environmental2024
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) — series 2
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
621.6%
Median: 126.0%
Countries Covered
201
with available data
Highest
Greenland
53,909.1%
Lowest
Ukraine
-84.9%
Top 5 Countries
1Greenland53,909.1%
2Lao People's Democratic Republic10,084.7%
3Equatorial Guinea6,688.9%
4Cambodia4,422.8%
5Turks and Caicos Islands4,392.2%
By Region
Other929.8%(122 countries)
Asia323.3%(26 countries)
Africa282.9%(9 countries)
South America134.1%(7 countries)
North America127.1%(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-84.9%)High (53,909.1%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 621.6%)
Other (122)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 53,909.1% |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10,084.7% |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,688.9% |
| 4 | Cambodia | 4,422.8% |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,392.2% |
| 6 | Mali | 2,221.4% |
| 7 | Vietnam | 1,993.6% |
| 8 | Maldives | 1,889.9% |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 1,878.5% |
| 10 | Benin | 1,668.2% |
| 11 | Nepal | 1,360.1% |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 1,156.9% |
| 13 | Chad | 1,128.9% |
| 14 | Comoros | 1,035.6% |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 924.0% |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 903.4% |
| 17 | Uganda | 893.6% |
| 18 | Lesotho | 819.7% |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 785.2% |
| 20 | Bhutan | 781.0% |
| 21 | Mozambique | 770.4% |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 741.0% |
| 23 | Qatar | 696.5% |
| 24 | Ghana | 672.0% |
| 25 | Mauritania | 608.8% |
| 26 | Myanmar | 607.5% |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 549.5% |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 532.9% |
| 29 | Senegal | 500.5% |
| 30 | Oman | 500.3% |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 450.5% |
| 32 | Guinea | 449.7% |
| 33 | People's Republic of China | 443.6% |
| 34 | India | 425.0% |
| 35 | Honduras | 420.8% |
| 36 | Guatemala | 419.7% |
| 37 | Niger | 418.0% |
| 38 | Madagascar | 415.8% |
| 39 | Indonesia | 402.1% |
| 40 | Virgin Islands, British | 401.6% |
| 41 | Burundi | 382.4% |
| 42 | Kiribati | 377.2% |
| 43 | Malaysia | 359.4% |
| 44 | Panama | 354.3% |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 349.0% |
| 46 | Gibraltar | 341.7% |
| 47 | Bolivia | 331.9% |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 330.1% |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 326.8% |
| 50 | Rwanda | 318.0% |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 314.9% |
| 52 | Philippines | 307.7% |
| 53 | Republic of The Gambia | 301.5% |
| 54 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 297.6% |
| 55 | Dominica | 295.8% |
| 56 | Sudan | 294.3% |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 282.6% |
| 58 | Zambia | 282.1% |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 275.2% |
| 60 | Mauritius | 271.1% |
| 61 | El Salvador | 267.8% |
| 62 | Paraguay | 267.5% |
| 63 | Kuwait | 257.7% |
| 64 | Republic of the Congo | 254.7% |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 252.6% |
| 66 | Togo | 248.0% |
| 67 | Grenada | 245.6% |
| 68 | Iraq | 243.7% |
| 69 | Kenya | 234.6% |
| 70 | Peru | 232.3% |
| 71 | Seychelles | 230.3% |
| 72 | Guyana | 222.8% |
| 73 | Cayman Islands | 221.5% |
| 74 | Egypt | 218.7% |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 217.7% |
| 76 | Bahrain | 216.5% |
| 77 | Malawi | 212.0% |
| 78 | Morocco | 211.8% |
| 79 | Pakistan | 210.8% |
| 80 | Haiti | 207.8% |
| 81 | Belize | 207.4% |
| 82 | Thailand | 197.5% |
| 83 | Türkiye | 196.5% |
| 84 | Namibia | 192.3% |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 192.1% |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 187.2% |
| 87 | Samoa | 184.9% |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 179.8% |
