CO2 Emissions World Ranking 2021

Countries ranked by how much carbon dioxide they produced in 2021.

Key questions

Which country produced the most CO₂ in 2021?

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

Which country produced the least CO₂ in 2021?

Niue produced the least CO₂ out of all countries.

Rankings

Rank Country CO₂ (million tonnes) Global share (%) Change from previous year (%)
1 China 11336.23 30.79 3.87
2 United States 5032.21 13.67 6.74
3 India 2674.22 7.26 10.43
4 Russia 1711.99 4.65 4.84
5 Japan 1062.13 2.88 2.15
6 Iran 688.08 1.87 1.34
7 Germany 678.8 1.84 4.87
8 Saudi Arabia 631.44 1.72 3.38
9 South Korea 616.08 1.67 3.09
10 Indonesia 615.92 1.67 1.64
11 Canada 537.17 1.46 2.74
12 Brazil 497.21 1.35 11.86
13 Mexico 468.79 1.27 5.99
14 Turkey 452.7 1.23 9.63
15 South Africa 425.63 1.16 -2.12
16 Australia 386.61 1.05 -2.54
17 Vietnam 352.55 0.96 -2.97
18 United Kingdom 347.47 0.94 6.5
19 Italy 337.23 0.92 11.19
20 Poland 331.08 0.9 9.47
21 France 306.78 0.83 8.96
22 Taiwan 291.2 0.79 7.14
23 Malaysia 278.86 0.76 3.57
24 Thailand 267.22 0.73 -1.7
25 Kazakhstan 255.14 0.69 -0.13
26 Egypt 246.88 0.67 8.45
27 United Arab Emirates 237.25 0.64 9.45
28 Spain 230.27 0.63 7.79
29 Pakistan 223.45 0.61 11.39
30 Ukraine 210.15 0.57 1.61
31 Argentina 189.74 0.52 13.7
32 Algeria 180.23 0.49 6.08
33 Iraq 168.59 0.46 5.47
34 Philippines 142.75 0.39 7.45
35 Netherlands 139.91 0.38 2.36
36 Nigeria 131.11 0.36 5.89
37 Uzbekistan 116.39 0.32 6.16
38 Qatar 107.22 0.29 4.6
39 Kuwait 103.28 0.28 5.7
40 Bangladesh 98.76 0.27 5.5
41 Czechia 96.67 0.26 5.42
42 Colombia 95.77 0.26 6.72
43 Belgium 95.67 0.26 5.01
44 Chile 89.04 0.24 11.05
45 Romania 77.19 0.21 4.27
46 Morocco 72.64 0.2 12.52
47 Venezuela 71.61 0.19 15.59
48 Oman 70.87 0.19 8.31
49 Turkmenistan 69.97 0.19 3.36
50 Austria 66.02 0.18 6.27
51 Libya 63.93 0.17 35.82
52 Belarus 60.94 0.17 3.19
53 Greece 57.56 0.16 3.48
54 Peru 56.47 0.15 20.24
55 Singapore 55.83 0.15 1.86
56 Israel 54.85 0.15 -1.52
57 North Korea 51.34 0.14 3.06
58 Hungary 48.56 0.13 2.6
59 Serbia 43.91 0.12 -2.8
60 Bulgaria 42.28 0.11 15.73
61 Norway 41.03 0.11 -0.49
62 Portugal 39.94 0.11 -4.21
63 Ecuador 39.73 0.11 20.73
64 Sweden 38.52 0.1 5.01
65 Azerbaijan 38.33 0.1 6.04
66 Mongolia 38.26 0.1 3.18
67 Bahrain 38.12 0.1 1.94
68 Finland 37.95 0.1 0.56
69 Ireland 37.55 0.1 6.9
70 Switzerland 35.79 0.1 4.53
71 Myanmar 35.62 0.1 2.92
72 Trinidad and Tobago 35.53 0.1 1.44
73 Tunisia 35.24 0.1 23.69
74 Slovakia 35.17 0.1 13.09
75 New Zealand 34.32 0.09 0.24
76 Hong Kong 32.78 0.09 -2.15
77 Denmark 29.61 0.08 4.62
78 Syria 27.22 0.07 3.44
79 Kenya 24.46 0.07 11.26
80 Dominican Republic 23.78 0.06 1.21
81 Lebanon 23.47 0.06 5.35
82 Laos 23.37 0.06 18.77
83 Jordan 22.67 0.06 7.28
84 Sudan 22.19 0.06 8.08
85 Bolivia 21.73 0.06 18.55
86 Ghana 20.97 0.06 9.38
87 Cuba 20.94 0.06 -1.58
88 Cambodia 20.13 0.05 5.76
89 Sri Lanka 20.12 0.05 -2.45
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.94 0.05 -4.29
91 Guatemala 19.68 0.05 13.53
92 Ethiopia 18.92 0.05 6.23
93 Angola 17.51 0.05 4.42
94 Croatia 17.41 0.05 3.2
95 Nepal 15.63 0.04 4.87
96 Tanzania 15.42 0.04 8.81
97 Lithuania 13.83 0.04 2.15
98 Slovenia 13.06 0.04 1.6
99 Afghanistan 12.28 0.03 3.32
100 Cote d'Ivoire 11.73 0.03 6.45
101 Panama 11.71 0.03 13.4
102 Yemen 11.59 0.03 6.47
103 Senegal 11.54 0.03 6.65
104 Brunei 11.3 0.03 1.8
105 Georgia 11.06 0.03 4.55
