Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from coal.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
25.1%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Helena
Median
0.0%
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
18,115
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 25.1% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Helena.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.6%.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 4,714.5%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 22.8%).
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 25.1% | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 20.7% | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 7.7% | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 6.7% | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 5.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 6 | India | 5.0% | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 3.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Poland | 2.8% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 2.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 2.3% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 2.0% | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Czechia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 1.2% | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 16 | South Korea | 1.1% | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 0.9% | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Turkey | 0.6% | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Taiwan | 0.6% | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 21 | North Korea | 0.6% | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Spain | 0.6% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 0.6% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 25 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 0.3% | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mexico | 0.2% | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 38 | Malaysia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Finland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2024 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Iran | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2024 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 71 | Laos | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,815.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Peru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 76 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | up 167.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2024 | up 207.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,717.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2024 | up 149.0% | rising |
| 101 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 458.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | up 208.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 187.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2012 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 159.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2,019.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 113 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 328.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | up 209.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ghana | 0.0% | 1997 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 117 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2017 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 122 | Greenland | 0.0% | 1988 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 123 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Angola | 0.0% | 1989 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 126 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 127 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | up 567.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 1957 | up 446.0% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 0.0% | 1992 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2018 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 132 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 1960 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2009 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2011 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 135 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | up 778.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | 0.0% | 2008 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 1950 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2004 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 1989 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 140 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4,714.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea | 0.0% | 1957 | up 446.0% | rising |
| 143 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2000 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 144 | Syria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 1980 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 1989 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 147 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 1989 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 1997 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 1972 | up 1,061.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Macao | 0.0% | 2016 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 151 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 1987 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 153 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 154 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 156 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2011 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 157 | Congo | 0.0% | 1958 | up 240.5% | rising |
| 158 | Barbados | 0.0% | 1989 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 1956 | up 748.8% | rising |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 1998 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 1958 | up 240.5% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 163 | Chad | 0.0% | 1958 | up 240.5% | rising |
| 164 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 165 | Gabon | 0.0% | 1958 | up 251.8% | rising |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 1980 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 1957 | up 446.2% | rising |
| 168 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Aruba | 0.0% | 1985 | — | flat |
| 170 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 170 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 170 | Togo | 0.0% | 1982 | — | flat |
| 170 | Tonga | 0.0% | 1989 | — | flat |
| 170 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 170 | Samoa | 0.0% | 1989 | — | flat |
| 170 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 170 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 1989 | — | flat |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from coal.