Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions by country

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
130.72 million tonnes
India
Lowest
-25.04 million tonnes
Japan
Median
34,060 tonnes
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
23,088

What the numbers show

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 130.72 million tonnes in India; the lowest is -25.04 million tonnes in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 34,060 tonnes, and the mean is 1.87 million tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 20,199.5%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 921.8%).

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 130.72 million tonnes 2024 down 14.4% volatile
2 China 117.03 million tonnes 2024 up 247.7% volatile
3 Indonesia 49.86 million tonnes 2024 up 985.5% volatile
4 Russia 47.39 million tonnes 2024 up 20,199.5% volatile
5 Turkey 26.09 million tonnes 2024 up 56.8% volatile
6 Vietnam 23.53 million tonnes 2024 down 17.7% volatile
7 Uzbekistan 16.36 million tonnes 2024 up 434.0% volatile
8 Saudi Arabia 14.69 million tonnes 2024 up 660.7% volatile
9 Malaysia 13.93 million tonnes 2024 up 311.8% volatile
10 Philippines 13.90 million tonnes 2024 up 164.8% volatile
11 United Arab Emirates 11.56 million tonnes 2024 up 3,278.3% volatile
12 Egypt 8.14 million tonnes 2024 down 0.4% volatile
13 Nigeria 6.45 million tonnes 2024 down 1.9% volatile
14 Kuwait 6.35 million tonnes 2024 up 178.9% volatile
15 Qatar 6.27 million tonnes 2024 up 2,911.2% volatile
16 Iraq 5.73 million tonnes 2024 up 236.6% volatile
17 United Kingdom 5.08 million tonnes 2024 up 113.1% volatile
18 Spain 4.88 million tonnes 2024 up 215.1% volatile
19 Peru 4.18 million tonnes 2024 down 37.3% volatile
20 Bolivia 4.09 million tonnes 2024 up 92.6% volatile
21 Bangladesh 3.79 million tonnes 2024 up 35.9% volatile
22 South Africa 3.23 million tonnes 2024 down 87.3% volatile
23 Ukraine 3.17 million tonnes 2024 up 108.0% volatile
24 Thailand 3.03 million tonnes 2024 down 65.3% volatile
25 Iran 2.96 million tonnes 2024 down 91.4% volatile
26 Singapore 2.85 million tonnes 2024 up 375.3% volatile
27 Oman 2.85 million tonnes 2024 up 372.8% volatile
28 Mexico 2.73 million tonnes 2024 up 124.0% volatile
29 Colombia 2.67 million tonnes 2024 down 52.3% volatile
30 Australia 2.42 million tonnes 2024 up 146.1% volatile
31 Sri Lanka 1.66 million tonnes 2024 down 43.4% volatile
32 Sweden 1.39 million tonnes 2024 up 180.6% volatile
33 Ecuador 1.38 million tonnes 2024 down 66.1% volatile
34 Greece 1.37 million tonnes 2024 up 144.6% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 1.30 million tonnes 2024 up 208.2% volatile
36 Chile 1.12 million tonnes 2024 up 127.0% volatile
37 Libya 1.04 million tonnes 2024 down 93.9% volatile
38 Cuba 969,964 tonnes 2024 up 283.9% volatile
39 Tunisia 925,872 tonnes 2024 down 15.9% volatile
40 New Zealand 919,618 tonnes 2024 up 410.5% volatile
41 Ghana 886,226 tonnes 2024 up 37.1% volatile
42 Kazakhstan 831,040 tonnes 2024 down 98.2% volatile
43 Cote d'Ivoire 776,149 tonnes 2024 up 247.3% volatile