| 89 | Aruba | 176.6% |
| 90 | Ecuador | 173.2% |
| 91 | Algeria | 158.3% |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 154.3% |
| 93 | Angola | 150.2% |
| 94 | Botswana | 144.5% |
| 95 | Jordan | 139.7% |
| 96 | Eritrea | 136.3% |
| 97 | Suriname | 134.7% |
| 98 | Chile | 134.3% |
| 99 | Liberia | 131.1% |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 130.9% |
| 101 | South Korea | 126.0% |
| 102 | Uruguay | 120.8% |
| 103 | Brunei Darussalam | 117.8% |
| 104 | Tunisia | 117.8% |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 117.2% |
| 106 | Brazil | 116.6% |
| 107 | Cameroon | 116.4% |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 111.8% |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 111.5% |
| 110 | Mongolia | 110.4% |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 102.5% |
| 112 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 100.0% |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 98.3% |
| 114 | Libya | 96.0% |
| 115 | Tonga | 90.6% |
| 116 | Singapore | 86.0% |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 84.2% |
| 118 | Lebanon | 84.2% |
| 119 | Macao | 83.8% |
| 120 | Argentina | 82.9% |
| 121 | Colombia | 78.7% |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 78.2% |
| 123 | Nigeria | 75.6% |
| 124 | Mexico | 64.3% |
| 125 | Israel | 63.7% |
| 126 | Cyprus | 58.2% |
| 127 | Guam | 50.0% |
| 128 | Fiji | 49.4% |
| 129 | Yemen | 48.9% |
| 130 | Iceland | 40.8% |
| 131 | South Africa | 40.1% |
| 132 | Australia | 38.1% |
| 133 | Somalia | 37.6% |
| 134 | Bahamas | 34.3% |
| 135 | Faroe Islands | 31.3% |
| 136 | Canada | 31.2% |
| 137 | New Zealand | 27.3% |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 16.2% |
| 139 | Barbados | 15.8% |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 15.0% |
| 141 | Norway | 10.2% |
| 142 | Bermuda | 5.9% |
| 143 | Jamaica | 4.8% |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 4.1% |
| 145 | Ireland | 0.7% |
| 146 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% |
| 148 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0% |
| 149 | American Samoa | 0.0% |
| 150 | Eswatini | -1.1% |
| 151 | Hong Kong | -1.2% |
| 152 | Spain | -4.1% |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | -4.7% |
| 154 | Austria | -5.7% |
| 155 | Venezuela | -6.0% |
| 156 | United States of America | -7.1% |
| 157 | Djibouti | -8.2% |
| 158 | Slovenia | -9.2% |
| 159 | Gabon | -15.8% |
| 160 | Japan | -16.3% |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -17.0% |
| 162 | Russian Federation | -17.5% |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | -18.9% |
| 164 | Portugal | -18.9% |
| 165 | Tajikistan | -20.7% |
| 166 | Malta | -22.1% |
| 167 | Croatia | -22.2% |
| 168 | Switzerland | -24.6% |
| 169 | Belgium | -25.2% |
| 170 | Poland | -25.7% |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | -26.2% |
| 172 | Netherlands | -27.9% |
| 173 | France | -28.7% |
| 174 | Italy | -29.8% |
| 175 | Azerbaijan | -30.7% |
| 176 | Palau | -32.0% |
| 177 | Greece | -32.6% |
| 178 | Sweden | -33.9% |
| 179 | The Republic of North Macedonia | -34.8% |
| 180 | Albania | -36.1% |
| 181 | Luxembourg | -40.3% |
| 182 | Hungary | -41.1% |
| 183 | Germany | -42.7% |
| 184 | Finland | -44.7% |
| 185 | Cuba | -45.7% |
| 186 | Belarus | -48.6% |
| 187 | North Korea | -49.8% |
| 188 | United Kingdom | -49.8% |
| 189 | Slovakia | -50.7% |
| 190 | Denmark | -51.2% |
| 191 | Czech Republic | -53.0% |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | -54.6% |
| 193 | Bulgaria | -57.3% |
| 194 | Georgia | -61.0% |
| 195 | Romania | -62.2% |
| 196 | Lithuania | -63.1% |
| 197 | Armenia | -63.9% |
| 198 | Latvia | -65.3% |
| 199 | Estonia | -73.4% |
| 200 | Moldova, Republic of | -74.2% |
| 201 | Ukraine | -84.9% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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