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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.