environmental2024
Annual CO₂ emissions
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
175,577,769.3tonnes
Median: 11,770,158.0tonnes
Countries Covered
213
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
12,289,037,000.0tonnes
Lowest
Niue
7,627.0tonnes
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China12,289,037,000.0tonnes
2United States of America4,904,120,000.0tonnes
3India3,193,478,100.0tonnes
4Russian Federation1,780,524,400.0tonnes
5Japan961,867,300.0tonnes
By Region
North America1,479,582,045.0tonnes(4 countries)
Asia822,140,282.1tonnes(27 countries)
Oceania209,605,906.0tonnes(2 countries)
South America135,665,029.4tonnes(7 countries)
Africa131,522,896.4tonnes(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (7,627.0tonnes)High (12,289,037,000.0tonnes)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 175,577,769.3tonnes)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Europe (32)
Other (132)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 12,289,037,000.0tonnes |
| 2 | United States of America | 4,904,120,000.0tonnes |
| 3 | India | 3,193,478,100.0tonnes |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 1,780,524,400.0tonnes |
| 5 | Japan | 961,867,300.0tonnes |
| 6 | Indonesia | 812,220,200.0tonnes |
| 7 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 792,631,200.0tonnes |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 692,133,500.0tonnes |
| 9 | South Korea | 583,679,170.0tonnes |
| 10 | Germany | 572,319,170.0tonnes |
| 11 | Canada | 533,340,100.0tonnes |
| 12 | Türkiye | 513,034,600.0tonnes |
| 13 | Brazil | 483,011,550.0tonnes |
| 14 | Mexico | 460,987,650.0tonnes |
| 15 | South Africa | 439,830,500.0tonnes |
| 16 | Australia | 386,732,380.0tonnes |
| 17 | Vietnam | 370,931,330.0tonnes |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 312,905,540.0tonnes |
| 19 | Italy | 301,929,760.0tonnes |
| 20 | Malaysia | 290,223,840.0tonnes |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 287,005,950.0tonnes |
| 22 | Poland | 272,861,820.0tonnes |
| 23 | Thailand | 267,760,200.0tonnes |
| 24 | France | 264,155,620.0tonnes |
| 25 | Taiwan, Province of China | 262,344,820.0tonnes |
| 26 | Egypt | 258,367,860.0tonnes |
| 27 | Iraq | 233,635,500.0tonnes |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 221,988,080.0tonnes |
| 29 | Spain | 220,341,280.0tonnes |
| 30 | Algeria | 198,203,180.0tonnes |
| 31 | Pakistan | 179,800,380.0tonnes |
| 32 | Philippines | 174,878,000.0tonnes |
| 33 | Argentina | 171,059,260.0tonnes |
| 34 | Ukraine | 142,497,860.0tonnes |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 139,234,180.0tonnes |
| 36 | Nigeria | 135,824,000.0tonnes |
| 37 | Kuwait | 129,518,650.0tonnes |
| 38 | Qatar | 125,812,260.0tonnes |
| 39 | Venezuela | 116,042,424.0tonnes |
| 40 | Netherlands | 114,784,730.0tonnes |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 108,317,880.0tonnes |
| 42 | Colombia | 92,659,384.0tonnes |
| 43 | Belgium | 85,456,200.0tonnes |
| 44 | Oman | 82,661,976.0tonnes |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 81,005,550.0tonnes |
| 46 | Chile | 78,725,544.0tonnes |
| 47 | Czech Republic | 75,623,000.0tonnes |
| 48 | Peru | 70,246,650.0tonnes |
| 49 | Morocco | 69,062,344.0tonnes |
| 50 | Romania | 68,551,400.0tonnes |
| 51 | Libya | 65,260,070.0tonnes |
| 52 | North Korea | 62,550,270.0tonnes |
| 53 | Austria | 56,367,656.0tonnes |
| 54 | Belarus | 55,818,416.0tonnes |
| 55 | Singapore | 53,919,460.0tonnes |
| 56 | Greece | 53,360,840.0tonnes |
| 57 | Israel | 52,637,136.0tonnes |
| 58 | Ecuador | 45,979,548.0tonnes |
| 59 | Mongolia | 44,693,890.0tonnes |
| 60 | Serbia | 42,019,440.0tonnes |
| 61 | Hungary | 40,017,292.0tonnes |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 39,830,140.0tonnes |
