CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2012

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2012.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2012?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2012?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 9779.35 27.99 2.59
2 United States 5344.09 15.3 -3.64
3 India 1925.7 5.51 9.12
4 Russia 1701.27 4.87 0.91
5 Japan 1305.88 3.74 3.26
6 Germany 812.82 2.33 0.64
7 South Korea 627.94 1.8 0.72
8 Iran 588.36 1.68 3.9
9 Saudi Arabia 566.83 1.62 12.71
10 Canada 565.78 1.62 0.09
11 Indonesia 515.95 1.48 3.04
12 Mexico 501.57 1.44 3.76
13 Brazil 498.31 1.43 7.72
14 United Kingdom 487.48 1.4 3.78
15 South Africa 458.95 1.31 -1.49
16 Australia 406.58 1.16 0.57
17 Italy 404.26 1.16 -4.82
18 France 356.44 1.02 0.67
19 Turkey 356.11 1.02 4.11
20 Poland 325.95 0.93 -2.29
21 Ukraine 304.42 0.87 -1.28
22 Spain 278.06 0.8 -2.02
23 Taiwan 272.74 0.78 -1.28
24 Thailand 262.35 0.75 7.13
25 Kazakhstan 246.35 0.71 3.08
26 Egypt 213.73 0.61 -1.47
27 Malaysia 212.99 0.61 4.69
28 United Arab Emirates 207.39 0.59 4.97
29 Argentina 191.29 0.55 0.85
30 Venezuela 175.72 0.5 4.34
31 Netherlands 165.48 0.47 -2.15
32 Pakistan 154.89 0.44 0.15
33 Vietnam 144.28 0.41 -5.43
34 Algeria 135.67 0.39 8.46
35 Iraq 133.42 0.38 8.53
36 Uzbekistan 118.85 0.34 1.8
37 Czechia 111.3 0.32 -3.39
38 Nigeria 109.07 0.31 -13.05
39 Belgium 102.4 0.29 -2.54
40 Kuwait 101.77 0.29 15.75
41 Qatar 93.32 0.27 14.51
42 Greece 91.39 0.26 -3.29
43 Romania 91.13 0.26 -1.81
44 Philippines 88.63 0.25 5.63
45 Colombia 80.26 0.23 5.29
46 Chile 79.62 0.23 1.98
47 Israel 74.78 0.21 9.02
48 Austria 67.28 0.19 -3.76
49 Turkmenistan 66.94 0.19 2.74
50 Oman 62.71 0.18 10.06
51 Belarus 62.55 0.18 2.02
52 Bangladesh 60.71 0.17 7.34
53 Morocco 56.95 0.16 3.8
54 Libya 55.28 0.16 -1.04
55 Finland 51.15 0.15 -9.7
56 Singapore 50.71 0.15 49.06
57 Portugal 49.9 0.14 -3.56
58 Bulgaria 48.29 0.14 -9.1
59 Hungary 46.82 0.13 -6.83
60 Sweden 46.71 0.13 -5.08
61 Trinidad and Tobago 46.18 0.13 -1.89
62 Syria 45.85 0.13 -22.07
63 Peru 45.51 0.13 7.91
64 Norway 44.23 0.13 -1.16
65 Serbia 43.74 0.13 -10.65
66 Hong Kong 42.74 0.12 -0.94
67 Switzerland 42.25 0.12 3.09
68 Denmark 39.86 0.11 -9.89
69 Ireland 38.23 0.11 0.45
70 North Korea 37.57 0.11 3.81
71 Ecuador 37.41 0.11 -2.23
72 New Zealand 35.94 0.1 4.9
73 Slovakia 35.91 0.1 -5.46
74 Mongolia 35.0 0.1 63.8
75 Azerbaijan 32.77 0.09 8.49
76 Cuba 29.84 0.09 1.38
77 Tunisia 28.46 0.08 7.64
78 Bahrain 27.12 0.08 -4.74
79 Angola 25.94 0.07 10.87
80 Jordan 23.81 0.07 12.1
81 Lebanon 22.33 0.06 10.2
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.13 0.06 -6.85
83 Dominican Republic 21.25 0.06 -0.3
84 Yemen 20.36 0.06 -9.59
85 Croatia 19.08 0.05 -7.6
86 Estonia 17.77 0.05 -6.25
87 Bolivia 17.54 0.05 9.95
88 Sri Lanka 15.8 0.05 6.13
89 Slovenia 15.76 0.05 -3.66
90 Sudan 15.21 0.04 3.72
91 Lithuania 14.06 0.04 0.68
92 Ghana 12.64 0.04 22.34
93 Kenya 12.51 0.04 -7.0
94 Myanmar 11.82 0.03 -21.85
95 Guatemala 11.58 0.03 3.02
96 Zimbabwe 11.25 0.03 8.59
97 Luxembourg 10.87 0.03 -2.07
98 Kyrgyzstan 10.09 0.03 32.37
99 Afghanistan 10.04 0.03 -15.23
100 Panama 9.77 0.03 -1.86
101 Brunei 9.5 0.03 -0.58
102 Honduras 9.22 0.03 4.04
103 Tanzania 8.78 0.03 16.76
104 Uruguay 8.59 0.02 12.27
105 Cote d'Ivoire 8.54 0.02 30.92
106 North Macedonia 8.49 0.02 -3.98
107 Georgia 8.25 0.02 5.77
