Energy — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
255.1 %
Fiji
Lowest
-416.11 %
Belarus
Median
64.32 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,974

What the numbers show

Energy — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 255.1 % in Fiji; the lowest is -416.11 % in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 64.32 %, and the mean is 53.44 %.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 203.2%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 953.8%).

Energy — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Fiji 255.1 % 2023 up 47.7% volatile
2 Serbia and Montenegro 144.71 % 2005 up 56.2% rising
3 Russian Federation 141.57 % 2023 up 3.4% falling
4 Serbia 137.1 % 2023 up 2.9% rising
5 Saint Lucia 130.48 % 2023 down 32.4% volatile
6 Palau 110.58 % 2023 down 0.3% flat
7 Bulgaria 102.85 % 2023 up 7.8% flat
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.64 % 2023 up 2.2% rising
9 Marshall Islands 98.5 % 2023 up 0.3% rising
10 Anguilla 98.06 % 2023 up 0.4% flat
11 Aruba 97.47 % 2023 up 0.1% flat
12 Netherlands Antilles (former) 97.43 % 2010 down 0.4% flat
13 Congo 97.35 % 2023 up 93.7% rising
14 British Virgin Islands 96.95 % 2023 up 2.5% flat
15 Nauru 96.06 % 2023 up 0.4% flat
16 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 95.9 % 2023 up 1.2% flat
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.16 % 2023 down 1.3% volatile
18 Jamaica 93.73 % 2023 up 12.5% rising
19 China, Macao SAR 93.36 % 2023 up 0.3% flat
20 Maldives 93.01 % 2023 up 4.4% rising
21 Brunei Darussalam 92.7 % 2023 up 1.9% rising
22 Japan 91.17 % 2023 down 5.1% flat
23 Micronesia 90.63 % 2023 up 39.5% falling
24 Iraq 88.84 % 2023 down 1.1% flat
25 Republic of Korea 88.33 % 2023 down 4.3% flat
26 Antigua and Barbuda 87.59 % 2023 up 0.7% rising
27 Bahrain 87.44 % 2023 down 3.9% flat
28 Libya 87.34 % 2023 up 1.1% falling
29 Malta 86.38 % 2023 down 2.2% falling
30 Bahamas 86.05 % 2023 up 3.6% flat
31 China, mainland 85.76 % 2023 up 1.5% rising
32 China 85.72 % 2023 up 1.4% rising
33 Qatar 85.69 % 2023 up 2.5% falling
34 Luxembourg 85.28 % 2023 down 5.1% falling
35 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 85.25 % 2023 up 0.6% flat
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 84.88 % 2023 down 0.8% rising
37 United Arab Emirates 84.45 % 2023 down 3.3% falling
38 China, Taiwan Province of 84.4 % 2023 down 0.6% rising
39 Kazakhstan 84.39 % 2023 down 8.2% flat
40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.54 % 2023 up 2.4% rising
41 Croatia 83.19 % 2023 up 13.1% rising
42 Austria 83.04 % 2023 down 0.4% falling
43 Czechia 82.91 % 2023 down 4.4% flat
44 Azerbaijan 82.14 % 2023 up 2.4% falling
45 Oman 82.04 % 2023 down 4.3% falling
46 China, Hong Kong SAR 81.83 % 2023 down 6.1% flat
47 Niue 81.59 % 2023 down 0.3% rising
48 Turkmenistan 81.55 % 2023 down 2.7% flat
49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 81.32 % 2023 up 7.9% falling
50 Kuwait 80.78 % 2023 down 3.9% falling
51 Belgium-Luxembourg 80.73 % 1999 down 2.3% flat
52 OECD 80.69 % 2023 down 9.7% flat
53 Georgia 80.36 % 2023 up 4.9% falling
54 Germany 80.25 % 2023 down 8.0% flat
55 Barbados 79.95 % 2023 down 7.8% flat
56 Slovenia 79.73 % 2023 up 16.7% falling
57 Algeria 79.67 % 2023 down 2.5% falling
58 Saudi Arabia 78.69 % 2023 down 3.3% falling
59 Cook Islands 78.52 % 2023 up 0.9% falling
60 Belgium 77.75 % 2023 down 0.8% falling
