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Countries by cumulative co₂ since 1750

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes. 214 countries ranked for 2024 (t).

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1United States434.9B t

2China285.1B t

3Russia122.8B t

		Value
1	United States	434.9B t	+13.3%	=
2	China	285.1B t	+61.9%	=
3	Russia	122.8B t	+15.9%	=
4	Germany	95.1B t	+8.0%	=
5	United Kingdom	80.1B t	+4.6%	=
6	Japan	69.6B t	+18.6%	=
7	India	66.1B t	+66.6%	=
8	France	40B t	+8.3%	=
9	Canada	35.6B t	+18.3%	=
10	Ukraine	31.2B t	+6.8%	=
11	Poland	29B t	+12.1%	=
12	Italy	26B t	+14.8%	=
13	South Africa	22.8B t	+24.3%	=
14	Mexico	22B t	+26.5%	=
15	Iran	21.8B t	+49.8%	▲ 1
16	South Korea	20.7B t	+43.1%	▲ 1
17	Australia	20B t	+24.9%	▼ 2
18	Saudi Arabia	19B t	+53.8%	▲ 2
19	Brazil	18.2B t	+36.5%	▼ 1
20	Indonesia	17.4B t	+60.0%	▲ 4
21	Spain	15.7B t	+18.3%	▼ 2
22	Kazakhstan	14.9B t	+24.3%	▼ 1
23	Belgium	12.9B t	+7.9%	▼ 1
24	Turkey	12.9B t	+51.3%	▲ 2
25	Czechia	12.3B t	+8.5%	▼ 2
26	Netherlands	12.3B t	+13.3%	▼ 1
27	Taiwan	10.1B t	+37.7%	▲ 2
28	Argentina	9.2B t	+24.8%	=
29	Romania	8.9B t	+9.3%	▼ 2
30	Thailand	8.3B t	+49.7%	▲ 2
31	Venezuela	7.9B t	+17.9%	▼ 1
32	Egypt	7.5B t	+49.5%	▲ 2
33	Malaysia	7B t	+60.0%	▲ 6
34	Uzbekistan	6.8B t	+20.4%	▼ 3
35	United Arab Emirates	5.8B t	+57.4%	▲ 7
36	Austria	5.7B t	+12.5%	▼ 3
37	Pakistan	5.7B t	+52.1%	▲ 4
38	Vietnam	5.7B t	+110.4%	▲ 15
39	North Korea	5.5B t	+11.5%	▼ 4
40	Algeria	5.5B t	+48.5%	▲ 4
41	Iraq	5.4B t	+54.4%	▲ 7
42	Belarus	5.2B t	+12.8%	▼ 4
43	Hungary	5.2B t	+9.8%	▼ 6
44	Sweden	5.1B t	+8.4%	▼ 8
45	Nigeria	4.7B t	+35.9%	▲ 2
46	Greece	4.3B t	+17.3%	▼ 1
47	Denmark	4.2B t	+8.1%	▼ 7
48	Slovakia	4B t	+9.0%	▼ 5
49	Bulgaria	4B t	+11.7%	▼ 3
50	Philippines	4B t	+54.5%	▲ 4
51	Kuwait	3.9B t	+37.2%	=
52	Colombia	3.8B t	+32.1%	▼ 2
53	Chile	3.3B t	+33.4%	▲ 2
54	Finland	3.3B t	+13.6%	▼ 5
55	Switzerland	3.2B t	+12.8%	▼ 3
56	Republic of Serbia	2.9B t	+17.8%	=
57	Norway	2.8B t	+17.8%	=
58	Portugal	2.8B t	+19.5%	=
59	Turkmenistan	2.7B t	+37.3%	▲ 2
60	Azerbaijan	2.6B t	+16.6%	▼ 1
61	Israel	2.6B t	+29.3%	▼ 1
62	Qatar	2.6B t	+68.7%	▲ 8
63	Libya	2.5B t	+31.9%	=
64	Ireland	2.4B t	+18.6%	▼ 2
65	Singapore	2.2B t	+28.5%	▼ 1
66	Peru	2.2B t	+36.6%	▲ 1
67	Syria	2.1B t	+18.4%	▼ 2
68	Morocco	2B t	+47.8%	▲ 5
69	New Zealand	2B t	+20.5%	▼ 3
70	Bangladesh	2B t	+87.9%	▲ 6
71	Cuba	1.8B t	+15.4%	▼ 3
72	Hong Kong S.A.R.	1.8B t	+27.4%	=
73	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7B t	+29.1%	▲ 1
