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 10721.04 28.94 3.55
2 United States 5262.15 14.21 -2.15
3 India 2612.89 7.05 0.76
4 Russia 1705.03 4.6 -0.44
5 Japan 1104.54 2.98 -3.25
6 Germany 707.49 1.91 -6.27
7 Saudi Arabia 707.13 1.91 2.94
8 Iran 694.67 1.88 -2.19
9 Indonesia 650.91 1.76 9.56
10 South Korea 646.1 1.74 -3.59
11 Canada 578.59 1.56 0.26
12 Brazil 473.46 1.28 -0.95
13 Mexico 468.32 1.26 -0.42
14 South Africa 465.43 1.26 6.94
15 Australia 415.81 1.12 0.11
16 Turkey 402.69 1.09 -4.59
17 United Kingdom 364.75 0.98 -3.94
18 Vietnam 341.79 0.92 32.62
19 Italy 340.4 0.92 -2.69
20 Poland 317.68 0.86 -5.47
21 France 315.45 0.85 -2.06
22 Thailand 281.87 0.76 -2.25
23 Kazakhstan 275.29 0.74 -10.38
24 Taiwan 273.95 0.74 -3.34
25 Malaysia 267.49 0.72 2.02
26 Egypt 256.14 0.69 5.02
27 Spain 250.66 0.68 -6.68
28 Ukraine 221.94 0.6 -4.2
29 United Arab Emirates 219.56 0.59 4.91
30 Pakistan 206.06 0.56 0.49
31 Iraq 189.61 0.51 3.19
32 Algeria 178.58 0.48 4.26
33 Argentina 178.51 0.48 -1.16
34 Netherlands 152.51 0.41 -3.56
35 Philippines 144.16 0.39 1.87
36 Nigeria 127.34 0.34 20.59
37 Kuwait 108.89 0.29 3.17
38 Uzbekistan 108.43 0.29 6.0
39 Czechia 101.03 0.27 -5.01
40 Qatar 101.02 0.27 5.82
41 Bangladesh 100.79 0.27 22.09
42 Belgium 99.47 0.27 -0.5
43 Colombia 94.5 0.26 8.48
44 Chile 91.98 0.25 8.93
45 Venezuela 87.61 0.24 -13.03
46 Romania 76.89 0.21 -4.23
47 Libya 70.53 0.19 30.56
48 Morocco 68.74 0.19 10.33
49 Austria 67.96 0.18 2.08
50 Greece 65.76 0.18 -8.39
51 Turkmenistan 65.32 0.18 2.45
52 Belarus 62.1 0.17 -0.1
53 Oman 59.22 0.16 -10.45
54 Israel 58.66 0.16 -2.21
55 Peru 58.37 0.16 4.51
56 North Korea 52.76 0.14 10.78
57 Hungary 49.31 0.13 -0.45
58 Portugal 47.49 0.13 -7.55
59 Mongolia 47.25 0.13 4.28
60 Serbia 44.28 0.12 -0.09
61 Norway 42.79 0.12 -3.63
62 Finland 42.45 0.11 -7.16
63 Bulgaria 42.23 0.11 -2.87
64 Hong Kong 41.9 0.11 -1.64
65 Sweden 41.01 0.11 -2.45
66 Trinidad and Tobago 40.78 0.11 1.13
67 Ecuador 40.07 0.11 4.26
68 Azerbaijan 37.74 0.1 9.15
69 Bahrain 37.58 0.1 15.16
70 Ireland 37.33 0.1 -4.32
71 New Zealand 36.88 0.1 3.29
72 Switzerland 36.73 0.1 -0.38
73 Slovakia 33.78 0.09 -6.44
74 Singapore 33.78 0.09 -32.49
75 Myanmar 33.62 0.09 -1.18
76 Denmark 30.95 0.08 -10.57
77 Tunisia 30.35 0.08 -2.51
78 Syria 28.68 0.08 -11.56
79 Dominican Republic 28.37 0.08 10.17
80 Lebanon 25.66 0.07 -1.91
81 Jordan 24.73 0.07 -1.64
82 Cuba 22.62 0.06 -2.22
83 Bolivia 22.61 0.06 0.46
84 Sudan 21.77 0.06 0.08
85 Sri Lanka 21.23 0.06 5.65
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.81 0.06 -5.73
87 Kenya 19.8 0.05 5.1
88 Laos 19.53 0.05 -4.98
89 Guatemala 19.5 0.05 5.41
90 Angola 19.22 0.05 -10.32
91 Cambodia 18.22 0.05 30.76
92 Croatia 17.86 0.05 0.75
93 Ethiopia 16.67 0.05 4.29
94 Ghana 16.42 0.04 8.06
