Absolute change co2 by country

Countries reporting
215
Highest
130.72 million
India
Lowest
-25.04 million
Japan
Median
31,395
Years covered
274
1751–2024
Data points
23,088

What the numbers show

Absolute change co2 is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 130.72 million in India; the lowest is -25.04 million in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 31,395, and the mean is 1.84 million.

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

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 20,199.5%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 921.8%).

Absolute change co2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 130.72 million 2024 down 14.4% volatile
2 China 117.03 million 2024 up 247.7% volatile
3 Indonesia 49.86 million 2024 up 985.5% volatile
4 Russia 47.39 million 2024 up 20,199.5% volatile
5 Turkey 26.09 million 2024 up 56.8% volatile
6 Vietnam 23.53 million 2024 down 17.7% volatile
7 Uzbekistan 16.36 million 2024 up 434.0% volatile
8 Saudi Arabia 14.69 million 2024 up 660.7% volatile
9 Malaysia 13.93 million 2024 up 311.8% volatile
10 Philippines 13.90 million 2024 up 164.8% volatile
11 United Arab Emirates 11.56 million 2024 up 3,278.3% volatile
12 Egypt 8.14 million 2024 down 0.4% volatile
13 Nigeria 6.45 million 2024 down 1.9% volatile
14 Kuwait 6.35 million 2024 up 178.9% volatile
15 Qatar 6.27 million 2024 up 2,911.2% volatile
16 Iraq 5.73 million 2024 up 236.6% volatile
17 United Kingdom 5.08 million 2024 up 113.1% volatile
18 Spain 4.88 million 2024 up 215.1% volatile
19 Peru 4.18 million 2024 down 37.3% volatile
20 Bolivia 4.09 million 2024 up 92.6% volatile
21 Bangladesh 3.79 million 2024 up 35.9% volatile
22 South Africa 3.23 million 2024 down 87.3% volatile
23 Ukraine 3.17 million 2024 up 108.0% volatile
24 Thailand 3.03 million 2024 down 65.3% volatile
25 Iran 2.96 million 2024 down 91.4% volatile
26 Singapore 2.85 million 2024 up 375.3% volatile
27 Oman 2.85 million 2024 up 372.8% volatile
28 Mexico 2.73 million 2024 up 124.0% volatile
29 Colombia 2.67 million 2024 down 52.3% volatile
30 Australia 2.42 million 2024 up 146.1% volatile
31 Sri Lanka 1.66 million 2024 down 43.4% volatile
32 Sweden 1.39 million 2024 up 180.6% volatile
33 Ecuador 1.38 million 2024 down 66.1% volatile
34 Greece 1.37 million 2024 up 144.6% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 1.30 million 2024 up 208.2% volatile
36 Chile 1.12 million 2024 up 127.0% volatile
37 Libya 1.04 million 2024 down 93.9% volatile
38 Cuba 969,964 2024 up 283.9% volatile
39 Tunisia 925,872 2024 down 15.9% volatile
40 New Zealand 919,618 2024 up 410.5% volatile
41 Ghana 886,226 2024 up 37.1% volatile
42 Kazakhstan 831,040 2024 down 98.2% volatile
43 Cote d'Ivoire 776,149 2024 up 247.3% volatile
44 Belgium 752,840 2024 up 113.1% volatile
45 Slovenia 739,030 2024 up 147.1% volatile
46 Romania 685,376 2024 up 26.9% volatile
47 Angola 658,768 2024 up 72.3% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 625,731 2024 up 24.5% volatile
49 Congo 565,497 2024 up 234.9% volatile
50 North Korea 525,276 2024 down 85.7% volatile
51 Mongolia 510,224 2024 up 103.7% volatile
52 Tajikistan 475,483 2024 down 72.0% volatile
53 Cambodia 471,188 2024 down 56.2% volatile
54 Honduras 450,488 2024 up 157.5% volatile
55 Nepal 428,262 2024 down 68.7% volatile
56 Hong Kong 366,864 2024 down 68.9% volatile
57 Uruguay 346,330 2024 up 142.9% volatile
58 Jamaica 332,848 2024 up 142.1% volatile
59 Afghanistan 309,679 2024 up 259.8% volatile
60 El Salvador 302,409 2024 up 386.6% volatile
61 Iceland 294,776 2024 up 777.4% volatile
62 Paraguay 291,031 2024 up 3.1% volatile
63 Costa Rica 287,922 2024 up 143.3% volatile
64 Ethiopia 266,630 2024 down 85.2% volatile
65 Zimbabwe 257,859 2024 down 6.2% volatile
66 Laos 242,858 2024 up 31.5% volatile
67 Mali 235,824 2024 down 40.4% volatile
68 New Caledonia 218,632 2024 down 79.0% volatile
69 Bahrain 216,764 2024 up 184.2% volatile
70 Botswana 212,922 2024 down 82.1% volatile
71 Zambia 212,572 2024 down 75.2% volatile
72 Nicaragua 202,047 2024 up 50.7% volatile
73 Mauritania 201,781 2024 down 48.8% volatile
74 Burkina Faso 199,222 2024 up 239.7% volatile
75 Luxembourg 199,050 2024 up 138.5% volatile
76 Guinea 151,158 2024 down 48.4% volatile
77 Guatemala 144,362 2024 down 84.5% volatile
78 Benin 138,516 2024 down 33.4% volatile
79 Guyana 131,397 2024 up 79.3% volatile
80 Suriname 119,181 2024 up 140.8% volatile
81 Bahamas 113,557 2024 up 63.1% volatile
82 Cyprus 111,239 2024 down 68.4% volatile
83 Haiti 105,942 2024 up 2,315.4% volatile
84 Syria 104,804 2024 down 82.9% volatile
85 Morocco 101,168 2024 down 82.2% volatile
86 Maldives 100,876 2024 down 54.9% volatile
87 Jordan 99,874 2024 down 95.3% volatile
88 Uganda 97,949 2024 down 70.8% volatile
89 Equatorial Guinea 96,989 2024 up 118.4% volatile
90 Switzerland 94,222 2024 up 102.4% volatile
91 Lebanon 91,168 2024 down 95.0% volatile
92 Mauritius 85,995 2024 down 38.2% volatile
93 Curacao 84,705 2024 down 90.2% volatile
94 Togo 82,572 2024 up 157.1% volatile
95 Belarus 82,352 2024 up 118.2% volatile
96 Madagascar 81,610 2024 up 190.8% volatile
97 Sudan 79,278 2024 up 101.9% volatile
98 Lesotho 78,134 2024 down 33.4% volatile
99 Gabon 77,850 2024 down 83.5% volatile
100 Fiji 63,220 2024 down 55.8% volatile
101 Sierra Leone 53,848 2024 down 30.0% volatile
102 Barbados 48,438 2024 up 128.1% volatile
103 French Polynesia 40,367 2024 up 222.4% volatile
104 Kenya 39,712 2024 down 96.2% volatile
105 Niger 36,559 2024 down 79.4% volatile
106 Lithuania 34,107 2024 up 111.3% volatile
107 Aruba 34,060 2024 up 209.9% volatile
108 East Timor 31,395 2024 up 341.3% volatile
109 Gambia 30,139 2024 down 60.8% volatile
110 Belize 29,576 2024 up 0.9% volatile
111 South Sudan 29,261 2024 down 46.8% volatile
112 Malawi 28,911 2024 up 127.5% volatile
113 Bhutan 27,768 2024 down 56.2% volatile
114 Albania 27,115 2024 down 96.3% volatile
115 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 26,550 2024 up 141.5% volatile
116 Namibia 26,448 2024 down 72.3% volatile
117 Liberia 25,368 2024 up 118.0% volatile
118 Palestine 24,688 2024 down 93.8% volatile
119 Antigua and Barbuda 24,607 2024 up 123.9% volatile
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 23,365 2024 down 98.0% volatile
121 Somalia 22,766 2024 down 22.3% volatile
122 Cape Verde 22,293 2024 up 708.4% volatile
123 Bermuda 20,348 2024 down 84.6% volatile
124 Saint Lucia 19,863 2024 — volatile
125 Rwanda 17,535 2024 down 65.6% volatile
126 Burundi 15,948 2024 up 119.7% volatile
127 Eswatini 15,031 2024 up 102.7% volatile
128 Turks and Caicos Islands 14,015 2024 down 36.2% volatile
129 Grenada 13,998 2024 up 123.9% volatile
130 Macao 13,463 2024 down 95.6% volatile
131 Solomon Islands 12,888 2024 up 127.1% volatile
132 Guinea-Bissau 12,847 2024 — volatile
133 Faroe Islands 11,729 2024 up 122.9% volatile
134 Eritrea 11,612 2024 up 2,981.4% volatile
135 Seychelles 11,262 2024 down 74.4% volatile
136 Samoa 10,742 2024 down 2.3% volatile
137 Greenland 10,008 2024 up 116.8% volatile
138 Senegal 9,989 2024 down 98.9% volatile
139 Palau 9,890 2024 up 235.0% volatile
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9,610 2024 up 162.3% volatile
141 Comoros 9,520 2024 up 152.0% volatile
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,458 2024 down 76.5% volatile
143 Vanuatu 8,621 2024 down 81.9% volatile