108 Ethiopia 8.11 0.02 9.54
109 Jamaica 7.91 0.02 -4.15
110 Cameroon 7.6 0.02 -6.19
111 Latvia 7.52 0.02 -3.73
112 Senegal 7.36 0.02 -5.84
113 Cyprus 7.26 0.02 -6.74
114 Costa Rica 7.26 0.02 -0.69
115 Equatorial Guinea 6.9 0.02 13.23
116 El Salvador 6.47 0.02 -0.42
117 Curacao 6.29 0.02 21.55
118 Armenia 5.75 0.02 15.69
119 Gabon 5.63 0.02 -3.4
120 Cambodia 5.58 0.02 5.71
121 Nepal 5.47 0.02 4.79
122 Paraguay 5.17 0.01 -0.49
123 Botswana 5.08 0.01 26.01
124 Papua New Guinea 5.07 0.01 -4.34
125 Congo 5.02 0.01 -0.53
126 Albania 4.85 0.01 -8.74
127 Moldova 4.77 0.01 -3.63
128 Nicaragua 4.55 0.01 -5.33
129 Benin 4.4 0.01 -1.72
130 Zambia 4.17 0.01 23.53
131 Mauritius 3.96 0.01 1.22
132 New Caledonia 3.71 0.01 0.3
133 Uganda 3.63 0.01 -5.15
134 Iceland 3.5 0.01 -0.1
135 Laos 3.4 0.01 7.19
136 Namibia 3.36 0.01 20.59
137 Lesotho 3.09 0.01 0.96
138 Mozambique 3.05 0.01 -1.67
139 Tajikistan 2.93 0.01 25.32
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.8 0.01 -8.01
141 Madagascar 2.74 0.01 15.6
142 Malta 2.72 0.01 5.15
143 Burkina Faso 2.62 0.01 22.9
144 Suriname 2.49 0.01 -9.54
145 Mauritania 2.45 0.01 9.74
146 Mali 2.44 0.01 6.91
147 Guinea 2.42 0.01 -6.64
148 Haiti 2.26 0.01 -0.38
149 Togo 2.22 0.01 -11.51
150 Montenegro 2.21 0.01 -8.07
151 Palestine 2.2 0.01 -1.97
152 Bahamas 2.05 0.01 -2.95
153 Guyana 1.96 0.01 0.0
154 Niger 1.84 0.01 40.08
155 Barbados 1.8 0.01 -7.11
156 Chad 1.74 0.0 36.92
157 Aruba 1.35 0.0 -46.04
158 South Sudan 1.33 0.0 3.81
159 Eswatini 1.17 0.0 16.0
160 Macao 1.13 0.0 -12.46
161 Maldives 1.11 0.0 12.64
162 Malawi 1.07 0.0 0.94
163 Fiji 0.97 0.0 -2.98
164 Liberia 0.96 0.0 13.51
165 French Polynesia 0.88 0.0 -1.24
166 Bhutan 0.84 0.0 14.09
167 Sierra Leone 0.83 0.0 17.01
168 Rwanda 0.72 0.0 11.64
169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.7 0.0 21.55
170 Eritrea 0.61 0.0 5.26
171 Somalia 0.61 0.0 -0.6
172 East Timor 0.59 0.0 36.28
173 Faroe Islands 0.59 0.0 3.87
174 Greenland 0.58 0.0 -20.15
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.56 0.0 2.01
176 Cape Verde 0.5 0.0 -18.45
177 Saint Lucia 0.49 0.0 0.75
178 Andorra 0.49 0.0 -0.75
179 Djibouti 0.49 0.0 3.1
180 Belize 0.45 0.0 -18.54
181 Gambia 0.45 0.0 0.83
182 Seychelles 0.43 0.0 4.5
183 Bermuda 0.37 0.0 -17.36
184 Burundi 0.35 0.0 3.31
185 Solomon Islands 0.35 0.0 1.06
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.28 0.0 0.0
187 Grenada 0.27 0.0 7.25
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.25 0.0 1.52
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.23 0.0 6.78
190 Palau 0.22 0.0 3.39
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 0.0 -4.76
192 British Virgin Islands 0.21 0.0 0.0
193 Central African Republic 0.19 0.0 1.96
194 Samoa 0.19 0.0 -1.92
195 Liechtenstein 0.19 0.0 4.83
196 Dominica 0.16 0.0 7.14
197 Comoros 0.15 0.0 7.69
198 Marshall Islands 0.14 0.0 -2.63
199 Micronesia (country) 0.12 0.0 6.25
200 Anguilla 0.12 0.0 -2.94
201 Vanuatu 0.12 0.0 -13.51
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.11 0.0 11.11
203 Tonga 0.11 0.0 3.57
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.08 0.0 21.55
205 Cook Islands 0.08 0.0 4.55
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 -6.67
208 Nauru 0.04 0.0 9.09
209 Montserrat 0.04 0.0 10.0
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 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0