CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2017

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2017.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2017?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2017?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 10006.34 27.8 2.5
2 United States 5212.16 14.48 -0.78
3 India 2426.61 6.74 3.06
4 Russia 1666.12 4.63 1.91
5 Japan 1187.48 3.3 -1.3
6 Germany 784.59 2.18 -1.68
7 Iran 696.4 1.93 8.02
8 South Korea 654.54 1.82 2.61
9 Saudi Arabia 613.69 1.71 -4.36
10 Canada 569.6 1.58 1.92
11 Indonesia 556.94 1.55 3.12
12 Brazil 498.27 1.38 1.12
13 Mexico 464.41 1.29 -3.01
14 South Africa 440.0 1.22 -3.74
15 Turkey 430.9 1.2 6.15
16 Australia 413.82 1.15 0.84
17 United Kingdom 387.37 1.08 -3.02
18 Italy 352.68 0.98 -1.53
19 France 337.1 0.94 0.87
20 Poland 336.77 0.94 4.08
21 Kazakhstan 293.48 0.82 5.68
22 Taiwan 285.73 0.79 1.98
23 Thailand 283.35 0.79 -0.25
24 Spain 273.58 0.76 5.38
25 Egypt 260.68 0.72 8.89
26 Malaysia 244.46 0.68 3.02
27 Vietnam 227.61 0.63 3.0
28 Ukraine 223.08 0.62 -4.65
29 Pakistan 218.36 0.61 22.65
30 United Arab Emirates 212.91 0.59 -6.04
31 Argentina 186.9 0.52 -1.59
32 Iraq 166.7 0.46 9.37
33 Algeria 165.17 0.46 4.22
34 Netherlands 162.08 0.45 -1.54
35 Venezuela 139.07 0.39 -8.93
36 Philippines 134.45 0.37 11.13
37 Nigeria 118.72 0.33 -4.14
38 Uzbekistan 108.93 0.3 -1.1
39 Czechia 107.75 0.3 1.03
40 Kuwait 103.95 0.29 -5.42
41 Qatar 100.11 0.28 14.56
42 Belgium 99.19 0.28 -0.55
43 Colombia 86.61 0.24 -8.06
44 Bangladesh 86.53 0.24 5.83
45 Chile 84.14 0.23 -0.13
46 Romania 79.16 0.22 3.73
47 Greece 74.84 0.21 4.88
48 North Korea 69.67 0.19 103.73
49 Austria 69.6 0.19 3.54
50 Libya 69.58 0.19 15.64
51 Oman 66.24 0.18 0.48
52 Turkmenistan 63.44 0.18 -0.08
53 Morocco 61.1 0.17 4.53
54 Belarus 59.38 0.16 2.15
55 Israel 58.85 0.16 -3.79
56 Portugal 55.17 0.15 9.65
57 Peru 54.86 0.15 4.03
58 Singapore 50.1 0.14 2.04
59 Hungary 49.42 0.14 5.07
60 Bulgaria 47.52 0.13 4.63
61 Serbia 45.53 0.13 1.08
62 Finland 44.66 0.12 -5.49
63 Norway 44.17 0.12 -1.15
64 Sweden 42.44 0.12 -2.25
65 Hong Kong 42.43 0.12 -2.16
66 Trinidad and Tobago 40.32 0.11 1.07
67 Ecuador 39.17 0.11 -0.46
68 Ireland 39.08 0.11 -3.2
69 Switzerland 38.16 0.11 -2.57
70 Slovakia 36.17 0.1 3.44
71 New Zealand 35.68 0.1 4.51
72 Azerbaijan 34.7 0.1 -0.08
73 Denmark 34.65 0.1 -6.11
74 Mongolia 34.14 0.09 33.19
75 Bahrain 32.84 0.09 4.04
76 Syria 31.59 0.09 17.23
77 Tunisia 31.27 0.09 2.21
78 Lebanon 27.82 0.08 5.23
79 Jordan 25.81 0.07 4.52
80 Cuba 24.57 0.07 -11.53
81 Dominican Republic 24.02 0.07 -2.55
82 Myanmar 23.63 0.07 11.78
83 Angola 23.6 0.07 -7.34
84 Sri Lanka 22.87 0.06 -0.5
85 Bolivia 22.17 0.06 4.39
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.16 0.06 1.96
87 Sudan 20.31 0.06 2.92
88 Laos 19.68 0.05 19.6
89 Croatia 18.72 0.05 3.48
90 Estonia 18.62 0.05 6.79
91 Kenya 17.71 0.05 -2.34
92 Guatemala 17.32 0.05 2.33
93 Ethiopia 14.77 0.04 1.93
94 Slovenia 14.62 0.04 1.09
95 Tanzania 13.68 0.04 0.25
96 Lithuania 13.32 0.04 1.25
97 Ghana 12.44 0.03 -10.63
98 Nepal 12.42 0.03 23.11
99 Cambodia 12.09 0.03 13.53
100 Cote d'Ivoire 12.0 0.03 0.16
101 Senegal 10.76 0.03 7.43
102 Honduras 10.23 0.03 5.24
103 Georgia 10.17 0.03 1.04
104 Zimbabwe 9.83 0.03 -7.13
105 Panama 9.82 0.03 -5.97
106 Yemen 9.69 0.03 -3.12
107 Afghanistan 9.68 0.03 8.66
108 Cameroon 9.59 0.03 -3.8
109 Kyrgyzstan 9.36 0.03 -2.71
