Countries ranked by CO₂ emissions (total)

The total carbon dioxide emitted by the country in a year, in millions of tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, not counting land use.

#1 China (13,124.7 Mt CO₂e), #2 United States (4,632.2 Mt CO₂e), #3 India (3,153.8 Mt CO₂e). Several countries are tied for last place, including Tuvalu (0.0 Mt CO₂e).

How to read this number

Total annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, in millions of tonnes of CO2 equivalent, standardized with the Global Warming Potential factors of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report.

Emissions and removals from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) are excluded. Countries with larger populations or economies tend to emit more, which is a different picture from emissions per person.

  • Countries listed: 186 (of 193)
  • Data year: 2024

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryCO₂ emissions (total)YearBar
1 China 13,124.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
2 United States 4,632.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
3 India 3,153.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
4 Russia 2,009.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
5 Japan 972.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
6 Iran 829.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
7 Indonesia 812.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
8 Saudi Arabia 652.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
9 South Korea 588.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
10 Germany 579.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
11 Canada 578.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
12 Brazil 491.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
13 Mexico 476.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
14 Türkiye 460.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
15 South Africa 440.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
16 Vietnam 430.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
17 Australia 383.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
18 Italy 299.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
19 Malaysia 296.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
20 United Kingdom 292.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
21 Egypt 291.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
22 Thailand 283.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
23 Poland 276.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
24 France 274.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
25 Kazakhstan 258.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
26 Iraq 238.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
27 Spain 220.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
28 Pakistan 204.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
29 United Arab Emirates 200.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
30 Algeria 186.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
31 Argentina 183.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
32 Philippines 174.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
33 Uzbekistan 148.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
34 Qatar 135.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
35 Nigeria 131.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
36 Bangladesh 124.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
37 Netherlands 118.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
38 Ukraine 118.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
39 Kuwait 115.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
40 Oman 98.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
41 Venezuela 96.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
42 Colombia 95.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
43 Belgium 86.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
44 Turkmenistan 81.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
45 Chile 77.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
46 Czechia 77.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
47 Romania 70.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
48 Morocco 70.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
49 Peru 69.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
50 North Korea 66.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
51 Libya 64.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
52 Singapore 58.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
53 Austria 58.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
54 Israel 57.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
55 Belarus 54.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
56 Greece 52.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
57 Ecuador 48.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
58 Hungary 42.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
59 Norway 40.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
60 Azerbaijan 38.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
61 Bahrain 38.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
62 Sweden 37.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
63 Portugal 35.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
64 Dominican Republic 34.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
65 Bulgaria 34.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
66 Switzerland 33.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
67 Ireland 32.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
68 Tunisia 32.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
69 New Zealand 31.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
70 Syria 31.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
71 Myanmar 31.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
72 Finland 31.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
73 Slovakia 29.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
74 Bolivia 28.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
75 Angola 28.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
76 Mongolia 27.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
77 Trinidad & Tobago 26.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
78 Laos 26.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
79 Denmark 25.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
80 Ghana 24.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
81 Jordan 24.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
82 Sri Lanka 23.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
83 Sudan 21.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
84 Kenya 21.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
85 Tanzania 21.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
86 Cuba 21.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
87 Bosnia & Herzegovina 20.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
88 Guatemala 20.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
89 Cambodia 19.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
90 Ethiopia 19.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
91 Côte d’Ivoire 18.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
92 Croatia 18.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
93 Nepal 15.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
94 Senegal 14.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
95 Georgia 13.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
96 Slovenia 13.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
97 Lithuania 13.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
98 Zimbabwe 12.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
99 Panama 12.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
100 Honduras 12.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
101 Afghanistan 12.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
102 Zambia 11.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
103 Lebanon 11.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
104 Kyrgyzstan 10.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
105 Estonia 10.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
106 Yemen 10.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
107 Cameroon 10.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
108 Mozambique 10.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
109 Tajikistan 9.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
110 El Salvador 9.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
111 Brunei 9.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
112 Uruguay 8.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
113 Republic of the Congo 8.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
114 Costa Rica 8.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
115 Uganda 8.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
116 Moldova 8.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
117 Jamaica 8.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
118 Paraguay 8.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
119 Armenia 7.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
120 Mali 7.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
121 Cyprus 7.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
122 North Macedonia 7.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
123 Luxembourg 7.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
124 Benin 7.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
125 Botswana 6.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
126 Latvia 6.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
127 Burkina Faso 6.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
128 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
129 Nicaragua 5.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
130 Papua New Guinea 5.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
131 Guinea 5.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
132 Gabon 5.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
133 Mauritania 5.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
134 Equatorial Guinea 4.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
135 Malawi 4.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
136 Madagascar 4.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
137 Mauritius 4.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
138 Albania 4.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
139 Guyana 3.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
140 Namibia 3.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
141 Haiti 3.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
142 Iceland 3.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
143 Niger 3.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
144 Chad 2.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
145 Togo 2.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
146 Suriname 2.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
147 Rwanda 2.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
148 Maldives 1.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
149 Malta 1.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
150 Bhutan 1.6 Mt CO₂e 2024
151 Fiji 1.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
152 Palau 1.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
153 Sierra Leone 1.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
154 Bahamas 1.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
155 Eswatini 1.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
156 Lesotho 1.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
157 Burundi 1.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
158 Djibouti 0.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
159 Seychelles 0.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
160 Liberia 0.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
161 Somalia 0.9 Mt CO₂e 2024
162 Eritrea 0.8 Mt CO₂e 2024
163 Barbados 0.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
164 Timor-Leste 0.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
165 Cape Verde 0.7 Mt CO₂e 2024
166 Gambia 0.5 Mt CO₂e 2024
167 Comoros 0.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
168 Belize 0.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
169 Antigua & Barbuda 0.4 Mt CO₂e 2024
170 Samoa 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
172 Central African Republic 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
173 Solomon Islands 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
174 St. Lucia 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
175 Vanuatu 0.3 Mt CO₂e 2024
176 Grenada 0.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
177 Tonga 0.2 Mt CO₂e 2024
178 São Tomé & Príncipe 0.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
179 St. Kitts & Nevis 0.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
180 St. Vincent & Grenadines 0.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
181 Dominica 0.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
182 Kiribati 0.1 Mt CO₂e 2024
183 Micronesia 0.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
184 Marshall Islands 0.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
185= Nauru 0.0 Mt CO₂e 2024
185= Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO₂e 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 186 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), indicator EN.GHG.CO2.MT.CE.AR5. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

How it has changed (1970–2024)

See how CO₂ emissions (total) has changed across the world’s countries from 1970 to 2024.

  • The country ranked first changed over time: United States in 1970–2004, China in 2005–2024.
  • Japan’s CO₂ emissions (total) went from 848.7 Mt CO₂e in 1970 to 972.3 Mt CO₂e in 2024 (up about 15%).
  • Japan ranked #5 of 186 countries in 1970 and #5 of 186 in 2024.
CO₂ emissions (total): Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1970 to 2024. Last values: China 13,124.7 Mt CO₂e, United States 4,632.2 Mt CO₂e, India 3,153.8 Mt CO₂e, Russia 2,009.2 Mt CO₂e, Japan 972.3 Mt CO₂e.05,00010K15K197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaUnited StatesUnited StatesIndiaIndiaRussiaRussiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country1970198019902000201020202024
China911.5 Mt CO₂e1,564.7 Mt CO₂e2,414.3 Mt CO₂e3,647.9 Mt CO₂e9,106.0 Mt CO₂e11,964.1 Mt CO₂e13,124.7 Mt CO₂e
United States4,594.8 Mt CO₂e4,780.2 Mt CO₂e4,983.6 Mt CO₂e5,928.8 Mt CO₂e5,521.5 Mt CO₂e4,466.9 Mt CO₂e4,632.2 Mt CO₂e
India212.8 Mt CO₂e303.6 Mt CO₂e600.7 Mt CO₂e996.9 Mt CO₂e1,730.1 Mt CO₂e2,357.0 Mt CO₂e3,153.8 Mt CO₂e
Russia1,301.3 Mt CO₂e1,915.3 Mt CO₂e2,436.3 Mt CO₂e1,681.2 Mt CO₂e1,746.9 Mt CO₂e1,784.2 Mt CO₂e2,009.2 Mt CO₂e
Japan848.7 Mt CO₂e1,003.1 Mt CO₂e1,162.3 Mt CO₂e1,243.6 Mt CO₂e1,217.1 Mt CO₂e1,060.2 Mt CO₂e972.3 Mt CO₂e
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