CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2011

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2011.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2011?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2011?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 9532.33 27.63 10.58
2 United States 5546.12 16.07 -2.35
3 India 1764.71 5.11 5.21
4 Russia 1685.91 4.89 3.25
5 Japan 1264.8 3.67 4.12
6 Germany 804.51 2.33 -2.68
7 South Korea 623.44 1.81 4.9
8 Iran 576.15 1.67 2.61
9 Canada 563.32 1.63 1.55
10 Saudi Arabia 540.58 1.57 -2.77
11 Indonesia 500.72 1.45 12.32
12 Mexico 483.3 1.4 5.89
13 United Kingdom 469.71 1.36 -8.24
14 South Africa 465.91 1.35 0.63
15 Brazil 462.58 1.34 5.07
16 Italy 423.89 1.23 -2.71
17 Australia 403.86 1.17 -0.31
18 France 354.37 1.03 -5.87
19 Turkey 342.06 0.99 8.18
20 Poland 333.6 0.97 -0.19
21 Ukraine 308.38 0.89 4.76
22 Spain 283.8 0.82 0.3
23 Taiwan 276.77 0.8 2.24
24 Thailand 244.88 0.71 1.6
25 Kazakhstan 238.99 0.69 -3.95
26 Egypt 216.92 0.63 6.54
27 Malaysia 203.45 0.59 2.06
28 United Arab Emirates 197.57 0.57 6.89
29 Argentina 189.78 0.55 2.06
30 Netherlands 169.16 0.49 -7.2
31 Venezuela 168.41 0.49 -11.04
32 Pakistan 154.8 0.45 0.39
33 Vietnam 152.56 0.44 9.31
34 Nigeria 129.2 0.37 12.8
35 Algeria 125.09 0.36 5.7
36 Iraq 122.94 0.36 8.28
37 Uzbekistan 116.76 0.34 8.44
38 Czechia 115.19 0.33 -1.95
39 Belgium 105.1 0.3 -8.2
40 Greece 94.51 0.27 -2.93
41 Romania 92.24 0.27 9.44
42 Kuwait 87.97 0.25 -3.2
43 Philippines 83.41 0.24 0.98
44 Qatar 81.49 0.24 10.99
45 Chile 78.07 0.23 9.42
46 Colombia 76.22 0.22 -0.06
47 Austria 69.9 0.2 -2.93
48 Israel 68.59 0.2 0.45
49 Turkmenistan 65.16 0.19 10.09
50 Belarus 61.31 0.18 -1.82
51 Syria 58.84 0.17 -4.68
52 Oman 57.01 0.17 11.4
53 Finland 56.65 0.16 -11.62
54 Bangladesh 55.59 0.16 2.88
55 Morocco 54.87 0.16 0.92
56 Libya 53.54 0.16 -9.48
57 Bulgaria 53.21 0.15 11.07
58 Portugal 51.78 0.15 -2.09
59 Hungary 50.16 0.15 -3.53
60 Sweden 49.21 0.14 -7.36
61 Serbia 48.96 0.14 7.14
62 North Korea 47.83 0.14 -26.81
63 Trinidad and Tobago 47.06 0.14 -0.1
64 Singapore 47.0 0.14 5.86
65 Norway 44.75 0.13 -1.92
66 Denmark 44.23 0.13 -10.07
67 Hong Kong 43.15 0.13 7.7
68 Peru 42.17 0.12 -0.78
69 Switzerland 40.97 0.12 -9.02
70 Ecuador 38.26 0.11 5.48
71 Ireland 38.05 0.11 -8.94
72 Slovakia 38.05 0.11 -1.08
73 New Zealand 34.26 0.1 -1.57
74 Azerbaijan 30.21 0.09 9.66
75 Cuba 29.07 0.08 -12.02
76 Bahrain 28.47 0.08 -2.09
77 Tunisia 26.44 0.08 -6.05
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.76 0.07 12.37
79 Angola 23.4 0.07 1.8
80 Yemen 22.52 0.07 -12.44
81 Mongolia 21.37 0.06 55.15
82 Dominican Republic 21.32 0.06 3.72
83 Jordan 21.24 0.06 3.05
84 Croatia 20.62 0.06 -1.74
85 Lebanon 20.26 0.06 1.34
86 Estonia 18.95 0.05 -0.09
87 Slovenia 16.36 0.05 -0.61
88 Bolivia 15.95 0.05 8.36
89 Myanmar 15.12 0.04 15.24
90 Sri Lanka 14.89 0.04 14.06
91 Sudan 14.71 0.04 -2.38
92 Lithuania 13.99 0.04 1.14
93 Kenya 13.45 0.04 10.56
94 Afghanistan 11.84 0.03 41.53
95 Guatemala 11.24 0.03 1.26
96 Luxembourg 11.1 0.03 -0.87
97 Zimbabwe 10.36 0.03 18.38
98 Ghana 10.34 0.03 15.58
99 Panama 9.95 0.03 9.71
100 Brunei 9.56 0.03 19.18
101 Honduras 8.86 0.03 10.8
102 North Macedonia 8.84 0.03 7.97
103 Tanzania 8.5 0.02 18.19
104 Jamaica 8.26 0.02 7.53
105 Cameroon 8.11 0.02 -3.32
106 Senegal 7.82 0.02 13.94
107 Latvia 7.81 0.02 -8.69
108 Georgia 7.8 0.02 25.72
109 Cyprus 7.79 0.02 -3.87
110 Uruguay 7.65 0.02 21.51
111 Kyrgyzstan 7.62 0.02 19.9
112 Ethiopia 7.41 0.02 16.8
113 Costa Rica 7.31 0.02 -2.43
114 Cote d'Ivoire 6.52 0.02 4.79
115 El Salvador 6.5 0.02 2.86
116 Equatorial Guinea 6.09 0.02 -4.81
117 Gabon 5.83 0.02 -0.14
118 Albania 5.31 0.02 11.1
119 Papua New Guinea 5.3 0.02 12.38
120 Cambodia 5.27 0.02 4.17
121 Nepal 5.22 0.02 8.21
122 Paraguay 5.2 0.02 3.52
123 Curacao 5.17 0.01 27.57
124 Congo 5.05 0.01 -8.25
125 Armenia 4.97 0.01 16.84
126 Moldova 4.94 0.01 2.36
127 Nicaragua 4.81 0.01 7.57
128 Benin 4.48 0.01 -4.27
129 Botswana 4.03 0.01 -11.21
130 Mauritius 3.92 0.01 0.09
131 Uganda 3.82 0.01 7.13
132 New Caledonia 3.69 0.01 1.01
133 Iceland 3.5 0.01 -3.39
134 Zambia 3.37 0.01 8.08
135 Laos 3.17 0.01 5.51
136 Mozambique 3.11 0.01 17.92
137 Lesotho 3.06 0.01 34.62
138 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.04 0.01 11.17
139 Namibia 2.78 0.01 -0.09
140 Suriname 2.76 0.01 16.24
141 Malta 2.61 0.01 -0.42
142 Guinea 2.59 0.01 4.42
143 Togo 2.5 0.01 -3.54
144 Aruba 2.5 0.01 -0.29
145 Montenegro 2.41 0.01 -0.61
146 Madagascar 2.37 0.01 26.82
147 Tajikistan 2.34 0.01 -7.71
148 Mali 2.28 0.01 9.12
149 Haiti 2.27 0.01 6.37
150 Palestine 2.25 0.01 10.45
151 Mauritania 2.23 0.01 6.53
152 Burkina Faso 2.15 0.01 8.27
153 Bahamas 2.11 0.01 -5.1
154 Guyana 1.96 0.01 3.88
155 Barbados 1.63 0.0 4.06
156 Niger 1.32 0.0 13.51
157 Macao 1.29 0.0 4.75
158 Chad 1.27 0.0 2.99
159 South Sudan 1.24 0.0 -2.44
160 Malawi 1.06 0.0 9.05
161 Bhutan 1.04 0.0 14.52
162 Eswatini 1.01 0.0 1.1
163 Maldives 0.99 0.0 5.49
164 Fiji 0.93 0.0 -9.25
165 French Polynesia 0.89 0.0 -3.97
166 Liberia 0.82 0.0 15.43
167 Greenland 0.73 0.0 6.87
168 Sierra Leone 0.71 0.0 31.08
169 Rwanda 0.64 0.0 10.78
170 Cape Verde 0.62 0.0 10.53
171 Somalia 0.61 0.0 0.0
172 Eritrea 0.58 0.0 23.46
173 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.57 0.0 27.57
174 Faroe Islands 0.57 0.0 -9.88
175 Belize 0.55 0.0 2.72
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.55 0.0 -0.67
177 Andorra 0.49 0.0 -4.96
178 Saint Lucia 0.49 0.0 0.0
179 Bermuda 0.44 0.0 -27.11
180 Gambia 0.44 0.0 4.31
181 East Timor 0.43 0.0 38.56
182 Burundi 0.41 0.0 25.56
183 Seychelles 0.41 0.0 -8.26
184 Solomon Islands 0.34 0.0 4.44
185 Djibouti 0.32 0.0 -39.01
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.28 0.0 0.0
187 Grenada 0.25 0.0 -1.43
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.24 0.0 1.54
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.23 0.0 5.0
190 Palau 0.22 0.0 3.51
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 -1.67
192 British Virgin Islands 0.21 0.0 0.0
193 Samoa 0.19 0.0 4.0
194 Central African Republic 0.19 0.0 10.87
195 Liechtenstein 0.18 0.0 -7.36
196 Dominica 0.15 0.0 -10.64
197 Comoros 0.14 0.0 -11.36
198 Marshall Islands 0.14 0.0 2.7
199 Vanuatu 0.14 0.0 12.12
200 Anguilla 0.12 0.0 -5.56
201 Micronesia (country) 0.12 0.0 14.29
202 Tonga 0.1 0.0 -12.5
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.0 -3.57
204 Cook Islands 0.08 0.0 10.0
205 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.07 0.0 27.57
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 -6.25
208 Nauru 0.04 0.0 -8.33
209 Montserrat 0.04 0.0 -37.5
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 -12.5
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