95 Slovenia 14.04 0.04 -3.31
96 Tanzania 13.74 0.04 16.1
97 Lithuania 13.68 0.04 1.81
98 Nepal 13.57 0.04 -8.27
99 Panama 13.38 0.04 24.4
100 Senegal 12.71 0.03 12.2
101 Estonia 12.32 0.03 -31.09
102 Yemen 11.84 0.03 2.12
103 Honduras 11.22 0.03 13.77
104 Afghanistan 11.08 0.03 2.44
105 Georgia 10.89 0.03 8.19
106 Brunei 10.73 0.03 14.86
107 Cote d'Ivoire 10.54 0.03 1.76
108 Zimbabwe 9.78 0.03 -8.77
109 Luxembourg 9.77 0.03 2.04
110 Cameroon 9.59 0.03 -0.56
111 Kyrgyzstan 9.05 0.02 -19.02
112 Tajikistan 8.86 0.02 9.88
113 Paraguay 8.14 0.02 -3.14
114 Jamaica 7.82 0.02 -3.25
115 Papua New Guinea 7.82 0.02 2.76
116 Zambia 7.75 0.02 4.47
117 Costa Rica 7.7 0.02 -3.92
118 Latvia 7.65 0.02 -2.7
119 North Macedonia 7.65 0.02 14.61
120 El Salvador 7.55 0.02 20.55
121 Cyprus 7.34 0.02 0.28
122 Congo 7.29 0.02 11.39
123 Benin 7.12 0.02 -4.28
124 Mozambique 7.1 0.02 1.3
125 Botswana 6.78 0.02 -9.62
126 Uruguay 6.49 0.02 -1.23
127 Armenia 6.28 0.02 7.87
128 Mali 5.83 0.02 18.82
129 Uganda 5.73 0.02 3.78
130 New Caledonia 5.67 0.02 -4.06
131 Burkina Faso 5.51 0.01 9.93
132 Moldova 5.5 0.01 0.91
133 Gabon 5.43 0.01 -0.88
134 Nicaragua 5.22 0.01 0.45
135 Albania 4.83 0.01 -1.39
136 Equatorial Guinea 4.64 0.01 -22.81
137 Mauritius 4.52 0.01 1.4
138 Madagascar 4.26 0.01 12.27
139 Namibia 4.11 0.01 -1.06
140 Guinea 3.92 0.01 24.0
141 Mauritania 3.77 0.01 2.99
142 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.59 0.01 6.43
143 Iceland 3.56 0.01 -3.0
144 Palestine 3.27 0.01 10.35
145 Haiti 3.09 0.01 -9.35
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 Montenegro 2.48 0.01 3.21
150 Bahamas 2.45 0.01 1.36
151 Togo 2.41 0.01 11.54
152 Lesotho 2.39 0.01 0.77
153 Chad 2.3 0.01 -3.37
154 Curacao 2.24 0.01 -48.0
155 Maldives 1.95 0.01 12.21
156 South Sudan 1.78 0.0 2.53
157 Barbados 1.67 0.0 0.67
158 Malta 1.65 0.0 6.6
159 Malawi 1.64 0.0 -5.02
160 Bhutan 1.46 0.0 -1.29
161 Fiji 1.41 0.0 -0.15
162 Rwanda 1.37 0.0 6.63
163 Macao 1.21 0.0 -2.36
164 Eswatini 1.12 0.0 8.51
165 Liberia 1.02 0.0 141.74
166 Sierra Leone 1.0 0.0 -2.45
167 Aruba 0.89 0.0 2.1
168 French Polynesia 0.88 0.0 0.0
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 0.65 0.0 4.02
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0.64 0.0 4.17
177 Somalia 0.64 0.0 0.0
178 Bermuda 0.59 0.0 -14.74
179 Seychelles 0.59 0.0 -1.22
180 Cape Verde 0.56 0.0 4.08
181 Greenland 0.56 0.0 1.98
182 Saint Lucia 0.5 0.0 -1.44
183 Andorra 0.48 0.0 -2.22
184 Djibouti 0.45 0.0 3.16
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 6.25
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 0.23 0.0 -6.06
194 Palau 0.22 0.0 3.45
195 Dominica 0.17 0.0 6.82
196 British Virgin Islands 0.16 0.0 2.27
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 4.55
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