CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2018

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2018.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2018?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2018?

Tuvalu produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 10332.99 28.13 3.26
2 United States 5377.8 14.64 3.18
3 India 2593.06 7.06 6.86
4 Russia 1712.49 4.66 2.78
5 Japan 1142.48 3.11 -3.79
6 Germany 760.05 2.07 -3.13
7 Iran 689.78 1.88 -0.95
8 South Korea 670.17 1.82 2.39
9 Saudi Arabia 637.49 1.74 3.88
10 Indonesia 594.1 1.62 6.67
11 Canada 579.08 1.58 1.66
12 Brazil 478.38 1.3 -3.99
13 Mexico 468.41 1.28 0.86
14 South Africa 434.58 1.18 -1.23
15 Turkey 422.06 1.15 -2.05
16 Australia 415.59 1.13 0.43
17 United Kingdom 379.73 1.03 -1.97
18 Italy 349.06 0.95 -1.03
19 Poland 336.07 0.91 -0.21
20 France 321.94 0.88 -4.5
21 Kazakhstan 307.17 0.84 4.67
22 Thailand 288.3 0.78 1.75
23 Taiwan 283.9 0.77 -0.64
24 Spain 268.59 0.73 -1.82
25 Malaysia 262.64 0.72 7.44
26 Vietnam 255.32 0.7 12.17
27 Egypt 249.22 0.68 -4.4
28 Ukraine 231.66 0.63 3.85
29 Pakistan 210.35 0.57 -3.67
30 United Arab Emirates 209.7 0.57 -1.51
31 Iraq 184.78 0.5 10.84
32 Argentina 180.6 0.49 -3.37
33 Algeria 172.71 0.47 4.56
34 Netherlands 158.04 0.43 -2.49
35 Philippines 140.79 0.38 4.71
36 Nigeria 112.61 0.31 -5.14
37 Venezuela 111.23 0.3 -20.02
38 Kuwait 106.72 0.29 2.67
39 Czechia 106.34 0.29 -1.31
40 Uzbekistan 102.29 0.28 -6.1
41 Belgium 100.16 0.27 0.97
42 Qatar 95.47 0.26 -4.64
43 Colombia 86.73 0.24 0.14
44 Bangladesh 86.61 0.24 0.09
45 Chile 84.44 0.23 0.36
46 Romania 79.64 0.22 0.61
47 Greece 71.78 0.2 -4.09
48 Oman 70.38 0.19 6.24
49 Austria 66.56 0.18 -4.36
50 Libya 65.32 0.18 -6.12
51 Turkmenistan 62.76 0.17 -1.08
52 North Korea 62.59 0.17 -10.17
53 Morocco 62.31 0.17 1.97
54 Belarus 62.16 0.17 4.67
55 Israel 59.99 0.16 1.94
56 Peru 55.85 0.15 1.8
57 Portugal 51.34 0.14 -6.93
58 Singapore 50.3 0.14 0.4
59 Hungary 49.38 0.13 -0.1
60 Finland 45.73 0.12 2.41
61 Mongolia 45.32 0.12 32.75
62 Norway 44.4 0.12 0.54
63 Serbia 44.32 0.12 -2.66
64 Bulgaria 43.58 0.12 -8.3
65 Hong Kong 42.6 0.12 0.4
66 Sweden 42.06 0.11 -0.9
67 Trinidad and Tobago 40.32 0.11 0.02
68 Ireland 39.01 0.11 -0.17
69 Ecuador 38.43 0.1 -1.9
70 Switzerland 36.86 0.1 -3.42
71 Slovakia 36.16 0.1 -0.02
72 New Zealand 35.7 0.1 0.05
73 Denmark 34.6 0.09 -0.15
74 Azerbaijan 34.57 0.09 -0.38
75 Myanmar 34.02 0.09 43.96
76 Bahrain 32.63 0.09 -0.61
77 Tunisia 31.13 0.08 -0.44
78 Syria 29.38 0.08 -7.01
79 Lebanon 26.16 0.07 -5.99
80 Dominican Republic 25.76 0.07 7.24
81 Jordan 25.14 0.07 -2.6
82 Angola 23.31 0.06 -1.23
83 Cuba 23.02 0.06 -6.3
84 Bolivia 22.5 0.06 1.47
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.08 0.06 -0.37
86 Laos 20.56 0.06 4.44
87 Sudan 20.52 0.06 1.01
88 Sri Lanka 20.1 0.05 -12.14
89 Kenya 18.84 0.05 6.37
90 Guatemala 18.52 0.05 6.94
91 Estonia 17.8 0.05 -4.38
92 Croatia 17.7 0.05 -5.43
93 Ethiopia 15.79 0.04 6.85
94 Ghana 15.19 0.04 22.13
95 Slovenia 14.52 0.04 -0.66
96 Tanzania 14.41 0.04 5.33
97 Nepal 14.0 0.04 12.72
98 Cambodia 13.93 0.04 15.27
99 Lithuania 13.47 0.04 1.13
100 Yemen 11.6 0.03 19.61
101 Senegal 11.33 0.03 5.3
102 Zimbabwe 11.21 0.03 14.03
103 Kyrgyzstan 11.17 0.03 19.34
104 Afghanistan 10.6 0.03 9.55
105 Cote d'Ivoire 10.42 0.03 -13.22
106 Georgia 10.06 0.03 -1.08
107 Honduras 9.86 0.03 -3.62
