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Consumption-based CO₂ emissions by country

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
117
Highest
10.86 billion tonnes
China
Lowest
3.23 million tonnes
Malawi
Median
47.46 million tonnes
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,098

What the numbers show

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 10.86 billion tonnes in China; the lowest is 3.23 million tonnes in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.46 million tonnes, and the mean is 306.55 million tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,358.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 780.5%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 41.3%).

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10.86 billion tonnes 2023 up 25.8% rising
2 United States 5.43 billion tonnes 2023 down 3.7% flat
3 India 2.54 billion tonnes 2023 up 55.3% rising
4 Russia 1.41 billion tonnes 2023 up 1.7% flat
5 Japan 1.14 billion tonnes 2023 down 23.2% falling
6 Germany 768.48 million tonnes 2023 down 17.3% falling
7 Indonesia 728.17 million tonnes 2023 up 42.9% rising
8 South Korea 708.87 million tonnes 2023 up 5.8% rising
9 Iran 668.58 million tonnes 2023 up 37.6% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 654.10 million tonnes 2023 up 14.8% rising
11 Mexico 564.97 million tonnes 2023 down 4.2% rising
12 Canada 519.94 million tonnes 2023 down 15.7% rising
13 United Kingdom 487.10 million tonnes 2023 down 22.0% falling
14 Turkey 483.03 million tonnes 2023 up 19.4% rising
15 Brazil 469.99 million tonnes 2023 down 21.1% rising
16 Italy 429.01 million tonnes 2023 down 12.2% falling
17 France 407.37 million tonnes 2023 down 15.7% falling
18 Australia 372.15 million tonnes 2023 down 3.6% rising
19 South Africa 325.38 million tonnes 2023 down 8.9% rising
20 Thailand 305.57 million tonnes 2023 up 3.5% rising
21 Taiwan 294.80 million tonnes 2023 up 2.8% rising
22 Malaysia 286.51 million tonnes 2023 up 14.1% rising
23 Poland 273.86 million tonnes 2023 down 10.0% falling
24 Spain 260.62 million tonnes 2023 down 16.2% falling
25 Egypt 253.43 million tonnes 2023 up 12.9% rising
26 United Arab Emirates 248.07 million tonnes 2023 down 4.1% rising
27 Vietnam 247.79 million tonnes 2023 up 102.9% volatile
28 Pakistan 220.11 million tonnes 2023 up 33.1% rising
29 Kazakhstan 212.66 million tonnes 2023 up 6.0% rising
30 Philippines 211.59 million tonnes 2023 up 62.6% rising
31 Belgium 196.60 million tonnes 2023 down 4.9% rising
32 Singapore 186.93 million tonnes 2023 down 22.7% rising
33 Argentina 185.67 million tonnes 2023 down 8.9% rising
34 Bangladesh 167.86 million tonnes 2023 up 161.9% volatile
35 Ukraine 166.31 million tonnes 2023 down 33.9% falling
36 Netherlands 150.15 million tonnes 2023 down 15.9% falling
37 Hong Kong 144.16 million tonnes 2023 down 5.3% rising
38 Nigeria 133.28 million tonnes 2023 up 0.8% rising
39 Kuwait 122.35 million tonnes 2023 up 49.2% rising
40 Switzerland 118.33 million tonnes 2023 down 22.7% rising
41 Colombia 104.47 million tonnes 2023 up 0.1% rising
42 Venezuela 100.52 million tonnes 2023 down 27.7% flat
43 Czechia 100.03 million tonnes 2023 down 9.2% falling
44 Israel 88.32 million tonnes 2023 up 4.5% rising
45 Chile 88.16 million tonnes 2023 down 4.9% rising
46 Oman 83.36 million tonnes 2023 up 16.5% volatile
47 Qatar 82.23 million tonnes 2023 up 48.1% volatile
48 Peru 78.88 million tonnes 2023 up 34.0% rising
49 Romania 78.25 million tonnes 2023 up 1.1% falling
50 Austria 76.47 million tonnes 2023 down 16.1% falling
51 Morocco 69.91 million tonnes 2023 up 13.1% rising
52 Greece 67.19 million tonnes 2023 down 20.0% falling
53 Belarus 62.55 million tonnes 2023 down 10.0% rising
