CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2019

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2019.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2019?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2019?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 10713.98 28.88 3.69
2 United States 5262.15 14.18 -2.15
3 India 2612.89 7.04 0.76
4 Russia 1705.03 4.6 -0.44
5 Japan 1105.48 2.98 -3.24
6 Iran 735.35 1.98 6.61
7 Germany 709.83 1.91 -6.61
8 Saudi Arabia 657.59 1.77 3.15
9 Indonesia 653.79 1.76 10.05
10 South Korea 646.1 1.74 -3.59
11 Canada 582.02 1.57 0.51
12 Brazil 473.39 1.28 -1.04
13 Mexico 468.24 1.26 -0.04
14 South Africa 464.11 1.25 6.8
15 Australia 415.77 1.12 0.04
16 Turkey 402.69 1.09 -4.59
17 United Kingdom 364.75 0.98 -3.94
18 Italy 339.63 0.92 -2.7
19 Vietnam 339.15 0.91 32.83
20 Poland 317.72 0.86 -5.46
21 France 315.02 0.85 -2.15
22 Thailand 281.88 0.76 -2.23
23 Malaysia 279.84 0.75 6.55
24 Kazakhstan 275.29 0.74 -10.38
25 Taiwan 274.44 0.74 -3.33
26 Egypt 258.74 0.7 3.82
27 Spain 250.6 0.68 -6.7
28 Ukraine 221.94 0.6 -4.2
29 United Arab Emirates 219.78 0.59 4.8
30 Pakistan 207.62 0.56 -1.3
31 Iraq 190.23 0.51 2.95
32 Algeria 179.91 0.48 4.17
33 Argentina 178.51 0.48 -1.16
34 Netherlands 152.42 0.41 -3.56
35 Philippines 143.53 0.39 1.95
36 Nigeria 133.82 0.36 18.84
37 Kuwait 108.55 0.29 1.71
38 Uzbekistan 108.43 0.29 6.0
39 Venezuela 105.29 0.28 -5.34
40 Qatar 101.02 0.27 5.82
41 Czechia 101.01 0.27 -5.01
42 Belgium 99.68 0.27 -0.47
43 Bangladesh 94.81 0.26 9.46
44 Colombia 94.5 0.25 8.96
45 Chile 91.98 0.25 8.93
46 Romania 76.46 0.21 -4.0
47 Libya 76.25 0.21 16.72
48 Oman 71.72 0.19 1.92
49 North Korea 69.49 0.19 11.02
50 Morocco 68.74 0.19 10.33
51 Austria 67.95 0.18 2.08
52 Greece 65.74 0.18 -8.42
53 Turkmenistan 63.18 0.17 0.67
54 Belarus 62.1 0.17 -0.1
55 Israel 58.66 0.16 -2.22
56 Peru 58.37 0.16 4.51
57 Hungary 49.17 0.13 -0.43
58 Singapore 49.0 0.13 -2.58
59 Portugal 47.58 0.13 -7.32
60 Mongolia 47.24 0.13 4.25
61 Serbia 44.28 0.12 -0.09
62 Norway 42.79 0.12 -3.63
63 Finland 42.44 0.11 -7.2
64 Bulgaria 42.27 0.11 -3.01
65 Hong Kong 41.9 0.11 -1.64
66 Sweden 40.83 0.11 -2.91
67 Trinidad and Tobago 40.78 0.11 1.14
68 Ecuador 40.06 0.11 4.25
69 Azerbaijan 37.75 0.1 9.19
70 Bahrain 37.58 0.1 15.16
71 Ireland 37.32 0.1 -4.32
72 New Zealand 36.73 0.1 2.88
73 Switzerland 36.72 0.1 -0.38
74 Slovakia 33.83 0.09 -6.44
75 Myanmar 33.62 0.09 -1.17
76 Denmark 30.94 0.08 -10.58
77 Tunisia 30.35 0.08 -2.51
78 Dominican Republic 28.37 0.08 10.17
79 Syria 27.4 0.07 -6.72
80 Lebanon 25.66 0.07 -1.89
81 Jordan 24.75 0.07 -1.57
82 Bolivia 22.61 0.06 0.48
83 Cuba 22.49 0.06 -2.28
84 Angola 22.05 0.06 -5.4
85 Sudan 21.64 0.06 5.48
86 Sri Lanka 21.24 0.06 5.67
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.81 0.06 -5.73
88 Kenya 19.8 0.05 5.09
89 Guatemala 19.3 0.05 4.22
90 Laos 19.08 0.05 -7.19
91 Cambodia 18.63 0.05 33.7
92 Croatia 17.83 0.05 0.72
93 Ethiopia 17.24 0.05 9.18
94 Ghana 16.42 0.04 8.09
95 Tanzania 16.38 0.04 13.65
96 Slovenia 14.04 0.04 -3.31
97 Lithuania 13.71 0.04 1.76
98 Panama 13.13 0.04 38.15
99 Nepal 12.75 0.03 -8.92
100 Senegal 12.71 0.03 12.2
101 Estonia 12.29 0.03 -30.97
102 Yemen 11.84 0.03 2.09
103 Honduras 11.22 0.03 13.77
104 Georgia 10.89 0.03 8.19
105 Afghanistan 10.83 0.03 2.11
106 Brunei 10.73 0.03 14.86
107 Cote d'Ivoire 10.54 0.03 1.15
108 Zimbabwe 10.26 0.03 -8.41
109 Luxembourg 9.76 0.03 2.03