108 Cameroon 9.85 0.03 2.73
109 Luxembourg 9.57 0.03 3.29
110 Panama 9.5 0.03 -3.19
111 Brunei 9.34 0.03 0.38
112 Paraguay 8.4 0.02 5.9
113 Jamaica 8.09 0.02 3.7
114 Tajikistan 8.06 0.02 17.53
115 Costa Rica 8.01 0.02 -0.21
116 Latvia 7.86 0.02 8.9
117 Botswana 7.64 0.02 8.06
118 North Macedonia 7.64 0.02 6.76
119 Papua New Guinea 7.59 0.02 15.97
120 Zambia 7.42 0.02 8.31
121 Cyprus 7.32 0.02 -2.43
122 Equatorial Guinea 7.05 0.02 3.22
123 Mozambique 7.01 0.02 1.52
124 Uruguay 6.57 0.02 6.63
125 Congo 6.55 0.02 15.81
126 El Salvador 6.26 0.02 4.91
127 New Caledonia 5.91 0.02 5.9
128 Armenia 5.82 0.02 5.09
129 Benin 5.67 0.02 1.58
130 Gabon 5.57 0.02 1.32
131 Uganda 5.55 0.02 2.59
132 Moldova 5.43 0.01 4.09
133 Burkina Faso 5.23 0.01 13.07
134 Nicaragua 5.2 0.01 -4.8
135 Mali 5.2 0.01 8.98
136 Albania 4.89 0.01 -7.52
137 Mauritius 4.46 0.01 -1.7
138 Mauritania 4.45 0.01 24.31
139 Curacao 4.32 0.01 -13.05
140 Namibia 4.21 0.01 2.71
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.77 0.01 29.36
142 Madagascar 3.73 0.01 -6.12
143 Iceland 3.67 0.01 1.55
144 Haiti 3.41 0.01 8.52
145 Guinea 3.16 0.01 -2.38
146 Palestine 2.96 0.01 -9.53
147 Guyana 2.5 0.01 7.57
148 Bahamas 2.44 0.01 -1.63
149 Montenegro 2.4 0.01 14.11
150 Chad 2.38 0.01 1.68
151 Lesotho 2.37 0.01 -5.69
152 Togo 2.12 0.01 6.7
153 Suriname 2.09 0.01 -13.89
154 Niger 1.8 0.0 -19.84
155 Maldives 1.74 0.0 15.01
156 South Sudan 1.74 0.0 19.4
157 Bhutan 1.73 0.0 1.31
158 Malawi 1.72 0.0 40.12
159 Malta 1.55 0.0 0.69
160 Barbados 1.48 0.0 6.33
161 Fiji 1.36 0.0 3.63
162 Rwanda 1.29 0.0 11.46
163 Macao 1.24 0.0 -35.55
164 Eswatini 1.03 0.0 4.83
165 Sierra Leone 1.03 0.0 -5.72
166 French Polynesia 0.88 0.0 0.84
167 Aruba 0.87 0.0 -2.06
168 Faroe Islands 0.73 0.0 2.59
169 Bermuda 0.7 0.0 9.83
170 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.69 0.0 -2.59
171 Gambia 0.65 0.0 9.26
172 Burundi 0.65 0.0 25.76
173 Somalia 0.64 0.0 0.0
174 Eritrea 0.62 0.0 11.84
175 East Timor 0.62 0.0 -10.53
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.62 0.0 1.82
177 Liberia 0.61 0.0 -9.65
178 Belize 0.6 0.0 -1.79
179 Seychelles 0.6 0.0 4.46
180 Cape Verde 0.57 0.0 -0.64
181 Greenland 0.54 0.0 0.15
182 Saint Lucia 0.51 0.0 3.73
183 Andorra 0.5 0.0 6.25
184 Djibouti 0.48 0.0 14.85
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.36 0.0 3.12
186 Guinea-Bissau 0.31 0.0 2.41
187 Grenada 0.31 0.0 5.0
188 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 1.28
189 Comoros 0.29 0.0 9.86
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.25 0.0 1.52
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.24 0.0 11.86
192 Samoa 0.24 0.0 -2.99
193 Central African Republic 0.22 0.0 1.69
194 Palau 0.21 0.0 -1.69
195 Vanuatu 0.18 0.0 25.64
196 British Virgin Islands 0.16 0.0 -10.2
197 Dominica 0.16 0.0 4.76
198 Marshall Islands 0.15 0.0 0.0
199 Liechtenstein 0.14 0.0 -8.23
200 Micronesia (country) 0.14 0.0 0.0
201 Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 0.0 0.0
202 Tonga 0.14 0.0 0.0
203 Anguilla 0.13 0.0 2.86
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.1 0.0 -3.57
205 Cook Islands 0.08 0.0 0.0
206 Kiribati 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 0.0 -11.11
208 Nauru 0.05 0.0 0.0
209 Montserrat 0.03 0.0 0.0
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 0.0
211 Niue 0.01 0.0 50.0
212 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0