Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil by country

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
17.6%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Niue
Median
0.0%
Years covered
170
1855–2024
Data points
20,888

What the numbers show

Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 17.6% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Niue.

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

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 282.5%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 68.8%).

Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 17.6% 2024 down 8.2% falling
2 China 13.7% 2024 up 25.9% volatile
3 India 6.0% 2024 up 34.8% volatile
4 Saudi Arabia 3.6% 2024 up 17.8% volatile
5 Russia 3.5% 2024 up 5.8% volatile
6 Japan 2.8% 2024 down 33.5% volatile
7 Brazil 2.6% 2024 down 15.8% volatile
8 Canada 2.0% 2024 down 10.1% volatile
9 Indonesia 2.0% 2024 down 2.3% volatile
10 Germany 1.9% 2024 down 20.5% volatile
11 Mexico 1.8% 2024 down 24.5% volatile
12 Iran 1.7% 2024 down 20.0% volatile
13 South Korea 1.4% 2024 up 1.1% volatile
14 France 1.4% 2024 down 19.9% volatile
15 United Kingdom 1.3% 2024 down 11.1% volatile
16 Italy 1.2% 2024 down 9.2% volatile
17 Iraq 1.2% 2024 up 44.4% volatile
18 Australia 1.2% 2024 down 1.4% volatile
19 Spain 1.1% 2024 down 0.5% volatile
20 Turkey 1.1% 2024 up 25.9% volatile
21 Egypt 0.9% 2024 down 11.6% volatile
22 Thailand 0.8% 2024 up 7.2% volatile
23 Poland 0.7% 2024 up 39.0% volatile
24 Vietnam 0.7% 2024 up 63.3% volatile
25 Malaysia 0.6% 2024 down 17.3% volatile
26 Argentina 0.6% 2024 down 20.3% volatile
27 Kuwait 0.6% 2024 up 86.0% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2024 up 62.0% volatile
29 Nigeria 0.6% 2024 down 4.0% volatile
30 Algeria 0.5% 2024 up 17.9% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 0.5% 2024 up 0.9% volatile
32 Philippines 0.5% 2024 up 37.5% volatile
33 Pakistan 0.5% 2024 down 8.4% volatile
34 Venezuela 0.5% 2024 down 51.1% volatile
35 South Africa 0.4% 2024 down 6.4% volatile
36 Chile 0.4% 2024 up 15.2% volatile
37 Taiwan 0.4% 2024 down 25.7% volatile
38 Colombia 0.3% 2024 down 13.7% rising
39 Belgium 0.3% 2024 down 16.0% volatile
40 Netherlands 0.3% 2024 down 20.6% volatile
41 Morocco 0.3% 2024 up 7.4% volatile
42 Ecuador 0.3% 2024 down 2.6% volatile
43 Peru 0.3% 2024 up 45.8% volatile
44 Libya 0.3% 2024 down 17.3% volatile
45 Romania 0.3% 2024 up 28.4% volatile
46 Greece 0.3% 2024 down 7.6% volatile
47 Singapore 0.3% 2024 up 9.6% volatile
48 Ukraine 0.3% 2024 down 17.4% volatile
49 Austria 0.2% 2024 down 17.4% volatile
50 Sweden 0.2% 2024 down 16.9% volatile
51 Bangladesh 0.2% 2024 up 26.1% volatile
52 Portugal 0.2% 2024 down 8.5% volatile
53 Czechia 0.2% 2024 up 9.3% volatile
54 Switzerland 0.2% 2024 down 25.1% volatile
55 Syria 0.2% 2024 down 10.0% volatile
56 Cuba 0.2% 2024 down 15.6% falling
57 Denmark 0.2% 2024 up 4.3% volatile
58 Norway 0.2% 2024 down 19.8% rising
59 Israel 0.2% 2024 down 7.1% rising
60 Qatar 0.2% 2024 up 282.5% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2024 up 22.4% volatile
62 New Zealand 0.2% 2024 down 6.6% volatile
64 Hungary 0.1% 2024 up 12.7% volatile
65 Belarus 0.1% 2024 down 6.9% volatile
66 Finland 0.1% 2024 down 21.7% volatile
67 Sudan 0.1% 2024 up 51.8% volatile
68 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 67.2% rising
69 Myanmar 0.1% 2024 up 73.4% volatile
70 Angola 0.1% 2024 down 15.0% volatile
71 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2024 down 29.0% volatile
72 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 up 18.8% volatile
73 Kenya 0.1% 2024 up 31.9% rising
74 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 down 34.7% rising
75 Bolivia 0.1% 2024 up 24.0% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 up 1.9% rising
77 Bulgaria 0.1% 2024 up 19.1% volatile
78 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 up 5.0% volatile
79 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 48.0% volatile
80 Ghana 0.1% 2024 down 0.9% volatile
81 Oman 0.1% 2024 down 19.2% volatile
82 Honduras 0.1% 2024 up 33.1% volatile
83 Ethiopia 0.1% 2024 up 30.9% volatile
84 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2024 up 7.4% volatile
85 Tanzania 0.1% 2024 up 40.1% volatile
86 Croatia 0.1% 2024 up 14.7% volatile
87 Serbia 0.1% 2024 up 21.8% volatile
88 Hong Kong 0.1% 2024 up 3.7% rising
89 Slovakia 0.1% 2024 up 7.0% volatile
90 Cambodia 0.1% 2024 up 77.9% volatile
91 Panama 0.1% 2024 down 3.6% rising
92 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1% 2024 up 46.5% rising
93 Senegal 0.1% 2024 up 45.5% volatile
94 Nepal 0.1% 2024 up 72.3% volatile
95 Lithuania 0.1% 2024 up 14.6% volatile
96 Costa Rica 0.1% 2024 up 7.5% rising
97 Yemen 0.1% 2024 down 63.9% volatile
98 El Salvador 0.1% 2024 up 26.4% rising
99 Paraguay 0.1% 2024 up 35.4% volatile
100 Uruguay 0.1% 2024 up 9.3% volatile
101 Afghanistan 0.1% 2024 up 22.1% volatile
102 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2024 up 26.3% volatile
103 Slovenia 0.1% 2024 down 12.0% volatile
104 Jamaica 0.1% 2024 down 16.1% rising
105 Cyprus 0.1% 2024 down 1.9% rising
106 Mali 0.1% 2024 up 102.0% volatile
107 Uganda 0.0% 2024 up 42.3% volatile
108 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 down 9.5% volatile
109 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 up 12.9% rising
111 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 down 6.6% volatile
112 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 up 45.8% volatile
113 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 up 81.4% volatile
114 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 up 94.5% volatile
115 Zambia 0.0% 2024 up 30.9% rising
116 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 5.6% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 up 21.1% volatile
