Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions by country
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
23.5%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Antarctica
Median
0.0%
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
23,408
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 23.5% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Antarctica.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.
Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 308.1%), and the largest decrease in Christmas Island (down 19.8%).
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 23.5% | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 15.4% | 2024 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Russia | 6.6% | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 5.1% | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 4.3% | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Japan | 3.8% | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 3.6% | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 2.2% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 9 | Canada | 1.9% | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1.7% | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 1.6% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 1.4% | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 13 | South Africa | 1.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Iran | 1.2% | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 16 | South Korea | 1.1% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 1.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Spain | 0.8% | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 0.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 0.7% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.7% | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Czechia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 0.7% | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | Taiwan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Argentina | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 0.5% | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Malaysia | 0.4% | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Austria | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Vietnam | 0.3% | 2024 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 39 | North Korea | 0.3% | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Iraq | 0.3% | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Belarus | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 44 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 48 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Philippines | 0.2% | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Kuwait | 0.2% | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 56 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Norway | 0.2% | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Libya | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 69 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 72 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 89 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Angola | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 94 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 106 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 107 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Zambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 119 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 121 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Laos | 0.0% | 2024 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 135 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 140 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 143 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Mali | 0.0% | 2024 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 159 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 173 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Belize | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 185 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 199 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 200 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 201 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 205 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 206 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 207 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 209 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 210 | Christmas Island | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 211 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 212 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 214 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 215 | Antarctica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂.