Share of global greenhouse gas emissions by country
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
25.9%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Niue
Median
0.1%
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,825
What the numbers show
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 25.9% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.5%.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 139.6%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 88.1%).
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 25.9% | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 11.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 3 | India | 7.8% | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 4 | Brazil | 5.2% | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 5.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 3.5% | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 7 | Iran | 1.9% | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 1.9% | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 1.5% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.3% | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkey | 1.2% | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 1.2% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 15 | South Korea | 1.2% | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1.1% | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 18 | South Africa | 1.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.9% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 0.8% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.8% | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 0.7% | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 0.7% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 24 | Malaysia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 25 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 0.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | France | 0.6% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 0.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 0.6% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Philippines | 0.6% | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 32 | Taiwan | 0.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Spain | 0.5% | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2024 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 0.4% | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Bolivia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Angola | 0.3% | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Peru | 0.3% | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2024 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3% | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Sudan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 52 | Chad | 0.2% | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 0.2% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 54 | Oman | 0.2% | 2024 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 56 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 57 | Morocco | 0.2% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 58 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 59 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 60 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 0.2% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 65 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 66 | Finland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 69 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Central African Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 72 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 73 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 74 | Mali | 0.1% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 75 | Cameroon | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 78 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 79 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Laos | 0.1% | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 82 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 0.1% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 89 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 91 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 92 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 93 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 96 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 98 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Congo | 0.1% | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Benin | 0.1% | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 108 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 110 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 113 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 115 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 121 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 125 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 128 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 129 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 133 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 139 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 147 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 148 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 150 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 153 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 156 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 157 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 159 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 160 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 162 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 166 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 171 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | up 66.2% | falling |
| 175 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 196 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 198 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.