CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2016

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2016.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2016?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2016?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 9762.71 27.57 -1.02
2 United States 5252.93 14.83 -2.3
3 India 2354.66 6.65 5.39
4 Russia 1634.89 4.62 -0.23
5 Japan 1203.18 3.4 -1.64
6 Germany 798.01 2.25 -0.35
7 Iran 644.68 1.82 0.43
8 Saudi Arabia 641.66 1.81 2.67
9 South Korea 637.91 1.8 0.59
10 Canada 558.87 1.58 -1.2
11 Indonesia 540.09 1.52 0.17
12 Brazil 492.75 1.39 -6.92
13 Mexico 478.83 1.35 -0.13
14 South Africa 457.09 1.29 2.41
15 Australia 410.39 1.16 2.21
16 Turkey 405.95 1.15 5.46
17 United Kingdom 399.43 1.13 -5.45
18 Italy 358.14 1.01 -0.86
19 France 334.2 0.94 0.82
20 Poland 323.55 0.91 3.45
21 Thailand 284.05 0.8 2.51
22 Taiwan 280.19 0.79 1.42
23 Kazakhstan 277.7 0.78 -0.35
24 Spain 259.62 0.73 -4.11
25 Egypt 239.38 0.68 6.64
26 Malaysia 237.29 0.67 0.57
27 Ukraine 233.96 0.66 4.55
28 United Arab Emirates 226.6 0.64 0.41
29 Vietnam 220.98 0.62 3.6
30 Argentina 189.92 0.54 -0.95
31 Pakistan 178.03 0.5 18.22
32 Netherlands 164.61 0.46 0.53
33 Algeria 158.48 0.45 -1.0
34 Venezuela 152.71 0.43 -8.17
35 Iraq 152.42 0.43 7.35
36 Nigeria 123.85 0.35 6.93
37 Philippines 120.99 0.34 8.17
38 Uzbekistan 110.14 0.31 6.21
39 Kuwait 109.9 0.31 16.29
40 Czechia 106.65 0.3 1.57
41 Belgium 99.74 0.28 -1.51
42 Colombia 94.21 0.27 -3.93
43 Qatar 87.39 0.25 -4.18
44 Chile 84.25 0.24 3.02
45 Bangladesh 81.76 0.23 6.25
46 Romania 76.31 0.22 -1.92
47 Greece 71.36 0.2 -4.76
48 Austria 67.22 0.19 1.3
49 Oman 65.93 0.19 -2.46
50 Turkmenistan 63.49 0.18 -1.29
51 Israel 61.16 0.17 -2.82
52 Libya 60.17 0.17 -3.95
53 Morocco 58.46 0.17 -0.06
54 Belarus 58.13 0.16 -1.13
55 Peru 52.73 0.15 7.12
56 Portugal 50.31 0.14 -3.68
57 Singapore 49.1 0.14 -0.61
58 Finland 47.25 0.13 6.92
59 Hungary 47.04 0.13 1.01
60 Bulgaria 45.42 0.13 -5.78
61 Serbia 45.04 0.13 2.89
62 Norway 44.68 0.13 -1.79
63 Sweden 43.41 0.12 -0.01
64 Hong Kong 43.37 0.12 2.28
65 Ireland 40.37 0.11 4.26
66 Trinidad and Tobago 39.89 0.11 -12.44
67 Ecuador 39.36 0.11 -4.65
68 Switzerland 39.17 0.11 1.17
69 Denmark 36.91 0.1 5.14
70 Slovakia 34.96 0.1 1.26
71 Azerbaijan 34.73 0.1 0.13
72 North Korea 34.2 0.1 9.45
73 New Zealand 34.15 0.1 -4.63
74 Bahrain 31.56 0.09 -2.77
75 Tunisia 30.59 0.09 -2.62
76 Cuba 27.77 0.08 -4.55
77 Syria 26.95 0.08 -5.79
78 Lebanon 26.44 0.07 2.75
79 Mongolia 25.63 0.07 10.08
80 Angola 25.47 0.07 -7.42
81 Jordan 24.7 0.07 -3.33
82 Dominican Republic 24.64 0.07 4.89
83 Sri Lanka 22.99 0.06 16.76
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.73 0.06 17.71
85 Bolivia 21.24 0.06 6.8
86 Myanmar 21.14 0.06 -3.41
87 Sudan 19.73 0.06 38.51
88 Kenya 18.13 0.05 6.68
89 Croatia 18.09 0.05 1.61
90 Estonia 17.43 0.05 10.48
91 Guatemala 16.93 0.05 6.11
92 Laos 16.46 0.05 78.33
93 Ethiopia 14.49 0.04 14.14
94 Slovenia 14.46 0.04 5.96
95 Ghana 13.92 0.04 -4.47
96 Tanzania 13.65 0.04 5.71
97 Lithuania 13.16 0.04 0.51
98 Cote d'Ivoire 11.98 0.03 25.41
99 Cambodia 10.65 0.03 30.01
100 Zimbabwe 10.58 0.03 -11.95
101 Panama 10.44 0.03 -3.24
102 Nepal 10.09 0.03 46.1
103 Georgia 10.07 0.03 3.19
104 Senegal 10.02 0.03 1.73
105 Yemen 10.01 0.03 -28.93
106 Cameroon 9.96 0.03 1.16
107 Honduras 9.72 0.03 -6.05
108 Kyrgyzstan 9.62 0.03 -6.27
109 Luxembourg 9.09 0.03 -2.73