54 Sweden 61.72 million tonnes 2023 down 14.9% falling
55 Hungary 56.73 million tonnes 2023 down 4.6% falling
56 Denmark 49.47 million tonnes 2023 down 12.8% falling
57 Ecuador 48.90 million tonnes 2023 up 10.7% rising
58 Finland 47.46 million tonnes 2023 down 29.6% falling
59 Portugal 47.46 million tonnes 2023 down 6.9% falling
60 Nepal 47.28 million tonnes 2023 up 780.5% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 46.44 million tonnes 2023 up 38.4% volatile
62 New Zealand 41.40 million tonnes 2023 up 1.9% rising
63 Azerbaijan 40.84 million tonnes 2023 up 14.9% rising
65 Dominican Republic 40.44 million tonnes 2023 down 12.7% volatile
66 Cambodia 39.06 million tonnes 2023 up 84.9% volatile
67 Norway 38.97 million tonnes 2023 down 27.1% falling
68 Mongolia 36.60 million tonnes 2023 down 16.2% volatile
69 Bulgaria 35.31 million tonnes 2023 down 5.9% falling
70 Slovakia 35.03 million tonnes 2023 down 12.3% falling
71 Kenya 34.98 million tonnes 2023 up 39.8% volatile
72 Jordan 31.82 million tonnes 2023 down 15.2% rising
73 Tunisia 30.18 million tonnes 2023 up 43.8% rising
74 Ghana 26.37 million tonnes 2023 up 21.6% volatile
75 Tanzania 25.79 million tonnes 2023 up 30.7% volatile
76 Bolivia 25.63 million tonnes 2023 up 39.0% rising
77 Guatemala 25.45 million tonnes 2023 up 144.8% volatile
78 Croatia 23.71 million tonnes 2023 down 1.5% rising
79 Ethiopia 23.25 million tonnes 2023 up 185.3% volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 22.35 million tonnes 2023 up 55.5% rising
81 Bahrain 22.06 million tonnes 2023 up 14.2% rising
82 Lithuania 20.52 million tonnes 2023 down 0.0% falling
83 Slovenia 19.74 million tonnes 2023 up 10.6% falling
84 Panama 19.52 million tonnes 2023 up 660.6% volatile
85 Kyrgyzstan 19.19 million tonnes 2023 up 12.3% rising
86 Senegal 19.03 million tonnes 2023 up 74.5% volatile
87 Cote d'Ivoire 17.86 million tonnes 2023 up 52.4% rising
88 Georgia 15.37 million tonnes 2023 up 42.2% rising
89 Zimbabwe 15.32 million tonnes 2023 up 26.9% rising
90 Laos 14.82 million tonnes 2023 up 321.9% volatile
91 Costa Rica 14.69 million tonnes 2023 up 10.8% rising
92 Botswana 14.51 million tonnes 2023 up 17.6% volatile
93 Mozambique 14.43 million tonnes 2023 down 4.2% volatile
95 Latvia 13.36 million tonnes 2023 up 4.9% falling
96 Paraguay 13.12 million tonnes 2023 up 33.1% rising
97 Tajikistan 13.02 million tonnes 2023 up 18.4% volatile
98 Zambia 12.71 million tonnes 2023 up 45.8% volatile
99 Estonia 12.59 million tonnes 2023 down 28.8% falling
100 El Salvador 11.26 million tonnes 2023 up 31.3% rising
101 Uruguay 10.78 million tonnes 2023 down 7.1% rising
102 Honduras 10.46 million tonnes 2023 down 41.3% volatile
103 Cameroon 10.38 million tonnes 2023 up 6.8% rising
104 Namibia 9.65 million tonnes 2023 up 1.8% volatile
105 Brunei 8.88 million tonnes 2023 up 6.7% rising
106 Uganda 8.80 million tonnes 2023 up 52.9% volatile
107 Togo 8.65 million tonnes 2023 up 625.2% volatile
108 Cyprus 8.62 million tonnes 2023 up 13.1% rising
109 Benin 8.43 million tonnes 2023 down 8.0% volatile
110 Jamaica 8.33 million tonnes 2023 up 34.3% falling
111 Mauritius 7.91 million tonnes 2023 up 29.1% rising
112 Armenia 7.67 million tonnes 2023 up 30.4% rising
114 Nicaragua 7.17 million tonnes 2023 up 15.6% rising
115 Madagascar 6.42 million tonnes 2023 up 32.0% rising
116 Guinea 6.40 million tonnes 2023 up 269.6% volatile
117 Burkina Faso 5.80 million tonnes 2023 up 84.0% volatile
118 Albania 5.38 million tonnes 2023 down 17.4% rising
119 Rwanda 3.52 million tonnes 2023 up 349.5% volatile
120 Malawi 3.23 million tonnes 2023 up 337.0% 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
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.