environmental2024

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change

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 Data194 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5%
Median: 0.1%
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
United States of America
20.4%
Lowest
Sao Tome and Principe
-0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America20.4%
2People's Republic of China13.1%
3Russian Federation8.3%
4Brazil5.1%
5India3.8%
By Region
North America6.2%(4 countries)
Asia1.2%(25 countries)
South America1.1%(7 countries)
Oceania0.7%(2 countries)
Europe0.5%(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-0.0%)High (20.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5%)

North America (4)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Other (115)

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
1United States of America20.4%
2People's Republic of China13.1%
3Russian Federation8.3%
4Brazil5.1%
5India3.8%
6Germany3.4%
7Indonesia3.2%
8United Kingdom2.9%
9Canada2.8%
10Japan2.7%
11Ukraine1.6%
12Mexico1.3%
13France1.3%
14Australia1.2%
15South Africa1.1%
16Poland1.1%
17Italy1.0%
18Democratic Republic of the Congo0.9%
19Thailand0.9%
20Colombia0.9%
21Islamic Republic of Iran0.9%
22Argentina0.8%
23South Korea0.8%
24Malaysia0.7%
25Türkiye0.7%
26Saudi Arabia0.7%
27Kazakhstan0.7%
28Spain0.6%
29Nigeria0.6%
30Philippines0.6%
31Vietnam0.5%
32Venezuela0.5%
33Netherlands0.5%
34Belgium0.5%
35Czech Republic0.4%
36Romania0.4%
37Cote d'Ivoire0.4%
38Belarus0.4%
39Myanmar0.3%
40Peru0.3%
41Chile0.3%
42Egypt0.3%
43Pakistan0.3%
44Bolivia0.3%
45United Republic of Tanzania0.3%
46Sweden0.3%
47Ethiopia0.3%
48Uzbekistan0.3%
49North Korea0.3%
50Finland0.2%
51Algeria0.2%
52Austria0.2%
53Iraq0.2%
54United Arab Emirates0.2%
55Ecuador0.2%
56Cuba0.2%
57Hungary0.2%
58Denmark0.2%
59Angola0.2%
60Greece0.2%
61Madagascar0.2%
62New Zealand0.2%
63Zambia0.2%
64Bulgaria0.2%
65Mozambique0.2%
66Slovakia0.2%
67Nicaragua0.2%
68Guatemala0.2%
69Paraguay0.1%
70Kuwait0.1%
71Norway0.1%
72Bangladesh0.1%
73Honduras0.1%
74Morocco0.1%
75Cambodia0.1%
76Switzerland0.1%
77Serbia0.1%
78Azerbaijan0.1%
79Portugal0.1%
80Kenya0.1%
81Zimbabwe0.1%
82Cameroon0.1%
83Turkmenistan0.1%
84Lithuania0.1%
85Guinea0.1%
86Sudan0.1%
87Ghana0.1%
88Israel0.1%
89Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1%
90Qatar0.1%
91Libya0.1%
92Ireland0.1%
93Costa Rica0.1%
94Syrian Arab Republic0.1%
95Panama0.1%
96Dominican Republic0.1%
97Uganda0.1%
98Singapore0.1%
99Sri Lanka0.1%
100Mongolia0.1%
101Republic of the Congo0.1%
102Croatia0.1%
103Latvia0.1%
104Estonia0.1%
105Papua New Guinea0.1%
106Benin0.1%
107Mali0.1%
108Trinidad and Tobago0.1%
109Oman0.1%
110South Sudan0.1%
111Nepal0.1%
112Tunisia0.1%
113Moldova, Republic of0.1%
114Burkina Faso0.0%
115Niger0.0%
116Sierra Leone0.0%
117Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0%
118Kyrgyzstan0.0%
119Slovenia0.0%
120Malawi0.0%
121Somalia0.0%
122Liberia0.0%
123Bahrain0.0%
124Gabon0.0%
125Uruguay0.0%
126The Republic of North Macedonia0.0%
127El Salvador0.0%
128Jordan0.0%
129Haiti0.0%
130Lebanon0.0%
131Chad0.0%
132Luxembourg0.0%
133Senegal0.0%
134Central African Republic0.0%
135Yemen0.0%
136Togo0.0%
137Bhutan0.0%
138Jamaica0.0%
139Tajikistan0.0%
140Guyana0.0%
141Afghanistan0.0%
142Albania0.0%
143Brunei Darussalam0.0%
144Armenia0.0%
145Rwanda0.0%
146Belize0.0%
147Burundi0.0%
148Botswana0.0%
149Iceland0.0%
150Cyprus0.0%
151Suriname0.0%
152Guinea-Bissau0.0%
153Georgia0.0%
154Montenegro0.0%
155Namibia0.0%
156Solomon Islands0.0%
157Lesotho0.0%
158Eswatini0.0%
159Bahamas0.0%
160Eritrea0.0%
161Mauritania0.0%
162Mauritius0.0%
163Equatorial Guinea0.0%
164Timor-Leste0.0%
165Malta0.0%
166Fiji0.0%
167Vanuatu0.0%
168State of Palestine0.0%
169Republic of The Gambia0.0%
170Barbados0.0%
171Maldives0.0%
172Djibouti0.0%
173Cape Verde0.0%
174Antigua and Barbuda0.0%
175Andorra0.0%
176Seychelles0.0%
177Saint Lucia0.0%
178Samoa0.0%
179Comoros0.0%
180Palau0.0%
181Liechtenstein0.0%
182Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0%
183Tonga0.0%
184Grenada0.0%
185Nauru0.0%
186Micronesia, Federated States of0.0%
187Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0%
188Marshall Islands0.0%
189Dominica0.0%
190Cook Islands0.0%
191Kiribati0.0%
192Tuvalu0.0%
193Niue0.0%
194Sao Tome and Principe-0.0%
Showing 194 of 194 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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