215 countries · 2024 data

CO₂ Emissions by Country

China emits the most CO₂ (12.29 Gt, 31.8% of the world), followed by the United States and India. Per person, Qatar ranks highest at 41.3 tonnes, against a world average of 4.7 t.

#1 China 12.29 Gt 31.8% of world · 8.7 t per person #2 United States 4.90 Gt 12.7% of world · 14.2 t per person #3 India 3.19 Gt 8.3% of world · 2.2 t per person

Full ranking

#	Country	CO₂ 2024 (Mt)	Share	Per person (t)	vs 2023	2026 so far (t)
1	China	12,289.0	31.8%	8.7	+1.0%	–
2	United States	4,904.1	12.7%	14.2	-0.3%	–
3	India	3,193.5	8.3%	2.2	+4.3%	–
4	Russia	1,780.5	4.6%	12.3	+2.7%	–
5	Japan	961.9	2.5%	7.8	-2.5%	–
6	Indonesia	812.2	2.1%	2.9	+6.5%	–
7	Iran	792.6	2.0%	8.7	+0.4%	–
8	Saudi Arabia	692.1	1.8%	20.4	+2.2%	–
9	South Korea	583.7	1.5%	11.3	-0.9%	–
10	Germany	572.3	1.5%	6.8	-3.6%	–
11	Canada	533.3	1.4%	13.4	-2.2%	–
12	Turkey	513.0	1.3%	5.9	+5.4%	–
13	Brazil	483.0	1.2%	2.3	-0.2%	–
14	Mexico	461.0	1.2%	3.5	+0.6%	–
15	South Africa	439.8	1.1%	6.9	+0.7%	–
16	Australia	386.7	1.0%	14.5	+0.6%	–
17	Vietnam	370.9	1.0%	3.7	+6.8%	–
18	United Kingdom	312.9	0.8%	4.5	+1.7%	–
19	Italy	301.9	0.8%	5.1	-3.3%	–
20	Malaysia	290.2	0.8%	8.2	+5.0%	–
21	Kazakhstan	287.0	0.7%	13.9	+0.3%	–
22	Poland	272.9	0.7%	7.1	-3.6%	–
23	Thailand	267.8	0.7%	3.7	+1.2%	–
24	France	264.2	0.7%	4.0	-2.3%	–
25	Taiwan	262.3	0.7%	11.3	-1.8%	–
26	Egypt	258.4	0.7%	2.2	+3.3%	–
27	Iraq	233.6	0.6%	5.1	+2.5%	–
28	United Arab Emirates	222.0	0.6%	20.1	+5.5%	–
29	Spain	220.3	0.6%	4.6	+2.2%	–
30	Algeria	198.2	0.5%	4.2	-2.3%	–
31	Pakistan	179.8	0.5%	0.7	-3.8%	–
32	Philippines	174.9	0.5%	1.5	+8.6%	–
33	Argentina	171.1	0.4%	3.7	-4.1%	–
34	Ukraine	142.5	0.4%	3.8	+2.3%	–
35	Uzbekistan	139.2	0.4%	3.8	+13.3%	–
36	Nigeria	135.8	0.3%	0.6	+4.9%	–
37	Kuwait	129.5	0.3%	26.2	+5.1%	–
38	Qatar	125.8	0.3%	41.3	+5.3%	–
39	Venezuela	116.0	0.3%	4.1	-3.0%	–
40	Netherlands	114.8	0.3%	6.3	-1.9%	–
41	Bangladesh	108.3	0.3%	0.6	+3.6%	–
42	Colombia	92.7	0.2%	1.8	+3.0%	–
43	Belgium	85.5	0.2%	7.3	+0.9%	–
44	Oman	82.7	0.2%	15.7	+3.6%	–
45	Turkmenistan	81.0	0.2%	10.8	-15.1%	–
46	Chile	78.7	0.2%	4.0	+1.4%	–
47	Czechia	75.6	0.2%	7.0	-9.1%	–
48	Peru	70.2	0.2%	2.0	+6.2%	–
49	Morocco	69.1	0.2%	1.8	+0.1%	–
50	Romania	68.6	0.2%	3.6	+1.0%	–
51	Libya	65.3	0.2%	8.8	+1.7%	–
52	North Korea	62.5	0.2%	2.4	+0.8%	–
53	Austria	56.4	0.1%	6.2	-0.9%	–
54	Belarus	55.8	0.1%	6.2	+0.2%	–
55	Singapore	53.9	0.1%	9.2	+5.5%	–
56	Greece	53.4	0.1%	5.3	+2.7%	–
57	Israel	52.6	0.1%	5.6	-5.1%	–
58	Ecuador	46.0	0.1%	2.5	+3.1%	–
59	Mongolia	44.7	0.1%	12.9	+1.1%	–
60	Serbia	42.0	0.1%	6.2	-2.1%	–
61	Hungary	40.0	0.1%	4.1	-0.7%	–
62	Azerbaijan	39.8	0.1%	3.9	-6.8%	–
63	Bahrain	39.0	0.1%	24.3	+0.5%	–
64	Sweden	38.1	0.1%	3.6	+3.8%	–
65	Norway	37.2	0.1%	6.7	-4.4%	–
66	Portugal	35.5	0.1%	3.4	-5.6%	–
67	Trinidad and Tobago	34.6	0.1%	22.9	-2.5%	–
68	Hong Kong	33.3	0.1%	4.5	+0.9%	–
