Change air pollutant emissions by country
Countries reporting
219
Highest
131.31 million
China
Lowest
0
Guam
Median
271,734
Years covered
273
1750–2022
Data points
60,060
What the numbers show
Change air pollutant emissions is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 131.31 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Guam.
The median across all reporting countries is 271,734, and the mean is 1.94 million.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 78.7%).
Change air pollutant emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 131.31 million | 2022 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 46.97 million | 2022 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Nigeria | 23.32 million | 2022 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 21.97 million | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 13.68 million | 2022 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 13.06 million | 2022 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 7.96 million | 2022 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 7.75 million | 2022 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Russia | 7.02 million | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 6.89 million | 2022 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Vietnam | 5.97 million | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.25 million | 2022 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Malaysia | 4.68 million | 2022 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Egypt | 4.50 million | 2022 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 4.37 million | 2022 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Kenya | 4.22 million | 2022 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Tanzania | 3.79 million | 2022 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 3.59 million | 2022 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 3.50 million | 2022 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 3.38 million | 2022 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 3.20 million | 2022 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 3.12 million | 2022 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Japan | 3.06 million | 2022 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 3.03 million | 2022 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 2.88 million | 2022 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Nepal | 2.60 million | 2022 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 2.55 million | 2022 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 2.46 million | 2022 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 2.38 million | 2022 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.29 million | 2022 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 31 | North Korea | 2.27 million | 2022 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Mozambique | 2.03 million | 2022 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 1.94 million | 2022 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 34 | Zambia | 1.88 million | 2022 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Madagascar | 1.77 million | 2022 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 1.76 million | 2022 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 1.75 million | 2022 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.65 million | 2022 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 1.63 million | 2022 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Angola | 1.61 million | 2022 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Cambodia | 1.60 million | 2022 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Australia | 1.56 million | 2022 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Colombia | 1.32 million | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Algeria | 1.30 million | 2022 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkey | 1.28 million | 2022 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Iran | 1.25 million | 2022 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Cameroon | 1.25 million | 2022 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 1.21 million | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 1.20 million | 2022 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 50 | Somalia | 1.16 million | 2022 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 1.10 million | 2022 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Ghana | 1.09 million | 2022 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Haiti | 1.08 million | 2022 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Spain | 1.03 million | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 987,249 | 2022 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 910,496 | 2022 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Libya | 896,496 | 2022 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 867,112 | 2022 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 59 | South Sudan | 859,132 | 2022 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 858,597 | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 858,543 | 2022 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Argentina | 828,110 | 2022 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Peru | 817,541 | 2022 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 815,099 | 2022 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Guinea | 802,028 | 2022 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 794,717 | 2022 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 67 | South Korea | 793,040 | 2022 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 779,663 | 2022 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Czechia | 778,281 | 2022 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Benin | 744,207 | 2022 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Togo | 697,678 | 2022 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 631,910 | 2022 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Niger | 598,353 | 2022 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Paraguay | 597,454 | 2022 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Chad | 576,398 | 2022 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Malawi | 528,084 | 2022 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Taiwan | 520,865 | 2022 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Liberia | 520,771 | 2022 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 517,344 | 2022 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Venezuela | 486,552 | 2022 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Iraq | 480,622 | 2022 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Mali | 472,066 | 2022 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 470,888 | 2022 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Gabon | 458,700 | 2022 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Netherlands | 457,898 | 2022 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 454,469 | 2022 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 444,930 | 2022 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 425,124 | 2022 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Burundi | 424,356 | 2022 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Honduras | 420,063 | 2022 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Norway | 417,395 | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 412,882 | 2022 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Laos | 406,508 | 2022 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 390,067 | 2022 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 387,972 | 2022 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 382,295 | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Rwanda | 374,691 | 2022 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Senegal | 369,759 | 2022 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Congo | 358,556 | 2022 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Hungary | 322,664 | 2022 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 101 | Slovakia | 318,746 | 2022 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Serbia | 316,128 | 2022 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Israel | 315,167 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 308,427 | 2022 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 105 | Finland | 297,833 | 2022 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 292,055 | 2022 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Bhutan | 290,484 | 2022 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Bahrain | 289,256 | 2022 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Mongolia | 286,757 | 2022 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Uruguay | 271,734 | 2022 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 266,923 | 2022 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Sweden | 263,128 | 2022 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 113 | Bolivia | 260,279 | 2022 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 248,054 | 2022 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 241,580 | 2022 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Singapore | 239,968 | 2022 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Syria | 238,310 | 2022 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Portugal | 224,446 | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritania | 217,254 | 2022 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Croatia | 213,735 | 2022 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Eritrea | 200,699 | 2022 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Qatar | 194,508 | 2022 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Denmark | 183,104 | 2022 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 180,322 | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 175,886 | 2022 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Oman | 175,110 | 2022 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Cuba | 168,694 | 2022 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 167,968 | 2022 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Yemen | 166,882 | 2022 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 164,415 | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Maldives | 158,394 | 2022 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Kuwait | 152,708 | 2022 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 151,004 | 2022 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 148,655 | 2022 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Panama | 148,041 | 2022 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Switzerland | 143,602 | 2022 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 137 | El Salvador | 136,748 | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 129,062 | 2022 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Jamaica | 120,820 | 2022 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Hong Kong | 119,214 | 2022 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Georgia | 109,073 | 2022 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Ireland | 108,109 | 2022 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 143 | Lithuania | 106,776 | 2022 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Estonia | 105,763 | 2022 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Latvia | 101,213 | 2022 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 146 | Lebanon | 100,190 | 2022 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Iceland | 93,987 | 2022 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Moldova | 89,229 | 2022 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 149 | Slovenia | 84,043 | 2022 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 80,362 | 2022 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Jordan | 79,784 | 2022 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Gambia | 72,131 | 2022 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 59,598 | 2022 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Eswatini | 55,289 | 2022 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Djibouti | 49,527 | 2022 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 46,446 | 2022 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Albania | 45,848 | 2022 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 158 | Guyana | 44,719 | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 159 | Reunion | 41,483 | 2022 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 38,813 | 2022 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Comoros | 37,392 | 2022 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Mauritius | 37,006 | 2022 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Curacao | 31,812 | 2022 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Armenia | 29,143 | 2022 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Montenegro | 27,421 | 2022 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Bahamas | 25,222 | 2022 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Suriname | 24,685 | 2022 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Martinique | 23,580 | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 23,120 | 2022 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Guadeloupe | 21,722 | 2022 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 20,720 | 2022 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Bermuda | 19,099 | 2022 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Fiji | 19,050 | 2022 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Seychelles | 17,405 | 2022 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Gibraltar | 14,381 | 2022 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Barbados | 13,615 | 2022 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 12,616 | 2022 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Malta | 12,178 | 2022 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10,777 | 2022 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 180 | East Timor | 10,541 | 2022 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Cyprus | 10,399 | 2022 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 182 | Belize | 9,012 | 2022 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Aruba | 8,653 | 2022 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 8,096 | 2022 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Brunei | 7,766 | 2022 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 186 | French Polynesia | 7,575 | 2022 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Palau | 7,351 | 2022 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,743 | 2022 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 189 | French Guiana | 6,503 | 2022 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5,731 | 2022 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 5,643 | 2022 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 5,641 | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Cayman Islands | 5,633 | 2022 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 4,814 | 2022 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Macao | 4,633 | 2022 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Grenada | 3,825 | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,521 | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 198 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,262 | 2022 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,836 | 2022 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 200 | Tonga | 2,435 | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 2,235 | 2022 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Western Sahara | 2,044 | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 203 | British Virgin Islands | 1,964 | 2022 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Dominica | 1,905 | 2022 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Montserrat | 1,843 | 2022 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,458 | 2022 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Kiribati | 1,329 | 2022 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 208 | Marshall Islands | 1,061 | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Cook Islands | 610.84 | 2022 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 210 | American Samoa | 610.7 | 2022 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 505.86 | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Falkland Islands | 445.69 | 2022 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 213 | Wallis and Futuna | 329.13 | 2022 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 214 | Niue | 78.65 | 2022 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 215 | Faroe Islands | 52.92 | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 216 | Tokelau | 18.57 | 2022 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 8.55 | 2022 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 218 | Greenland | 3.77 | 2022 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 219 | Guam | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |