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Total greenhouse gas emissions excl. land use, Mt CO₂e: ranking of countries

203 countries ranked by their latest value. China is highest at 15,536.1 Mt; Nauru is lowest at 0.0 Mt.

World 53,206.4 Mt (2024)Median country 34.9 Mt203 countries
GHG emissions: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0.020,00040,00060,0001994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
Highest ten
China15,536.1 MtUnited States5,912.6 MtIndia4,371.2 MtRussia2,575.7 MtIndonesia1,323.8 MtBrazil1,299.2 MtJapan1,063.3 MtIran1,054.8 MtSaudi Arabia838.9 MtCanada768.1 Mt
Lowest tenof 203
British Virgin Islands0.1 MtFaroe Islands0.1 MtMicronesia0.1 MtUS Virgin Islands0.0 MtGuam0.0 MtAmerican Samoa0.0 MtNorthern Mariana Islands0.0 MtTuvalu0.0 MtMarshall Islands0.0 MtNauru0.0 Mt
full ranking

All 203 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

203 shown
#CountryRegionGHG emissionsYearRelative
1ChinaEast Asia & Pacific15,536.1 Mt2024
2United StatesNorth America5,912.6 Mt2024
3IndiaSouth Asia4,371.2 Mt2024
4RussiaEurope & Central Asia2,575.7 Mt2024
5IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific1,323.8 Mt2024
6BrazilLatin America & Caribbean1,299.2 Mt2024
7JapanEast Asia & Pacific1,063.3 Mt2024
8IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1,054.8 Mt2024
9Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan838.9 Mt2024
10CanadaNorth America768.1 Mt2024
11MexicoLatin America & Caribbean686.8 Mt2024
12GermanyEurope & Central Asia674.4 Mt2024
13South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific668.2 Mt2024
14AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific591.5 Mt2024
15VietnamEast Asia & Pacific584.3 Mt2024
16TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia579.5 Mt2024
17South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa569.8 Mt2024
18PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan525.9 Mt2024
19ThailandEast Asia & Pacific422.4 Mt2024
20IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan413.3 Mt2024
21United KingdomEurope & Central Asia386.7 Mt2024
22EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan386.6 Mt2024
23FranceEurope & Central Asia378.1 Mt2024
24ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean374.3 Mt2024
25ItalyEurope & Central Asia371.2 Mt2024
26NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa350.6 Mt2024
27PolandEurope & Central Asia348.2 Mt2024
28MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific332.2 Mt2024
29KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia330.4 Mt2024
30SpainEurope & Central Asia285.6 Mt2024
31PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific266.6 Mt2024
32United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan264.1 Mt2024
33AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan252.7 Mt2024
34UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia227.5 Mt2024
35BangladeshSouth Asia220.8 Mt2024
36ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean217.6 Mt2024
37UkraineEurope & Central Asia197.0 Mt2024
38EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa192.7 Mt2024
39KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan173.3 Mt2024
40VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean167.3 Mt2024
41QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan162.7 Mt2024
42NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia145.0 Mt2024
43SudanSub-Saharan Africa138.7 Mt2024
44OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan132.3 Mt2024
45ChileLatin America & Caribbean118.1 Mt2024
46MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific117.8 Mt2024
47TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia114.8 Mt2024
48MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan108.7 Mt2024
49BelgiumEurope & Central Asia107.8 Mt2024
50MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific104.4 Mt2024
51PeruLatin America & Caribbean103.8 Mt2024
52KenyaSub-Saharan Africa102.8 Mt2024
53TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa102.5 Mt2024
54RomaniaEurope & Central Asia101.9 Mt2024
55ChadSub-Saharan Africa101.2 Mt2024
56CzechiaEurope & Central Asia100.4 Mt2024
57LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan98.2 Mt2024
58North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific91.3 Mt2024
59BelarusEurope & Central Asia87.5 Mt2024
60New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific77.8 Mt2024
61IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan76.6 Mt2024
62SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific76.1 Mt2024
63EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean74.4 Mt2024
64GreeceEurope & Central Asia71.5 Mt2024
65AustriaEurope & Central Asia71.0 Mt2024
66AngolaSub-Saharan Africa69.9 Mt2024
67BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan64.4 Mt2024
68BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean63.8 Mt2024
69HungaryEurope & Central Asia60.5 Mt2024
70IrelandEurope & Central Asia59.7 Mt2024
71Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa58.5 Mt2024
72AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia58.3 Mt2024
73UgandaSub-Saharan Africa57.3 Mt2024
74NorwayEurope & Central Asia53.8 Mt2024
75PortugalEurope & Central Asia53.2 Mt2024
76SwedenEurope & Central Asia52.6 Mt2024
77Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean51.6 Mt2024
78CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific49.8 Mt2024
79FinlandEurope & Central Asia48.7 Mt2024
80GhanaSub-Saharan Africa48.1 Mt2024
81MaliSub-Saharan Africa48.0 Mt2024
82SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan47.2 Mt2024
83BulgariaEurope & Central Asia46.7 Mt2024
84UruguayLatin America & Caribbean44.6 Mt2024
85TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan44.6 Mt2024
86GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean43.5 Mt2024
87SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia43.0 Mt2024
88LaosEast Asia & Pacific41.5 Mt2024
89NepalSouth Asia41.5 Mt2024
90ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean41.4 Mt2024
91NigerSub-Saharan Africa41.1 Mt2024
92CameroonSub-Saharan Africa40.6 Mt2024
93Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific40.3 Mt2024
94SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia39.0 Mt2024
95ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa38.5 Mt2024