118 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 down 0.2% volatile
119 Palestine 0.0% 2024 up 56.3% rising
120 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 up 118.2% volatile
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 up 7.0% volatile
122 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 15.6% volatile
123 Guyana 0.0% 2024 up 102.6% flat
124 Latvia 0.0% 2024 down 0.5% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 15.0% volatile
126 Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 57.5% volatile
127 Brunei 0.0% 2024 up 107.9% volatile
128 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 up 36.9% volatile
129 Georgia 0.0% 2024 up 22.0% volatile
130 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 up 25.5% volatile
131 Moldova 0.0% 2024 up 33.7% volatile
132 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 up 43.8% rising
133 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 4.3% rising
134 Estonia 0.0% 2024 down 11.8% volatile
135 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 up 15.0% volatile
136 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 up 38.0% volatile
137 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 0.8% rising
138 Albania 0.0% 2024 down 29.0% falling
139 Suriname 0.0% 2024 down 13.7% rising
140 Haiti 0.0% 2024 up 1.1% volatile
141 Laos 0.0% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
142 Iceland 0.0% 2024 down 3.0% flat
143 North Korea 0.0% 2024 down 3.9% volatile
144 Niger 0.0% 2024 up 47.1% volatile
145 Congo 0.0% 2024 down 4.0% volatile
146 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 down 26.0% rising
147 Maldives 0.0% 2024 up 62.1% volatile
148 Curacao 0.0% 2024 down 68.8% volatile
149 Chad 0.0% 2024 up 15.9% volatile
150 Gabon 0.0% 2024 down 5.0% volatile
151 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 up 4.9% volatile
152 Armenia 0.0% 2024 up 65.8% volatile
153 Malawi 0.0% 2024 up 90.0% rising
154 Togo 0.0% 2024 up 27.5% volatile
155 Fiji 0.0% 2024 up 13.6% rising
156 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 up 17.8% volatile
157 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 up 67.8% volatile
158 Somalia 0.0% 2024 up 37.9% rising
159 Barbados 0.0% 2024 down 9.5% rising
160 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 up 46.8% volatile
162 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 down 27.3% volatile
163 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 up 51.0% rising
164 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 up 0.7% rising
165 Aruba 0.0% 2024 down 2.1% volatile
166 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 up 12.2% rising
167 Burundi 0.0% 2024 up 134.9% volatile
168 Macao 0.0% 2024 down 32.6% volatile
169 Gambia 0.0% 2024 up 47.2% volatile
170 Belize 0.0% 2024 up 47.1% rising
171 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2024 up 12.6% rising
172 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 down 8.3% volatile
173 Liberia 0.0% 2024 up 1.2% volatile
174 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 up 30.0% falling
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 up 8.6% volatile
176 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 up 32.1% volatile
177 East Timor 0.0% 2024 up 33.7% rising
178 Greenland 0.0% 2024 up 14.2% rising
179 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 up 12.1% volatile
180 Comoros 0.0% 2024 up 210.2% volatile
181 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 down 23.5% rising
182 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 up 2.1% volatile
183 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 up 6.6% volatile
184 Andorra 0.0% 2024 down 16.2% falling
185 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 up 177.4% falling
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 up 14.1% rising
187 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 down 0.3% rising
188 Grenada 0.0% 2024 up 44.5% volatile
189 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 up 122.0% volatile
190 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 down 17.2% volatile
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 up 6.0% volatile
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 down 7.6% volatile
193 Samoa 0.0% 2024 up 13.0% volatile
194 Palau 0.0% 2024 down 4.6% rising
195 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 up 16.0% rising
196 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 down 17.4% volatile
197 Dominica 0.0% 2024 down 6.0% volatile
198 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 up 2.9% rising
199 Tonga 0.0% 2024 up 33.1% volatile
200 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 up 20.1% volatile
201 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 up 0.3% falling
202 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 up 13.5% rising
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 up 2.5% volatile
204 Christmas Island 0.0% 1983 up 15.9% falling
206 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 down 7.9% rising
207 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 up 22.2% rising
208 Nauru 0.0% 2024 up 11.0% falling
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2024 down 22.2% rising
210 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2024 up 10.3% rising
211 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 down 44.0% rising
212 Antarctica 0.0% 2007 up 160.2% volatile
213 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 up 44.7% rising
214 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 down 3.9% rising
215 Niue 0.0% 2024 down 3.5% rising

About this data

Indicator
Share of global 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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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.