| 63 | Bahrain | 39,003,456.0tonnes |
| 64 | Sweden | 38,096,652.0tonnes |
| 65 | Norway | 37,183,000.0tonnes |
| 66 | Portugal | 35,538,852.0tonnes |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34,576,280.0tonnes |
| 68 | Hong Kong | 33,323,918.0tonnes |
| 69 | Ireland | 33,310,624.0tonnes |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 33,130,818.0tonnes |
| 71 | Tunisia | 32,663,696.0tonnes |
| 72 | New Zealand | 32,479,432.0tonnes |
| 73 | Switzerland | 32,071,708.0tonnes |
| 74 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31,778,448.0tonnes |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 31,621,824.0tonnes |
| 76 | Myanmar | 31,603,438.0tonnes |
| 77 | Finland | 29,775,000.0tonnes |
| 78 | Slovakia | 29,090,958.0tonnes |
| 79 | Bolivia | 28,708,664.0tonnes |
| 80 | Denmark | 28,369,162.0tonnes |
| 81 | Cuba | 24,440,234.0tonnes |
| 82 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24,399,926.0tonnes |
| 83 | Jordan | 23,219,138.0tonnes |
| 84 | Angola | 22,333,584.0tonnes |
| 85 | Cambodia | 21,882,690.0tonnes |
| 86 | Kenya | 21,225,434.0tonnes |
| 87 | Ghana | 21,021,874.0tonnes |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 20,825,544.0tonnes |
| 89 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20,018,364.0tonnes |
| 90 | Guatemala | 19,880,430.0tonnes |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,425,932.0tonnes |
| 92 | Nepal | 18,776,082.0tonnes |
| 93 | Croatia | 18,464,850.0tonnes |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 17,837,292.0tonnes |
| 95 | Sudan | 17,794,800.0tonnes |
| 96 | Lebanon | 15,649,973.0tonnes |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14,828,585.0tonnes |
| 98 | Senegal | 14,091,846.0tonnes |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 13,701,154.0tonnes |
| 100 | Honduras | 12,854,842.0tonnes |
| 101 | Slovenia | 12,751,194.0tonnes |
| 102 | Panama | 12,664,428.0tonnes |
| 103 | Lithuania | 12,541,509.0tonnes |
| 104 | Brunei Darussalam | 12,052,463.0tonnes |
| 105 | Zambia | 12,043,299.0tonnes |
| 106 | Georgia | 11,784,258.0tonnes |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,770,158.0tonnes |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 10,825,998.0tonnes |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 10,739,768.0tonnes |
| 110 | Yemen | 10,123,090.0tonnes |
| 111 | Cameroon | 9,631,583.0tonnes |
| 112 | El Salvador | 8,972,291.0tonnes |
| 113 | Republic of the Congo | 8,839,770.0tonnes |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 8,760,451.0tonnes |
| 115 | Mozambique | 8,612,630.0tonnes |
| 116 | Jamaica | 8,401,763.0tonnes |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 8,345,442.0tonnes |
| 118 | Estonia | 8,306,777.0tonnes |
| 119 | Uruguay | 7,973,270.0tonnes |
| 120 | Paraguay | 7,936,718.0tonnes |
| 121 | Botswana | 7,461,599.0tonnes |
| 122 | Armenia | 7,430,715.0tonnes |
| 123 | Cyprus | 7,299,328.0tonnes |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 7,039,783.0tonnes |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,010,352.0tonnes |
| 126 | Mali | 6,978,840.0tonnes |
| 127 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 6,619,636.0tonnes |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 6,507,663.0tonnes |
| 129 | Latvia | 6,461,889.0tonnes |
| 130 | Uganda | 6,333,810.0tonnes |
| 131 | Benin | 6,066,339.0tonnes |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,904,451.0tonnes |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 5,630,346.0tonnes |
| 134 | Gabon | 5,398,794.0tonnes |
| 135 | Moldova, Republic of | 5,326,843.0tonnes |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 5,286,637.0tonnes |
| 137 | Mauritania | 5,238,679.0tonnes |
