CO₂ emissions by country, 1950–2024

In 1950 the United States emitted more CO₂ than the next several countries combined. China took the top spot in 2006, and by 2024 it emitted 12.3 billion tonnes, more than the US and India together.

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Annual CO₂ emissions, tonnes. Tap the chart to read values for a year. Add up to 8 countries.

Ranking in 2024

#	Country	Annual CO₂ emissions, tonnes
1	China	12.3B t
2	United States	4.9B t
3	India	3.2B t
4	Russia	1.8B t
5	Japan	962M t
6	Indonesia	812M t
7	Iran	793M t
8	Saudi Arabia	692M t
9	South Korea	584M t
10	Germany	572M t
11	Canada	533M t
12	Türkiye	513M t
13	Brazil	483M t
14	Mexico	461M t
15	South Africa	440M t
16	Australia	387M t
17	Vietnam	371M t
18	United Kingdom	313M t
19	Italy	302M t
20	Malaysia	290M t
21	Kazakhstan	287M t
22	Poland	273M t
23	Thailand	268M t
24	France	264M t
25	Taiwan	262M t
26	Egypt	258M t
27	Iraq	234M t
28	UAE	222M t
29	Spain	220M t
30	Algeria	198M t
31	Pakistan	180M t
32	Philippines	175M t
33	Argentina	171M t
34	Ukraine	142M t
35	Uzbekistan	139M t
36	Nigeria	136M t
37	Kuwait	130M t
38	Qatar	126M t
39	Venezuela	116M t
40	Netherlands	115M t
41	Bangladesh	108M t
42	Colombia	92.66M t
43	Belgium	85.46M t
44	Oman	82.66M t
45	Turkmenistan	81.01M t
46	Chile	78.73M t
47	Czechia	75.62M t
48	Peru	70.25M t
49	Morocco	69.06M t
50	Romania	68.55M t
51	Libya	65.26M t
52	North Korea	62.55M t
53	Austria	56.37M t
54	Belarus	55.82M t
55	Singapore	53.92M t
56	Greece	53.36M t
57	Israel	52.64M t
58	Ecuador	45.98M t
59	Mongolia	44.69M t
60	Serbia	42.02M t
61	Hungary	40.02M t
62	Azerbaijan	39.83M t
63	Bahrain	39.00M t
64	Sweden	38.10M t
65	Norway	37.18M t
66	Portugal	35.54M t
67	Trinidad & Tobago	34.58M t
68	Hong Kong	33.32M t
69	Ireland	33.31M t
70	Dominican Republic	33.13M t
71	Tunisia	32.66M t
72	New Zealand	32.48M t
73	Switzerland	32.07M t
74	Syria	31.78M t
75	Bulgaria	31.62M t
76	Myanmar	31.60M t
77	Finland	29.77M t
78	Slovakia	29.09M t
79	Bolivia	28.71M t
80	Denmark	28.37M t
81	Cuba	24.44M t
82	Laos	24.40M t
83	Jordan	23.22M t
84	Angola	22.33M t
85	Cambodia	21.88M t
86	Kenya	21.23M t
87	Ghana	21.02M t
88	Sri Lanka	20.83M t
89	Tanzania	20.02M t
90	Guatemala	19.88M t
91	Bosnia & Herz.	19.43M t
92	Nepal	18.78M t
93	Croatia	18.46M t
94	Ethiopia	17.84M t
95	Sudan	17.79M t
96	Lebanon	15.65M t
97	Côte d'Ivoire	14.83M t
98	Senegal	14.09M t
99	Zimbabwe	13.70M t
100	Honduras	12.85M t
101	Slovenia	12.75M t
102	Panama	12.66M t
103	Lithuania	12.54M t
104	Brunei	12.05M t
105	Zambia	12.04M t
106	Georgia	11.78M t
107	Kyrgyzstan	11.77M t
108	Afghanistan	10.83M t
109	Tajikistan	10.74M t
110	Yemen	10.12M t
111	Cameroon	9.63M t
112	El Salvador	8.97M t
113	Congo	8.84M t
114	Costa Rica	8.76M t
115	Mozambique	8.61M t
116	Jamaica	8.40M t
117	Papua New Guinea	8.35M t
118	Estonia	8.31M t
119	Uruguay	7.97M t
120	Paraguay	7.94M t
121	Botswana	7.46M t
122	Armenia	7.43M t
123	Cyprus	7.30M t
124	Luxembourg	7.04M t
125	Equatorial Guinea	7.01M t
126	Mali	6.98M t
127	North Macedonia	6.62M t
128	Burkina Faso	6.51M t
129	Latvia	6.46M t
130	Uganda	6.33M t
131	Benin	6.07M t
132	DR Congo	5.90M t
133	Nicaragua	5.63M t
134	Gabon	5.40M t
135	Moldova	5.33M t
136	New Caledonia	5.29M t
137	Mauritania	5.24M t
138	Palestine	4.78M t
139	Mauritius	4.67M t
140	Madagascar	4.53M t
141	Guyana	4.51M t
142	Albania	4.44M t
143	Guinea	4.03M t
144	Iceland	3.80M t
145	Namibia	3.47M t
146	Niger	3.17M t
147	Bahamas	3.07M t
148	Suriname	2.99M t
149	Haiti	2.97M t
150	Chad	2.83M t
151	Togo	2.75M t
152	Lesotho	2.57M t
153	Montenegro	2.38M t
154	Maldives	2.31M t
155	Curacao	2.29M t
156	Rwanda	2.03M t
157	Malawi	1.88M t
158	Malta	1.73M t
159	South Sudan	1.70M t
160	Bhutan	1.66M t
161	Fiji	1.45M t
162	Sierra Leone	1.43M t
163	Barbados	1.37M t
164	Somalia	1.32M t
165	Macao	1.06M t
166	Eswatini	1.04M t
167	French Polynesia	923K t
168	Aruba	921K t
169	Burundi	917K t
170	Liberia	859K t
171	Gambia	803K t
172	Belize	796K t
173	Eritrea	743K t
174	Faroe Islands	725K t
175	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	718K t
176	East Timor	668K t
177	Antigua & Barbuda	665K t
178	Seychelles	653K t
179	Greenland	619K t
180	Cape Verde	594K t
181	Djibouti	564K t
182	Comoros	552K t
183	Bermuda	550K t
184	Saint Lucia	537K t
185	Andorra	425K t
186	Central African Rep.	395K t
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	379K t
188	Grenada	377K t
189	Guinea-Bissau	342K t
190	Solomon Islands	295K t
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	260K t
192	St Vincent	256K t
193	Samoa	246K t
194	Palau	226K t
195	Vanuatu	197K t
196	British Virgin Islands	193K t
197	Dominica	171K t
198	Marshall Islands	154K t
199	Tonga	153K t
200	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	152K t
201	Micronesia	151K t
202	Anguilla	148K t
203	São Tomé & Príncipe	142K t
204	Liechtenstein	132K t
205	Cook Islands	80.1K t
206	Kiribati	72.5K t
207	Nauru	61.4K t
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	55.3K t
209	Wallis and Futuna	30.5K t
210	Montserrat	26.6K t
211	Tuvalu	11.4K t
212	Saint Helena	11.4K t
213	Niue	7.6K t
214	Antarctica	0.0 t
215	Christmas Island	0.0 t

Annual CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and industry.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) via Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0. Values are as published; gaps mean the source has no figure for that year.

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