CO₂ emissions from international aviation by country
International aviation emissions are assigned to the country of departure. CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights only.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
68.05 million tonnes
United States
Lowest
928.35 tonnes
Tuvalu
Median
368,883 tonnes
Years covered
12
2013–2024
Data points
2,260
What the numbers show
CO₂ emissions from international aviation is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 68.05 million tonnes in United States; the lowest is 928.35 tonnes in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 368,883 tonnes, and the mean is 2.64 million tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73,299.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 425.3%), and the largest decrease in Taiwan (down 99.9%).
CO₂ emissions from international aviation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 68.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 31.73 million tonnes | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 3 | China | 27.20 million tonnes | 2024 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 25.58 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 5 | Germany | 20.77 million tonnes | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 6 | Spain | 18.59 million tonnes | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 17.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 8 | France | 16.47 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 9 | Turkey | 14.65 million tonnes | 2024 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 10 | South Korea | 13.14 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 11 | Australia | 12.41 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 12.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 13 | Singapore | 11.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 11.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 43.9% | flat |
| 15 | India | 11.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 16 | Qatar | 11.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 10.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 9.73 million tonnes | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 19 | Netherlands | 8.54 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 7.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 42.9% | flat |
| 21 | Mexico | 7.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 6.33 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 5.42 million tonnes | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 24 | Switzerland | 5.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 5.18 million tonnes | 2024 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 26 | Russia | 5.16 million tonnes | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 5.03 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 28 | Greece | 4.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 124.7% | rising |
| 29 | Philippines | 4.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 30 | Egypt | 4.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 31 | Vietnam | 3.88 million tonnes | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 3.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 3.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 3.15 million tonnes | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 36 | New Zealand | 3.11 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 37 | Colombia | 2.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 2.62 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 39 | Denmark | 2.51 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 2.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2.43 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 2.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 2.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 44 | Panama | 2.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 1.99 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 46 | Sweden | 1.90 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 1.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.9% | flat |
| 48 | Finland | 1.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 49 | Kuwait | 1.69 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.7% | flat |
| 50 | Norway | 1.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 1.66 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 52 | Israel | 1.60 million tonnes | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 1.51 million tonnes | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 1.42 million tonnes | 2024 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 55 | Kenya | 1.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 56 | Oman | 1.20 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 1.18 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 1.18 million tonnes | 2024 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 1.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.4% | flat |
| 60 | Hungary | 1.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 61 | Cyprus | 1.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 999,071 tonnes | 2024 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 987,553 tonnes | 2023 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 64 | Algeria | 960,646 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 65 | Ukraine | 959,204 tonnes | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 910,608 tonnes | 2024 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 67 | Nigeria | 897,916 tonnes | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 68 | Lebanon | 886,327 tonnes | 2018 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 69 | Bahrain | 877,414 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 70 | Maldives | 864,965 tonnes | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 835,830 tonnes | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritius | 818,018 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 73 | Tunisia | 812,463 tonnes | 2024 | up 24.6% | flat |
| 74 | Ecuador | 742,153 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 75 | Cuba | 737,263 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 718,184 tonnes | 2024 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 77 | Croatia | 707,547 tonnes | 2024 | up 132.9% | rising |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 658,869 tonnes | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 79 | Jamaica | 658,115 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 80 | Macao | 610,042 tonnes | 2024 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 81 | El Salvador | 595,173 tonnes | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 82 | Iran | 581,862 tonnes | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia | 556,532 tonnes | 2024 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 547,201 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 85 | Georgia | 546,596 tonnes | 2024 | up 197.8% | rising |
| 87 | Albania | 503,666 tonnes | 2024 | up 425.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Nepal | 497,755 tonnes | 2024 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 89 | Tanzania | 444,417 tonnes | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 90 | Fiji | 418,626 tonnes | 2024 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 91 | Bahamas | 414,983 tonnes | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 413,366 tonnes | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 93 | Latvia | 406,889 tonnes | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 94 | Barbados | 404,439 tonnes | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 95 | Angola | 403,069 tonnes | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 399,617 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 97 | Iraq | 396,596 tonnes | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 98 | Armenia | 369,465 tonnes | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 99 | Lithuania | 368,883 tonnes | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 100 | Guatemala | 357,092 tonnes | 2024 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 348,150 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 315,377 tonnes | 2024 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 104 | Uruguay | 304,975 tonnes | 2024 | up 32.7% | flat |