110 Afghanistan 8.91 0.03 -7.9
111 Mozambique 8.55 0.02 26.99
112 Jamaica 8.16 0.02 2.06
113 Costa Rica 7.86 0.02 6.07
114 Brunei 7.63 0.02 10.09
115 Equatorial Guinea 7.56 0.02 7.46
116 Cyprus 7.37 0.02 5.77
117 Latvia 7.21 0.02 -0.71
118 Paraguay 7.19 0.02 18.88
119 Papua New Guinea 7.03 0.02 11.14
120 North Macedonia 6.66 0.02 -1.47
121 El Salvador 6.6 0.02 -1.08
122 Gabon 6.52 0.02 0.71
123 Uruguay 6.52 0.02 -3.28
124 Botswana 6.34 0.02 17.11
125 Curacao 6.2 0.02 -15.39
126 Zambia 5.86 0.02 15.78
127 Congo 5.73 0.02 1.64
128 Tajikistan 5.69 0.02 7.36
129 New Caledonia 5.48 0.02 12.4
130 Nicaragua 5.41 0.02 -0.46
131 Benin 5.34 0.02 0.07
132 Armenia 5.2 0.01 -4.87
133 Moldova 4.9 0.01 2.55
134 Uganda 4.82 0.01 6.45
135 Albania 4.63 0.01 -1.7
136 Mauritius 4.35 0.01 3.22
137 Mali 4.29 0.01 26.2
138 Burkina Faso 3.98 0.01 6.43
139 Namibia 3.97 0.01 1.07
140 Iceland 3.49 0.01 -1.34
141 Madagascar 3.37 0.01 3.83
142 Palestine 3.23 0.01 7.56
143 Haiti 2.98 0.01 11.98
144 Suriname 2.92 0.01 7.64
145 Guinea 2.74 0.01 11.83
146 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.66 0.01 -18.78
147 Mauritania 2.63 0.01 -12.5
148 Guyana 2.37 0.01 18.54
149 Chad 2.37 0.01 0.97
150 Togo 2.31 0.01 24.08
151 Bahamas 2.24 0.01 0.33
152 Lesotho 2.21 0.01 -1.31
153 Niger 2.15 0.01 -2.76
154 Montenegro 2.02 0.01 -9.98
155 Macao 1.78 0.01 0.62
156 South Sudan 1.7 0.0 -10.92
157 Bhutan 1.62 0.0 9.37
158 Maldives 1.44 0.0 12.32
159 Barbados 1.41 0.0 2.95
160 Malta 1.38 0.0 -19.05
161 Malawi 1.21 0.0 11.33
162 Fiji 1.18 0.0 -5.31
163 Sierra Leone 1.14 0.0 5.37
164 Eswatini 1.06 0.0 21.52
165 Rwanda 1.05 0.0 8.06
166 Aruba 0.88 0.0 -1.63
167 French Polynesia 0.87 0.0 2.6
168 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.74 0.0 0.0
169 Liberia 0.64 0.0 -7.81
170 East Timor 0.64 0.0 9.05
171 Somalia 0.64 0.0 1.16
172 Faroe Islands 0.63 0.0 3.61
173 Belize 0.63 0.0 -2.29
174 Bermuda 0.62 0.0 14.97
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6 0.0 2.52
176 Gambia 0.59 0.0 1.26
177 Eritrea 0.56 0.0 0.57
178 Seychelles 0.55 0.0 11.03
179 Cape Verde 0.53 0.0 8.96
180 Greenland 0.53 0.0 0.17
181 Saint Lucia 0.48 0.0 -0.76
182 Andorra 0.47 0.0 0.79
183 Burundi 0.43 0.0 20.62
184 Djibouti 0.43 0.0 -15.28
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.33 0.0 5.88
186 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 0.0 9.21
187 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 -1.25
188 Grenada 0.27 0.0 5.63
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.24 0.0 3.12
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.24 0.0 1.56
191 Samoa 0.24 0.0 4.84
192 British Virgin Islands 0.23 0.0 1.61
193 Palau 0.21 0.0 3.57
194 Comoros 0.21 0.0 16.33
195 Central African Republic 0.2 0.0 10.2
196 Dominica 0.17 0.0 -2.08
197 Sao Tome and Principe 0.15 0.0 10.81
198 Vanuatu 0.15 0.0 10.81
199 Liechtenstein 0.15 0.0 -6.22
200 Marshall Islands 0.14 0.0 0.0
201 Micronesia (country) 0.14 0.0 0.0
202 Anguilla 0.14 0.0 0.0
203 Tonga 0.12 0.0 6.25
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.1 0.0 7.69
205 Cook Islands 0.07 0.0 -9.52
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Kiribati 0.05 0.0 0.0
208 Nauru 0.05 0.0 -6.67
209 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 -46.67
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 16.67
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 33.33
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0