Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population by country
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
31.8%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Christmas Island
Median
0.0%
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
23,408
What the numbers show
Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 31.8% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Christmas Island.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.
Over the past decade 123 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 411.5%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 69.0%).
Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 31.8% | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 12.7% | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 8.3% | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 4.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 2.5% | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 2.1% | 2024 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Iran | 2.1% | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1.8% | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 9 | South Korea | 1.5% | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 1.5% | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 1.4% | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkey | 1.3% | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 1.3% | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.1% | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 0.8% | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 0.7% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 23 | Thailand | 0.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 0.7% | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Taiwan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 0.7% | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Iraq | 0.6% | 2024 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6% | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 0.6% | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 30 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 0.5% | 2024 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 0.4% | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2024 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Venezuela | 0.3% | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2024 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Oman | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 0.2% | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 0.2% | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Morocco | 0.2% | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Romania | 0.2% | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 52 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 72 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 74 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 79 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 82 | Laos | 0.1% | 2024 | up 411.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Angola | 0.1% | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 87 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 89 | Tanzania | 0.1% | 2024 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 98 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 112 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 122 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 141 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 109.8% | falling |
| 142 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 144 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 145 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 146 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 153 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 125.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 159 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 165 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 168 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 173 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 175 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 176 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 180 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 174.9% | falling |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 188 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 194 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 199 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 200 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 202 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 206 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 207 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 210 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 211 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 213 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 214 | Antarctica | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 214 | Christmas Island | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.