Greenhouse gas emissions - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Greenhouse gas emissions, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 185 countries was 241624 kt of CO2 equivalent. The highest value was in China: 12942868 kt of CO2 equivalent and the lowest value was in Tuvalu: 22 kt of CO2 equivalent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: kt of CO2 equivalent; Source: World bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Greenhouse gas emissions, 2020 Global rank Available data
China 12942868 1 1990 - 2020
USA 5505181 2 1990 - 2020
India 3200821 3 1990 - 2020
Russia 2331479 4 1990 - 2020
Japan 1094556 5 1990 - 2020
Brazil 1064709 6 1990 - 2020
Indonesia 976488 7 1990 - 2020
Iran 844649 8 1990 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 712585 9 1990 - 2020
Germany 692751 10 1990 - 2020
Canada 677709 11 1990 - 2020
South Korea 659330 12 1990 - 2020
Mexico 592321 13 1990 - 2020
Australia 571903 14 1990 - 2020
Turkey 504956 15 1990 - 2020
South Africa 501521 16 1990 - 2020
Vietnam 470578 17 1990 - 2020
Pakistan 436609 18 1990 - 2020
Thailand 433773 19 1990 - 2020
UK 398324 20 1990 - 2020
France 376006 21 1990 - 2020
Argentina 361433 22 1990 - 2020
Italy 352129 23 1990 - 2020
Poland 338384 24 1990 - 2020
Nigeria 322337 25 1990 - 2020
Malaysia 302089 26 1990 - 2020
Egypt 299779 27 1990 - 2020
Kazakhstan 294806 28 1990 - 2020
Spain 270311 29 1990 - 2020
Algeria 266703 30 1990 - 2020
Iraq 261290 31 1990 - 2020
UA Emirates 249928 32 1990 - 2020
Ukraine 227342 33 1990 - 2020
Philippines 224972 34 1990 - 2020
Bangladesh 206570 35 1990 - 2020
Venezuela 194260 36 1990 - 2020
Turkmenistan 194092 37 1990 - 2020
Uzbekistan 187520 38 1990 - 2020
Colombia 186999 39 1990 - 2020
Ethiopia 167300 40 1990 - 2020
Netherlands 155912 41 1990 - 2020
Kuwait 135897 42 1990 - 2020
Burma 128949 43 1990 - 2020
Qatar 119605 44 1990 - 2020
Czechia 108308 45 1990 - 2020
Sudan 107114 46 1990 - 2020
Chile 106722 47 1990 - 2020
Belgium 100063 48 1990 - 2020
Romania 95744 49 1990 - 2020
Oman 95082 50 1990 - 2020
Cameroon 93349 51 1990 - 2020
Peru 89865 52 1990 - 2020
Chad 89558 53 1990 - 2020
Tanzania 89255 54 1990 - 2020
Morocco 88028 55 1990 - 2020
Belarus 87868 56 1990 - 2020
Israel 83664 57 1990 - 2020
Kenya 80188 58 1990 - 2020
New Zealand 80158 59 1990 - 2020
North Korea 76080 60 1990 - 2020
Libya 75370 61 1990 - 2020
Austria 71018 62 1990 - 2020
Angola 70781 63 1990 - 2020
Greece 69283 64 1990 - 2020
Ecuador 68056 65 1990 - 2020
Singapore 64267 66 1990 - 2020
Serbia 62884 67 1990 - 2020
Hungary 59597 68 1990 - 2020
Ireland 59498 69 1990 - 2020
DR Congo 56120 70 1990 - 2020
Portugal 55641 71 1990 - 2020
Azerbaijan 55352 72 1990 - 2020
Bolivia 55203 73 1990 - 2020
Bahrain 54151 74 1990 - 2020
Mongolia 53921 75 1990 - 2020
Paraguay 50784 76 1990 - 2020
Finland 47740 77 1990 - 2020
Syria 47112 78 1990 - 2020
Bulgaria 46493 79 1990 - 2020
Norway 46117 80 1990 - 2020
Nepal 45869 81 1990 - 2020
Sweden 45459 82 1990 - 2020
Niger 44796 83 1990 - 2020
Switzerland 43988 84 1990 - 2020
Mali 43492 85 1990 - 2020
Cambodia 42363 86 1990 - 2020
Denmark 41136 87 1990 - 2020
Tunisia 40883 88 1990 - 2020
Uganda 39280 89 1990 - 2020
