Energy — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...
Countries reporting
217
Highest
11.38 million kt
China
Lowest
7.56 kt
Niue
Median
12,200 kt
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,511
What the numbers show
Energy — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 11.38 million kt in China; the lowest is 7.56 kt in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 12,200 kt, and the mean is 261,070 kt.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 420.3%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 63.9%).
Energy — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 11.38 million kt | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 11.10 million kt | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 10.75 million kt | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 3.49 million kt | 1991 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 5 | India | 2.91 million kt | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 2.04 million kt | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 957,000 kt | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 845,000 kt | 2023 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 727,000 kt | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 657,000 kt | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 575,000 kt | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Canada | 568,000 kt | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 550,000 kt | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 482,000 kt | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 420,000 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia and New Zealand | 396,200 kt | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 385,000 kt | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Australia | 364,000 kt | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 323,000 kt | 2023 | up 164.8% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 303,000 kt | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 21 | Malaysia | 290,000 kt | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 287,000 kt | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 23 | France | 271,000 kt | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 24 | Poland | 264,000 kt | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 256,000 kt | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 255,000 kt | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 27 | China, Taiwan Province of | 245,000 kt | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Egypt | 240,000 kt | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 237,000 kt | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 214,000 kt | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 190,000 kt | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | Algeria | 190,000 kt | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Czechoslovakia | 182,800 kt | 1992 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 34 | Iraq | 181,000 kt | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Pakistan | 160,000 kt | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Philippines | 150,000 kt | 2023 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Nigeria | 132,000 kt | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 125,000 kt | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 123,000 kt | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 118,320 kt | 1999 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 41 | Kuwait | 117,000 kt | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 117,000 kt | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 107,000 kt | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 103,000 kt | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 45 | Ukraine | 101,000 kt | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 46 | Caribbean | 93,080 kt | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 47 | Yugoslav SFR | 89,080 kt | 1991 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 48 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 86,100 kt | 2023 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium | 85,600 kt | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 78,900 kt | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Czechia | 77,700 kt | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 52 | Oman | 74,600 kt | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Libya | 70,300 kt | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 54 | Morocco | 66,100 kt | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 65,000 kt | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 56 | Singapore | 60,000 kt | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 59,400 kt | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 58 | Peru | 56,200 kt | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 54,500 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Belarus | 53,100 kt | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 53,000 kt | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia and Montenegro | 52,910 kt | 2005 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 52,500 kt | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 49,500 kt | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 65 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 49,300 kt | 2023 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 45,300 kt | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 41,400 kt | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 68 | Hungary | 41,300 kt | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 40,000 kt | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Norway | 38,000 kt | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 71 | Portugal | 37,100 kt | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 34,200 kt | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 73 | Myanmar | 33,300 kt | 2023 | up 170.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33,300 kt | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 75 | New Zealand | 32,200 kt | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 32,000 kt | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 31,500 kt | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 31,500 kt | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 31,000 kt | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Switzerland | 30,800 kt | 2023 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 30,400 kt | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Sweden | 30,300 kt | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 83 | Slovakia | 28,500 kt | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 84 | Bahrain | 28,300 kt | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Denmark | 22,600 kt | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 86 | Sudan | 22,500 kt | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 22,400 kt | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 22,300 kt | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22,100 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Kenya | 21,900 kt | 2023 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 21,500 kt | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 21,500 kt | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 20,300 kt | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Lebanon | 19,700 kt | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Ghana | 18,900 kt | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guatemala | 18,300 kt | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17,900 kt | 2023 | up 420.