Other — 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
205
Highest
5.94 %
Palau
Lowest
-7.1 %
Honduras
Median
0.35 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,906

What the numbers show

Other — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 5.94 % in Palau; the lowest is -7.1 % in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.35 %, and the mean is 0.4203 %.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 717.4%).

Other — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palau 5.94 % 2023 up 12.3% falling
2 Fiji 4.85 % 2023 up 98.8% volatile
3 Micronesia 1.9 % 2023 up 45.0% falling
4 China, Macao SAR 1.86 % 2023 up 38.8% rising
5 Mozambique 1.74 % 2023 down 24.0% falling
6 Sudan (former) 1.7 % 2011 down 11.5% falling
7 Seychelles 1.54 % 2023 down 6.7% rising
8 Botswana 1.53 % 2023 up 53.0% rising
9 Sao Tome and Principe 1.49 % 2023 up 106.9% falling
10 Haiti 1.38 % 2023 up 14.0% volatile
11 Eswatini 1.32 % 2023 up 13.8% rising
12 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 1.29 % 2023 down 9.8% rising
13 Cook Islands 1.26 % 2023 up 53.7% falling
14 Cabo Verde 1.25 % 2023 up 5.9% rising
15 Togo 1.24 % 2023 down 19.0% falling
16 Comoros 1.13 % 2023 up 5.6% rising
17 Congo 0.98 % 2023 up 46.3% volatile
17 Guinea-Bissau 0.98 % 2023 down 34.2% falling
17 Saint Lucia 0.98 % 2023 up 8.9% volatile
17 Sudan 0.98 % 2023 down 43.0% falling
21 Nepal 0.97 % 2023 up 24.4% flat
22 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.96 % 2023 up 146.2% rising
23 Maldives 0.93 % 2023 down 23.8% rising
23 Uganda 0.93 % 2023 up 27.4% rising
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9 % 2023 up 60.7% volatile
26 Senegal 0.89 % 2023 down 16.0% flat
27 Nigeria 0.86 % 2023 up 6.2% rising
28 Sierra Leone 0.8 % 2023 down 21.6% falling
29 Bahamas 0.79 % 2023 up 9.7% rising
29 Kenya 0.79 % 2023 up 21.5% rising
31 Kiribati 0.78 % 2023 up 13.0% rising
32 Samoa 0.77 % 2023 up 48.1% rising
33 India 0.75 % 2023 down 19.4% falling
33 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.75 % 2010 down 1.3% volatile
35 Lesotho 0.73 % 2023 up 4.3% flat
36 Burundi 0.72 % 2023 down 69.1% volatile
36 Polynesia 0.72 % 2023 up 38.5% falling
38 Guatemala 0.71 % 2023 up 7.6% rising
39 Jamaica 0.7 % 2023 up 32.1% falling
40 Zambia 0.69 % 2023 up 3.0% falling
41 Gambia 0.67 % 2023 down 2.9% rising
42 Bhutan 0.65 % 2023 down 68.9% volatile
43 Djibouti 0.64 % 2023 down 22.0% falling
43 Ethiopia 0.64 % 2023 down 1.5% flat
43 Mauritius 0.64 % 2023 down 1.5% falling
43 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.64 % 2023 up 106.5% volatile
47 Angola 0.61 % 2023 up 10.9% falling
47 Sri Lanka 0.61 % 2023 down 11.6% falling
47 Serbia and Montenegro 0.61 % 2005 up 74.3% rising
50 Dominican Republic 0.59 % 2023 up 3.5% falling
51 El Salvador 0.58 % 2023 down 14.7% falling
51 South Sudan 0.58 % 2023 down 34.1% falling
53 Benin 0.56 % 2023 up 69.7% volatile
53 Tonga 0.56 % 2023 up 24.4% falling
55 British Virgin Islands 0.55 % 2023 up 44.7% rising
56 Costa Rica 0.54 % 2023 down 55.4% falling
56 Zimbabwe 0.54 % 2023 unchanged rising
56 Republic of Moldova 0.54 % 2023 unchanged rising
56 Côte d'Ivoire 0.54 % 2023 down 6.9% rising
56 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.54 % 2023 up 63.6% rising
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.52 % 2023 up 20.9% falling
61 Mauritania 0.52 % 2023 up 15.6% falling
61 Somalia 0.52 % 2023 up 85.7% rising
64 Antigua and Barbuda 0.51 % 2023 up 4.1% flat
64 Montenegro 0.51 % 2023 up 13.3% volatile
66 Georgia 0.5 % 2023 down 13.8% falling
66 Malawi 0.5 % 2023 down 28.6% falling
66 United Republic of Tanzania 0.5 % 2023 down 24.2% flat
69 Burkina Faso 0.49 % 2023 unchanged falling
69 Namibia 0.49 % 2023 up 8.9% rising
71 Barbados 0.48 % 2023 up 50.0% flat
71 Chile 0.48 % 2023 down 18.6% falling
71 Guinea 0.48 % 2023 down 35.1% falling
74 Aruba 0.47 % 2023 up 23.7% rising
74 Nicaragua 0.47 % 2023 up 20.5% rising
76 Gabon 0.46 % 2023 down 6.1% volatile
77 Mali 0.45 % 2023 up 2.3% falling
77 Myanmar 0.45 % 2023 down 2.2% rising
77 Serbia 0.45 % 2023 up 9.8% flat
80 Guyana 0.44 % 2023 up 158.8% volatile
81 China 0.43 % 2023 down 20.4% falling
81 Dominica 0.43 % 2023 up 34.4% rising
81 Ecuador 0.43 % 2023 up 22.9% rising
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.43 % 2023 down 2.3% rising
81 Caribbean 0.43 % 2023 up 13.2% falling
81 China, mainland 0.43 % 2023 down 21.8% falling
87 Eritrea 0.41 % 2023 up 10.8% falling
88 Lebanon 0.4 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
88 Panama 0.4 % 2023 down 13.0% rising
88 Philippines 0.4 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
88 Sweden 0.4 % 2023 down 55.6% falling
92 Canada 0.39 % 2023 up 25.8% falling
93 Australia 0.38 % 2023 down 9.5% falling
93 Bangladesh 0.38 % 2023 up 18.8% rising
93 Paraguay 0.38 % 2023 up 52.0% rising
93 Solomon Islands 0.38 % 2023 up 2.7% falling
93 Viet Nam 0.38 % 2023 down 13.6% volatile
93 Australia and New Zealand 0.38 % 2023 down 7.3% falling
99 Bulgaria 0.37 % 2023 up 5.7% falling
100 Liberia 0.36 % 2023 up 200.0% volatile
100 Madagascar 0.36 % 2023 up 20.0% rising
100 Pakistan 0.36 % 2023 down 16.3% falling
103 Albania 0.35 % 2023 up 34.6% rising
103 Finland 0.35 % 2023 down 74.6% volatile
103 Morocco 0.35 % 2023 down 5.4% falling
103 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.35 % 2023 up 16.7% rising
103 Thailand 0.35 % 2023 down 14.6% falling
108 Cuba 0.34 % 2023 down 10.5% falling
108 Grenada 0.34 % 2023 down 2.9% falling
110 Armenia 0.33 % 2023 up 37.5% rising
110 Egypt 0.33 % 2023 down 2.9% falling
110 Norway 0.33 % 2023 down 15.4% falling
110 Russian Federation 0.33 % 2023 unchanged falling
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.32 % 2023 up 14.3% volatile
114 Greece 0.32 % 2023 unchanged falling
114 Tunisia 0.32 % 2023 up 23.1% flat
114 Uruguay 0.32 % 2023 down 3.0% rising
114 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.32 % 1999 down 15.8% falling
119 Jordan 0.31 % 2023 down 29.5% falling
119 Cambodia 0.31 % 2023 down 29.5% volatile
119 Melanesia 0.31 % 2023 up 6.9% falling
119 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.31 % 2023 down 6.1% falling
123 Cameroon 0.3 % 2023 down 34.8% falling
123 New Zealand 0.3 % 2023 down 9.1% falling
125 Croatia 0.29 % 2023 down 9.4% falling
125 Libya 0.29 % 2023 down 40.8% rising
127 Colombia 0.28 % 2023 down 9.7% falling
128 Algeria 0.27 % 2023 up 3.8% rising
128 Timor-Leste 0.27 % 2023 up 50.0% falling
128 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.27 % 2023 down 18.2% falling
131 Cyprus 0.26 % 2023 down 16.1% falling
131 Indonesia 0.26 % 2023 down 10.3% rising
131 Kazakhstan 0.26 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
131 Papua New Guinea 0.26 % 2023 up 13.0% falling
131 Chad 0.26 % 2023 down 46.9% falling
131 OECD 0.26 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
137 Israel 0.25 % 2023 down 10.7% falling
137 Portugal 0.25 % 2023 down 21.9% falling
137 Ukraine 0.25 % 2023 up 8.7% flat
140 Brazil 0.24 % 2023 down 29.4% rising
140 Spain 0.24 % 2023 down 17.2% falling
140 Mexico 0.24 % 2023 down 33.3% falling
140 North Macedonia 0.24 % 2023 down 27.3% falling
140 Niger 0.24 % 2023 up 4.3% rising
145 Belize 0.23 % 2023 up 4.5% rising
145 Czechia 0.23 % 2023 down 8.0% falling
145 Romania 0.23 % 2023 down 42.5% rising
145 Saudi Arabia 0.23 % 2023 down 28.1% falling
145 Vanuatu 0.23 % 2023 up 64.3% rising
150 Argentina 0.22 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
150 Austria 0.22 % 2023 down 29.0% falling
150 Azerbaijan 0.22 % 2023 down 4.3% falling
150 Denmark 0.22 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
150 Slovenia 0.22 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
155 Afghanistan 0.21 % 2023 down 12.5% rising
155 United Arab Emirates 0.21 % 2023 down 19.2% falling
155 Switzerland 0.21 % 2023 down 19.2% falling
155 Latvia 0.21 % 2023 down 59.6% volatile
155 Malaysia 0.21 % 2023 down 56.2% rising
160 France 0.2 % 2023 down 23.1% falling
160 Malta 0.2 % 2023 down 35.5% falling
160 Poland 0.2 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
160 Slovakia 0.2 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
160 Tajikistan 0.2 % 2023 up 66.7% volatile
160 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2 % 2023 down 23.1% falling
160 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2 % 2023 down 13.0% falling
167 Hungary 0.19 % 2023 down 20.8% falling
167 Japan 0.19 % 2023 down 9.5% falling
167 Kuwait 0.19 % 2023 down 24.0% flat
167 Lithuania 0.19 % 2023 down 32.1% falling
167 Oman 0.19 % 2023 unchanged falling
167 China, Taiwan Province of 0.19 % 2023 down 13.6% falling
173 Iraq 0.18 % 2023 down 18.2% falling
173 Italy 0.18 % 2023 down 28.0% falling
173 Peru 0.18 % 2023 down 5.3% flat
173 Türkiye 0.18 % 2023 down 33.3% falling
177 Luxembourg 0.17 % 2023 down 52.8% falling
177 Singapore 0.17 % 2023 down 15.0% falling
177 Republic of Korea 0.17 % 2023 down 15.0% falling
177 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.17 % 2023 down 19.0% falling
181 Estonia 0.16 % 2023 down 38.5% falling
181 Kyrgyzstan 0.16 % 2023 down 52.9% falling
181 Suriname 0.16 % 2023 down 44.8% volatile
181 Uzbekistan 0.16 % 2023 up 23.1% falling
181 Anguilla 0.16 % 2023 down 33.3% falling
186 Belgium 0.15 % 2023 down 31.8% falling
186 Mongolia 0.15 % 2023 up 25.0% falling
186 Yemen 0.15 % 2023 down 48.3% falling
189 Qatar 0.14 % 2023 down 6.7% rising
189 Turkmenistan 0.14 % 2023 down 6.7% falling
191 Germany 0.13 % 2023 down 23.5% falling
191 Brunei Darussalam 0.13 % 2023 down 7.1% falling
191 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.13 % 2023 down 23.5% falling
194 Bahrain 0.11 % 2023 up 10.0% rising
195 Equatorial Guinea 0.1 % 2023 up 25.0% falling
195 Ireland 0.1 % 2023 down 16.7% falling
197 Trinidad and Tobago 0.09 % 2023 down 10.0% falling
198 Iceland 0.07 % 2023 down 41.7% falling
199 Marshall Islands 0 % 2023 flat
199 Niue 0 % 2023 flat
199 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 % 2023 flat
202 Belarus -1.42 % 2023 down 717.4% volatile
203 Rwanda -3.34 % 2023 down 307.5% volatile
204 Ghana -5.68 % 2023 down 656.9% volatile
205 Honduras -7.1 % 2023 down 655.3% 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
Other — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 7,906 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.