Greenhouse gas emissions by sector by country
Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
808.71 million tonnes
India
Lowest
0 tonnes
Niue
Median
6.89 million tonnes
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,559
What the numbers show
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 808.71 million tonnes in India; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.89 million tonnes, and the mean is 32.86 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 115.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 50.0%).
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 808.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 691.17 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 581.95 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 366.83 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 233.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 214.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 51.6% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 154.20 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 136.13 million tonnes | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 133.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 104.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 102.68 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 95.73 million tonnes | 2023 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 90.59 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 84.86 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 82.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 77.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 17 | Tanzania | 76.79 million tonnes | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 74.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 73.52 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | France | 67.09 million tonnes | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 21 | Canada | 66.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 65.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 61.04 million tonnes | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 24 | Turkey | 54.70 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 54.59 million tonnes | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 53.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 50.09 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 28 | South Sudan | 47.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 42.15 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 41.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 31 | Venezuela | 41.33 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | New Zealand | 40.45 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 33 | Iran | 39.87 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 38.13 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 35 | Niger | 36.45 million tonnes | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 35.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 34.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia | 33.96 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 39 | Mongolia | 32.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 40 | Paraguay | 31.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 31.49 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 42 | Italy | 31.48 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 43 | Uganda | 30.77 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 44 | Uruguay | 28.59 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27.76 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 27.54 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 25.58 million tonnes | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 24.83 million tonnes | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 49 | Guinea | 24.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 24.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 51 | Egypt | 24.26 million tonnes | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 23.95 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 53 | Zambia | 23.86 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 23.57 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 55 | Somalia | 23.49 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Ukraine | 23.20 million tonnes | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 58 | Japan | 22.77 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 20.90 million tonnes | 2023 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 60 | Netherlands | 18.62 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 61 | Mozambique | 18.18 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 16.07 million tonnes | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 15.55 million tonnes | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 64 | South Korea | 15.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 14.83 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 66 | Botswana | 14.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 80.2% | falling |
| 67 | Morocco | 14.31 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 13.54 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 13.48 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 13.16 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 13.01 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 72 | Cameroon | 12.98 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 73 | Laos | 12.31 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 12.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 12.10 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 76 | Ecuador | 11.76 million tonnes | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 77 | Ghana | 11.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 78 | Guatemala | 11.19 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 79 | Malawi | 10.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Mauritania | 10.54 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 10.11 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 10.00 million tonnes | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 83 | Denmark | 9.94 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 84 | Chile | 9.86 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 85 | Cuba | 9.16 million tonnes | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 86 | Belgium | 8.91 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 87 | Yemen | 8.80 million tonnes | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 8.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 89 | Iraq | 7.96 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 7.69 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 7.57 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 92 | Sweden | 7.35 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.20 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 94 | Austria | 7.15 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 95 | Greece | 7.01 million tonnes | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 96 | Syria | 6.89 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 97 | Hungary | 6.88 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 6.80 million tonnes | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 99 | Benin | 6.77 million tonnes | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 6.75 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 6.62 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 6.35 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.09 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 104 | Czechia | 5.88 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 105 | Serbia | 5.77 million tonnes | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 106 | Switzerland | 5.72 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 5.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.6% | flat |
| 108 | Norway | 5.15 million tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 109 | Lithuania | 5.04 million tonnes | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 5.02 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 111 | Eritrea | 4.89 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 112 | North Korea | 4.88 million tonnes | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 113 | Haiti | 4.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 4.29 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 4.11 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 116 | Burundi | 3.88 million tonnes | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Panama | 3.75 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 118 | Togo | 3.65 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 119 | Rwanda | 3.09 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 120 | Libya | 3.05 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 2.88 million tonnes | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 2.67 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 2.60 million tonnes | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 124 | Croatia | 2.29 million tonnes | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 2.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 2.24 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 127 | El Salvador | 2.19 million tonnes | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 128 | Estonia | 2.12 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 129 | Albania | 2.08 million tonnes | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 2.05 million tonnes | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 2.00 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 132 | Guyana | 1.98 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.89 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.81 million tonnes | 2023 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 135 | Slovenia | 1.57 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 136 | Israel | 1.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 137 | Moldova | 1.45 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 138 | Jordan | 1.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 139 | Lesotho | 1.22 million tonnes | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 140 | Gambia | 1.17 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 1.16 million tonnes | 2023 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 1.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 970,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 143 | Eswatini | 970,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 145 | Djibouti | 760,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 145 | Lebanon | 760,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Qatar | 640,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Suriname | 640,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 150 | Jamaica | 600,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 151 | Iceland | 590,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 570,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 153 | Kuwait | 560,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 154 | Gabon | 510,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 155 | Liberia | 490,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 460,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 157 | Belize | 380,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Montenegro | 370,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 159 | Cyprus | 280,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 280,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 270,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 162 | Samoa | 150,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritius | 120,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 110,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 110,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 110,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 80,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 167 | Tonga | 80,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 70,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 60,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Bahrain | 40,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 172 | Dominica | 40,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Grenada | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 30,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Bahamas | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Singapore | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20,000 tonnes | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 181 | Kiribati | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Seychelles | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 10,000 tonnes | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 187 | Andorra | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 187 | Maldives | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 187 | Nauru | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 187 | Palau | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 187 | Niue | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.