Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions by country
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
12.29 billion tonnes
China
Lowest
0 tonnes
Christmas Island
Median
11.77 million tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
23,583
What the numbers show
Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 12.29 billion tonnes in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Christmas Island.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.77 million tonnes, and the mean is 177.04 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 456.7%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 66.3%).
Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 12.29 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 4.90 billion tonnes | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 3.19 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 1.78 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 961.87 million tonnes | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 812.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Iran | 792.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 692.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 9 | South Korea | 583.68 million tonnes | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 572.32 million tonnes | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 533.34 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkey | 513.03 million tonnes | 2024 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 483.01 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 460.99 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 439.83 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 386.73 million tonnes | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 370.93 million tonnes | 2024 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 312.91 million tonnes | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 301.93 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 290.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 287.01 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 272.86 million tonnes | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Thailand | 267.76 million tonnes | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 264.16 million tonnes | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Taiwan | 262.35 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 258.37 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Iraq | 233.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 221.99 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 220.34 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Algeria | 198.20 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 179.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 174.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 171.06 million tonnes | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 142.50 million tonnes | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 139.23 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | 135.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Kuwait | 129.52 million tonnes | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Qatar | 125.81 million tonnes | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Venezuela | 116.04 million tonnes | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 114.78 million tonnes | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 108.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 92.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 85.46 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Oman | 82.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 81.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Chile | 78.73 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 75.62 million tonnes | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 70.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Morocco | 69.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Romania | 68.55 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 65.26 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 52 | North Korea | 62.55 million tonnes | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 56.37 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Belarus | 55.82 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Singapore | 53.92 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 53.36 million tonnes | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Israel | 52.64 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 45.98 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 44.69 million tonnes | 2024 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 42.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 40.02 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 39.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahrain | 39.00 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Sweden | 38.10 million tonnes | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Norway | 37.18 million tonnes | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 35.54 million tonnes | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.58 million tonnes | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Hong Kong | 33.32 million tonnes | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 33.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 32.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 72 | New Zealand | 32.48 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Switzerland | 32.07 million tonnes | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Syria | 31.78 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 31.62 million tonnes | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 31.60 million tonnes | 2024 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 29.77 million tonnes | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 29.09 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Bolivia | 28.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Denmark | 28.37 million tonnes | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 24.44 million tonnes | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Laos | 24.40 million tonnes | 2024 | up 456.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Jordan | 23.22 million tonnes | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Angola | 22.33 million tonnes | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Cambodia | 21.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 21.23 million tonnes | 2024 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 21.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 20.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Tanzania | 20.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Guatemala | 19.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Nepal | 18.78 million tonnes | 2024 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Croatia | 18.46 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 17.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Sudan | 17.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 15.65 million tonnes | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Senegal | 14.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 13.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 12.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 12.75 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 12.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 12.54 million tonnes | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Brunei | 12.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Zambia | 12.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Georgia | 11.78 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 10.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 10.74 million tonnes | 2024 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Yemen | 10.12 million tonnes | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Cameroon | 9.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 112 | El Salvador | 8.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Congo | 8.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 8.76 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Mozambique | 8.61 million tonnes | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 8.40 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 8.35 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Estonia | 8.31 million tonnes | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Uruguay | 7.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Paraguay | 7.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Botswana | 7.46 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 7.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Cyprus | 7.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.01 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Mali | 6.98 million tonnes | 2024 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 6.62 million tonnes | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 6.51 million tonnes | 2024 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 6.46 million tonnes | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Uganda | 6.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Benin | 6.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.90 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 5.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Gabon | 5.40 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Moldova | 5.33 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 5.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritania | 5.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 4.78 million tonnes | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritius | 4.67 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Madagascar | 4.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Guyana | 4.51 million tonnes | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Albania | 4.44 million tonnes | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Guinea | 4.03 million tonnes | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Iceland | 3.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Namibia | 3.47 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 146 | Niger | 3.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahamas | 3.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 2.99 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 2.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Chad | 2.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Togo | 2.75 million tonnes | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Lesotho | 2.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 2.38 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Maldives | 2.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Curacao | 2.29 million tonnes | 2024 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Rwanda | 2.03 million tonnes | 2024 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Malawi | 1.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 159 | South Sudan | 1.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Bhutan | 1.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 1.45 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 1.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | 1.37 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Somalia | 1.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Macao | 1.06 million tonnes | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Eswatini | 1.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 922,867 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 920,644 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Burundi | 916,664 tonnes | 2024 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Liberia | 859,369 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Gambia | 802,774 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 796,027 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Eritrea | 742,647 tonnes | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 725,388 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 717,645 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 176 | East Timor | 668,112 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 665,140 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | 652,571 tonnes | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Greenland | 618,963 tonnes | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 180 | Cape Verde | 593,786 tonnes | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Djibouti | 564,084 tonnes | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Comoros | 551,650 tonnes | 2024 | up 234.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Bermuda | 550,001 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 536,909 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Andorra | 424,663 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 394,681 tonnes | 2024 | up 199.2% | rising |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 378,842 tonnes | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Grenada | 376,971 tonnes | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 342,189 tonnes | 2024 | up 139.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 294,648 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 259,757 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 255,657 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Samoa | 245,587 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Palau | 226,099 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 197,079 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 192,507 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | 170,858 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 154,480 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 199 | Tonga | 152,540 tonnes | 2024 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 151,882 tonnes | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 150,626 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 202 | Anguilla | 148,085 tonnes | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 141,779 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 80,083 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 206 | Kiribati | 72,456 tonnes | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 207 | Nauru | 61,390 tonnes | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 55,322 tonnes | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna | 30,508 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 210 | Montserrat | 26,579 tonnes | 2024 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 211 | Tuvalu | 11,440 tonnes | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 11,391 tonnes | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 213 | Niue | 7,627 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 214 | Antarctica | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 214 | Christmas Island | 0 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (GCP) 11.17 billion tonnes
About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.