Who emits the most CO₂? Totals and per person, 2024

Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry in 2024. Bubble area shows each country's total (million tonnes of CO₂); the colour shows emissions per person. China emits by far the most in total; per person, Gulf oil producers such as Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain lead, and the US, Canada and Australia are also far above the world average. Data: Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data.

What the map shows

Under 1 t (53)

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

1 – 3 t (51)

Albania, Armenia, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Macau, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, North Korea, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Wallis and Futuna

3 – 6 t (54)

Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Chile, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Nauru, Niue, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Slovakia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

6 – 10 t (29)

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Libya, Malaysia, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, People's Republic of China, Poland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands

10 t+ (25)

Anguilla, Australia, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Curaçao, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sint Maarten, South Korea, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Data table (212 regions)

Region	Value
Qatar	41.27 t
Kuwait	26.25 t
Brunei	26.05 t
Bahrain	24.27 t
Trinidad and Tobago	22.93 t
Saudi Arabia	20.38 t
United Arab Emirates	20.13 t
New Caledonia	18.06 t
Sint Maarten	16.55 t
Oman	15.65 t
Australia	14.48 t
United States of America	14.20 t
Kazakhstan	13.94 t
Canada	13.42 t
Faroe Islands	13.09 t
Mongolia	12.86 t
Palau	12.76 t
Curaçao	12.34 t
Russia	12.29 t
Taiwan	11.30 t
South Korea	11.29 t
Greenland	11.08 t
Turkmenistan	10.81 t
Luxembourg	10.46 t
Anguilla	10.13 t
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.79 t
Iceland	9.67 t
Singapore	9.24 t
Libya	8.84 t
People's Republic of China	8.66 t
Iran	8.66 t
Aruba	8.52 t
Bermuda	8.51 t
Malaysia	8.16 t
Turks and Caicos Islands	8.14 t
Japan	7.77 t
The Bahamas	7.65 t
Belgium	7.28 t
Antigua and Barbuda	7.09 t
Poland	7.08 t
Czech Republic	7.04 t
South Africa	6.87 t
Germany	6.77 t
Norway	6.67 t
Ireland	6.34 t
Netherlands	6.30 t
Serbia	6.24 t
New Zealand	6.23 t
Austria	6.18 t
Belarus	6.16 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.14 t
Estonia	6.11 t
Montserrat	6.02 t
Slovenia	6.02 t
Turkey	5.87 t
Cook Islands	5.82 t