69	Ireland	33.3	0.1%	6.3	-0.9%	–
70	Dominican Republic	33.1	0.1%	2.9	+4.1%	–
71	Tunisia	32.7	0.1%	2.7	+3.2%	–
72	New Zealand	32.5	0.1%	6.2	+2.8%	–
73	Switzerland	32.1	0.1%	3.6	+0.3%	–
74	Syria	31.8	0.1%	1.3	+0.3%	–
75	Bulgaria	31.6	0.1%	4.7	-8.4%	–
76	Myanmar	31.6	0.1%	0.6	-0.6%	–
77	Finland	29.8	0.1%	5.3	-6.3%	–
78	Slovakia	29.1	0.1%	5.3	-5.5%	–
79	Bolivia	28.7	0.1%	2.3	+16.7%	–
80	Denmark	28.4	0.1%	4.8	-1.4%	–
81	Cuba	24.4	0.1%	2.2	+3.8%	–
82	Laos	24.4	0.1%	3.1	+0.8%	–
83	Jordan	23.2	0.1%	2.0	+0.4%	–
84	Angola	22.3	0.1%	0.6	+2.8%	–
85	Cambodia	21.9	0.1%	1.2	+2.3%	–
86	Kenya	21.2	0.1%	0.4	+0.0%	–
87	Ghana	21.0	0.1%	0.6	+4.5%	–
88	Sri Lanka	20.8	0.1%	0.9	+8.3%	–
89	Tanzania	20.0	0.1%	0.3	-1.5%	–
90	Guatemala	19.9	0.1%	1.1	+1.0%	–
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.4	0.1%	6.1	-2.5%	–
92	Nepal	18.8	0.1%	0.6	+2.7%	–
93	Croatia	18.5	0.1%	4.8	+0.0%	–
94	Ethiopia	17.8	0.1%	0.1	+1.1%	–
95	Sudan	17.8	0.1%	0.3	+0.6%	–
96	Lebanon	15.7	0.0%	2.7	+0.6%	–
97	Cote d'Ivoire	14.8	0.0%	0.5	+5.0%	–
98	Senegal	14.1	0.0%	0.8	+0.0%	–
99	Zimbabwe	13.7	0.0%	0.8	+2.2%	–
100	Honduras	12.9	0.0%	1.2	+4.0%	–
101	Slovenia	12.8	0.0%	6.0	+6.7%	–
102	Panama	12.7	0.0%	2.8	-2.3%	–
103	Lithuania	12.5	0.0%	4.4	+0.0%	–
104	Brunei	12.1	0.0%	26.1	-3.2%	–
105	Zambia	12.0	0.0%	0.6	+1.7%	–
106	Georgia	11.8	0.0%	3.1	-0.8%	–
107	Kyrgyzstan	11.8	0.0%	1.6	+6.3%	–
108	Afghanistan	10.8	0.0%	0.2	+2.9%	–
109	Tajikistan	10.7	0.0%	1.0	+3.9%	–
110	Yemen	10.1	0.0%	0.2	+0.0%	–
111	Cameroon	9.6	0.0%	0.3	-1.0%	–
112	El Salvador	9.0	0.0%	1.4	+3.4%	–
113	Congo	8.8	0.0%	1.4	+6.0%	–
114	Costa Rica	8.8	0.0%	1.7	+3.5%	–
115	Mozambique	8.6	0.0%	0.2	-5.5%	–
116	Jamaica	8.4	0.0%	3.0	+3.7%	–
117	Papua New Guinea	8.3	0.0%	0.8	-1.2%	–
118	Estonia	8.3	0.0%	6.1	-4.6%	–
119	Uruguay	8.0	0.0%	2.4	+5.3%	–
120	Paraguay	7.9	0.0%	1.1	+3.9%	–
121	Botswana	7.5	0.0%	3.0	+4.2%	–
122	Armenia	7.4	0.0%	2.5	+0.0%	–
123	Cyprus	7.3	0.0%	5.4	+1.4%	–
124	Luxembourg	7.0	0.0%	10.5	+2.9%	–
125	Equatorial Guinea	7.0	0.0%	3.7	+1.4%	–
126	Mali	7.0	0.0%	0.3	+4.5%	–
127	North Macedonia	6.6	0.0%	3.6	-9.6%	–
128	Burkina Faso	6.5	0.0%	0.3	+3.2%	–
129	Latvia	6.5	0.0%	3.5	-1.5%	–
130	Uganda	6.3	0.0%	0.1	+1.6%	–
131	Benin	6.1	0.0%	0.4	+3.4%	–
132	Democratic Republic of Congo	5.9	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
133	Nicaragua	5.6	0.0%	0.8	+3.7%	–
134	Gabon	5.4	0.0%	2.1	+1.9%	–
135	Moldova	5.3	0.0%	1.8	+0.0%	–
136	New Caledonia	5.3	0.0%	18.1	+3.9%	–
137	Mauritania	5.2	0.0%	1.0	+4.0%	–
138	Palestine	4.8	0.0%	0.9	+0.0%	–
139	Mauritius	4.7	0.0%	3.7	+2.2%	–
140	Madagascar	4.5	0.0%	0.1	+2.3%	–
141	Guyana	4.5	0.0%	5.4	+2.3%	–
142	Albania	4.4	0.0%	1.6	+0.0%	–
143	Guinea	4.0	0.0%	0.3	+2.6%	–
144	Iceland	3.8	0.0%	9.7	+8.6%	–
145	Namibia	3.5	0.0%	1.1	+2.9%	–
146	Niger	3.2	0.0%	0.1	+3.2%	–
147	Bahamas	3.1	0.0%	7.7	+3.3%	–