| 105 | Uganda | 299,120 tonnes | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 106 | Venezuela | 277,560 tonnes | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 268,421 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 108 | Bolivia | 215,995 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 213,713 tonnes | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 206,096 tonnes | 2024 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 111 | Honduras | 201,565 tonnes | 2024 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 200,771 tonnes | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 113 | Cameroon | 195,971 tonnes | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 114 | Moldova | 192,730 tonnes | 2024 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 115 | Togo | 191,365 tonnes | 2024 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 116 | Estonia | 190,830 tonnes | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 189,170 tonnes | 2024 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 118 | Seychelles | 182,620 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.9% | flat |
| 119 | Libya | 180,633 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Belarus | 177,653 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 121 | Rwanda | 177,542 tonnes | 2024 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 122 | Saint Lucia | 169,516 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 123 | Slovakia | 165,996 tonnes | 2024 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 124 | Namibia | 164,192 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 125 | Myanmar | 163,657 tonnes | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Paraguay | 162,484 tonnes | 2024 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 127 | Brunei | 155,716 tonnes | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 155,037 tonnes | 2024 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 129 | Madagascar | 153,934 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 130 | Laos | 153,303 tonnes | 2024 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 147,203 tonnes | 2023 | up 45.8% | flat |
| 132 | Mali | 146,965 tonnes | 2024 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 138,671 tonnes | 2024 | up 206.5% | rising |
| 134 | Montenegro | 138,330 tonnes | 2024 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 135 | Mozambique | 137,628 tonnes | 2024 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 132,461 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 130,872 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 127,488 tonnes | 2024 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 139 | Suriname | 110,752 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | Benin | 107,640 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 102,608 tonnes | 2024 | up 29.4% | flat |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 102,171 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 143 | Gabon | 96,801 tonnes | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 144 | Slovenia | 91,296 tonnes | 2024 | up 29.4% | flat |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 87,690 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 146 | Belize | 83,238 tonnes | 2024 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 147 | Congo | 80,566 tonnes | 2024 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritania | 78,188 tonnes | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 72,657 tonnes | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 70,635 tonnes | 2024 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 151 | Guyana | 69,357 tonnes | 2018 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 152 | Somalia | 60,560 tonnes | 2024 | up 181.8% | rising |
| 153 | Sudan | 57,238 tonnes | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Cook Islands | 49,420 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 155 | Samoa | 45,930 tonnes | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 45,924 tonnes | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 45,250 tonnes | 2024 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 158 | Botswana | 43,203 tonnes | 2024 | up 45.2% | falling |
| 159 | Gambia | 41,509 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 160 | Malawi | 39,374 tonnes | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 161 | Yemen | 37,845 tonnes | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Haiti | 36,612 tonnes | 2024 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 163 | Liberia | 35,262 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 164 | Eritrea | 31,781 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.2% | flat |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 31,234 tonnes | 2018 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 166 | Djibouti | 30,801 tonnes | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 29,694 tonnes | 2024 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28,451 tonnes | 2023 | up 383.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 27,722 tonnes | 2024 | up 193.2% | rising |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 26,138 tonnes | 2024 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 171 | Chad | 24,939 tonnes | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 172 | Palau | 24,410 tonnes | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 173 | Syria | 23,603 tonnes | 2024 | up 293.9% | rising |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 22,310 tonnes | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 175 | Bhutan | 20,648 tonnes | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 176 | Tonga | 17,383 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 177 | East Timor | 16,764 tonnes | 2024 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 16,180 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16,090 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 180 | South Sudan | 15,033 tonnes | 2019 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 14,882 tonnes | 2024 | up 138.0% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 14,132 tonnes | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 13,460 tonnes | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 184 | Burundi | 12,627 tonnes | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 185 | Nauru | 11,545 tonnes | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 9,788 tonnes | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 187 | Dominica | 9,226 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 188 | Kiribati | 7,102 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 189 | Taiwan | 6,510 tonnes | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 190 | North Korea | 4,150 tonnes | 2019 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 191 | Lesotho | 2,991 tonnes | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 192 | Eswatini | 2,977 tonnes | 2018 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Niue | 2,790 tonnes | 2018 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 194 | Christmas Island | 2,538 tonnes | 2018 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Cocos Islands | 2,298 tonnes | 2018 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 196 | Tuvalu | 928.35 tonnes | 2018 | up 62.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD 303.73 million tonnes
About this data
International aviation emissions are assigned to the country of departure. CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights only.