Israel	5.61 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.54 t
Guyana	5.43 t
Cyprus	5.37 t
Greece	5.31 t
Finland	5.30 t
Slovakia	5.28 t
Andorra	5.18 t
Nauru	5.13 t
Italy	5.09 t
Iraq	5.07 t
Seychelles	5 t
British Virgin Islands	4.87 t
Barbados	4.83 t
Croatia	4.76 t
Denmark	4.75 t
Suriname	4.71 t
Bulgaria	4.68 t
Spain	4.60 t
United Kingdom	4.53 t
Hong Kong	4.49 t
Lithuania	4.39 t
Maldives	4.37 t
Algeria	4.23 t
Hungary	4.14 t
Niue	4.14 t
Marshall Islands	4.11 t
Venezuela	4.08 t
Chile	3.98 t
France	3.97 t
Azerbaijan	3.85 t
Uzbekistan	3.83 t
Ukraine	3.76 t
Argentina	3.74 t
Thailand	3.74 t
Montenegro	3.72 t
Equatorial Guinea	3.70 t
Mauritius	3.68 t
Vietnam	3.67 t
North Macedonia	3.63 t
Romania	3.60 t
Switzerland	3.60 t
Sweden	3.59 t
Mexico	3.52 t
Latvia	3.45 t
Portugal	3.41 t
Liechtenstein	3.30 t
French Polynesia	3.27 t
Grenada	3.22 t
Malta	3.20 t
Laos	3.14 t
Georgia	3.10 t
Saint Lucia	2.99 t
Botswana	2.96 t
Jamaica	2.96 t
Dominican Republic	2.90 t
Indonesia	2.87 t
Panama	2.81 t
Lebanon	2.70 t
Wallis and Futuna	2.70 t
Tunisia	2.66 t
Dominica	2.58 t
Ecuador	2.54 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.54 t
Armenia	2.50 t
North Korea	2.36 t
Uruguay	2.35 t
Bolivia	2.31 t
Brazil	2.28 t
Cuba	2.23 t
Egypt	2.22 t
India	2.20 t
Saint Helena	2.17 t
Gabon	2.13 t
Bhutan	2.09 t
Peru	2.05 t
Jordan	2.01 t
Belize	1.91 t
Morocco	1.81 t
Colombia	1.75 t
Moldova	1.75 t
Costa Rica	1.71 t
Kyrgyzstan	1.64 t
Albania	1.59 t
Fiji	1.56 t
Philippines	1.51 t
Macau	1.47 t
Tonga	1.46 t
El Salvador	1.42 t
Republic of the Congo	1.40 t
Federated States of Micronesia	1.33 t
Syria	1.29 t
Cambodia	1.24 t
Honduras	1.19 t
Tuvalu	1.18 t
Namibia	1.15 t
Paraguay	1.15 t
Cape Verde	1.13 t
Samoa	1.13 t
Lesotho	1.10 t
Guatemala	1.08 t
Mauritania	1.01 t
Tajikistan	1.01 t
Sri Lanka	0.90 t
Palestine	0.87 t
Eswatini	0.84 t
Zimbabwe	0.82 t
Nicaragua	0.81 t
Papua New Guinea	0.79 t
Senegal	0.76 t
Pakistan	0.72 t
Comoros	0.64 t
Nepal	0.63 t
Bangladesh	0.62 t
Ghana	0.61 t
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.60 t
Vanuatu	0.60 t
Angola	0.59 t
Myanmar	0.58 t
Nigeria	0.58 t
Zambia	0.56 t
Kiribati	0.54 t
Djibouti	0.48 t
East Timor	0.48 t
Ivory Coast	0.46 t
Benin	0.42 t
Kenya	0.38 t
Solomon Islands	0.36 t
Sudan	0.35 t
Cameroon	0.33 t
Togo	0.33 t
The Gambia	0.29 t
Tanzania	0.29 t
Burkina Faso	0.28 t
Mali	0.28 t
Guinea	0.27 t
Afghanistan	0.25 t
Haiti	0.25 t
Mozambique	0.25 t
Yemen	0.25 t
Eritrea	0.21 t
Sierra Leone	0.17 t
Guinea-Bissau	0.15 t
Liberia	0.15 t
Chad	0.14 t
Ethiopia	0.14 t
Madagascar	0.14 t
Rwanda	0.14 t
South Sudan	0.14 t
Uganda	0.13 t
Niger	0.12 t
Malawi	0.09 t
Burundi	0.07 t
Central African Republic	0.07 t
Somalia	0.07 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.05 t

