CO2 by country
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry, country by country, 2022.
| Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Tonnes per person | kg per $ (PPP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 11,712 | 8.22 | 0.434 |
| 2 | United States | 5,055 | 14.8 | 0.259 |
| 3 | India | 2,831 | 1.99 | 0.27 |
| 4 | Russia | 1,675 | 11.5 | 0.449 |
| 5 | Japan | 1,030 | 8.24 | 0.216 |
| 6 | Iran | 767 | 8.57 | 0.488 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 758 | 2.72 | 0.217 |
| 8 | Germany | 668 | 7.94 | 0.171 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 667 | 20.7 | 0.366 |
| 10 | South Korea | 607 | 11.7 | 0.284 |
| 11 | Canada | 548 | 14.1 | 0.311 |
| 12 | Brazil | 480 | 2.28 | 0.151 |
| 13 | Mexico | 454 | 3.53 | 0.223 |
| 14 | Turkey | 444 | 5.10 | 0.186 |
| 15 | South Africa | 429 | 6.87 | 0.593 |
| 16 | Australia | 384 | 14.7 | 0.286 |
| 17 | Italy | 340 | 5.70 | 0.159 |
| 18 | Vietnam | 323 | 3.24 | 0.387 |
| 19 | Poland | 315 | 8.20 | 0.256 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 311 | 4.56 | 0.119 |
| 21 | France | 295 | 4.46 | 0.111 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 282 | 8.12 | 0.321 |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 274 | 13.7 | 0.545 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 274 | 11.7 | 0.22 |
| 25 | Thailand | 273 | 3.80 | 0.242 |
| 26 | Egypt | 250 | 2.22 | 0.171 |
| 27 | Spain | 234 | 4.90 | 0.144 |
| 28 | Iraq | 218 | 4.94 | 0.412 |
| 29 | Pakistan | 212 | 0.87 | 0.161 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 207 | 20.2 | 0.266 |
| 31 | Algeria | 193 | 4.24 | 0.324 |
| 32 | Argentina | 184 | 4.05 | 0.215 |
| 33 | Philippines | 151 | 1.32 | 0.149 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 143 | 3.48 | 0.463 |
| 35 | Nigeria | 131 | 0.589 | 0.116 |
| 36 | Netherlands | 128 | 7.12 | 0.145 |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 119 | 3.41 | 0.303 |
| 38 | Kuwait | 116 | 25.2 | 0.529 |
| 39 | Qatar | 110 | 37.9 | 0.287 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 108 | 3.84 | 0.724 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 102 | 0.603 | 0.119 |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 102 | 14.1 | 1.05 |
| 43 | Czechia | 95.0 | 8.90 | 0.277 |
| 44 | Colombia | 89.4 | 1.73 | 0.12 |
| 45 | Belgium | 88.9 | 7.64 | 0.182 |
| 46 | Chile | 85.7 | 4.39 | 0.191 |
| 47 | Oman | 78.0 | 16.5 | 0.44 |
| 48 | Romania | 73.2 | 3.82 | 0.145 |
| 49 | Morocco | 69.8 | 1.87 | 0.224 |
| 50 | Peru | 64.8 | 1.94 | 0.19 |
| 51 | Israel | 62.3 | 6.84 | 0.185 |
| 52 | Austria | 61.5 | 6.78 | 0.154 |
| 53 | Libya | 59.0 | 8.16 | 0.645 |
| 54 | Greece | 57.6 | 5.53 | 0.218 |
| 55 | Belarus | 57.1 | 6.23 | 0.325 |
| 56 | North Korea | 56.3 | 2.14 | 1.39 |
| 57 | Singapore | 48.9 | 8.66 | 0.106 |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 46.9 | 6.88 | 0.339 |
| 59 | Hungary | 45.3 | 4.67 | 0.159 |
| 60 | Serbia | 44.5 | 6.55 | 0.381 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 42.1 | 2.36 | 0.24 |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 41.2 | 4.00 | 0.235 |
| 63 | Norway | 40.8 | 7.48 | 0.0847 |
