Countries ranked by total CO₂ emissions

Every country ranked by total CO₂ emissions, highest to lowest. China tops the list at 12.29B t; Christmas Island is lowest at 0 t.

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Highest

1China12.29B t
2United States4.90B t
3India3.19B t
4Russia1.78B t
5Japan961.9M t

Lowest

215Christmas Island0 t
214Antarctica0 t
213Niue8K t
212Saint Helena11K t
211Tuvalu11K t

Full ranking — all 215 countries

#	Country	Total CO₂ emissions
1	China	12.29B t
2	United States	4.90B t
3	India	3.19B t
4	Russia	1.78B t
5	Japan	961.9M t
6	Indonesia	812.2M t
7	Iran	792.6M t
8	Saudi Arabia	692.1M t
9	South Korea	583.7M t
10	Germany	572.3M t
11	Canada	533.3M t
12	Turkey	513.0M t
13	Brazil	483.0M t
14	Mexico	461.0M t
15	South Africa	439.8M t
16	Australia	386.7M t
17	Vietnam	370.9M t
18	United Kingdom	312.9M t
19	Italy	301.9M t
20	Malaysia	290.2M t
21	Kazakhstan	287.0M t
22	Poland	272.9M t
23	Thailand	267.8M t
24	France	264.2M t
25	Taiwan	262.3M t
26	Egypt	258.4M t
27	Iraq	233.6M t
28	United Arab Emirates	222.0M t
29	Spain	220.3M t
30	Algeria	198.2M t
31	Pakistan	179.8M t
32	Philippines	174.9M t
33	Argentina	171.1M t
34	Ukraine	142.5M t
35	Uzbekistan	139.2M t
36	Nigeria	135.8M t
37	Kuwait	129.5M t
38	Qatar	125.8M t
39	Venezuela	116.0M t
40	Netherlands	114.8M t
41	Bangladesh	108.3M t
42	Colombia	92.7M t
43	Belgium	85.5M t
44	Oman	82.7M t
45	Turkmenistan	81.0M t
46	Chile	78.7M t
47	Czechia	75.6M t
48	Peru	70.2M t
49	Morocco	69.1M t
50	Romania	68.6M t
51	Libya	65.3M t
52	North Korea	62.6M t
53	Austria	56.4M t
54	Belarus	55.8M t
55	Singapore	53.9M t
56	Greece	53.4M t
57	Israel	52.6M t
58	Ecuador	46.0M t
59	Mongolia	44.7M t
60	Serbia	42.0M t
61	Hungary	40.0M t
62	Azerbaijan	39.8M t
63	Bahrain	39.0M t
64	Sweden	38.1M t
65	Norway	37.2M t
66	Portugal	35.5M t
67	Trinidad and Tobago	34.6M t
68	Hong Kong	33.3M t
69	Ireland	33.3M t
70	Dominican Republic	33.1M t
71	Tunisia	32.7M t
72	New Zealand	32.5M t
73	Switzerland	32.1M t
74	Syria	31.8M t
75	Bulgaria	31.6M t
76	Myanmar	31.6M t
77	Finland	29.8M t
78	Slovakia	29.1M t
79	Bolivia	28.7M t
80	Denmark	28.4M t
81	Cuba	24.4M t
82	Laos	24.4M t
83	Jordan	23.2M t
84	Angola	22.3M t
85	Cambodia	21.9M t
86	Kenya	21.2M t
87	Ghana	21.0M t
88	Sri Lanka	20.8M t
89	Tanzania	20.0M t
90	Guatemala	19.9M t
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.4M t
92	Nepal	18.8M t
93	Croatia	18.5M t
94	Ethiopia	17.8M t
95	Sudan	17.8M t
96	Lebanon	15.6M t
97	Cote d'Ivoire	14.8M t
98	Senegal	14.1M t
99	Zimbabwe	13.7M t
100	Honduras	12.9M t
101	Slovenia	12.8M t
102	Panama	12.7M t
103	Lithuania	12.5M t
104	Brunei	12.1M t
105	Zambia	12.0M t
106	Georgia	11.8M t
107	Kyrgyzstan	11.8M t
108	Afghanistan	10.8M t
109	Tajikistan	10.7M t
110	Yemen	10.1M t
111	Cameroon	9.6M t
112	El Salvador	9.0M t
113	Congo	8.8M t
114	Costa Rica	8.8M t
115	Mozambique	8.6M t
116	Jamaica	8.4M t
117	Papua New Guinea	8.3M t
118	Estonia	8.3M t