106 Honduras 10.83 0.03 13.74
107 Estonia 10.42 0.03 12.78
108 Cameroon 10.3 0.03 6.14
109 Tajikistan 9.98 0.03 7.33
110 Kyrgyzstan 9.43 0.03 13.0
111 Paraguay 9.26 0.03 25.77
112 Zambia 8.66 0.02 6.37
113 Luxembourg 8.43 0.02 4.49
114 Zimbabwe 8.4 0.02 6.96
115 Benin 8.31 0.02 7.33
116 Uruguay 8.1 0.02 25.09
117 Papua New Guinea 7.95 0.02 2.88
118 North Macedonia 7.69 0.02 10.56
119 Costa Rica 7.66 0.02 13.19
120 El Salvador 7.49 0.02 13.54
121 Congo 7.26 0.02 -1.83
122 Latvia 7.24 0.02 3.44
123 Mozambique 7.19 0.02 12.77
124 Armenia 7.06 0.02 3.9
125 Cyprus 7.03 0.02 1.71
126 Mali 6.93 0.02 7.94
127 Jamaica 6.61 0.02 2.26
128 Botswana 6.14 0.02 10.55
129 Uganda 6.05 0.02 9.29
130 Gabon 5.88 0.02 -0.82
131 Burkina Faso 5.88 0.02 13.18
132 Equatorial Guinea 5.63 0.02 1.89
133 Moldova 5.6 0.02 6.79
134 Nicaragua 5.38 0.01 13.39
135 Albania 4.9 0.01 -2.3
136 Guinea 4.87 0.01 8.17
137 New Caledonia 4.54 0.01 -11.2
138 Mauritania 4.46 0.01 8.17
139 Madagascar 4.27 0.01 7.64
140 Mauritius 4.09 0.01 7.46
141 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.94 0.01 6.23
142 Namibia 3.73 0.01 1.37
143 Suriname 3.68 0.01 26.2
144 Guyana 3.56 0.01 11.78
145 Iceland 3.51 0.01 5.11
146 Palestine 3.43 0.01 3.03
147 Niger 3.04 0.01 7.89
148 Togo 2.56 0.01 7.33
149 Lesotho 2.48 0.01 14.16
150 Chad 2.47 0.01 8.22
151 Haiti 2.43 0.01 -3.47
152 Montenegro 2.3 0.01 -4.26
153 Bahamas 2.1 0.01 -3.8
154 Malawi 2.08 0.01 11.1
155 South Sudan 1.84 0.01 8.94
156 Curacao 1.74 0.0 -3.64
157 Maldives 1.72 0.0 4.35
158 Malta 1.61 0.0 0.6
159 Rwanda 1.55 0.0 13.24
160 Barbados 1.23 0.0 -0.58
161 Eswatini 1.13 0.0 3.62
162 Sierra Leone 1.11 0.0 8.17
163 Fiji 1.09 0.0 4.3
164 Macao 1.07 0.0 3.44
165 Bhutan 1.06 0.0 15.48
166 French Polynesia 0.88 0.0 4.35
167 Liberia 0.87 0.0 12.46
168 Aruba 0.86 0.0 -3.64
169 Burundi 0.8 0.0 8.73
170 Gambia 0.76 0.0 8.17
171 Faroe Islands 0.74 0.0 -2.86
172 Belize 0.7 0.0 14.47
173 Eritrea 0.7 0.0 9.29
174 East Timor 0.66 0.0 2.66
175 Seychelles 0.66 0.0 8.94
176 Somalia 0.65 0.0 8.94
177 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.63 0.0 -3.64
178 Antigua and Barbuda 0.6 0.0 -3.64
179 Greenland 0.57 0.0 5.5
180 Cape Verde 0.56 0.0 8.18
181 Saint Lucia 0.47 0.0 -3.64
182 Djibouti 0.45 0.0 18.93
183 Bermuda 0.44 0.0 -3.64
184 Comoros 0.42 0.0 8.94
185 Andorra 0.36 0.0 -2.86
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.35 0.0 -3.64
187 Grenada 0.33 0.0 13.95
188 Guinea-Bissau 0.32 0.0 8.17
189 Solomon Islands 0.3 0.0 4.35
190 Samoa 0.25 0.0 4.35
191 Central African Republic 0.25 0.0 4.65
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.24 0.0 -3.64
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 0.0 -3.64
194 Palau 0.22 0.0 4.35
195 Vanuatu 0.21 0.0 4.35
196 Tonga 0.19 0.0 4.35
197 British Virgin Islands 0.16 0.0 -3.64
198 Marshall Islands 0.15 0.0 4.35
199 Micronesia (country) 0.15 0.0 4.35
200 Dominica 0.15 0.0 -3.64
201 Liechtenstein 0.15 0.0 2.79
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.15 0.0 4.65
203 Anguilla 0.14 0.0 -3.64
204 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.11 0.0 -3.64
205 Cook Islands 0.07 0.0 4.35
206 Kiribati 0.07 0.0 4.35
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.06 0.0 -3.64
208 Nauru 0.05 0.0 4.35
209 Wallis and Futuna 0.03 0.0 4.35
210 Montserrat 0.02 0.0 -3.64
211 Saint Helena 0.02 0.0 -3.64
212 Tuvalu 0.01 0.0 4.35
213 Niue 0.01 0.0 4.35