All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
208
Highest
258.97 %
Kenya
Lowest
-121.31 %
Belarus
Median
99.72 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,008

What the numbers show

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 258.97 % in Kenya; the lowest is -121.31 % in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.72 %, and the mean is 83.31 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 791.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 229.0%).

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kenya 258.97 % 2023 up 361.1% volatile
2 Serbia and Montenegro 232.02 % 2005 up 66.4% rising
3 Congo 224.62 % 2023 up 610.8% volatile
4 Saint Lucia 218.61 % 2023 down 38.7% volatile
5 Russian Federation 205.34 % 2023 up 6.4% falling
6 Serbia 186.17 % 2023 down 0.8% rising
7 Bulgaria 171.88 % 2023 up 21.7% flat
8 Georgia 169.85 % 2023 down 6.1% volatile
9 Uruguay 132.89 % 2023 up 144.3% volatile
10 Croatia 127.05 % 2023 up 16.7% rising
11 Palau 124.95 % 2023 up 0.9% falling
12 New Zealand 121.14 % 2023 down 41.2% falling
13 Philippines 120.12 % 2023 down 5.7% rising
14 Jamaica 119.52 % 2023 up 22.6% rising
15 Togo 118.15 % 2023 up 47.9% rising
16 Costa Rica 117.11 % 2023 down 74.7% volatile
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 114.55 % 2023 down 4.7% volatile
18 Nepal 113.94 % 2023 up 42.3% volatile
19 Romania 112.65 % 2023 down 50.2% rising
20 Haiti 112.62 % 2023 up 39.5% volatile
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 110.76 % 2023 up 4.8% flat
22 Micronesia 110.03 % 2023 up 52.8% falling
23 France 110 % 2023 down 8.3% rising
24 Mauritania 109.4 % 2023 up 0.2% falling
25 Austria 109.16 % 2023 up 1.1% falling
26 Republic of Korea 107.78 % 2023 down 0.9% falling
27 Armenia 107.7 % 2023 up 4.5% rising
28 Azerbaijan 107.37 % 2023 down 0.7% rising
29 China, mainland 107.28 % 2023 down 0.0% falling
30 China 107.09 % 2023 up 0.0% falling
31 Syrian Arab Republic 106.31 % 2023 up 1.4% flat
32 Slovakia 105.81 % 2023 down 16.8% falling
33 Dominican Republic 105.4 % 2023 down 0.1% flat
34 Sao Tome and Principe 105.14 % 2023 up 200.0% rising
35 India 104.93 % 2023 up 1.6% falling
36 Australia and New Zealand 104.51 % 2023 down 5.6% rising
37 Comoros 104.27 % 2023 up 45.6% rising
38 Cyprus 103.76 % 2023 down 1.5% flat
39 Belgium-Luxembourg 103.68 % 1999 down 0.2% flat
40 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 103.66 % 2023 down 3.3% rising
41 Australia 103.2 % 2023 down 2.7% rising
42 Czechia 102.86 % 2023 up 0.7% flat
43 Slovenia 102.66 % 2023 up 27.8% falling
44 Japan 102.52 % 2023 down 3.2% flat
45 El Salvador 102.49 % 2023 up 2.1% rising
46 Pakistan 101.93 % 2023 up 4.7% flat
47 Uzbekistan 101.74 % 2023 up 1.3% flat
48 Türkiye 101.64 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
49 Portugal 101.55 % 2023 up 0.3% falling
50 OECD 101.03 % 2023 down 8.4% flat
51 Cabo Verde 101 % 2023 down 0.3% flat
52 Denmark 100.46 % 2023 down 1.4% flat
53 Tajikistan 100.44 % 2023 up 9.0% rising
54 Viet Nam 100.42 % 2023 down 13.7% volatile
55 Bahrain 100.18 % 2023 up 0.2% flat
56 Iraq 100.16 % 2023 up 0.1% flat
57 Lebanon 100.04 % 2023 up 0.0% flat
58 United Arab Emirates 100.02 % 2023 down 0.0% flat
58 Malta 100.02 % 2023 up 0.0% flat
58 Saudi Arabia 100.02 % 2023 up 0.0% flat