44 Belgium 752,840 tonnes 2024 up 113.1% volatile
45 Slovenia 739,030 tonnes 2024 up 147.1% volatile
46 Romania 685,376 tonnes 2024 up 26.9% volatile
47 Angola 658,768 tonnes 2024 up 72.3% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 625,731 tonnes 2024 up 24.5% volatile
49 Congo 565,497 tonnes 2024 up 234.9% volatile
50 North Korea 525,276 tonnes 2024 down 85.7% volatile
51 Mongolia 510,224 tonnes 2024 up 103.7% volatile
52 Tajikistan 475,483 tonnes 2024 down 72.0% volatile
53 Cambodia 471,188 tonnes 2024 down 56.2% volatile
54 Honduras 450,488 tonnes 2024 up 157.5% volatile
55 Nepal 428,262 tonnes 2024 down 68.7% volatile
56 Hong Kong 366,864 tonnes 2024 down 68.9% volatile
57 Uruguay 346,330 tonnes 2024 up 142.9% volatile
58 Jamaica 332,848 tonnes 2024 up 142.1% volatile
59 Afghanistan 309,679 tonnes 2024 up 259.8% volatile
60 El Salvador 302,409 tonnes 2024 up 386.6% volatile
61 Iceland 294,776 tonnes 2024 up 777.4% volatile
62 Paraguay 291,031 tonnes 2024 up 3.1% volatile
63 Costa Rica 287,922 tonnes 2024 up 143.3% volatile
64 Ethiopia 266,630 tonnes 2024 down 85.2% volatile
65 Zimbabwe 257,859 tonnes 2024 down 6.2% volatile
66 Laos 242,858 tonnes 2024 up 31.5% volatile
67 Mali 235,824 tonnes 2024 down 40.4% volatile
68 New Caledonia 218,632 tonnes 2024 down 79.0% volatile
69 Bahrain 216,764 tonnes 2024 up 184.2% volatile
70 Botswana 212,922 tonnes 2024 down 82.1% volatile
71 Zambia 212,572 tonnes 2024 down 75.2% volatile
72 Nicaragua 202,047 tonnes 2024 up 50.7% volatile
73 Mauritania 201,781 tonnes 2024 down 48.8% volatile
74 Burkina Faso 199,222 tonnes 2024 up 239.7% volatile
76 Guinea 151,158 tonnes 2024 down 48.4% volatile
77 Guatemala 144,362 tonnes 2024 down 84.5% volatile
78 Benin 138,516 tonnes 2024 down 33.4% volatile
79 Guyana 131,397 tonnes 2024 up 79.3% volatile
80 Suriname 119,181 tonnes 2024 up 140.8% volatile
81 Bahamas 113,557 tonnes 2024 up 63.1% volatile
82 Cyprus 111,239 tonnes 2024 down 68.4% volatile
83 Haiti 105,942 tonnes 2024 up 2,315.4% volatile
84 Syria 104,804 tonnes 2024 down 82.9% volatile
85 Morocco 101,168 tonnes 2024 down 82.2% volatile
86 Maldives 100,876 tonnes 2024 down 54.9% volatile
87 Jordan 99,874 tonnes 2024 down 95.3% volatile
88 Uganda 97,949 tonnes 2024 down 70.8% volatile
89 Equatorial Guinea 96,989 tonnes 2024 up 118.4% volatile
90 Switzerland 94,222 tonnes 2024 up 102.4% volatile
91 Lebanon 91,168 tonnes 2024 down 95.0% volatile
92 Mauritius 85,995 tonnes 2024 down 38.2% volatile
93 Curacao 84,705 tonnes 2024 down 90.2% volatile
94 Togo 82,572 tonnes 2024 up 157.1% volatile
95 Belarus 82,352 tonnes 2024 up 118.2% volatile
96 Madagascar 81,610 tonnes 2024 up 190.8% volatile
97 Sudan 79,278 tonnes 2024 up 101.9% volatile
98 Lesotho 78,134 tonnes 2024 down 33.4% volatile
99 Gabon 77,850 tonnes 2024 down 83.5% volatile
100 Fiji 63,220 tonnes 2024 down 55.8% volatile
101 Sierra Leone 53,848 tonnes 2024 down 30.0% volatile
102 Barbados 48,438 tonnes 2024 up 128.1% volatile
103 French Polynesia 40,367 tonnes 2024 up 222.4% volatile
