Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from gas.
Countries reporting
142
Highest
29.8%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
0.1%
Years covered
143
1882–2024
Data points
12,610
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 29.8% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.7%.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 32,817.6%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 25.3%).
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from burning gas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 29.8% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 2 | Russia | 13.6% | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 3.5% | 2024 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 3.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran | 3.2% | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 2.8% | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 2.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 2.7% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Ukraine | 2.3% | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 2.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 2.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 1.8% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 1.5% | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 1.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 15 | France | 1.4% | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2% | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Argentina | 1.2% | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 18 | India | 1.1% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Romania | 1.1% | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 0.9% | 2024 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela | 0.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Turkey | 0.8% | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 0.8% | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 0.7% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 0.7% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 0.6% | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Belgium | 0.5% | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Poland | 0.5% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4% | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Taiwan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Oman | 0.4% | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Austria | 0.3% | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 0.2% | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 0.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Chile | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Vietnam | 0.1% | 2024 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Brunei | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 71 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 667.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Angola | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | up 434.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 424.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 32,817.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | up 512.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 113 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,797.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 116 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,552.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 1997 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 118 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,385.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | up 568.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 125 | Belize | 0.0% | 2020 | up 234.7% | rising |
| 126 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | up 864.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 484.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Aruba | 0.0% | 1985 | — | flat |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 1956 | — | flat |
| 131 | Burundi | 0.0% | 1961 | — | flat |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 1957 | — | flat |
| 131 | Guinea | 0.0% | 1957 | — | flat |
| 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 1980 | — | flat |
| 131 | Malawi | 0.0% | 1963 | — | flat |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 131 | North Korea | 0.0% | 1949 | — | flat |
| 131 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 131 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 131 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 131 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 131 | Zambia | 0.0% | 1963 | — | flat |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 1963 | — | flat |
| 131 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2011 | — | flat |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from gas.