110 Cameroon 9.61 0.03 -2.45
111 Jamaica 9.48 0.03 17.18
112 Kyrgyzstan 9.04 0.02 -19.05
113 Tajikistan 8.69 0.02 7.83
114 Paraguay 8.13 0.02 -3.18
115 Papua New Guinea 7.99 0.02 5.18
116 Zambia 7.75 0.02 4.47
117 Costa Rica 7.7 0.02 -3.92
118 Latvia 7.65 0.02 -2.66
119 North Macedonia 7.65 0.02 0.15
120 El Salvador 7.55 0.02 20.61
121 Cyprus 7.34 0.02 0.29
122 Congo 7.29 0.02 11.41
123 Mozambique 7.1 0.02 1.3
124 Botswana 6.73 0.02 -11.95
125 Uruguay 6.41 0.02 -2.41
126 Armenia 6.28 0.02 7.93
127 Mali 5.83 0.02 12.2
128 Uganda 5.76 0.02 3.82
129 New Caledonia 5.67 0.02 -4.06
130 Burkina Faso 5.62 0.02 7.55
131 Equatorial Guinea 5.53 0.01 -21.51
132 Moldova 5.49 0.01 1.12
133 Gabon 5.33 0.01 -4.24
134 Benin 5.26 0.01 -7.18
135 Nicaragua 5.22 0.01 0.45
136 Albania 4.83 0.01 -1.39
137 Mauritania 4.62 0.01 3.79
138 Mauritius 4.52 0.01 1.4
139 Madagascar 4.3 0.01 15.11
140 Namibia 4.24 0.01 0.69
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.12 0.01 9.21
142 Guinea 3.92 0.01 24.0
143 Iceland 3.56 0.01 -3.03
144 Palestine 3.26 0.01 10.41
145 Haiti 3.13 0.01 -8.17
146 Guyana 2.76 0.01 10.1
147 Suriname 2.64 0.01 26.16
148 Niger 2.51 0.01 39.37
149 Bahamas 2.51 0.01 2.86
150 Montenegro 2.48 0.01 3.21
151 Lesotho 2.39 0.01 0.77
152 Togo 2.32 0.01 9.12
153 Chad 2.3 0.01 -3.53
154 Curacao 2.25 0.01 -47.84
155 Maldives 1.99 0.01 14.53
156 South Sudan 1.78 0.0 2.53
157 Malawi 1.72 0.0 -0.13
158 Malta 1.65 0.0 6.55
159 Bhutan 1.62 0.0 -6.64
160 Barbados 1.43 0.0 -3.23
161 Rwanda 1.37 0.0 6.63
162 Fiji 1.36 0.0 0.01
163 Macao 1.21 0.0 -2.36
164 Eswatini 1.12 0.0 8.51
165 Sierra Leone 1.0 0.0 -2.14
166 Liberia 0.93 0.0 53.81
167 French Polynesia 0.89 0.0 1.25
168 Aruba 0.83 0.0 -5.04
169 Faroe Islands 0.74 0.0 2.02
170 Gambia 0.71 0.0 9.6
171 Belize 0.71 0.0 16.97
172 Burundi 0.69 0.0 6.78
173 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.69 0.0 0.0
174 East Timor 0.68 0.0 9.47
175 Eritrea 0.64 0.0 3.53
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.64 0.0 4.17
177 Somalia 0.64 0.0 0.0
178 Cape Verde 0.63 0.0 10.26
179 Bermuda 0.59 0.0 -14.74
180 Seychelles 0.59 0.0 -1.22
181 Greenland 0.56 0.0 1.98
182 Djibouti 0.54 0.0 14.32
183 Saint Lucia 0.5 0.0 -1.44
184 Andorra 0.49 0.0 -1.47
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.36 0.0 0.0
186 Grenada 0.33 0.0 7.14
187 Guinea-Bissau 0.32 0.0 3.53
188 Comoros 0.31 0.0 8.97
189 Solomon Islands 0.29 0.0 1.27
190 Samoa 0.27 0.0 13.85
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.25 0.0 2.99
192 Central African Republic 0.23 0.0 3.33
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.22 0.0 -7.58
194 Palau 0.22 0.0 3.45
195 British Virgin Islands 0.18 0.0 13.64
196 Dominica 0.17 0.0 6.82
197 Vanuatu 0.16 0.0 -8.16
198 Tonga 0.16 0.0 18.92
199 Liechtenstein 0.15 0.0 4.25
200 Anguilla 0.15 0.0 11.11
201 Marshall Islands 0.15 0.0 0.0
202 Micronesia (country) 0.15 0.0 2.56
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 0.0 2.63
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.11 0.0 11.11
205 Cook Islands 0.08 0.0 0.0
206 Kiribati 0.07 0.0 0.0
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 0.0 12.5
208 Nauru 0.05 0.0 0.0
209 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 0.0
210 Montserrat 0.02 0.0 -25.0
211 Saint Helena 0.01 0.0 33.33
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 0.0
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 -33.33