Ghana 39070 90 1990 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 37053 91 1990 - 2020
Zambia 36108 92 1990 - 2020
Uruguay 35994 93 1990 - 2020
Slovakia 35984 94 1990 - 2020
Sri Lanka 35117 95 1990 - 2020
Mozambique 33749 96 1990 - 2020
Guatemala 33166 97 1990 - 2020
Jordan 33146 98 1990 - 2020
Burkina Faso 32263 99 1990 - 2020
Afghanistan 31119 100 1990 - 2020
Madagascar 30566 101 1990 - 2020
Laos 30491 102 1990 - 2020
Senegal 30293 103 1990 - 2020
Guinea 29746 104 1990 - 2020
Lebanon 28947 105 1990 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 26481 106 1990 - 2020
Ivory Coast 26412 107 1990 - 2020
Somalia 26272 108 1990 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 26053 109 1990 - 2020
Zimbabwe 25988 110 1990 - 2020
Yemen 24391 111 1990 - 2020
Croatia 21379 112 1990 - 2020
Honduras 21147 113 1990 - 2020
C.A. Republic 21016 114 1990 - 2020
Lithuania 19785 115 1990 - 2020
R. of Congo 19422 116 1990 - 2020
Nicaragua 18449 117 1990 - 2020
Papua N.G. 18398 118 1990 - 2020
Tajikistan 17692 119 1990 - 2020
Georgia 17669 120 1990 - 2020
Panama 17231 121 1990 - 2020
Benin 16191 122 1990 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan 16094 123 1990 - 2020
Slovenia 15287 124 1990 - 2020
Gabon 14849 125 1990 - 2020
Costa Rica 14405 126 1990 - 2020
Mauritania 14056 127 1990 - 2020
Namibia 13560 128 1991 - 2020
Moldova 12986 129 1990 - 2020
Botswana 12375 130 1990 - 2020
Malawi 11982 131 1990 - 2020
Brunei 11914 132 1990 - 2020
Latvia 11437 133 1990 - 2020
El Salvador 11064 134 1990 - 2020
Armenia 10422 135 1990 - 2020
Haiti 10267 136 1990 - 2020
Estonia 10199 137 1990 - 2020
North Macedonia 9769 138 1990 - 2020
Eq. Guinea 9543 139 1990 - 2020
Luxembourg 8814 140 1990 - 2020
Togo 8395 141 1990 - 2020
Albania 8304 142 1990 - 2020
Cyprus 8109 143 1990 - 2020
Jamaica 7433 144 1990 - 2020
Mauritius 6436 145 1990 - 2020
Rwanda 6330 146 1990 - 2020
Eritrea 6242 147 1990 - 2020
Sierra Leone 5952 148 1990 - 2020
Guyana 5282 149 1990 - 2020
Suriname 4312 150 1990 - 2020
Burundi 4103 151 1990 - 2020
Lesotho 4014 152 1990 - 2020
Montenegro 3764 153 1990 - 2020
Barbados 3656 154 1990 - 2020
Swaziland 3001 155 1990 - 2020
Bahamas 2801 156 1990 - 2020
Iceland 2653 157 1990 - 2020
G.-Bissau 2547 158 1990 - 2020
Gambia 2453 159 1990 - 2020
Grenada 2397 160 1990 - 2020
Liberia 2155 161 1990 - 2020
Malta 2082 162 1990 - 2020
Maldives 1995 163 1990 - 2020
Fiji 1764 164 1990 - 2020
Bhutan 1631 165 1990 - 2020
Belize 1573 166 1990 - 2020
Djibouti 1395 167 1990 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 1204 168 1990 - 2020
Saint Lucia 851 169 1990 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 835 170 1990 - 2020
Cape Verde 792 171 1990 - 2020
Seychelles 770 172 1990 - 2020
Comoros 620 173 1990 - 2020
Vanuatu 589 174 1990 - 2020
Andorra 578 175 1990 - 2020
Samoa 539 176 1990 - 2020
St. Vincent & ... 302 177 1990 - 2020
Tonga 268 178 1990 - 2020
Dominica 231 179 1990 - 2020
Palau 196 180 1990 - 2020
Micronesia 194 181 1990 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 180 182 1990 - 2020
Liechtenstein 158 183 1990 - 2020
Kiribati 89 184 1990 - 2020
Tuvalu 22 185 1990 - 2020



Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and savanna burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).