61 Poland 76.61 % 2023 down 11.0% falling
62 France 76.45 % 2023 down 6.0% rising
63 Montenegro 76.42 % 2023 up 2.9% volatile
64 Armenia 76.3 % 2023 up 6.9% rising
65 Slovakia 75.38 % 2023 down 15.4% falling
66 Sao Tome and Principe 75.36 % 2023 up 99.9% rising
67 Switzerland 75.31 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
68 Israel 75.11 % 2023 down 8.5% falling
69 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 74.57 % 2023 down 5.5% rising
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 74.14 % 2023 down 8.8% flat
71 Seychelles 73.61 % 2023 down 5.7% rising
72 Gabon 73.13 % 2023 up 12.0% falling
73 Spain 73.11 % 2023 down 0.5% falling
74 India 72.57 % 2023 up 8.7% rising
75 Malaysia 72.55 % 2023 down 50.2% volatile
76 Hungary 72.06 % 2023 down 0.6% flat
77 Micronesia (Federated States of) 71.69 % 2023 up 3.8% falling
78 Ukraine 71.61 % 2023 down 15.3% falling
79 North Macedonia 71.21 % 2023 down 20.3% flat
80 Tunisia 71.09 % 2023 up 19.4% flat
81 Egypt 70.88 % 2023 down 1.3% flat
82 Uzbekistan 70.84 % 2023 down 5.8% falling
83 Philippines 70.81 % 2023 up 17.7% rising
84 Lebanon 70.75 % 2023 down 2.8% falling
85 Greece 70.74 % 2023 down 9.3% rising
86 Cabo Verde 70.38 % 2023 up 6.2% rising
87 Italy 69.92 % 2023 down 14.9% falling
88 Syrian Arab Republic 69.73 % 2023 down 0.6% falling
89 Türkiye 69.52 % 2023 down 12.7% falling
90 Romania 69.46 % 2023 down 37.6% rising
91 Portugal 69.31 % 2023 down 4.5% falling
92 Viet Nam 69.1 % 2023 up 16.6% falling
93 Mauritius 68.65 % 2023 down 7.7% falling
94 Canada 68.49 % 2023 down 9.8% rising
95 Singapore 68.46 % 2023 down 9.4% falling
96 Mexico 68.07 % 2023 down 8.9% flat
97 Kiribati 67.44 % 2023 up 3.8% rising
98 Chile 67.43 % 2023 down 20.8% falling
99 Lesotho 66.58 % 2023 up 4.0% rising
100 Comoros 65.93 % 2023 up 28.8% rising
101 Norway 65.79 % 2023 down 32.9% flat
102 Cyprus 65.04 % 2023 down 14.8% falling
103 Dominica 64.88 % 2023 up 12.6% rising
104 Equatorial Guinea 64.32 % 2023 down 13.3% rising
105 El Salvador 64.13 % 2023 up 14.5% rising
106 Jordan 63.9 % 2023 down 13.0% falling
107 Trinidad and Tobago 63.26 % 2023 down 10.3% falling
108 Australia 62.84 % 2023 down 13.1% rising
109 Ecuador 62.64 % 2023 up 15.9% rising
110 Denmark 61.79 % 2023 down 15.9% falling
111 Panama 61.35 % 2023 up 16.9% rising
112 Australia and New Zealand 60.81 % 2023 down 13.2% rising
113 Tonga 60.79 % 2023 up 22.5% rising
114 Republic of Moldova 60.22 % 2023 down 5.9% falling
115 Caribbean 59.98 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
116 Indonesia 59.53 % 2023 up 43.5% volatile
117 Morocco 58.96 % 2023 down 0.6% flat
118 Nigeria 57.47 % 2023 down 10.4% falling
119 Grenada 57.4 % 2023 down 17.1% falling
120 Tuvalu 57.13 % 2023 down 0.7% rising
121 Dominican Republic 56.73 % 2023 down 5.1% flat
122 Polynesia 55.63 % 2023 up 21.1% rising
123 Finland 55.16 % 2023 down 79.8% volatile
124 Sweden 55.1 % 2023 down 61.3% falling
125 Costa Rica 54.31 % 2023 down 40.5% rising
126 Estonia 53.98 % 2023 down 43.4% falling
127 Thailand 53.84 % 2023 down 18.1% rising
128 Haiti 53.62 % 2023 up 3.1% rising
129 Mongolia 53.38 % 2023 down 2.5% rising
130 Sri Lanka 52.83 % 2023 up 5.5% rising
131 Kyrgyzstan 52.64 % 2023 down 9.4% flat
132 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51.86 % 2023 down 21.0% falling
133 Eswatini 51.65 % 2023 down 1.7% rising
134 Cuba 51.27 % 2023 down 21.4% falling
135 Albania 50.06 % 2023 up 35.3% rising
136 Samoa 49.14 % 2023 up 31.2% rising
137 Lithuania 48.59 % 2023 down 10.4% flat
138 Argentina 48.48 % 2023 up 4.5% rising
139 Iceland 48.27 % 2023 up 28.3% falling
140 Ireland 46.96 % 2023 down 9.9% flat
141 Bangladesh 46.49 % 2023 up 25.7% rising
142 Guatemala 45.79 % 2023 up 21.7% rising
143 Togo 44.14 % 2023 up 8.2% rising
144 New Zealand 43.44 % 2023 down 14.1% flat
145 Afghanistan 42.41 % 2023 up 18.9% rising
146 Kenya 42.26 % 2023 up 58.0% rising
147 Yemen 41.26 % 2023 down 38.7% falling
148 Colombia 40.64 % 2023 down 8.5% rising
149 Pakistan 39.38 % 2023 down 8.6% flat
150 Nepal 38.94 % 2023 up 82.0% rising
151 Timor-Leste 38.26 % 2023 down 20.7% rising
152 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37.39 % 2023 up 179.7% volatile
153 Tajikistan 35.27 % 2023 up 30.8% rising
154 Latvia 34.24 % 2023 down 56.2% volatile
155 Angola 33.97 % 2023 down 10.7% falling
156 Botswana 33.22 % 2023 down 21.6% rising
157 Senegal 33.14 % 2023 up 10.5% rising
158 Namibia 32.96 % 2023 up 35.3% rising
159 Gambia 32.07 % 2023 up 29.6% rising
160 Benin 30.18 % 2023 up 151.5% volatile
160 Zimbabwe 30.18 % 2023 up 2.1% rising
162 Côte d'Ivoire 29.95 % 2023 up 27.0% rising
163 Solomon Islands 29.33 % 2023 down 16.4% rising
164 Uganda 28.67 % 2023 up 55.2% rising
165 Melanesia 28.48 % 2023 up 18.8% rising
166 Mauritania 28.09 % 2023 up 22.1% rising
167 Djibouti 26.67 % 2023 down 27.9% falling
168 Sierra Leone 26.41 % 2023 up 2.1% rising
169 Papua New Guinea 26.39 % 2023 up 37.7% rising
170 Peru 25.92 % 2023 up 26.2% rising
171 Nicaragua 25.19 % 2023 up 11.7% rising
172 Guyana 23.85 % 2023 up 139.5% rising
173 Burundi 23.82 % 2023 down 60.0% volatile
174 Bhutan 23 % 2023 down 68.8% volatile
175 Guinea-Bissau 22.26 % 2023 up 17.1% rising
176 Brazil 21.71 % 2023 down 37.0% rising
177 Uruguay 20.99 % 2023 down 20.2% rising
178 Suriname 20.63 % 2023 down 50.8% volatile
179 Myanmar 20.59 % 2023 up 117.0% rising
180 Ethiopia 19.67 % 2023 up 25.8% rising
181 Mozambique 19.3 % 2023 up 71.4% volatile
182 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18.76 % 2023 down 13.1% rising
183 Zambia 18.64 % 2023 up 96.6% rising
184 Sudan 18.55 % 2023 down 11.8% flat
185 Vanuatu 18.21 % 2023 up 96.0% rising
186 Cameroon 17.52 % 2023 down 30.3% falling
187 Eritrea 17.22 % 2023 up 16.6% falling
188 Malawi 16.67 % 2023 down 6.6% falling
189 Sudan (former) 16.08 % 2011 up 34.2% rising
190 Somalia 15.77 % 2023 up 94.5% rising
191 United Republic of Tanzania 14.37 % 2023 up 11.7% rising
192 Burkina Faso 13.58 % 2023 up 12.4% rising
193 Cambodia 13.3 % 2023 up 117.7% rising
194 Paraguay 13.21 % 2023 up 100.8% rising
195 Belize 12.36 % 2023 up 75.6% rising
196 Guinea 11.33 % 2023 up 11.0% rising
197 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.28 % 2023 up 203.2% volatile
198 Madagascar 10.25 % 2023 up 58.4% volatile
199 Niger 9.84 % 2023 down 7.3% rising
200 Liberia 9.81 % 2023 up 185.2% volatile
201 Mali 8.88 % 2023 up 52.6% rising
202 South Sudan 6.18 % 2023 up 2.3% flat
203 Chad 4.87 % 2023 down 18.8% rising
204 Rwanda -114 % 2023 down 350.4% volatile
205 Ghana -337.59 % 2023 down 953.8% volatile
206 Honduras -415.48 % 2023 down 724.9% volatile
207 Belarus -416.11 % 2023 down 774.1% 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
Energy — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 7,974 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.