CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2015

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2015.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2015?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2015?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 9863.46 27.86 -1.27
2 United States 5376.47 15.19 -2.75
3 India 2234.22 6.31 4.0
4 Russia 1638.68 4.63 -0.08
5 Japan 1223.2 3.45 -3.21
6 Germany 800.84 2.26 1.04
7 Iran 641.91 1.81 -0.35
8 South Korea 634.18 1.79 0.76
9 Saudi Arabia 625.0 1.77 6.73
10 Canada 565.64 1.6 -0.15
11 Indonesia 539.15 1.52 10.51
12 Brazil 529.35 1.5 -5.12
13 Mexico 479.43 1.35 -0.95
14 South Africa 446.35 1.26 -5.43
15 United Kingdom 422.46 1.19 -3.73
16 Australia 401.5 1.13 2.23
17 Turkey 384.93 1.09 5.74
18 Italy 361.25 1.02 3.39
19 France 331.49 0.94 1.42
20 Poland 312.76 0.88 1.02
21 Kazakhstan 278.66 0.79 1.59
22 Thailand 277.1 0.78 1.69
23 Taiwan 276.26 0.78 -0.25
24 Spain 270.74 0.76 6.51
25 Malaysia 235.94 0.67 -3.72
26 United Arab Emirates 225.68 0.64 7.48
27 Egypt 224.48 0.63 -1.07
28 Ukraine 223.79 0.63 -13.14
29 Vietnam 213.31 0.6 18.53
30 Argentina 191.74 0.54 1.78
31 Venezuela 166.3 0.47 -5.49
32 Netherlands 163.74 0.46 4.07
33 Algeria 160.09 0.45 5.82
34 Pakistan 150.59 0.43 -3.9
35 Iraq 141.99 0.4 3.62
36 Nigeria 115.83 0.33 -10.4
37 Philippines 111.85 0.32 10.98
38 Czechia 105.0 0.3 0.72
39 Uzbekistan 103.7 0.29 -3.45
40 Belgium 101.28 0.29 4.37
41 Colombia 98.06 0.28 4.24
42 Kuwait 94.51 0.27 23.64
43 Qatar 91.19 0.26 0.02
44 Chile 81.78 0.23 5.4
45 Romania 77.81 0.22 -1.62
46 Bangladesh 76.95 0.22 13.91
47 Greece 74.93 0.21 -4.72
48 Oman 67.59 0.19 2.55
49 Austria 66.36 0.19 3.42
50 Turkmenistan 64.32 0.18 2.43
51 Israel 62.94 0.18 4.41
52 Libya 62.64 0.18 -8.35
53 Belarus 58.8 0.17 -7.62
54 Morocco 58.5 0.17 2.31
55 Portugal 52.23 0.15 8.95
56 Singapore 49.4 0.14 3.78
57 Peru 49.23 0.14 -0.32
58 Bulgaria 48.2 0.14 6.52
59 Hungary 46.57 0.13 6.71
60 Trinidad and Tobago 45.56 0.13 -2.84
61 Norway 45.49 0.13 1.19
62 Finland 44.19 0.12 -7.2
63 Serbia 43.78 0.12 17.66
64 Sweden 43.42 0.12 -0.13
65 Hong Kong 42.4 0.12 -6.8
66 Ecuador 41.28 0.12 -5.62
67 Switzerland 38.72 0.11 -1.28
68 Ireland 38.72 0.11 5.06
69 New Zealand 35.8 0.1 1.04
70 Denmark 35.1 0.1 -6.56
71 Azerbaijan 34.68 0.1 0.97
72 Slovakia 34.53 0.1 2.43
73 Bahrain 32.46 0.09 5.05
74 Tunisia 31.42 0.09 5.81
75 North Korea 31.25 0.09 -21.46
76 Cuba 29.09 0.08 6.29
77 Syria 28.6 0.08 -7.56
78 Angola 27.51 0.08 5.43
79 Lebanon 25.73 0.07 7.26
80 Jordan 25.55 0.07 -1.35
81 Dominican Republic 23.49 0.07 7.77
82 Mongolia 23.28 0.07 -21.41
83 Myanmar 21.89 0.06 38.09
84 Bolivia 19.89 0.06 -0.01
85 Sri Lanka 19.69 0.06 13.02
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.46 0.05 -4.41
87 Croatia 17.8 0.05 0.83
88 Kenya 17.0 0.05 16.98
89 Guatemala 15.95 0.05 15.37
90 Estonia 15.78 0.04 -15.99
91 Ghana 14.57 0.04 9.93
92 Sudan 14.25 0.04 8.79
93 Yemen 14.08 0.04 -46.83
94 Slovenia 13.65 0.04 0.62
95 Lithuania 13.09 0.04 1.58
96 Tanzania 12.91 0.04 16.46
97 Ethiopia 12.7 0.04 8.81
98 Zimbabwe 12.02 0.03 0.59
99 Panama 10.79 0.03 -0.62
100 Honduras 10.35 0.03 9.14
101 Kyrgyzstan 10.26 0.03 0.28
102 Cameroon 9.85 0.03 12.3
103 Senegal 9.85 0.03 12.85
104 Georgia 9.76 0.03 9.15
105 Afghanistan 9.67 0.03 6.43
106 Cote d'Ivoire 9.55 0.03 -3.52
107 Luxembourg 9.35 0.03 -4.8