📊 Chart data (212 regions)

Region	CO₂ (Mt)
People's Republic of China	12,289 t
United States of America	4,904 t
India	3,194 t
Russia	1,781 t
Japan	962 t
Indonesia	812 t
Iran	793 t
Saudi Arabia	692 t
South Korea	584 t
Germany	572 t
Canada	533 t
Turkey	513 t
Brazil	483 t
Mexico	461 t
South Africa	440 t
Australia	387 t
Vietnam	371 t
United Kingdom	313 t
Italy	302 t
Malaysia	290 t
Kazakhstan	287 t
Poland	273 t
Thailand	268 t
France	264 t
Taiwan	262 t
Egypt	258 t
Iraq	234 t
United Arab Emirates	222 t
Spain	220 t
Algeria	198 t
Pakistan	180 t
Philippines	175 t
Argentina	171 t
Ukraine	143 t
Uzbekistan	139 t
Nigeria	136 t
Kuwait	130 t
Qatar	126 t
Venezuela	116 t
Netherlands	115 t
Bangladesh	108 t
Colombia	92.70 t
Belgium	85.50 t
Oman	82.70 t
Turkmenistan	81 t
Chile	78.70 t
Czech Republic	75.60 t
Peru	70.20 t
Morocco	69.10 t
Romania	68.60 t
Libya	65.30 t
North Korea	62.50 t
Austria	56.40 t
Belarus	55.80 t
Singapore	53.90 t
Greece	53.40 t
Israel	52.60 t
Ecuador	46 t
Mongolia	44.70 t
Serbia	42 t
Hungary	40 t
Azerbaijan	39.80 t
Bahrain	39 t
Sweden	38.10 t
Norway	37.20 t
Portugal	35.50 t
Trinidad and Tobago	34.60 t
Hong Kong	33.30 t
Ireland	33.30 t
Dominican Republic	33.10 t
Tunisia	32.70 t
New Zealand	32.50 t
Switzerland	32.10 t
Syria	31.80 t
Bulgaria	31.60 t
Myanmar	31.60 t
Finland	29.80 t
Slovakia	29.10 t
Bolivia	28.70 t
Denmark	28.40 t
Cuba	24.40 t
Laos	24.40 t
Jordan	23.20 t
Angola	22.30 t
Cambodia	21.90 t
Kenya	21.20 t
Ghana	21 t
Sri Lanka	20.80 t
Tanzania	20 t
Guatemala	19.90 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.40 t
Nepal	18.80 t
Croatia	18.50 t
Ethiopia	17.80 t
Sudan	17.80 t
Lebanon	15.70 t
Ivory Coast	14.80 t
Senegal	14.10 t
Zimbabwe	13.70 t
Honduras	12.90 t
Slovenia	12.80 t
Panama	12.70 t
Lithuania	12.50 t
Brunei	12.10 t
Zambia	12 t
Georgia	11.80 t
Kyrgyzstan	11.80 t
Afghanistan	10.80 t
Tajikistan	10.70 t
Yemen	10.10 t
Cameroon	9.60 t
El Salvador	9 t
Republic of the Congo	8.80 t
Costa Rica	8.80 t
Mozambique	8.60 t
Jamaica	8.40 t
Estonia	8.30 t
Papua New Guinea	8.30 t
Uruguay	8 t
Paraguay	7.90 t
Botswana	7.50 t
Armenia	7.40 t
Cyprus	7.30 t
Equatorial Guinea	7 t
Luxembourg	7 t
Mali	7 t
North Macedonia	6.60 t
Burkina Faso	6.50 t
Latvia	6.50 t
Uganda	6.30 t
Benin	6.10 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.90 t
Nicaragua	5.60 t
Gabon	5.40 t
Moldova	5.30 t
New Caledonia	5.30 t
Mauritania	5.20 t
Palestine	4.80 t
Mauritius	4.70 t
Guyana	4.50 t
Madagascar	4.50 t
Albania	4.40 t
Guinea	4 t
Iceland	3.80 t
Namibia	3.50 t
Niger	3.20 t
The Bahamas	3.10 t
Haiti	3 t
Suriname	3 t
Chad	2.80 t
Togo	2.80 t
Lesotho	2.60 t
Montenegro	2.40 t
Curaçao	2.30 t
Maldives	2.30 t
Rwanda	2 t
Malawi	1.90 t
Bhutan	1.70 t
Malta	1.70 t
South Sudan	1.70 t
Barbados	1.40 t
Fiji	1.40 t
Sierra Leone	1.40 t
Somalia	1.30 t
Macau	1.10 t
Eswatini	1 t
Aruba	0.90 t
Burundi	0.90 t
French Polynesia	0.90 t
Liberia	0.90 t
Belize	0.80 t
The Gambia	0.80 t
Antigua and Barbuda	0.70 t
East Timor	0.70 t
Eritrea	0.70 t
Faroe Islands	0.70 t
Seychelles	0.70 t
Sint Maarten	0.70 t
Bermuda	0.60 t
Cape Verde	0.60 t
Comoros	0.60 t
Djibouti	0.60 t
Greenland	0.60 t
Saint Lucia	0.50 t
Andorra	0.40 t
Central African Republic	0.40 t
Grenada	0.40 t
Turks and Caicos Islands	0.40 t
Guinea-Bissau	0.30 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.30 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.30 t
Solomon Islands	0.30 t
British Virgin Islands	0.20 t
Dominica	0.20 t
Marshall Islands	0.20 t
Federated States of Micronesia	0.20 t
Palau	0.20 t
Samoa	0.20 t
Tonga	0.20 t
Vanuatu	0.20 t
Anguilla	0.10 t
Cook Islands	0.10 t
Kiribati	0.10 t
Liechtenstein	0.10 t
Nauru	0.10 t
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.10 t
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.10 t
Montserrat	0 t
Niue	0 t
Saint Helena	0 t
Tuvalu	0 t
Wallis and Futuna	0 t

Source: Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data, 2024