119	Uruguay	8.0M t
120	Paraguay	7.9M t
121	Botswana	7.5M t
122	Armenia	7.4M t
123	Cyprus	7.3M t
124	Luxembourg	7.0M t
125	Equatorial Guinea	7.0M t
126	Mali	7.0M t
127	North Macedonia	6.6M t
128	Burkina Faso	6.5M t
129	Latvia	6.5M t
130	Uganda	6.3M t
131	Benin	6.1M t
132	Democratic Republic of Congo	5.9M t
133	Nicaragua	5.6M t
134	Gabon	5.4M t
135	Moldova	5.3M t
136	New Caledonia	5.3M t
137	Mauritania	5.2M t
138	Palestine	4.8M t
139	Mauritius	4.7M t
140	Madagascar	4.5M t
141	Guyana	4.5M t
142	Albania	4.4M t
143	Guinea	4.0M t
144	Iceland	3.8M t
145	Namibia	3.5M t
146	Niger	3.2M t
147	Bahamas	3.1M t
148	Suriname	3.0M t
149	Haiti	3.0M t
150	Chad	2.8M t
151	Togo	2.8M t
152	Lesotho	2.6M t
153	Montenegro	2.4M t
154	Maldives	2.3M t
155	Curacao	2.3M t
156	Rwanda	2.0M t
157	Malawi	1.9M t
158	Malta	1.7M t
159	South Sudan	1.7M t
160	Bhutan	1.7M t
161	Fiji	1.4M t
162	Sierra Leone	1.4M t
163	Barbados	1.4M t
164	Somalia	1.3M t
165	Macao	1.1M t
166	Eswatini	1.0M t
167	French Polynesia	923K t
168	Aruba	921K t
169	Burundi	917K t
170	Liberia	859K t
171	Gambia	803K t
172	Belize	796K t
173	Eritrea	743K t
174	Faroe Islands	725K t
175	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	718K t
176	East Timor	668K t
177	Antigua and Barbuda	665K t
178	Seychelles	653K t
179	Greenland	619K t
180	Cape Verde	594K t
181	Djibouti	564K t
182	Comoros	552K t
183	Bermuda	550K t
184	Saint Lucia	537K t
185	Andorra	425K t
186	Central African Republic	395K t
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	379K t
188	Grenada	377K t
189	Guinea-Bissau	342K t
190	Solomon Islands	295K t
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	260K t
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	256K t
193	Samoa	246K t
194	Palau	226K t
195	Vanuatu	197K t
196	British Virgin Islands	193K t
197	Dominica	171K t
198	Marshall Islands	154K t
199	Tonga	153K t
200	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	152K t
201	Micronesia (country)	151K t
202	Anguilla	148K t
203	Sao Tome and Principe	142K t
204	Liechtenstein	132K t
205	Cook Islands	80K t
206	Kiribati	72K t
207	Nauru	61K t
208	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	55K t
209	Wallis and Futuna	31K t
210	Montserrat	27K t
211	Tuvalu	11K t
212	Saint Helena	11K t
213	Niue	8K t
214	Antarctica	0 t
215	Christmas Island	0 t

Common questions

Which country has the highest total CO₂ emissions?

China, at 12.29B t — the highest of all 215 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest total CO₂ emissions?

Christmas Island, at 0 t, ranks lowest among the 215 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

215 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

Global Carbon Project (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: Global Carbon Project (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive total CO₂ emissions map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.