144 British Virgin Islands 7,122 2024 up 94.4% volatile
145 Marshall Islands 6,758 2024 — volatile
146 Tonga 6,672 2024 up 282.1% volatile
147 Micronesia (country) 6,589 2024 up 79.8% volatile
148 Andorra 6,565 2024 up 144.8% volatile
149 Djibouti 6,525 2024 down 82.3% volatile
150 Dominica 6,321 2024 down 42.5% volatile
151 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 5,618 2024 up 53.3% volatile
152 Anguilla 5,478 2024 down 25.2% volatile
153 Central African Republic 5,402 2024 down 81.6% volatile
154 Cook Islands 3,502 2024 — volatile
155 Kiribati 3,169 2024 — volatile
156 Nauru 2,685 2024 down 26.7% volatile
157 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2,047 2024 — volatile
158 Sao Tome and Principe 1,941 2024 down 89.4% volatile
159 Wallis and Futuna 1,334 2024 — volatile
160 Montserrat 983 2024 up 113.4% volatile
161 Tuvalu 500 2024 — volatile
162 Armenia 487 2024 down 99.3% volatile
163 Saint Helena 421 2024 — volatile
164 Liechtenstein 403 2024 up 101.3% volatile
165 Niue 334 2024 — volatile
166 Antarctica 0 2024 — volatile
166 Christmas Island 0 2024 — volatile
168 Moldova -2,460 2024 up 98.3% volatile
169 Croatia -2,748 2024 up 99.6% volatile
170 Papua New Guinea -12,308 2024 down 100.8% volatile
171 Chad -16,993 2024 down 116.9% volatile
172 Yemen -18,079 2024 up 97.4% volatile
173 Montenegro -30,591 2024 up 30.4% volatile
174 Malta -39,236 2024 down 218.3% volatile
175 Cameroon -63,281 2024 down 106.9% volatile
176 Latvia -127,994 2024 up 34.9% volatile
177 Georgia -137,945 2024 down 113.4% volatile
178 Myanmar -189,532 2024 down 106.0% volatile
179 Ireland -257,316 2024 up 40.0% volatile
180 Tanzania -291,244 2024 down 14.6% volatile
181 Hungary -326,572 2024 down 314.4% volatile
182 Panama -337,693 2024 down 181.4% volatile
183 Estonia -437,480 2024 up 48.5% volatile
184 Brunei -450,229 2024 down 137.4% volatile
185 Bosnia and Herzegovina -455,378 2024 up 81.7% volatile
186 Denmark -462,022 2024 up 89.0% volatile
187 Mozambique -480,826 2024 down 110.6% volatile
188 Austria -541,300 2024 up 85.0% volatile
189 North Macedonia -718,749 2024 down 151.6% volatile
190 Serbia -887,880 2024 up 87.7% volatile
191 Trinidad and Tobago -959,620 2024 down 190.0% volatile
192 Brazil -980,384 2024 down 103.9% volatile
193 Slovakia -1.68 million 2024 up 12.5% volatile
194 Norway -1.69 million 2024 down 486.7% volatile
195 Finland -2.02 million 2024 up 50.6% volatile
196 Portugal -2.08 million 2024 down 921.8% volatile
197 Netherlands -2.23 million 2024 up 69.9% volatile
198 Israel -2.74 million 2024 up 2.5% volatile
199 Bulgaria -2.88 million 2024 down 211.3% volatile
200 Azerbaijan -2.92 million 2024 down 471.3% volatile
201 Venezuela -3.55 million 2024 up 84.2% volatile
202 Algeria -4.64 million 2024 down 142.6% volatile
203 Taiwan -4.78 million 2024 down 300.7% volatile
204 South Korea -5.50 million 2024 down 5.5% volatile
205 France -6.11 million 2024 up 81.0% volatile
206 Pakistan -7.06 million 2024 down 368.8% volatile
207 Argentina -7.35 million 2024 down 645.5% volatile
208 Czechia -7.61 million 2024 down 207.1% volatile
209 Italy -10.36 million 2024 up 48.4% volatile
210 Poland -10.38 million 2024 up 15.9% volatile
211 Canada -12.14 million 2024 down 232.4% volatile
212 United States -14.29 million 2024 down 124.7% volatile
213 Turkmenistan -14.42 million 2024 down 835.9% volatile
214 Germany -21.45 million 2024 up 45.2% volatile
215 Japan -25.04 million 2024 up 51.5% volatile

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Indicator
Absolute change co2
Source
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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