Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.
Countries reporting
130
Highest
82.47 billion tonnes
United States
Lowest
3,664 tonnes
Botswana
Median
273.24 million tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
14,474
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 82.47 billion tonnes in United States; the lowest is 3,664 tonnes in Botswana.
The median across all reporting countries is 273.24 million tonnes, and the mean is 2.13 billion tonnes.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 82.47 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Russia | 37.54 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 9.63 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 200.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 8.99 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran | 8.99 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 7.66 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 7.63 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 7.57 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ukraine | 6.45 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 5.90 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 5.58 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 4.88 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 4.17 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 4.16 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 3.88 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 3.42 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Argentina | 3.23 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 18 | India | 3.03 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Romania | 3.00 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 2.81 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Algeria | 2.47 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 2.46 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 2.44 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela | 2.42 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 2.38 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Turkey | 2.14 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Malaysia | 2.14 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 2.09 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 2.02 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 1.94 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 1.84 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 1.53 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 1.50 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Belgium | 1.46 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Belarus | 1.44 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Poland | 1.33 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 1.31 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Kuwait | 1.23 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 1.20 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.15 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 1.14 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 1.08 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Taiwan | 1.05 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Oman | 1.04 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahrain | 868.99 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 862.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Austria | 783.87 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 735.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 733.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 559.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 114.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Slovakia | 538.72 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Libya | 531.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 505.62 million tonnes | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Singapore | 411.86 million tonnes | 2024 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Chile | 358.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 357.81 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Vietnam | 353.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 350.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 335.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 316.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Syria | 312.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Tunisia | 308.51 million tonnes | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Lithuania | 298.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Denmark | 288.41 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 273.37 million tonnes | 2024 | up 234.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Georgia | 273.11 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Portugal | 250.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 249.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Switzerland | 249.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Brunei | 225.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Croatia | 222.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | 219.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Serbia | 214.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Moldova | 203.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 200.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 194.95 million tonnes | 2024 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia | 192.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Armenia | 179.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Hong Kong | 166.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Latvia | 162.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 156.11 million tonnes | 2024 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 117.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 154.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 96.81 million tonnes | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.93 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 87.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 85.87 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 78.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sweden | 75.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Estonia | 74.95 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 74.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Ghana | 53.47 million tonnes | 2024 | up 951.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Angola | 51.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cuba | 47.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Tanzania | 46.40 million tonnes | 2024 | up 236.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 41.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 195.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 37.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Ecuador | 37.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 23.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Mozambique | 20.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 632.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Congo | 20.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 618.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 20.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 217.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 20.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Cameroon | 17.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 249.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 16.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 12.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 8.46 million tonnes | 2024 | up 181.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 7.74 million tonnes | 2024 | up 42,141.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Panama | 6.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 636.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Malta | 5.67 million tonnes | 2024 | up 454,171.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 3.41 million tonnes | 2024 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Macao | 2.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 2.00 million tonnes | 2024 | up 2,499.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Liechtenstein | 1.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 1.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 1.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 2,163.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Senegal | 1.11 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Rwanda | 894,375 tonnes | 2024 | up 1,934.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Curacao | 791,184 tonnes | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 578,895 tonnes | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Niger | 570,019 tonnes | 2024 | up 677.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Guatemala | 439,679 tonnes | 1997 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 251,467 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Suriname | 225,542 tonnes | 2024 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Belize | 51,305 tonnes | 2020 | up 366.7% | rising |
| 126 | Andorra | 43,889 tonnes | 2024 | up 1,097.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Cyprus | 29,337 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 20,683 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Iceland | 16,913 tonnes | 2024 | up 700.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 3,664 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.