| 64 | Portugal | 40.7 | 3.91 | 0.138 |
| 65 | Mongolia | 40.4 | 11.9 | 0.903 |
| 66 | Bahrain | 37.8 | 24.7 | 0.644 |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.5 | 25.1 | 0.999 |
| 68 | Ireland | 36.7 | 7.18 | 0.119 |
| 69 | Sweden | 36.3 | 3.47 | 0.0735 |
| 70 | Finland | 36.3 | 6.52 | 0.161 |
| 71 | Switzerland | 33.0 | 3.75 | 0.0589 |
| 72 | New Zealand | 32.0 | 6.23 | 0.159 |
| 73 | Myanmar | 31.6 | 0.589 | 0.109 |
| 74 | Slovakia | 31.6 | 5.77 | 0.21 |
| 75 | Syria | 31.4 | 1.40 | 0.6 |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 31.2 | 2.78 | 0.163 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 30.8 | 2.54 | 0.238 |
| 78 | Hong Kong | 30.8 | 4.12 | 0.0862 |
| 79 | Denmark | 29.1 | 4.93 | 0.0972 |
| 80 | Bolivia | 23.5 | 1.94 | 0.3 |
| 81 | Cuba | 23.3 | 2.10 | 0.276 |
| 82 | Laos | 22.5 | 2.98 | 0.41 |
| 83 | Jordan | 22.4 | 1.99 | 0.226 |
| 84 | Angola | 21.1 | 0.592 | 0.133 |
| 85 | Cambodia | 20.9 | 1.21 | 0.32 |
| 86 | Ghana | 20.7 | 0.626 | 0.143 |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.7 | 6.47 | 0.441 |
| 88 | Kenya | 20.5 | 0.379 | 0.108 |
| 89 | Tanzania | 19.7 | 0.304 | 0.0994 |
| 90 | Guatemala | 18.9 | 1.06 | 0.129 |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 18.4 | 0.805 | 0.0721 |
| 92 | Nepal | 17.6 | 0.593 | 0.183 |
| 93 | Croatia | 17.6 | 4.50 | 0.172 |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 17.0 | 0.135 | 0.0628 |
| 95 | Lebanon | 15.4 | 2.67 | 0.315 |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.5 | 0.477 | 0.119 |
| 97 | Senegal | 14.1 | 0.801 | 0.272 |
| 98 | Lithuania | 12.9 | 4.58 | 0.152 |
| 99 | Slovenia | 12.7 | 6.02 | 0.183 |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 12.2 | 0.761 | 0.472 |
| 101 | Georgia | 12.0 | 3.16 | 0.17 |
| 102 | Estonia | 12.0 | 8.86 | 0.299 |
| 103 | Honduras | 11.7 | 1.12 | 0.236 |
| 104 | Panama | 11.7 | 2.66 | 0.124 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5 | 1.66 | 0.363 |
| 106 | Zambia | 10.9 | 0.543 | 0.16 |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 10.5 | 1.03 | 0.208 |
| 108 | Yemen | 10.4 | 0.272 | 0.171 |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 10.2 | 0.251 | 0.191 |
| 110 | Cameroon | 9.79 | 0.354 | 0.118 |
| 111 | Mozambique | 9.30 | 0.285 | 0.296 |
| 112 | Congo | 8.73 | 1.45 | 0.369 |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 8.01 | 1.58 | 0.0997 |
| 114 | El Salvador | 7.91 | 1.26 | 0.134 |
| 115 | Jamaica | 7.91 | 2.79 | 0.395 |
| 116 | Armenia | 7.70 | 2.67 | 0.194 |
| 117 | Paraguay | 7.53 | 1.11 | 0.116 |
| 118 | Uruguay | 7.50 | 2.21 | 0.109 |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.50 | 4.16 | 0.371 |
| 120 | Botswana | 7.40 | 3.03 | 0.188 |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 7.35 | 4.00 | 0.256 |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 7.27 | 11.1 | 0.201 |
| 123 | Cyprus | 7.07 | 5.31 | 0.206 |
| 124 | Mali | 7.02 | 0.304 | 0.23 |
| 125 | Latvia | 6.61 | 3.51 | 0.129 |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 6.54 | 0.291 | 0.175 |
| 127 | Uganda | 6.13 | 0.13 | 0.0601 |
