environmental2024

Share of global cumulative 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.

Source: Our World in Data213 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5%
Median: 0.0%
Countries Covered
213
with available data
Highest
United States of America
23.5%
Lowest
Niue
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America23.5%
2People's Republic of China15.4%
3Russian Federation6.6%
4Germany5.1%
5United Kingdom4.3%
By Region
North America6.7%(4 countries)
Asia1.2%(27 countries)
Europe0.7%(32 countries)
Oceania0.6%(2 countries)
South America0.3%(7 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 (23.5%)

Regional Comparison

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

North America (4)
Asia (27)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
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
1United States of America23.5%
2People's Republic of China15.4%
3Russian Federation6.6%
4Germany5.1%
5United Kingdom4.3%
6Japan3.8%
7India3.6%
8France2.2%
9Canada1.9%
10Ukraine1.7%
11Poland1.6%
12Italy1.4%
13South Africa1.2%
14Mexico1.2%
15Islamic Republic of Iran1.2%
16South Korea1.1%
17Australia1.1%
18Saudi Arabia1.0%
19Brazil1.0%
20Indonesia0.9%
21Spain0.8%
22Kazakhstan0.8%
23Belgium0.7%
24Türkiye0.7%
25Czech Republic0.7%
26Netherlands0.7%
27Taiwan, Province of China0.5%
28Argentina0.5%
29Romania0.5%
30Thailand0.4%
31Venezuela0.4%
32Egypt0.4%
33Malaysia0.4%
34Uzbekistan0.4%
35United Arab Emirates0.3%
36Austria0.3%
37Pakistan0.3%
38Vietnam0.3%
39North Korea0.3%
40Algeria0.3%
41Iraq0.3%
42Belarus0.3%
43Hungary0.3%
44Sweden0.3%
45Nigeria0.3%
46Greece0.2%
47Denmark0.2%
48Slovakia0.2%
49Bulgaria0.2%
50Philippines0.2%
51Kuwait0.2%
52Colombia0.2%
53Chile0.2%
54Finland0.2%
55Switzerland0.2%
56Serbia0.2%
57Norway0.2%
58Portugal0.1%
59Turkmenistan0.1%
60Azerbaijan0.1%
61Israel0.1%
62Qatar0.1%
63Libya0.1%
64Ireland0.1%
65Singapore0.1%
66Peru0.1%
67Syrian Arab Republic0.1%
68Morocco0.1%
69New Zealand0.1%
70Bangladesh0.1%
71Cuba0.1%
72Hong Kong0.1%
73Trinidad and Tobago0.1%
74Oman0.1%
75Estonia0.1%
76Lithuania0.1%
77Ecuador0.1%
78Moldova, Republic of0.1%
79Croatia0.1%
80Bahrain0.1%
81Tunisia0.1%
82Bosnia and Herzegovina0.1%
83Latvia0.1%
84Slovenia0.0%
85Kyrgyzstan0.0%
86Dominican Republic0.0%
87Mongolia0.0%
88Zimbabwe0.0%
89Lebanon0.0%
90Jordan0.0%
91Luxembourg0.0%
92Angola0.0%
93Myanmar0.0%
94Yemen0.0%
95Georgia0.0%
96Bolivia0.0%
97Sri Lanka0.0%
98Kenya0.0%
99The Republic of North Macedonia0.0%
100Curaçao0.0%
101Tajikistan0.0%
102Sudan0.0%
103Guatemala0.0%
104Jamaica0.0%
105Uruguay0.0%
106Brunei Darussalam0.0%
107Ghana0.0%
108Armenia0.0%
109Cote d'Ivoire0.0%
110Panama0.0%
111United Republic of Tanzania0.0%
112Ethiopia0.0%
113Cyprus0.0%
114Honduras0.0%
115Cameroon0.0%
116Albania0.0%
117Gabon0.0%
118Zambia0.0%
119Senegal0.0%
120Costa Rica0.0%
121El Salvador0.0%
122Cambodia0.0%
123Lao People's Democratic Republic0.0%
124Afghanistan0.0%
125Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0%
126Nepal0.0%
127Mozambique0.0%
128Papua New Guinea0.0%
129Paraguay0.0%
130Nicaragua0.0%
131Republic of the Congo0.0%
132Botswana0.0%
133Bahamas0.0%
134New Caledonia0.0%
135Iceland0.0%
136Equatorial Guinea0.0%
137Mauritius0.0%
138Uganda0.0%
139Suriname0.0%
140Benin0.0%
141Montenegro0.0%
142Guyana0.0%
143Madagascar0.0%
144Malta0.0%
145Guinea0.0%
146Mali0.0%
147Mauritania0.0%
148Burkina Faso0.0%
149Haiti0.0%
150Namibia0.0%
151State of Palestine0.0%
152Togo0.0%
153Aruba0.0%
154Lesotho0.0%
155Barbados0.0%
156Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.0%
157Niger0.0%
158Malawi0.0%
159Macao0.0%
160Fiji0.0%
161Liberia0.0%
162Chad0.0%
163South Sudan0.0%
164Eswatini0.0%
165Sierra Leone0.0%
166Somalia0.0%
167Rwanda0.0%
168Greenland0.0%
169French Polynesia0.0%
170Faroe Islands0.0%
171Maldives0.0%
172Bermuda0.0%
173Bhutan0.0%
174Antigua and Barbuda0.0%
175Belize0.0%
176Djibouti0.0%
177Eritrea0.0%
178Republic of The Gambia0.0%
179Cape Verde0.0%
180Burundi0.0%
181Andorra0.0%
182Saint Lucia0.0%
183Seychelles0.0%
184Central African Republic0.0%
185Timor-Leste0.0%
186Solomon Islands0.0%
187Palau0.0%
188Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba0.0%
189Liechtenstein0.0%
190Grenada0.0%
191Guinea-Bissau0.0%
192Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0%
193Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.0%
194Samoa0.0%
195Turks and Caicos Islands0.0%
196Comoros0.0%
197Virgin Islands, British0.0%
198Vanuatu0.0%
199Dominica0.0%
200Nauru0.0%
201Tonga0.0%
202Micronesia, Federated States of0.0%
203Sao Tome and Principe0.0%
204Marshall Islands0.0%
205Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.0%
206Anguilla0.0%
207Cook Islands0.0%
208Kiribati0.0%
209Montserrat0.0%
210Wallis and Futuna0.0%
211Saint Helena0.0%
212Tuvalu0.0%
213Niue0.0%
Showing 213 of 213 countries

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Data Source

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

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