Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil by country

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
25.9%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Antarctica
Median
0.0%
Years covered
170
1855–2024
Data points
20,888

What the numbers show

Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 25.9% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Antarctica.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.4%.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Christmas Island (up 154.0%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 15.4%).

Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 25.9% 2024 down 6.2% falling
2 China 6.1% 2024 up 32.9% volatile
3 Russia 5.4% 2024 down 8.0% volatile
4 Japan 5.4% 2024 down 7.6% volatile
5 Germany 3.2% 2024 down 7.0% volatile
6 India 2.7% 2024 up 31.9% volatile
7 France 2.5% 2024 down 8.1% volatile
8 Canada 2.5% 2024 down 3.6% rising
9 United Kingdom 2.3% 2024 down 8.6% falling
10 Mexico 2.2% 2024 down 2.8% volatile
11 Italy 2.2% 2024 down 8.9% volatile
12 Brazil 1.9% 2024 up 8.5% volatile
13 Saudi Arabia 1.8% 2024 up 26.0% volatile
14 Iran 1.6% 2024 up 3.8% flat
15 Indonesia 1.3% 2024 up 12.7% falling
16 Spain 1.3% 2024 down 2.2% volatile
17 South Korea 1.2% 2024 up 4.6% volatile
18 Ukraine 1.1% 2024 down 14.5% volatile
19 Australia 1.0% 2024 up 3.7% volatile
20 Argentina 0.8% 2024 down 3.3% volatile
21 Turkey 0.7% 2024 up 13.4% volatile
22 Egypt 0.6% 2024 up 9.3% volatile
23 Venezuela 0.6% 2024 down 4.2% volatile
24 Netherlands 0.6% 2024 down 8.2% falling
25 Thailand 0.6% 2024 up 11.3% volatile
26 Iraq 0.6% 2024 up 19.3% rising
27 Belgium 0.6% 2024 down 7.2% volatile
28 Taiwan 0.5% 2024 down 2.2% volatile
29 Sweden 0.5% 2024 down 11.3% volatile
30 Poland 0.5% 2024 up 8.7% volatile
31 Belarus 0.5% 2024 down 13.7% falling
32 Kazakhstan 0.5% 2024 down 1.2% volatile
33 Malaysia 0.5% 2024 up 10.7% volatile
34 Romania 0.5% 2024 down 9.5% volatile
35 South Africa 0.4% 2024 up 3.2% volatile
36 Philippines 0.4% 2024 up 5.1% volatile
37 Pakistan 0.4% 2024 up 15.3% volatile
38 Kuwait 0.4% 2024 up 7.5% volatile
39 Switzerland 0.3% 2024 down 7.2% volatile
40 Greece 0.3% 2024 down 3.3% volatile
41 Nigeria 0.3% 2024 up 19.4% volatile
42 Austria 0.3% 2024 down 3.1% volatile
43 Colombia 0.3% 2024 up 5.8% rising
44 Denmark 0.3% 2024 down 9.4% volatile
45 Algeria 0.3% 2024 up 19.1% volatile
46 Singapore 0.3% 2024 down 4.1% volatile
47 Chile 0.3% 2024 up 11.5% volatile
48 Finland 0.3% 2024 down 7.5% volatile
49 United Arab Emirates 0.3% 2024 up 34.5% volatile
50 Uzbekistan 0.3% 2024 down 12.8% volatile
51 Portugal 0.3% 2024 down 4.1% volatile
52 Vietnam 0.3% 2024 up 39.1% volatile
53 Cuba 0.2% 2024 down 5.8% rising
54 Peru 0.2% 2024 up 3.5% volatile
55 Syria 0.2% 2024 down 4.2% volatile
56 Czechia 0.2% 2024 down 4.7% volatile
57 Norway 0.2% 2024 down 4.4% rising
58 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2024 down 11.1% volatile
59 Israel 0.2% 2024 down 4.3% rising
60 Libya 0.2% 2024 up 5.3% volatile
61 Hungary 0.2% 2024 down 5.9% volatile
62 Bulgaria 0.2% 2024 down 9.7% volatile
63 Morocco 0.2% 2024 up 14.9% volatile
64 Ecuador 0.2% 2024 up 14.6% volatile
65 Lithuania 0.2% 2024 down 12.1% volatile
67 Turkmenistan 0.2% 2024 down 2.1% volatile
68 New Zealand 0.1% 2024 up 3.3% volatile
69 Hong Kong 0.1% 2024 down 5.0% rising
70 Moldova 0.1% 2024 down 15.4% volatile
71 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 up 14.1% rising
72 Croatia 0.1% 2024 down 5.9% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2024 up 9.6% volatile
74 Slovakia 0.1% 2024 down 4.2% volatile
75 Latvia 0.1% 2024 down 13.0% volatile
76 Yemen 0.1% 2024 down 5.9% rising
77 Jordan 0.1% 2024 up 6.2% volatile
78 Bangladesh 0.1% 2024 up 35.4% volatile
79 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 up 7.3% volatile
80 Curacao 0.1% 2024 down 12.9% volatile
81 Serbia 0.1% 2024 up 0.9% volatile
82 Sudan 0.1% 2024 up 27.7% rising
83 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 up 16.3% rising
84 Kenya 0.1% 2024 up 18.6% rising
85 Jamaica 0.1% 2024 down 4.9% rising
86 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2024 down 10.3% volatile
87 Myanmar 0.1% 2024 up 27.6% volatile
88 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 19.9% rising
89 Slovenia 0.1% 2024 down 2.2% volatile
90 Qatar 0.1% 2024 up 19.1% volatile
91 Oman 0.1% 2024 up 18.2% volatile
92 Angola 0.1% 2024 up 29.9% volatile
93 Estonia 0.1% 2024 down 11.1% volatile
94 Uruguay 0.1% 2024 down 1.6% rising
95 Ghana 0.1% 2024 up 21.4% rising
96 Bolivia 0.1% 2024 up 24.0% volatile
97 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2024 down 5.9% volatile
99 Panama 0.0% 2024 up 8.4% rising
100 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 up 9.2% rising
101 Honduras 0.0% 2024 up 27.5% volatile
102 Cyprus 0.0% 2024 up 4.6% rising
103 Georgia 0.0% 2024 down 6.5% volatile
104 North Korea 0.0% 2024 down 9.2% volatile
105 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 down 7.6% volatile
106 Costa Rica 0.0% 2024 up 13.1% volatile
107 Ethiopia 0.0% 2024 up 41.5% volatile
108 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 up 11.7% rising
109 Tanzania 0.0% 2024 up 34.1% rising
110 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 down 1.9% volatile
111 Senegal 0.0% 2024 up 24.0% rising
112 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 up 10.2% volatile
113 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 down 4.4% volatile
114 Paraguay 0.0% 2024 up 29.0% volatile
115 Albania 0.0% 2024 down 2.7% rising
116 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 up 10.9% rising
117 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 21.8% volatile
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 up 9.1% volatile
