.02 15.77
120 Equatorial Guinea 4.9 0.02 -17.51
121 Cambodia 4.58 0.01 16.35
122 Moldova 4.54 0.01 -12.54
123 Paraguay 4.53 0.01 5.93
124 Nicaragua 4.45 0.01 1.82
125 Albania 4.41 0.01 0.22
126 Armenia 4.36 0.01 -21.73
127 Benin 4.22 0.01 7.8
128 Nepal 4.13 0.01 23.2
129 Botswana 3.86 0.01 -14.38
130 Iceland 3.73 0.01 -2.1
131 Mauritius 3.71 0.01 -1.56
132 New Caledonia 3.04 0.01 6.59
133 Uganda 3.0 0.01 7.92
134 Zambia 2.94 0.01 15.17
135 Laos 2.67 0.01 25.15
136 Namibia 2.66 0.01 -6.79
137 Aruba 2.63 0.01 -1.1
138 Malta 2.56 0.01 -5.9
139 Togo 2.54 0.01 66.52
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.45 0.01 -8.91
141 Tajikistan 2.44 0.01 -15.61
142 Mozambique 2.44 0.01 11.88
143 Lesotho 2.22 0.01 4.31
144 Bahamas 2.15 0.01 12.43
145 Guinea 2.11 0.01 5.69
146 Palestine 2.09 0.01 1.79
147 Mauritania 2.01 0.01 9.7
148 Suriname 1.99 0.01 3.06
149 Guyana 1.91 0.01 11.8
150 Macao 1.89 0.01 66.99
151 Haiti 1.89 0.01 7.25
152 Mali 1.89 0.01 -3.56
153 Burkina Faso 1.84 0.01 1.02
154 Madagascar 1.71 0.01 -4.13
155 Barbados 1.7 0.01 -1.93
156 Montenegro 1.68 0.01 -35.44
157 South Sudan 1.25 0.0 4.16
158 Chad 1.22 0.0 39.38
159 Eswatini 1.06 0.0 3.58
160 Malawi 1.01 0.0 1.5
161 Niger 0.95 0.0 20.2
162 Maldives 0.88 0.0 4.78
163 French Polynesia 0.84 0.0 0.44
164 Fiji 0.7 0.0 -11.57
165 Bhutan 0.68 0.0 5.1
166 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.65 0.0 2.32
167 Somalia 0.6 0.0 -0.61
168 Greenland 0.59 0.0 -12.53
169 Faroe Islands 0.58 0.0 -8.72
170 Rwanda 0.56 0.0 5.77
171 Antigua and Barbuda 0.56 0.0 3.4
172 Liberia 0.52 0.0 -1.66
173 Cape Verde 0.52 0.0 10.94
174 Andorra 0.52 0.0 -4.08
175 Belize 0.52 0.0 18.49
176 Sierra Leone 0.5 0.0 -0.72
177 Bermuda 0.48 0.0 -26.55
178 Eritrea 0.45 0.0 11.96
179 Djibouti 0.44 0.0 -11.03
180 Seychelles 0.44 0.0 6.19
181 Saint Lucia 0.43 0.0 0.0
182 Gambia 0.37 0.0 3.03
183 East Timor 0.32 0.0 12.85
184 Solomon Islands 0.32 0.0 3.57
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.28 0.0 26.67
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.27 0.0 4.17
187 Grenada 0.25 0.0 1.47
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.23 0.0 3.23
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 0.0 3.39
190 Burundi 0.21 0.0 7.41
191 Liechtenstein 0.21 0.0 -6.45
192 Palau 0.2 0.0 -3.57
193 British Virgin Islands 0.19 0.0 0.0
194 Dominica 0.19 0.0 10.87
195 Samoa 0.17 0.0 4.55
196 Central African Republic 0.16 0.0 -2.22
197 Micronesia (country) 0.15 0.0 33.33
198 Comoros 0.14 0.0 23.33
199 Marshall Islands 0.13 0.0 2.86
200 Tonga 0.13 0.0 9.09
201 Anguilla 0.12 0.0 0.0
202 Vanuatu 0.12 0.0 43.48
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.09 0.0 8.7
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.08 0.0 2.32
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 0.04 0.0 -7.69
209 Nauru 0.04 0.0 -8.33
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 33.33
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.0 0.0 -50.0