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Croatia | 17,500 kt | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 17,200 kt | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Ethiopia | 16,900 kt | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Sudan (former) | 14,850 kt | 2011 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Cambodia | 14,100 kt | 2023 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Estonia | 14,000 kt | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 104 | Yemen | 13,500 kt | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Panama | 13,300 kt | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12,800 kt | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 107 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,700 kt | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Lithuania | 12,600 kt | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 12,200 kt | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Nepal | 12,100 kt | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 11,600 kt | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Brunei Darussalam | 11,400 kt | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Slovenia | 10,500 kt | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 9,950 kt | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 115 | Senegal | 9,880 kt | 2023 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 9,810 kt | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 117 | Melanesia | 9,547 kt | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 9,030 kt | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | 9,020 kt | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 8,760 kt | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Zambia | 8,470 kt | 2023 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 8,000 kt | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Uruguay | 7,910 kt | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 124 | El Salvador | 7,770 kt | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 7,760 kt | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 126 | Paraguay | 7,570 kt | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 7,350 kt | 2023 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,040 kt | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Mozambique | 6,950 kt | 2023 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Congo | 6,940 kt | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 6,860 kt | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 132 | Jamaica | 6,280 kt | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 133 | Armenia | 6,270 kt | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 134 | Cyprus | 6,200 kt | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Botswana | 6,160 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 6,100 kt | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Uganda | 5,990 kt | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Gabon | 5,930 kt | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 139 | Latvia | 5,310 kt | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 5,290 kt | 2023 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 141 | Republic of Moldova | 5,120 kt | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Madagascar | 4,790 kt | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Mali | 4,790 kt | 2023 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 4,560 kt | 2010 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritius | 4,310 kt | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 4,250 kt | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Albania | 4,120 kt | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritania | 3,800 kt | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea | 3,790 kt | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 3,550 kt | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,511 kt | 1992 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,370 kt | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 153 | Suriname | 3,240 kt | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 154 | Iceland | 3,070 kt | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 155 | Guyana | 2,860 kt | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 156 | Niger | 2,690 kt | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Haiti | 2,480 kt | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Chad | 2,410 kt | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Lesotho | 2,400 kt | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 2,380 kt | 2023 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Montenegro | 2,320 kt | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Bahamas | 2,250 kt | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 2,220 kt | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 164 | South Sudan | 2,090 kt | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 165 | Malawi | 1,960 kt | 2023 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 166 | Togo | 1,800 kt | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Rwanda | 1,450 kt | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 1,300 kt | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Eswatini | 1,210 kt | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Barbados | 1,180 kt | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 171 | China, Macao SAR | 1,070 kt | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Fiji | 1,040 kt | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Aruba | 918 kt | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Bhutan | 881 kt | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Burundi | 879 kt | 2023 | up 144.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Liberia | 849 kt | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | 743 kt | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Belize | 738 kt | 2023 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Gambia | 730 kt | 2023 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Somalia | 716 kt | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 181 | Eritrea | 694 kt | 2023 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 182 | Cabo Verde | 673 kt | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Seychelles | 651 kt | 2023 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Micronesia | 642.9 kt | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 638 kt | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Polynesia | 524.86 kt | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 499 kt | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 442.4 kt | 1990 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 189 | Andorra | 413 kt | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 190 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 370 kt | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 363 kt | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 192 | Comoros | 356 kt | 2023 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Djibouti | 347 kt | 2023 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 299 kt | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Grenada | 298 kt | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 253 kt | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Samoa | 249 kt | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 238 kt | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Palau | 220 kt | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 200 | Vanuatu | 208 kt | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Tonga | 189 kt | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 202 | British Virgin Islands | 166 kt | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Dominica | 162 kt | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 151 kt | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 204 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 151 kt | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 206 | Sao Tome and Principe | 149 kt | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Anguilla | 148 kt | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 208 | San Marino | 144 kt | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 121 kt | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 210 | Kiribati | 68 kt | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 210 | Cook Islands | 68 kt | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Nauru | 52.9 kt | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 213 | Monaco | 52 kt | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 214 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 15 kt | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 215 | Holy See | 13.5 kt | 2023 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 11.3 kt | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 217 | Niue | 7.56 kt | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 35.14 million kt
- Non-Annex I countries 23.25 million kt
- Asia 21.41 million kt
- Eastern Asia 13.00 million kt
- Annex I countries 11.89 million kt
- Americas 6.87 million kt
- Northern America 5.21 million kt
- Europe 5.03 million kt
- United States of America 4.64 million kt
- Southern Asia 3.95 million kt
- Eastern Europe 2.70 million kt
- European Union (27) 2.37 million kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf