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Here are the top 10 countries by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, based on the data from the International Energy Agency for the year 2019:
- China – 10.17 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- United States – 5.13 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- India – 2.62 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Russia – 1.71 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Japan – 1.13 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Germany – 0.74 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Iran – 0.65 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- South Korea – 0.64 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Saudi Arabia – 0.63 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
- Canada – 0.56 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions
| Country name | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albania | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Algeria | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| American Samoa | ||||
| Andorra | 8.1 | 6.5 | ||
| Angola | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| Argentina | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| Armenia | 1.1 | 1.8 | ||
| Aruba | 29.6 | 24.7 | 21.7 | |
| Australia | 15 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 18.6 |
| Austria | 6.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 3.8 | 5.4 | ||
| The Bahamas | 37.9 | 7.6 | 6 | 6.5 |
| Bahrain | 22 | 24.1 | 29.2 | 21.4 |
| Bangladesh | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Barbados | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5 |
| Belarus | 5.3 | 6.5 | ||
| Belgium | 13.7 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| Belize | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| Benin | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Bermuda | 8.1 | 9.9 | 8 | 6.1 |
| Bhutan | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Bolivia | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.3 | 8.3 | ||
| Botswana | 1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Brazil | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Brunei | 36.4 | 25.5 | 20 | 27.5 |
| Bulgaria | 8.7 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Burundi | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Cameroon | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Canada | 17.4 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 16.3 |
| Cape Verde | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Cayman Islands | 9.8 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| China | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| Colombia | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Comoros | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Congo | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Costa Rica | 1.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Cote D’Ivoire | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Croatia | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Cuba | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Curacao | ||||
| Cyprus | 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
| Czech Republic | 12.1 | 11.2 | ||
| Denmark | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Dominica | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Ecuador | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| El Salvador | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Eritrea | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Estonia | 11.4 | 13.6 | ||
| Ethiopia | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Faeroe Islands | 9.9 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| Fiji | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Finland | 12.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
| France | 9.2 | 6.8 | 6 | 5.9 |
| French Polynesia | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Gabon | 9.7 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| The Gambia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Germany | 10.1 | 9.6 | ||
| Ghana | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Greece | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Greenland | 11.2 | 10 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| Grenada | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Guam | ||||
| Guatemala | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Guinea | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Guyana | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2 |
| Haiti | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Honduras | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Hong Kong | 3.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| Hungary | 8.1 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Iceland | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7 |
| India | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Indonesia | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Iran | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 |
| Iraq | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.4 |
| Ireland | 7.7 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| Isle of Man | ||||
| Israel | 5.5 | 7.2 | 10 | 5.2 |
| Italy | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Japan | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
| Jordan | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| Kazakhstan | 8.6 | 15.1 | ||
| Kenya | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Kiribati | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| North Korea | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| South Korea | 3.5 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| Kosovo | ||||
| Kuwait | 17.9 | 21.8 | 30.5 | 30.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| Laos | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Latvia | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Lebanon | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Lesotho | ||||
| Liberia | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Libya | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| Liechtenstein | ||||
| Lithuania | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Luxembourg | 30.3 | 25.9 | 18.9 | 21.5 |
| Macau | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 6 | 5.8 | ||
| Madagascar | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Malawi | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Maldives | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3 |
| Mali | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 3.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | |
| Mauritania | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Mauritius | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Mexico | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| Moldova | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| Monaco | ||||
| Mongolia | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Montenegro | 3.1 | |||
| Morocco | 0.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Mozambique | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Myanmar | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Namibia | 0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Netherlands | 12.5 | 11 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| New Caledonia | 14 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 12.9 |
| New Zealand | 5.6 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| Nicaragua | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Niger | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Nigeria | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | ||||
| Norway | 8.6 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 10.5 |
| Oman | 5.1 | 5.5 | 9.7 | 17.3 |
| Pakistan | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Palau | 12.9 | 15.6 | 6.1 | 10.5 |
| Panama | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Paraguay | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Peru | 1.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Philippines | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Poland | 13.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
| Portugal | 2.9 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| Puerto Rico | ||||
| Qatar | 59.1 | 24.9 | 58.8 | 49.1 |
| Romania | 8.8 | 6.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Russia | 10.6 | 12 | ||
| Rwanda | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Samoa | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| San Marino | ||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17.3 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 16.6 |
| Senegal | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Serbia | 5.5 | 6.8 | ||
| Seychelles | 1.5 | 1.6 | 7 | 7.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Singapore | 13 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 6.7 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | ||||
| Slovak Republic | 6.8 | 6.9 | ||
| Slovenia | 7.3 | 8.5 | ||
| Solomon Islands | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Somalia | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| South Africa | 8.3 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| South Sudan | ||||
| Spain | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.9 | |
| St. Lucia | 1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| St. Martin (French part) | ||||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Sudan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Suriname | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| eSwatini (Swaziland) | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Sweden | 8.6 | 6 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Switzerland | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2.3 | 3 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Tajikistan | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Tanzania | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Thailand | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| Timor-Leste | 0.2 | |||
| Togo | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Tonga | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15.7 | 14 | 19 | 37.4 |
| Tunisia | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Turkey | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | 7.9 | 9.7 | ||
| Turks and Caicas Islands | 0.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Tuvalu | ||||
| Uganda | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Ukraine | 6.5 | 7 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 36.3 | 28.8 | 37.1 | 25 |
| United Kingdom | 10.3 | 10 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| United States of America | 20.8 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 18 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Uzbekistan | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| Vanuatu | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Vietnam | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | ||||
| West Bank and Gaza | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
| Yemen | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Zambia | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
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