96DenmarkEurope & Central Asia38.3 Mt2024
97Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa38.0 Mt2024
98Sri LankaSouth Asia37.2 Mt2024
99CubaLatin America & Caribbean36.0 Mt2024
100MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa35.8 Mt2024
101Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa34.9 Mt2024
102JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan34.9 Mt2024
103SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa34.4 Mt2024
104MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa33.6 Mt2024
105Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean33.6 Mt2024
106AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan33.0 Mt2024
107YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan32.9 Mt2024
108SenegalSub-Saharan Africa31.7 Mt2024
109ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa30.8 Mt2024
110GuineaSub-Saharan Africa29.4 Mt2024
111Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia27.6 Mt2024
112CroatiaEurope & Central Asia26.8 Mt2024
113Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa24.6 Mt2024
114HondurasLatin America & Caribbean24.4 Mt2024
115KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia22.4 Mt2024
116TajikistanEurope & Central Asia22.2 Mt2024
117GabonSub-Saharan Africa21.8 Mt2024
118LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia21.5 Mt2024
119GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia19.6 Mt2024
120PanamaLatin America & Caribbean19.2 Mt2024
121NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean19.2 Mt2024
122MalawiSub-Saharan Africa19.0 Mt2024
123LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan18.8 Mt2024
124BeninSub-Saharan Africa17.8 Mt2024
125Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean17.6 Mt2024
126MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa17.5 Mt2024
127SloveniaEurope & Central Asia17.3 Mt2024
128Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean17.1 Mt2024
129El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean14.8 Mt2024
130NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa14.2 Mt2024
131EstoniaEurope & Central Asia14.1 Mt2024
132HaitiLatin America & Caribbean13.8 Mt2024
133Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa13.4 Mt2024
134BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa12.1 Mt2024
135BruneiEast Asia & Pacific11.9 Mt2024
136MoldovaEurope & Central Asia11.7 Mt2024
137LatviaEurope & Central Asia11.6 Mt2024
138TogoSub-Saharan Africa10.8 Mt2024
139ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia10.8 Mt2024
140Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific10.8 Mt2024
141North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia9.8 Mt2024
142JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean9.4 Mt2024
143CyprusEurope & Central Asia9.3 Mt2024
144GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean8.7 Mt2024
145BurundiSub-Saharan Africa8.4 Mt2024
146RwandaSub-Saharan Africa8.3 Mt2024
147Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa8.1 Mt2024
148LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia8.1 Mt2024
149Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa7.9 Mt2024
150AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia7.1 Mt2024
151EritreaSub-Saharan Africa6.6 Mt2024
152MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa6.5 Mt2024
153New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific5.4 Mt2024
154LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa4.5 Mt2024
155IcelandEurope & Central Asia4.3 Mt2024
156SurinameLatin America & Caribbean3.7 Mt2024
157Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa3.2 Mt2024
158LesothoSub-Saharan Africa3.1 Mt2024
159EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa2.9 Mt2024
160BhutanSouth Asia2.8 Mt2024
161FijiEast Asia & Pacific2.8 Mt2024
162DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.4 Mt2024
163MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.2 Mt2024
164MaldivesSouth Asia2.1 Mt2024
165Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific1.9 Mt2024
166The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa1.9 Mt2024
167BahamasLatin America & Caribbean1.8 Mt2024
168MacaoEast Asia & Pacific1.8 Mt2024
169PalauEast Asia & Pacific1.5 Mt2024
170French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific1.1 Mt2024
171BelizeLatin America & Caribbean1.0 Mt2024
172SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa1.0 Mt2024
173ComorosSub-Saharan Africa0.9 Mt2024
174Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa0.9 Mt2024
175BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean0.9 Mt2024
176GreenlandEurope & Central Asia0.7 Mt2024
177GibraltarEurope & Central Asia0.7 Mt2024
178VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific0.6 Mt2024
179Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.6 Mt2024
180ArubaLatin America & Caribbean0.6 Mt2024
181SamoaEast Asia & Pacific0.5 Mt2024
182Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean0.5 Mt2024
183Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean0.4 Mt2024
184Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.4 Mt2024
185BermudaNorth America0.3 Mt2024
186TongaEast Asia & Pacific0.3 Mt2024
187São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa0.2 Mt2024
188GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
189Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
190Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
191Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
192DominicaLatin America & Caribbean0.2 Mt2024
193KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific0.1 Mt2024
194British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.1 Mt2024
195Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia0.1 Mt2024
196MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific0.1 Mt2024
197US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean0.0 Mt2024
198GuamEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
199American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
200Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
201TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
202Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
203NauruEast Asia & Pacific0.0 Mt2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
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