148	Suriname	3.0	0.0%	4.7	+3.4%	–
149	Haiti	3.0	0.0%	0.2	+3.4%	–
150	Chad	2.8	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
151	Togo	2.8	0.0%	0.3	+3.7%	–
152	Lesotho	2.6	0.0%	1.1	+4.0%	–
153	Montenegro	2.4	0.0%	3.7	+0.0%	–
154	Maldives	2.3	0.0%	4.4	+4.5%	–
155	Curacao	2.3	0.0%	12.3	+4.5%	–
156	Rwanda	2.0	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
157	Malawi	1.9	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
158	Malta	1.7	0.0%	3.2	-5.6%	–
159	South Sudan	1.7	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
160	Bhutan	1.7	0.0%	2.1	+6.2%	–
161	Fiji	1.4	0.0%	1.6	+0.0%	–
162	Sierra Leone	1.4	0.0%	0.2	+0.0%	–
163	Barbados	1.4	0.0%	4.8	+7.7%	–
164	Somalia	1.3	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
165	Macao	1.1	0.0%	1.5	+10.0%	–
166	Eswatini	1.0	0.0%	0.8	+0.0%	–
167	French Polynesia	0.9	0.0%	3.3	+0.0%	–
168	Aruba	0.9	0.0%	8.5	+0.0%	–
169	Burundi	0.9	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
170	Liberia	0.9	0.0%	0.1	+12.5%	–
171	Gambia	0.8	0.0%	0.3	+0.0%	–
172	Belize	0.8	0.0%	1.9	+0.0%	–
173	Eritrea	0.7	0.0%	0.2	+0.0%	–
174	Faroe Islands	0.7	0.0%	13.1	+0.0%	–
175	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.7	0.0%	16.6	+0.0%	–
176	East Timor	0.7	0.0%	0.5	+16.7%	–
177	Antigua and Barbuda	0.7	0.0%	7.1	+16.7%	–
178	Seychelles	0.7	0.0%	5.0	+16.7%	–
179	Greenland	0.6	0.0%	11.1	+0.0%	–
180	Cape Verde	0.6	0.0%	1.1	+0.0%	–
181	Djibouti	0.6	0.0%	0.5	+0.0%	–
182	Comoros	0.6	0.0%	0.6	+20.0%	–
183	Bermuda	0.6	0.0%	8.5	+20.0%	–
184	Saint Lucia	0.5	0.0%	3.0	+0.0%	–
185	Andorra	0.4	0.0%	5.2	+0.0%	–
186	Central African Republic	0.4	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.4	0.0%	8.1	+0.0%	–
188	Grenada	0.4	0.0%	3.2	+0.0%	–
189	Guinea-Bissau	0.3	0.0%	0.1	+0.0%	–
190	Solomon Islands	0.3	0.0%	0.4	+0.0%	–
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	0.0%	5.5	+50.0%	–
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.3	0.0%	2.5	+50.0%	–
193	Samoa	0.2	0.0%	1.1	+0.0%	–
194	Palau	0.2	0.0%	12.8	+0.0%	–
195	Vanuatu	0.2	0.0%	0.6	+0.0%	–
196	British Virgin Islands	0.2	0.0%	4.9	+0.0%	–
197	Dominica	0.2	0.0%	2.6	+0.0%	–
198	Marshall Islands	0.2	0.0%	4.1	+100.0%	–
199	Tonga	0.2	0.0%	1.5	+100.0%	–
200	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	0.2	0.0%	5.0	+100.0%	–
201	Micronesia (country)	0.2	0.0%	1.3	+100.0%	–
202	Anguilla	0.1	0.0%	10.1	+0.0%	–
203	Sao Tome and Principe	0.1	0.0%	0.6	+0.0%	–
204	Liechtenstein	0.1	0.0%	3.3	+0.0%	–
205	Cook Islands	0.1	0.0%	5.8	+0.0%	–
206	Kiribati	0.1	0.0%	0.5	+0.0%	–
207	Nauru	0.1	0.0%	5.1	+0.0%	–
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	0.0%	9.8	+0.0%	–
209	Wallis and Futuna	0.0	0.0%	2.7	–	–
210	Montserrat	0.0	0.0%	6.0	–	–
211	Saint Helena	0.0	0.0%	2.2	–	–
212	Tuvalu	0.0	0.0%	1.2	–	–
213	Niue	0.0	0.0%	4.1	–	–
214	Antarctica	0.0	0.0%	–	–	–
215	Christmas Island	0.0	0.0%	–	–	–