61 Afghanistan 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Bahamas 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Djibouti 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Egypt 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Grenada 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Israel 100 % 2023 down 0.1% flat
61 Jordan 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Kyrgyzstan 100 % 2023 down 7.0% flat
61 Kiribati 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Kuwait 100 % 2023 down 0.0% flat
61 Lesotho 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Maldives 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Marshall Islands 100 % 2023 unchanged rising
61 North Macedonia 100 % 2023 down 29.6% rising
61 Mauritius 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Nauru 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Oman 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Qatar 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Singapore 100 % 2023 up 0.1% flat
61 Turks and Caicos Islands 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Turkmenistan 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Tonga 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Tuvalu 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100 % 2023 unchanged rising
61 British Virgin Islands 100 % 2023 up 3.4% flat
61 Yemen 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Anguilla 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Cook Islands 100 % 2023 unchanged falling
61 Niue 100 % 2023 unchanged rising
61 Tokelau 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 100 % 2023 unchanged falling
61 China, Taiwan Province of 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 China, Macao SAR 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
61 Netherlands Antilles (former) 100 % 2010 unchanged flat
98 Aruba 99.97 % 2023 up 0.1% flat
98 Algeria 99.97 % 2023 up 0.0% flat
100 Libya 99.96 % 2023 up 0.0% flat
101 Luxembourg 99.94 % 2023 down 2.4% falling
102 Belgium 99.78 % 2023 down 2.5% falling
103 Tunisia 99.77 % 2023 up 20.4% falling
104 Trinidad and Tobago 99.73 % 2023 down 0.1% flat
105 Barbados 99.72 % 2023 up 0.2% flat
106 Spain 99.25 % 2023 down 3.9% falling
106 Montenegro 99.25 % 2023 up 0.7% volatile
108 Hungary 98.17 % 2023 up 1.0% flat
109 Albania 98.09 % 2023 up 42.6% flat
110 Kazakhstan 97.9 % 2023 down 5.7% flat
111 Brunei Darussalam 97.8 % 2023 up 0.9% rising
112 Greece 97.7 % 2023 down 8.1% rising
113 Namibia 97.6 % 2023 up 1.2% volatile
114 Caribbean 97.42 % 2023 down 6.2% falling
115 Switzerland 97.41 % 2023 down 4.2% falling
116 Mexico 97.24 % 2023 down 6.5% flat
117 Republic of Moldova 96.77 % 2023 down 10.5% falling
118 Antigua and Barbuda 96.67 % 2023 down 0.8% rising
119 Chile 95.93 % 2023 down 20.1% falling
120 Germany 95.36 % 2023 down 7.9% falling
121 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 95.27 % 2023 down 1.6% flat
122 Ukraine 93.5 % 2023 down 9.0% falling
123 Polynesia 93.49 % 2023 up 5.0% falling
124 Poland 93.26 % 2023 down 11.1% flat
125 Morocco 92.99 % 2023 down 10.7% falling
126 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 92.68 % 2023 down 4.4% falling
127 Sri Lanka 91.15 % 2023 up 9.4% rising
128 Botswana 90.71 % 2023 up 0.1% rising
129 Panama 89.56 % 2023 up 11.7% rising
130 Norway 89.5 % 2023 down 31.1% falling
131 Iceland 89.06 % 2023 up 2.5% rising
132 Dominica 88.14 % 2023 up 16.5% flat
133 Senegal 87.92 % 2023 up 7.8% rising
134 Bangladesh 86.29 % 2023 up 10.5% rising
134 Niger 86.29 % 2023 up 31.1% volatile