74	Oman	1.7B t	+77.5%	▲ 5
75	Estonia	1.7B t	+8.5%	▼ 6
76	Lithuania	1.6B t	+8.9%	▼ 5
77	Ecuador	1.4B t	+40.6%	▲ 1
78	Moldova	1.4B t	+4.0%	▼ 3
79	Croatia	1.2B t	+17.8%	▼ 2
80	Bahrain	1.1B t	+47.2%	▲ 4
81	Tunisia	1.1B t	+41.2%	▲ 4
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1B t	+24.8%	▼ 1
83	Latvia	980.8M t	+7.8%	▼ 3
84	Slovenia	911.4M t	+17.4%	▼ 1
85	Kyrgyzstan	883.2M t	+13.1%	▼ 3
86	Dominican Republic	869.2M t	+46.5%	▲ 3
87	Mongolia	861.5M t	+80.1%	▲ 8
88	Zimbabwe	832.9M t	+15.5%	▼ 2
89	Lebanon	794.7M t	+38.4%	▲ 1
90	Jordan	793.4M t	+42.7%	▲ 1
91	Luxembourg	783M t	+12.1%	▼ 4
92	Angola	739.6M t	+43.1%	▲ 1
93	Myanmar	727.9M t	+67.4%	▲ 4
94	Yemen	708M t	+18.1%	▼ 6
95	Georgia	662.4M t	+19.3%	▼ 3
96	Bolivia	641.2M t	+54.2%	▲ 3
97	Sri Lanka	567.9M t	+56.3%	▲ 6
98	Kenya	551.3M t	+51.1%	▲ 4
99	North Macedonia	538M t	+14.8%	▼ 3
100	Curaçao	532M t	+7.3%	▼ 6
101	Tajikistan	517.8M t	+19.7%	▼ 3
102	Sudan	517M t	+57.6%	▲ 4
103	Guatemala	515.8M t	+54.6%	▲ 2
104	Jamaica	485.2M t	+19.7%	▼ 3
105	Uruguay	476.8M t	+17.2%	▼ 5
106	Brunei	427.8M t	+31.5%	▲ 1
107	Ghana	426.5M t	+69.0%	▲ 4
108	Armenia	406.7M t	+19.0%	▼ 4
109	Ivory Coast	400.1M t	+44.2%	▼ 1
110	Panama	360.5M t	+41.8%	=
111	United Republic of Tanzania	344.9M t	+90.6%	▲ 9
112	Ethiopia	330.2M t	+96.1%	▲ 10
113	Cyprus	321.6M t	+28.8%	=
114	Honduras	310.2M t	+54.9%	▲ 3
115	Cameroon	309.2M t	+46.0%	▼ 1
116	Albania	307.9M t	+18.5%	▼ 7
117	Gabon	307.1M t	+22.2%	▼ 5
118	Zambia	300.8M t	+43.1%	▼ 3
119	Senegal	300.6M t	+66.5%	▲ 2
120	Costa Rica	285.8M t	+37.8%	▼ 4
121	El Salvador	264.6M t	+37.3%	▼ 2
122	Cambodia	251.6M t	+206.1%	▲ 19
123	Laos	243M t	+409.1%	▲ 31
124	Afghanistan	242.6M t	+70.6%	▲ 1
125	Democratic Republic of the Congo	238.7M t	+22.0%	▼ 7
126	Nepal	232.1M t	+157.8%	▲ 12
127	Mozambique	211.2M t	+57.8%	=
128	Papua New Guinea	209.7M t	+56.8%	=
129	Paraguay	208.5M t	+58.2%	=
130	Nicaragua	197.7M t	+36.2%	▼ 6
131	Republic of the Congo	191.1M t	+60.1%	▼ 1
132	Kosovo	188.4M t	+79.8%	▲ 1
133	Botswana	184.3M t	+59.7%	▼ 1
134	The Bahamas	180.6M t	+16.6%	▼ 11
135	New Caledonia	171.8M t	+44.2%	▼ 4
136	Iceland	171.7M t	+26.2%	▼ 10
137	Equatorial Guinea	163.4M t	+72.8%	=
138	Mauritius	133.2M t	+48.4%	▲ 1
139	Uganda	131.4M t	+75.6%	▲ 3
140	Suriname	128.8M t	+26.6%	▼ 6
141	Benin	128.4M t	+78.7%	▲ 3
142	Montenegro	122.1M t	+23.6%	▼ 7
143	Guyana	117.3M t	+35.3%	▼ 3
144	Madagascar	112.7M t	+53.3%	▼ 1
145	Malta	111.2M t	+17.2%	▼ 9
146	Guinea	105.9M t	+56.7%	▼ 1