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1. China
2. USA
3. India
4. Russia
5. Japan
6. Brazil
7. Indonesia
8. Iran
9. Saudi Arabia
10. Germany
11. Canada
12. South Korea
13. Mexico
14. Australia
15. Turkey
16. South Africa
17. Vietnam
18. Pakistan
19. Thailand
20. UK
21. France
22. Argentina
23. Italy
24. Poland
25. Nigeria
26. Malaysia
27. Egypt
28. Kazakhstan
29. Spain
30. Algeria
31. Iraq
32. UA Emirates
33. Ukraine
34. Philippines
35. Bangladesh
36. Venezuela
37. Turkmenistan
38. Uzbekistan
39. Colombia
40. Ethiopia
41. Netherlands
42. Kuwait
43. Burma
44. Qatar
45. Czechia
46. Sudan
47. Chile
48. Belgium
49. Romania
50. Oman
51. Cameroon
52. Peru
53. Chad
54. Tanzania
55. Morocco
56. Belarus
57. Israel
58. Kenya
59. New Zealand
60. North Korea
61. Libya
62. Austria
63. Angola
64. Greece
65. Ecuador
66. Singapore
67. Serbia
68. Hungary
69. Ireland
70. DR Congo
71. Portugal
72. Azerbaijan
73. Bolivia
74. Bahrain
75. Mongolia
76. Paraguay
77. Finland
78. Syria
79. Bulgaria
80. Norway
81. Nepal
82. Sweden
83. Niger
84. Switzerland
85. Mali
86. Cambodia
87. Denmark
88. Tunisia
89. Uganda
90. Ghana
91. Domin. Rep.
92. Zambia
93. Uruguay
94. Slovakia
95. Sri Lanka
96. Mozambique
97. Guatemala
98. Jordan
99. Burkina Faso
100. Afghanistan
101. Madagascar
102. Laos
103. Senegal
104. Guinea
105. Lebanon
106. Tr.&Tobago
107. Ivory Coast
108. Somalia
109. Bosnia & Herz.
110. Zimbabwe
111. Yemen
112. Croatia
113. Honduras
114. C.A. Republic
115. Lithuania
116. R. of Congo
117. Nicaragua
118. Papua N.G.
119. Tajikistan
120. Georgia
121. Panama
122. Benin
123. Kyrgyzstan
124. Slovenia
125. Gabon
126. Costa Rica
127. Mauritania
128. Namibia
129. Moldova
130. Botswana
131. Malawi
132. Brunei
133. Latvia
134. El Salvador
135. Armenia
136. Haiti
137. Estonia
138. North Macedonia
139. Eq. Guinea
140. Luxembourg
141. Togo
142. Albania
143. Cyprus
144. Jamaica
145. Mauritius
146. Rwanda
147. Eritrea
148. Sierra Leone
149. Guyana
150. Suriname
151. Burundi
152. Lesotho
153. Montenegro
154. Barbados
155. Swaziland
156. Bahamas
157. Iceland
158. G.-Bissau
159. Gambia
160. Grenada
161. Liberia
162. Malta
163. Maldives
164. Fiji
165. Bhutan
166. Belize
167. Djibouti
168. Ant.& Barb.
169. Saint Lucia
170. Solomon Isl.
171. Cape Verde
172. Seychelles
173. Comoros
174. Vanuatu
175. Andorra
176. Samoa
177. St. Vincent & ...
178. Tonga
179. Dominica
180. Palau
181. Micronesia
182. S.T.&Principe
183. Liechtenstein
184. Kiribati
185. Tuvalu
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