Countries by CO2 emissions (2020)

1. INTRODUCTION

Below you can find a list with all the countries by C02 emissions according to the most recent EDGAR data (European Union source).

(*) As you will see, some of them are gathered in one single row like Spain and Portugal or Italy, San Marino and the Vatican.

(**) Only UN sovereign countries are included. All the other territories can be consulted in the official source.

 

2. COUNTRIES BY CO2 EMISSIONS (2020)

Nº	Countries	AMOUNT (Mt)	% WORLD
1	China	11,535.20	30.34
2	United States	5,107.26	13.43
3	India	2,597.36	6.83
4	Russia	1,792.02	4.71
5	Japan	1,153.72	3.03
6	Germany	702.60	1.85
7	Iran	701.99	1.85
8	South Korea	651.87	1.71
9	Indonesia	625.66	1.65
10	Saudi Arabia	614.61	1.62
11	Canada	584.85	1.54
12	South Africa	494.86	1.30
13	Mexico	485.00	1.28
14	Brazil	478.15	1.26
15	Australia	433.38	1.14
16	Turkey	415.78	1.09
17	United Kingdom	364.91	0.96
18	Italy. San Marino and the Holy See	331.35	0.87
19	Poland	317.65	0.84
20	France and Monaco	314.74	0.83
21	Vietnam	305.25	0.80
22	Kazakhstan	277.36	0.73
23	Thailand	275.06	0.72
24	Spain and Andorra	259.31	0.68
25	Egypt	255.37	0.67
26	Malaysia	248.83	0.65
27	Pakistan	223.63	0.59
28	United Arab Emirates	222.61	0.59
29	Argentina	199.41	0.52
30	Iraq	197.61	0.52
31	Ukraine	196.40	0.52
32	Algeria	180.57	0.47
33	Netherlands	135.41	0.41
34	Philippines	150.64	0.40
35	Bangladés	110.16	0.29
36	Venezuela	110.06	0.29
37	Qatar	106.53	0.28
38	Czech Republic	105.69	0.28
39	Belgium	104.41	0.27
40	Nigeria	100.22	0.26
41	Kuwait	98.95	0.26
42	Uzbekistan	94.99	0.25
43	Oman	92.78	0.24
44	Turkmenistan	90.52	0.24
45	Chile	89.89	0.24
46	Colombia	86.55	0.23
47	Romania	78.63	0.21
48	Morocco	73.91	0.19
49	Austria	72.36	0.19
50	Serbia and Montenegro	70.69	0.19
51	Israel and Palestine	68.33	0.18
52	Belarus	66.34	0.17
53	Greece	65.57	0.17
54	Peru	35.29	0.15
55	Singapore	53.37	0.14
35	Hungary	53.18	0.14
57	Libya	52.05	0.14
58	Portugal	48.47	0.13
59	Myanmar/Burma	48.31	0.13
60	Norway	47.99	0.13
61	Sweden	44.75	0.12
62	Finland	43.41	0.11
63	Bulgaria	43.31	0.11
64	North Korea	42.17	0.11
65	Ecuador	40.70	0.11
66	Switzerland and Liechtenstein	39.37	0.10
67	New Zealand	38.67	0.10
68	Ireland	36.55	0.10
69	Slovakia	35.99	0.09
70	Azerbaijan	35.98	0.09
71	Mongolia	35.93	0.09
72	Baréin	35.44	0.09
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.50	0.09
74	Trinidad and Tobago	32.74	0.09
75	Tunisia	32.07	0.08
76	Denmark	31.12	0.08
77	Cuba	31.04	0.08
78	Syria	29.16	0.08
79	Jordan	28.34	0.07
80	Sri Lanka	27.57	0.07
81	Lebanon	27.44	0.07
82	Dominican Republic	27.28	0.07
83	Angola	25.82	0.07
84	Bolivia	24.51	0.06