108 Laos 9.23 0.03 107.41
109 Cambodia 8.19 0.02 22.25
110 Jamaica 8.0 0.02 3.92
111 Costa Rica 7.41 0.02 -4.42
112 Curacao 7.33 0.02 7.87
113 Latvia 7.26 0.02 1.26
114 Equatorial Guinea 7.03 0.02 -8.32
115 Cyprus 6.97 0.02 0.3
116 Brunei 6.93 0.02 -21.49
117 Nepal 6.9 0.02 -9.05
118 North Macedonia 6.76 0.02 -6.2
119 Uruguay 6.74 0.02 0.86
120 Mozambique 6.73 0.02 -17.13
121 El Salvador 6.67 0.02 8.4
122 Gabon 6.48 0.02 1.67
123 Papua New Guinea 6.32 0.02 3.3
124 Paraguay 6.05 0.02 10.86
125 Congo 5.64 0.02 3.03
126 Armenia 5.47 0.02 -2.41
127 Nicaragua 5.43 0.02 14.45
128 Botswana 5.42 0.02 -20.91
129 Benin 5.33 0.02 11.19
130 Tajikistan 5.3 0.01 15.26
131 Zambia 5.06 0.01 3.86
132 New Caledonia 4.88 0.01 -2.64
133 Moldova 4.78 0.01 0.48
134 Albania 4.71 0.01 -21.46
135 Uganda 4.53 0.01 10.66
136 Mauritius 4.21 0.01 0.09
137 Namibia 3.93 0.01 5.13
138 Burkina Faso 3.74 0.01 30.72
139 Iceland 3.54 0.01 2.79
140 Mali 3.4 0.01 8.4
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.27 0.01 -35.37
142 Madagascar 3.25 0.01 4.97
143 Palestine 3.0 0.01 5.94
144 Mauritania 3.0 0.01 16.99
145 Suriname 2.71 0.01 -15.23
146 Haiti 2.66 0.01 -1.63
147 Guinea 2.45 0.01 13.2
148 Chad 2.35 0.01 7.74
149 Lesotho 2.24 0.01 -9.33
150 Montenegro 2.24 0.01 6.26
151 Bahamas 2.23 0.01 7.8
152 Niger 2.21 0.01 -2.22
153 Guyana 2.0 0.01 1.59
154 South Sudan 1.91 0.01 27.63
155 Togo 1.86 0.01 20.85
156 Macao 1.77 0.0 36.83
157 Malta 1.7 0.0 -29.69
158 Bhutan 1.49 0.0 7.06
159 Barbados 1.37 0.0 -1.06
160 Maldives 1.28 0.0 -2.79
161 Fiji 1.24 0.0 5.28
162 Sierra Leone 1.08 0.0 -3.9
163 Malawi 1.08 0.0 4.05
164 Rwanda 0.97 0.0 16.92
165 Aruba 0.9 0.0 2.94
166 Eswatini 0.87 0.0 12.86
167 French Polynesia 0.85 0.0 -0.43
168 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.74 0.0 2.53
169 Liberia 0.7 0.0 -4.84
170 Belize 0.64 0.0 36.72
171 Somalia 0.63 0.0 0.0
172 Faroe Islands 0.61 0.0 1.84
173 East Timor 0.59 0.0 -5.55
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.58 0.0 2.58
175 Gambia 0.58 0.0 15.22
176 Eritrea 0.55 0.0 -2.59
177 Bermuda 0.54 0.0 -19.67
178 Greenland 0.53 0.0 0.59
179 Djibouti 0.5 0.0 21.98
180 Seychelles 0.5 0.0 8.8
181 Cape Verde 0.49 0.0 0.75
182 Saint Lucia 0.48 0.0 -0.76
183 Andorra 0.47 0.0 0.79
184 Burundi 0.36 0.0 2.11
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.31 0.0 1.19
186 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 -11.11
187 Guinea-Bissau 0.28 0.0 7.04
188 Grenada 0.26 0.0 9.23
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.23 0.0 1.59
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.23 0.0 -7.25
191 British Virgin Islands 0.23 0.0 5.08
192 Samoa 0.23 0.0 12.73
193 Palau 0.21 0.0 -6.67
194 Central African Republic 0.18 0.0 44.12
195 Comoros 0.18 0.0 11.36
196 Dominica 0.18 0.0 6.67
197 Liechtenstein 0.16 0.0 -0.92
198 Marshall Islands 0.14 0.0 0.0
199 Micronesia (country) 0.14 0.0 5.41
200 Anguilla 0.14 0.0 15.15
201 Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 0.0 5.71
202 Vanuatu 0.14 0.0 -13.95
203 Tonga 0.12 0.0 3.23
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.1 0.0 13.04
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 -6.25
208 Montserrat 0.05 0.0 15.38
209 Nauru 0.05 0.0 7.14
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.02 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 -33.33