Carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing industries per unit of manufacturing value added (kilogrammes of CO2 per constant 2020 United States dollars) by country
Countries reporting
160
Highest
12.73
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Lowest
0
Madagascar
Median
0.3025
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,654
What the numbers show
Carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing industries per unit of manufacturing value added (kilogrammes of CO2 per constant 2020 United States dollars) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 12.73 in Democratic People's Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0 in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3025, and the mean is 0.6766.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 1,625.4%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 100.0%).
Carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing industries per unit: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 12.73 | 2023 | up 144.3% | falling |
| 2 | Curacao | 5.89 | 2023 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Curaçao | 5.89 | 2023 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Syria | 5.31 | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.31 | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.53 | 2023 | up 1,416.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Nepal | 3.14 | 2023 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Yemen | 2.06 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Libya | 2.01 | 2023 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 10 | Qatar | 1.92 | 2023 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 11 | Oman | 1.75 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.65 | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 13 | Iraq | 1.6 | 2023 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 1.58 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 1.58 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 16 | India | 1.44 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 1.28 | 2023 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 1.22 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Russia | 1.13 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 1.13 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1.04 | 2023 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 1.02 | 2023 | up 1,625.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 0.992 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.948 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 25 | Pakistan | 0.926 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 26 | Laos | 0.923 | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.923 | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 0.92 | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Kuwait | 0.905 | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 0.812 | 2023 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 0.802 | 2023 | up 348.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Vietnam | 0.778 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 32 | Viet Nam | 0.778 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 34 | Montenegro | 0.774 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 0.769 | 2023 | up 259.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Albania | 0.72 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 37 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.698 | 2023 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 0.693 | 2023 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 0.682 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.648 | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 0.642 | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Egypt | 0.621 | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 43 | Cuba | 0.605 | 2023 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 0.597 | 2023 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0.594 | 2023 | up 168.8% | rising |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.585 | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 47 | China | 0.584 | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 48 | Kosovo | 0.552 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 49 | Guyana | 0.53 | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Indonesia | 0.529 | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 51 | Brazil | 0.507 | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 52 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.488 | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 53 | Caribbean | 0.48 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 0.465 | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.432 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 0.421 | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.418 | 2023 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 58 | Turkey | 0.415 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 58 | Türkiye | 0.415 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 60 | Benin | 0.404 | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.383 | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Malaysia | 0.382 | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 63 | Thailand | 0.373 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 64 | Cyprus | 0.356 | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.347 | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 66 | Brunei | 0.338 | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.338 | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Argentina | 0.333 | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0.332 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 70 | Canada | 0.327 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 0.325 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 0.325 | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.325 | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 74 | Gabon | 0.317 | 2023 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 74 | Peru | 0.317 | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 76 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.315 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia | 0.314 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.306 | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 0.304 | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Belarus | 0.303 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 81 | Armenia | 0.302 | 2023 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.299 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.295 | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 84 | Sudan | 0.288 | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 85 | Niger | 0.284 | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 86 | Bahrain | 0.275 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0.27 | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 88 | Cambodia | 0.261 | 2023 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Myanmar | 0.259 | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 0.257 | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 91 | Angola | 0.255 | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 92 | South Sudan | 0.254 | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 0.254 | 2023 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Uganda | 0.252 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 95 | Croatia | 0.24 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 96 | Ecuador | 0.236 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.236 | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 0.235 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 0.234 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 100 | Romania | 0.228 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 101 | Poland | 0.226 | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Chile | 0.225 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 0.218 | 2023 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 103 | Republic of Moldova | 0.218 | 2023 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.216 | 2023 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0.205 | 2023 | up 120.4% | falling |
| 107 | Norway | 0.198 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 108 | Nigeria | 0.192 | 2023 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 108 | Uruguay | 0.192 | 2023 | up 57.4% | falling |
| 110 | Guatemala | 0.186 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 111 | Greece | 0.185 | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 0.171 | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 0.169 | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 114 | United States | 0.165 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 115 | Mozambique | 0.164 | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.164 | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 117 | Senegal | 0.163 | 2023 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 118 | Czechia | 0.162 | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.16 | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.157 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 121 | Portugal | 0.156 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 0.151 | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 122 | Togo | 0.151 | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Spain | 0.15 | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 125 | Japan | 0.142 | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 125 | Latvia | 0.142 | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 127 | Eritrea | 0.14 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 128 | Philippines | 0.136 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 129 | France | 0.128 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 130 | Slovenia | 0.127 | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 131 | South Korea | 0.125 | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 131 | Republic of Korea | 0.125 | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 133 | Namibia | 0.11 | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Finland | 0.109 | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 135 | Italy | 0.108 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 136 | United Kingdom | 0.105 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 136 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.105 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 138 | Austria | 0.103 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 139 | Germany | 0.101 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 140 | Lithuania | 0.099 | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 141 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.097 | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 141 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.097 | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 143 | Haiti | 0.086 | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 144 | Botswana | 0.079 | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Costa Rica | 0.072 | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 145 | Suriname | 0.072 | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Sweden | 0.072 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 0.059 | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 149 | Israel | 0.058 | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Paraguay | 0.058 | 2023 | up 152.2% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 0.05 | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Cameroon | 0.046 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 153 | Denmark | 0.038 | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 154 | Malta | 0.024 | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Switzerland | 0.022 | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 156 | Ireland | 0.021 | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 157 | Iceland | 0.01 | 2023 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.01 | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Madagascar | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 1.22
- Central and Southern Asia 1.2
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.16
- Southern Africa 0.888
- Central Asia 0.883
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.76
- Eastern Europe 0.631
- Western Asia 0.621
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 0.621
- Northern Africa 0.619
- Eastern Africa 0.574
- Asia 0.531
- Africa 0.505
- Eastern Asia 0.456
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 0.454
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.436
- South America 0.432
- South-eastern Asia 0.43
- World 0.386
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.318
- Oceania 0.315
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.282
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.252
- Americas 0.207
- Western Africa 0.192
- Europe 0.189
- Europe and Northern America 0.183
- Northern America 0.176
- Central America 0.17
- United States of America 0.165
- Middle Africa 0.152
- Southern Europe 0.135
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.122
- Other non-specified areas in Eastern Asia 0.118
- Western Europe 0.108
- Northern Europe 0.076