85	Sudan and South Sudan	22.57	0.06
86	Guatemala	21.20	0.06
87	Kenya	19.81	0.05
88	Croatia	19.12	0.05
89	Estonia	18.50	0.05
90	Ethiopia	18.25	0.05
91	Ghana	16.84	0.04
92	Cambodia	16.49	0.04
93	Slovenia	15.37	0.04
94	Nepal	15.02	0.04
95	Lithuania	13.77	0.04
96	Ivory Coast	13.35	0.04
97	Georgia	13.47	0.04
98	Tanzania	13.34	0.04
99	Kyrgyzstan	11.92	0.03
100	Panama	11.63	0.03
101	Afghanistan	11.00	0.03
102	Yemen	10.89	0.03
103	Zimbabwe	10.86	0.03
104	Honduras	10.36	0.03
105	Cameroon	10.10	0.03
106	Senegal	9.81	0.03
107	Luxembourg	9.74	0.03
108	Mozambique	9.26	0.02
109	Moldova	9.23	0.02
110	Costa Rica	8.98	0.02
111	Northern Macedonia	8.92	0.02
112	Tajikistan	8.92	0.02
113	Paraguay	8.47	0.02
114	Latvia	8.38	0.02
115	Benin	8.15	0.02
116	Mauritania	7.66	0.02
117	Zambia	7.50	0.02
118	Jamaica	7.44	0.02
119	Cyprus	7.41	0.02
120	El Salvador	7.15	0.02
121	Botswana	7.04	0.02
122	Brunei	7.02	0.02
123	Laos	6.78	0.02
124	Uruguay	6.35	0.02
125	Armenia	5.92	0.02
126	Nicaragua	5.86	0.02
127	Congo	5.80	0.02
128	Albania	5.66	0.01
129	Uganda	5.34	0.01
130	Namibia	4.40	0.01
131	Mauricio	4.33	0.01
132	Madagascar	4.20	0.01
133	Papua New Guinea	4.07	0.01
134	Iceland	3.93	0.01
135	Barbados	3.83	0.01
136	Burkina Faso	3.64	0.01
137	Haiti	3.58	0.01
138	Gabon	3.48	0.01
139	Equatorial Guinea	3.47	0.01
140	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.98	0.01
141	Guinea	2.92	0.01
142	Togo	2.85	0.01
143	Bahamas	2.45	0.01
144	Niger	2.36	0.01
145	Bhutan	2.12	0.01
146	Suriname	2.06	0.01
147	Malawi	1.62	0.00
148	Guyana	1.52	0.00
149	Sierra Leone	1.40	0.00
150	Fiji	1.36	0.00
151	Palau	1.33	0.00
152	Macau	1.27	0.00
153	Liberia	1.21	0.00
154	Rwanda	1.15	0.00
155	Swaziland	1.14	0.00
135	Seychelles	1.05	0.00
157	Djibouti	1.05	0.00
158	Malta	1.04	0.00
159	Mali	1.03	0.00
160	Cape Verde	1.02	0.00
161	Somalia	0.97	0.00
162	Maldives	0.91	0.00
163	Chad	0.89	0.00
164	Lesotho	0.75	0.00
165	Eritrea	0.75	0.00
166	Gambia	0.59	0.00
167	Antigua and Barbuda	0.51	0.00
168	Central African Republic	0.49	0.00
169	Guinea-Bisáu	0.44	0.00
170	East Timor	0.38	0.00
171	Belize	0.37	0.00
172	Burundi	0.34	0.00
173	Saint Lucia	0.30	0.00
174	Grenade	0.23	0.00
175	Comoros	0.21	0.00
176	St. Kitts and Nemobiles	0.19	0.00
177	Sao Tome and Principe	0.16	0.00
178	St Vincent and the Grenadines	0.15	0.00
179	Samoa	0.14	0.00
180	Solomon Islands	0.14	0.00
181	Tonga	0.13	0.00
182	Dominica	0.10	0.00
183	Vanuatu	0.09	0.00
184	Kiribati	0.03	0.00

 

3. REFERENCE

• EDGAR – Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (2020). Fossil CO2 emissions of all world countries, 2020 report > CO2 total emissions. Avaliable [HERE].