| 138 | State of Palestine | 4,780,046.0tonnes |
| 139 | Mauritius | 4,673,616.0tonnes |
| 140 | Madagascar | 4,528,381.0tonnes |
| 141 | Guyana | 4,510,330.0tonnes |
| 142 | Albania | 4,444,448.0tonnes |
| 143 | Guinea | 4,026,185.0tonnes |
| 144 | Iceland | 3,803,011.0tonnes |
| 145 | Namibia | 3,469,112.0tonnes |
| 146 | Niger | 3,169,958.0tonnes |
| 147 | Bahamas | 3,069,679.0tonnes |
| 148 | Suriname | 2,987,768.0tonnes |
| 149 | Haiti | 2,970,693.0tonnes |
| 150 | Chad | 2,831,401.0tonnes |
| 151 | Togo | 2,753,585.0tonnes |
| 152 | Lesotho | 2,571,767.0tonnes |
| 153 | Montenegro | 2,376,258.0tonnes |
| 154 | Maldives | 2,306,210.0tonnes |
| 155 | Curaçao | 2,289,628.0tonnes |
| 156 | Rwanda | 2,033,550.0tonnes |
| 157 | Malawi | 1,881,479.0tonnes |
| 158 | Malta | 1,728,766.0tonnes |
| 159 | South Sudan | 1,695,552.0tonnes |
| 160 | Bhutan | 1,657,416.0tonnes |
| 161 | Fiji | 1,445,316.0tonnes |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 1,434,283.0tonnes |
| 163 | Barbados | 1,365,171.0tonnes |
| 164 | Somalia | 1,319,185.0tonnes |
| 165 | Macao | 1,056,328.0tonnes |
| 166 | Eswatini | 1,044,644.0tonnes |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 922,867.0tonnes |
| 168 | Aruba | 920,644.0tonnes |
| 169 | Burundi | 916,664.0tonnes |
| 170 | Liberia | 859,369.0tonnes |
| 171 | Republic of The Gambia | 802,774.0tonnes |
| 172 | Belize | 796,027.0tonnes |
| 173 | Eritrea | 742,647.0tonnes |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 725,388.0tonnes |
| 175 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 717,645.0tonnes |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | 668,112.0tonnes |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 665,140.0tonnes |
| 178 | Seychelles | 652,571.0tonnes |
| 179 | Greenland | 618,963.0tonnes |
| 180 | Cape Verde | 593,786.0tonnes |
| 181 | Djibouti | 564,084.0tonnes |
| 182 | Comoros | 551,650.0tonnes |
| 183 | Bermuda | 550,001.0tonnes |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 536,909.0tonnes |
| 185 | Andorra | 424,663.0tonnes |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 394,681.0tonnes |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 378,842.0tonnes |
| 188 | Grenada | 376,971.0tonnes |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 342,189.0tonnes |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 294,648.0tonnes |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 259,757.0tonnes |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 255,657.0tonnes |
| 193 | Samoa | 245,587.0tonnes |
| 194 | Palau | 226,099.0tonnes |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 197,079.0tonnes |
| 196 | Virgin Islands, British | 192,507.0tonnes |
| 197 | Dominica | 170,858.0tonnes |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 154,480.0tonnes |
| 199 | Tonga | 152,540.0tonnes |
| 200 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 151,882.0tonnes |
| 201 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 150,626.0tonnes |
| 202 | Anguilla | 148,085.0tonnes |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 141,779.0tonnes |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | 131,624.0tonnes |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 80,083.0tonnes |
| 206 | Kiribati | 72,456.0tonnes |
| 207 | Nauru | 61,390.0tonnes |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 55,322.0tonnes |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna | 30,508.0tonnes |
| 210 | Montserrat | 26,579.0tonnes |
| 211 | Tuvalu | 11,440.0tonnes |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 11,391.0tonnes |
| 213 | Niue | 7,627.0tonnes |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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