110 Brunei 9.31 0.03 21.96
111 Luxembourg 9.26 0.03 1.9
112 Costa Rica 8.03 0.02 2.2
113 Paraguay 7.93 0.02 10.28
114 Jamaica 7.8 0.02 -4.48
115 Cyprus 7.51 0.02 1.76
116 Latvia 7.22 0.02 0.06
117 North Macedonia 7.15 0.02 7.43
118 Botswana 7.07 0.02 11.43
119 Mozambique 6.91 0.02 -19.21
120 Tajikistan 6.86 0.02 20.48
121 Zambia 6.85 0.02 16.81
122 Equatorial Guinea 6.83 0.02 -9.61
123 Papua New Guinea 6.55 0.02 -6.85
124 Uruguay 6.16 0.02 -5.5
125 El Salvador 5.97 0.02 -9.49
126 Congo 5.65 0.02 -1.34
127 New Caledonia 5.58 0.02 1.86
128 Benin 5.58 0.02 4.58
129 Armenia 5.54 0.02 6.48
130 Gabon 5.49 0.02 -15.75
131 Nicaragua 5.46 0.02 1.02
132 Uganda 5.41 0.02 12.29
133 Albania 5.29 0.01 14.27
134 Moldova 5.22 0.01 6.46
135 Curacao 4.97 0.01 -19.91
136 Mali 4.77 0.01 11.2
137 Burkina Faso 4.62 0.01 16.0
138 Mauritius 4.54 0.01 4.38
139 Namibia 4.1 0.01 3.14
140 Madagascar 3.98 0.01 17.84
141 Iceland 3.61 0.01 3.36
142 Mauritania 3.58 0.01 36.32
143 Palestine 3.27 0.01 1.13
144 Guinea 3.24 0.01 18.16
145 Haiti 3.14 0.01 5.36
146 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.92 0.01 9.69
147 Lesotho 2.51 0.01 13.58
148 Bahamas 2.48 0.01 10.82
149 Suriname 2.43 0.01 -16.93
150 Chad 2.34 0.01 -1.28
151 Guyana 2.33 0.01 -2.02
152 Niger 2.25 0.01 4.87
153 Montenegro 2.1 0.01 4.36
154 Togo 1.99 0.01 -13.87
155 Macao 1.93 0.01 8.23
156 Bhutan 1.71 0.0 5.37
157 Malta 1.54 0.0 11.72
158 Maldives 1.51 0.0 5.36
159 South Sudan 1.45 0.0 -14.62
160 Barbados 1.39 0.0 -1.4
161 Fiji 1.31 0.0 11.21
162 Malawi 1.23 0.0 2.0
163 Rwanda 1.16 0.0 10.18
164 Sierra Leone 1.09 0.0 -4.78
165 Eswatini 0.99 0.0 -6.6
166 Aruba 0.89 0.0 0.83
167 French Polynesia 0.87 0.0 0.42
168 Faroe Islands 0.71 0.0 12.21
169 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.71 0.0 -4.93
170 East Timor 0.69 0.0 7.26
171 Liberia 0.67 0.0 4.18
172 Somalia 0.64 0.0 0.0
173 Bermuda 0.63 0.0 2.37
174 Belize 0.62 0.0 -1.75
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6 0.0 1.23
176 Gambia 0.59 0.0 0.62
177 Cape Verde 0.58 0.0 7.53
178 Seychelles 0.58 0.0 3.97
179 Eritrea 0.56 0.0 -0.08
180 Greenland 0.54 0.0 3.27
181 Burundi 0.51 0.0 19.66
182 Saint Lucia 0.49 0.0 3.08
183 Andorra 0.47 0.0 0.0
184 Djibouti 0.41 0.0 -3.28
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.35 0.0 6.67
186 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 0.0 0.0
187 Grenada 0.29 0.0 6.67
188 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 -1.27
189 Comoros 0.26 0.0 24.56
190 Samoa 0.25 0.0 3.08
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.24 0.0 1.54
192 Central African Republic 0.22 0.0 9.26
193 Palau 0.22 0.0 1.72
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 -10.61
195 British Virgin Islands 0.18 0.0 -22.22
196 Liechtenstein 0.16 0.0 3.96
197 Dominica 0.15 0.0 -10.64
198 Marshall Islands 0.15 0.0 2.56
199 Micronesia (country) 0.14 0.0 0.0
200 Vanuatu 0.14 0.0 -4.88
201 Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 0.0 -7.32
202 Tonga 0.14 0.0 8.82
203 Anguilla 0.13 0.0 -7.89
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.1 0.0 0.0
205 Cook Islands 0.08 0.0 10.53
206 Kiribati 0.07 0.0 20.0
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 0.0
208 Nauru 0.05 0.0 7.14
209 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 0.0
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 -25.0
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 0.0