147	Mali	100.2M t	+135.8%	▲ 10
148	Mauritania	99.9M t	+75.9%	=
149	Burkina Faso	95.8M t	+132.0%	▲ 10
150	Haiti	88.8M t	+53.0%	▼ 3
151	Namibia	87.2M t	+68.0%	=
152	Palestine	78M t	+89.9%	▲ 8
153	Togo	76.6M t	+45.4%	▼ 3
154	Aruba	75.8M t	+13.1%	▼ 8
155	Lesotho	72.3M t	+47.8%	▼ 2
156	Barbados	63.9M t	+26.5%	▼ 4
157	Sint Maarten	62.2M t	+12.7%	▼ 8
158	Niger	61.5M t	+73.4%	▲ 4
159	Malawi	57.6M t	+38.1%	▼ 1
160	Macao S.A.R	57.5M t	+29.6%	▼ 4
161	Fiji	54.1M t	+34.7%	=
162	Liberia	52.5M t	+17.1%	▼ 7
163	Chad	51.3M t	+96.9%	▲ 7
164	South Sudan	45.5M t	+59.7%	▲ 3
165	Eswatini	44.6M t	+29.0%	▼ 2
166	Sierra Leone	42.6M t	+41.0%	▼ 1
167	Somalia	41.9M t	+36.3%	▼ 3
168	Rwanda	37.3M t	+67.3%	▲ 4
169	Greenland	35.2M t	+18.7%	▼ 3
170	French Polynesia	35M t	+33.3%	▼ 1
171	Faroe Islands	33.7M t	+26.8%	▼ 3
172	Maldives	33.7M t	+120.1%	▲ 4
173	Bermuda	31M t	+22.3%	▼ 2
174	Bhutan	29.8M t	+106.9%	▲ 3
175	Antigua and Barbuda	26.9M t	+30.1%	▼ 2
176	Belize	22.5M t	+45.9%	▼ 1
177	Djibouti	21.1M t	+31.4%	▼ 3
178	Eritrea	19.1M t	+50.9%	=
179	Gambia	17.7M t	+64.6%	▲ 3
180	Cabo Verde	16.9M t	+50.4%	▲ 1
181	Burundi	16.7M t	+69.4%	▲ 3
182	Andorra	16.7M t	+36.5%	▼ 3
183	Saint Lucia	16.5M t	+43.9%	▼ 3
184	Seychelles	16.1M t	+58.5%	▼ 1
185	Central African Republic	12.3M t	+34.4%	▲ 1
186	Timor-Leste	12.1M t	+113.8%	▲ 4
187	Solomon Islands	11.6M t	+33.5%	=
188	Palau	11.4M t	+23.1%	▼ 3
189	Liechtenstein	10M t	+16.8%	▼ 1
190	Grenada	9.6M t	+48.5%	▼ 1
191	Guinea-Bissau	8.3M t	+46.5%	=
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8M t	+44.0%	▲ 1
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8M t	+42.4%	▼ 1
194	Samoa	7.8M t	+45.0%	=
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.6M t	+87.5%	▲ 2
196	Comoros	7.5M t	+99.1%	▲ 4
197	British Virgin Islands	6.3M t	+43.5%	▼ 1
198	Vanuatu	5.5M t	+46.4%	▲ 1
199	Dominica	5.5M t	+43.2%	▼ 1
200	Nauru	5.1M t	+12.3%	▼ 5
201	Tonga	4.9M t	+39.9%	=
202	Federated States of Micronesia	4.9M t	+42.1%	=
203	São Tomé and Principe	4M t	+54.1%	▲ 1
204	Marshall Islands	4M t	+57.9%	▲ 1
205	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.9M t	+18.3%	▼ 2
206	Anguilla	3.6M t	+63.0%	=
207	Cook Islands	2.7M t	+39.6%	=
208	Kiribati	2.3M t	+40.6%	=
209	Montserrat	1.7M t	+20.3%	=
210	Wallis and Futuna	865.8K t	+46.8%	=
211	Saint Helena	421.7K t	+37.0%	=
212	Tuvalu	297.2K t	+50.2%	▲ 1
213	Niue	286.1K t	+34.6%	▼ 1
214	Antarctica	153.9K t	+0.0%	=

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