119 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 down 4.8% volatile
120 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 up 6.8% volatile
121 Armenia 0.0% 2024 down 12.3% volatile
122 Cambodia 0.0% 2024 up 68.0% volatile
123 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 up 4.2% volatile
124 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 up 44.2% volatile
125 Iceland 0.0% 2024 up 0.8% rising
126 Zambia 0.0% 2024 up 20.8% rising
127 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 up 21.7% rising
128 Nepal 0.0% 2024 up 70.1% volatile
129 Suriname 0.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
130 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 up 30.6% volatile
131 Uganda 0.0% 2024 up 41.4% rising
132 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 40.1% volatile
133 Guyana 0.0% 2024 up 8.6% rising
134 Gabon 0.0% 2024 down 2.4% volatile
135 Brunei 0.0% 2024 up 9.4% volatile
136 Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 27.5% rising
137 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 up 7.4% volatile
139 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 up 44.0% volatile
140 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 up 13.3% volatile
141 Mali 0.0% 2024 up 84.2% volatile
142 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 up 14.2% rising
143 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 up 73.6% volatile
144 Haiti 0.0% 2024 up 26.8% rising
145 Botswana 0.0% 2024 up 30.9% volatile
146 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 31.8% volatile
147 Palestine 0.0% 2024 up 54.4% volatile
148 Aruba 0.0% 2024 down 8.1% volatile
149 Congo 0.0% 2024 up 17.6% rising
150 Laos 0.0% 2024 up 44.7% volatile
151 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 down 8.4% volatile
152 Barbados 0.0% 2024 up 2.7% volatile
153 Macao 0.0% 2024 up 2.7% volatile
154 Togo 0.0% 2024 up 10.9% volatile
155 Fiji 0.0% 2024 up 11.9% rising
156 Liberia 0.0% 2024 down 7.1% rising
157 Niger 0.0% 2024 up 51.6% volatile
158 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 up 30.0% rising
159 Chad 0.0% 2024 up 48.8% volatile
160 Somalia 0.0% 2024 up 10.9% volatile
161 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 up 15.6% rising
162 Malawi 0.0% 2024 up 16.7% rising
163 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 up 11.2% volatile
164 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 up 8.4% volatile
165 Maldives 0.0% 2024 up 78.9% volatile
166 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2024 up 3.3% rising
167 Greenland 0.0% 2024 down 2.3% rising
168 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 up 24.6% volatile
169 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 down 0.6% rising
170 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 27.1% volatile
171 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 up 5.8% rising
172 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 up 25.9% rising
173 Belize 0.0% 2024 up 18.5% volatile
174 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 up 1.2% rising
175 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 up 38.8% rising
176 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 up 20.3% rising
177 Gambia 0.0% 2024 up 33.8% volatile
178 Andorra 0.0% 2024 up 10.7% rising
179 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 up 23.5% volatile
180 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 up 17.0% volatile
181 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 up 28.8% volatile
182 Burundi 0.0% 2024 up 37.9% volatile
183 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 up 9.4% rising
184 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 up 8.5% volatile
185 Palau 0.0% 2024 up 0.0% rising
186 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 down 6.5% volatile
187 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 up 53.0% volatile
188 Grenada 0.0% 2024 up 20.7% volatile
189 East Timor 0.0% 2024 up 131.5% volatile
190 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 up 19.1% rising
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 up 17.2% volatile
193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 up 15.8% volatile
194 Samoa 0.0% 2024 up 17.9% volatile
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 up 52.4% volatile
196 Comoros 0.0% 2024 up 61.9% volatile
197 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 up 16.6% volatile
198 Dominica 0.0% 2024 up 16.4% volatile
199 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 up 20.6% rising
200 Nauru 0.0% 2024 down 8.7% rising
201 Tonga 0.0% 2024 up 13.8% volatile
202 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 up 15.5% rising
203 Christmas Island 0.0% 1983 up 154.0% rising
204 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 up 25.3% volatile
205 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 up 28.3% rising
206 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 up 32.5% volatile
207 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2024 down 1.2% rising
208 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 up 13.5% rising
209 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 up 14.3% rising
210 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 down 2.2% rising
211 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2024 up 19.3% rising
212 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 up 11.4% rising
213 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 up 22.1% volatile
214 Niue 0.0% 2024 up 9.4% rising
215 Antarctica 0.0% 2007 up 18.2% rising

About this data

Indicator
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Unit
%
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 20,888 data points, 1855–2024
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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.