136 Thailand 86.26 % 2023 down 12.7% flat
137 Italy 84.74 % 2023 down 18.9% falling
138 Malaysia 83.28 % 2023 down 57.0% volatile
139 Argentina 81.22 % 2023 up 13.0% rising
140 Seychelles 80.93 % 2023 down 9.1% rising
141 Canada 80.78 % 2023 down 10.1% flat
142 Eswatini 80.74 % 2023 down 2.3% flat
143 Nigeria 80.47 % 2023 up 4.6% rising
144 Cuba 80.06 % 2023 down 30.2% falling
145 Ecuador 79.46 % 2023 up 13.0% rising
146 Guatemala 78.67 % 2023 up 20.6% rising
147 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77.8 % 2023 down 3.4% rising
148 Sweden 77.63 % 2023 down 72.4% volatile
149 Samoa 77.34 % 2023 up 11.7% rising
150 Timor-Leste 76.65 % 2023 up 22.5% rising
151 Ireland 75.98 % 2023 down 12.1% flat
152 Lithuania 75 % 2023 down 30.5% rising
153 Ethiopia 74.65 % 2023 up 161.7% volatile
154 Finland 70.61 % 2023 down 96.9% volatile
155 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.79 % 2023 up 239.1% volatile
156 Indonesia 69.19 % 2023 up 47.4% volatile
157 Equatorial Guinea 66.91 % 2023 down 4.8% rising
158 Colombia 65.62 % 2023 down 5.0% rising
159 Sudan (former) 64.92 % 2011 up 54.8% rising
160 Mongolia 64.67 % 2023 down 2.1% rising
161 Estonia 60.79 % 2023 down 48.4% falling
162 Nicaragua 59.33 % 2023 up 15.1% volatile
163 Gabon 55.55 % 2023 up 31.7% flat
164 Gambia 55.01 % 2023 up 22.6% rising
165 Latvia 47.4 % 2023 down 70.6% volatile
166 Eritrea 44.82 % 2023 up 17.8% falling
167 Angola 40.99 % 2023 down 7.7% falling
168 Guinea-Bissau 38.99 % 2023 up 25.9% rising
169 Solomon Islands 38.28 % 2023 down 12.0% rising
170 Benin 38.08 % 2023 up 261.6% volatile
171 Uganda 37.66 % 2023 up 110.9% volatile
172 Zimbabwe 37.25 % 2023 down 2.2% rising
173 Myanmar 34.32 % 2023 up 121.4% volatile
174 Sudan 33.97 % 2023 down 66.3% volatile
175 Brazil 33.79 % 2023 down 47.5% volatile
176 Peru 32.74 % 2023 up 29.1% rising
177 Sierra Leone 31.53 % 2023 up 15.7% rising
178 Bhutan 29.96 % 2023 down 91.0% volatile
179 Côte d'Ivoire 29.6 % 2023 up 53.8% volatile
180 Melanesia 29.56 % 2023 up 9.9% rising
181 Zambia 28.03 % 2023 up 137.9% rising
182 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28 % 2023 down 7.0% rising
183 Papua New Guinea 25.34 % 2023 up 32.6% rising
184 Vanuatu 25.1 % 2023 up 65.1% rising
185 Burundi 23.52 % 2023 up 181.5% volatile
186 Burkina Faso 22.9 % 2023 up 66.7% volatile
187 Cambodia 22.37 % 2023 up 231.9% falling
188 Paraguay 22.36 % 2023 up 181.6% volatile
189 Malawi 22.08 % 2023 up 70.8% rising
190 Suriname 20.75 % 2023 down 55.2% volatile
191 Guyana 20.2 % 2023 up 84.3% falling
192 United Republic of Tanzania 19.86 % 2023 up 32.0% volatile
193 Mali 19.66 % 2023 up 122.1% volatile
194 South Sudan 18.96 % 2023 up 18.7% rising
195 Mozambique 17.4 % 2023 up 80.1% volatile
196 Somalia 16.75 % 2023 up 791.0% volatile
197 Guinea 16.44 % 2023 up 65.4% rising
198 Cameroon 14.81 % 2023 down 31.0% rising
199 Belize 13.95 % 2023 up 88.5% rising
200 Chad 11.47 % 2023 up 21.9% rising
201 Madagascar 8.11 % 2023 up 97.3% volatile
202 Liberia 4.36 % 2023 up 227.8% volatile
203 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.72 % 2023 up 267.6% volatile
204 Rwanda -19.31 % 2023 up 88.3% volatile
205 Ghana -56.01 % 2023 down 227.5% volatile
206 Honduras -76.6 % 2023 down 143.1% volatile
207 Fiji -119.01 % 2023 up 2.4% volatile
208 Belarus -121.31 % 2023 down 229.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 8,008 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.