104 Kenya 39,712 tonnes 2024 down 96.2% volatile
105 Niger 36,559 tonnes 2024 down 79.4% volatile
106 Lithuania 34,107 tonnes 2024 up 111.3% volatile
107 Aruba 34,060 tonnes 2024 up 209.9% volatile
108 East Timor 31,395 tonnes 2024 up 341.3% volatile
109 Gambia 30,139 tonnes 2024 down 60.8% volatile
110 Belize 29,576 tonnes 2024 up 0.9% volatile
111 South Sudan 29,261 tonnes 2024 down 46.8% volatile
112 Malawi 28,911 tonnes 2024 up 127.5% volatile
113 Bhutan 27,768 tonnes 2024 down 56.2% volatile
114 Albania 27,115 tonnes 2024 down 96.3% volatile
115 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 26,550 tonnes 2024 up 141.5% volatile
116 Namibia 26,448 tonnes 2024 down 72.3% volatile
117 Liberia 25,368 tonnes 2024 up 118.0% volatile
118 Palestine 24,688 tonnes 2024 down 93.8% volatile
119 Antigua and Barbuda 24,607 tonnes 2024 up 123.9% volatile
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 23,365 tonnes 2024 down 98.0% volatile
121 Somalia 22,766 tonnes 2024 down 22.3% volatile
122 Cape Verde 22,293 tonnes 2024 up 708.4% volatile
123 Bermuda 20,348 tonnes 2024 down 84.6% volatile
124 Saint Lucia 19,863 tonnes 2024 volatile
125 Rwanda 17,535 tonnes 2024 down 65.6% volatile
126 Burundi 15,948 tonnes 2024 up 119.7% volatile
127 Eswatini 15,031 tonnes 2024 up 102.7% volatile
128 Turks and Caicos Islands 14,015 tonnes 2024 down 36.2% volatile
129 Grenada 13,998 tonnes 2024 up 123.9% volatile
130 Macao 13,463 tonnes 2024 down 95.6% volatile
131 Solomon Islands 12,888 tonnes 2024 up 127.1% volatile
132 Guinea-Bissau 12,847 tonnes 2024 volatile
133 Faroe Islands 11,729 tonnes 2024 up 122.9% volatile
134 Eritrea 11,612 tonnes 2024 up 2,981.4% volatile
135 Seychelles 11,262 tonnes 2024 down 74.4% volatile
136 Samoa 10,742 tonnes 2024 down 2.3% volatile
137 Greenland 10,008 tonnes 2024 up 116.8% volatile
138 Senegal 9,989 tonnes 2024 down 98.9% volatile
139 Palau 9,890 tonnes 2024 up 235.0% volatile
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9,610 tonnes 2024 up 162.3% volatile
141 Comoros 9,520 tonnes 2024 up 152.0% volatile
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,458 tonnes 2024 down 76.5% volatile
143 Vanuatu 8,621 tonnes 2024 down 81.9% volatile
144 British Virgin Islands 7,122 tonnes 2024 up 94.4% volatile
145 Marshall Islands 6,758 tonnes 2024 volatile
146 Tonga 6,672 tonnes 2024 up 282.1% volatile
147 Micronesia (country) 6,589 tonnes 2024 up 79.8% volatile
148 Andorra 6,565 tonnes 2024 up 144.8% volatile
149 Djibouti 6,525 tonnes 2024 down 82.3% volatile
150 Dominica 6,321 tonnes 2024 down 42.5% volatile
151 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 5,618 tonnes 2024 up 53.3% volatile
152 Anguilla 5,478 tonnes 2024 down 25.2% volatile
153 Central African Republic 5,402 tonnes 2024 down 81.6% volatile
154 Cook Islands 3,502 tonnes 2024 volatile
155 Kiribati 3,169 tonnes 2024 volatile
156 Nauru 2,685 tonnes 2024 down 26.7% volatile
157 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2,047 tonnes 2024 volatile
158 Sao Tome and Principe 1,941 tonnes 2024 down 89.4% volatile