| 128 | Benin | 6.09 | 0.443 | 0.183 |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.89 | 0.0575 | 0.0645 |
| 130 | Gabon | 5.78 | 2.38 | 0.16 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 5.27 | 1.08 | 0.336 |
| 132 | Moldova | 5.17 | 1.70 | 0.217 |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 5.13 | 0.762 | 0.157 |
| 134 | Palestine | 4.70 | 0.886 | 0.195 |
| 135 | Albania | 4.50 | 1.59 | 0.124 |
| 136 | Mauritius | 4.32 | 3.38 | 0.16 |
| 137 | Madagascar | 4.21 | 0.138 | 0.109 |
| 138 | Guinea | 4.05 | 0.288 | 0.171 |
| 139 | Iceland | 3.60 | 9.46 | 0.225 |
| 140 | Namibia | 3.41 | 1.18 | 0.156 |
| 141 | Niger | 3.20 | 0.126 | 0.129 |
| 142 | Haiti | 2.87 | 0.25 | 0.164 |
| 143 | Chad | 2.80 | 0.152 | 0.116 |
| 144 | Togo | 2.74 | 0.339 | 0.192 |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2.55 | 1.12 | 0.536 |
| 146 | Montenegro | 2.50 | 4.06 | 0.195 |
| 147 | Rwanda | 1.96 | 0.143 | 0.0688 |
| 148 | Malawi | 1.80 | 0.0876 | 0.0681 |
| 149 | Malta | 1.77 | 3.36 | 0.097 |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 1.44 | 0.174 | 0.124 |
| 151 | Barbados | 1.31 | 4.66 | 0.386 |
| 152 | Eswatini | 1.03 | 0.844 | 0.107 |
| 153 | Burundi | 0.878 | 0.0659 | 0.0956 |
| 154 | Liberia | 0.864 | 0.161 | 0.204 |
| 155 | Gambia | 0.808 | 0.306 | 0.174 |
| 156 | Seychelles | 0.629 | 5.01 | 0.206 |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 0.598 | 1.15 | 0.141 |
| 158 | Djibouti | 0.55 | 0.484 | 0.162 |
| 159 | Comoros | 0.532 | 0.637 | 0.316 |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.518 | 2.90 | 0.296 |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0.377 | 0.074 | 0.101 |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.344 | 0.164 | 0.106 |
| 163 | Dominica | 0.165 | 2.47 | 0.244 |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.136 | 0.599 | 0.164 |
Comparisons
- United States and China
- China and India
- United Kingdom and France
- Germany and France
- United Kingdom and Germany
- Norway and Sweden
- Australia and New Zealand
- Canada and United States
- Japan and South Korea
- Brazil and Argentina
- Mexico and United States
- Russia and United States
- Poland and Germany
- Saudi Arabia and Iran
- Indonesia and Malaysia
- South Africa and Nigeria
- Egypt and Morocco
- Spain and Italy
- Netherlands and Belgium
- Denmark and Norway
- Ireland and United Kingdom
- Qatar and United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam and Thailand
- Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Turkey and Greece
- Kenya and Ethiopia
- Chile and Peru
- Switzerland and Austria
- Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Ukraine and Poland
Not ranked
Each of these lacks one of the three figures for 2022.
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Christmas Island
- Cook Islands
- Curacao
- East Timor
- Eritrea
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Kiribati
- Liechtenstein
- Macao
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia (country)
- Montserrat
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Tonga
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
Sources
- Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.