Questions and answers

Which country emits the most CO₂?

China emits the most CO₂: 12.29 billion tonnes in 2024, 31.8% of the world total. The United States (4.90 billion tonnes) and India (3.19 billion tonnes) follow. Together the top three produce 53% of global fossil CO₂.

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person?

Among countries with more than one million people, Qatar has the highest emissions per person at 41.3 tonnes, followed by Kuwait (26.2 t) and Bahrain (24.3 t). The world average is 4.7 tonnes.

Which countries have emitted the most CO₂ in history?

Since 1750, the United States has emitted the most fossil CO₂ (23.5% of the total), followed by China (15.4%) and Russia (6.6%).

How much CO₂ does the world emit per year?

Fossil fuels and industry released 38.60 billion tonnes of CO₂ in 2024, about 4.7 tonnes per person. Including land-use change such as deforestation, the Global Carbon Budget 2025 puts total emissions at about 42.2 billion tonnes a year.

Where does this data come from?

Country figures come from Our World in Data, based on the Global Carbon Project’s Global Carbon Budget. They cover CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry (coal, oil, gas, cement, flaring) produced within each country’s borders.

Data: Our World in Data, based on the Global Carbon Project (Global Carbon Budget 2025), CC BY 4.0. Annual figures are fossil-fuel and industry CO₂ for 2024, the latest complete year. Live counters are estimates that assume 2024 emission rates continue. How the counter works →