159 Wallis and Futuna 1,334 tonnes 2024 volatile
160 Montserrat 983 tonnes 2024 up 113.4% volatile
161 Tuvalu 500 tonnes 2024 volatile
162 Armenia 487 tonnes 2024 down 99.3% volatile
163 Saint Helena 421 tonnes 2024 volatile
165 Niue 334 tonnes 2024 volatile
166 Antarctica 0 tonnes 2024 volatile
166 Christmas Island 0 tonnes 2024 volatile
168 Moldova -2,460 tonnes 2024 up 98.3% volatile
169 Croatia -2,748 tonnes 2024 up 99.6% volatile
170 Papua New Guinea -12,308 tonnes 2024 down 100.8% volatile
171 Chad -16,993 tonnes 2024 down 116.9% volatile
172 Yemen -18,079 tonnes 2024 up 97.4% volatile
173 Montenegro -30,591 tonnes 2024 up 30.4% volatile
175 Cameroon -63,281 tonnes 2024 down 106.9% volatile
176 Latvia -127,994 tonnes 2024 up 34.9% volatile
177 Georgia -137,945 tonnes 2024 down 113.4% volatile
178 Myanmar -189,532 tonnes 2024 down 106.0% volatile
180 Tanzania -291,244 tonnes 2024 down 14.6% volatile
181 Hungary -326,572 tonnes 2024 down 314.4% volatile
182 Panama -337,693 tonnes 2024 down 181.4% volatile
183 Estonia -437,480 tonnes 2024 up 48.5% volatile
184 Brunei -450,229 tonnes 2024 down 137.4% volatile
185 Bosnia and Herzegovina -455,378 tonnes 2024 up 81.7% volatile
186 Denmark -462,022 tonnes 2024 up 89.0% volatile
187 Mozambique -480,826 tonnes 2024 down 110.6% volatile
188 Austria -541,300 tonnes 2024 up 85.0% volatile
189 North Macedonia -718,749 tonnes 2024 down 151.6% volatile
190 Serbia -887,880 tonnes 2024 up 87.7% volatile
191 Trinidad and Tobago -959,620 tonnes 2024 down 190.0% volatile
192 Brazil -980,384 tonnes 2024 down 103.9% volatile
193 Slovakia -1.68 million tonnes 2024 up 12.5% volatile
194 Norway -1.69 million tonnes 2024 down 486.7% volatile
195 Finland -2.02 million tonnes 2024 up 50.6% volatile
196 Portugal -2.08 million tonnes 2024 down 921.8% volatile
197 Netherlands -2.23 million tonnes 2024 up 69.9% volatile
198 Israel -2.74 million tonnes 2024 up 2.5% volatile
199 Bulgaria -2.88 million tonnes 2024 down 211.3% volatile
200 Azerbaijan -2.92 million tonnes 2024 down 471.3% volatile
201 Venezuela -3.55 million tonnes 2024 up 84.2% volatile
202 Algeria -4.64 million tonnes 2024 down 142.6% volatile
203 Taiwan -4.78 million tonnes 2024 down 300.7% volatile
204 South Korea -5.50 million tonnes 2024 down 5.5% volatile
205 France -6.11 million tonnes 2024 up 81.0% volatile
206 Pakistan -7.06 million tonnes 2024 down 368.8% volatile
207 Argentina -7.35 million tonnes 2024 down 645.5% volatile
208 Czechia -7.61 million tonnes 2024 down 207.1% volatile
209 Italy -10.36 million tonnes 2024 up 48.4% volatile
210 Poland -10.38 million tonnes 2024 up 15.9% volatile
211 Canada -12.14 million tonnes 2024 down 232.4% volatile
212 United States -14.29 million tonnes 2024 down 124.7% volatile
213 Turkmenistan -14.42 million tonnes 2024 down 835.9% volatile
214 Germany -21.45 million tonnes 2024 up 45.2% volatile
215 Japan -25.04 million tonnes 2024 up 51.5% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
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Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.