Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption

China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2015, at 10,427.1 million tonnes of CO2. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2. The median was 8.5 million tonnes of CO2. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest10,427.1China

Lowest0Tuvalu

Median8.5217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2015

million tonnes of CO2. Source: EIA, International Energy Statistics: CO2 emissions from the consumption of energy, million metric tonnes (series INTL.4008-8-MMTCD.A) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 million tonnes of CO2	Change on 2014
1	China	10,427.1	-2.1%
2	United States	5,262.2	-2.8%
3	India	2,145	+6.1%
4	Russia	1,690.2	+0.2%
5	Japan	1,215.2	-3.5%
6	Germany	787.7	+0.5%
7	South Korea	662.1	+3%
8	Saudi Arabia	621	+4.4%
9	Iran	613.1	-0.5%
10	Canada	592.1	+0.4%
11	Brazil	500.4	-1.8%
12	South Africa	474	+0.6%
13	Mexico	464.6	+3%
14	Indonesia	460.6	+1.7%
15	United Kingdom	450.5	-3.9%
16	Australia	382	+1.5%
17	Türkiye	351.1	+6.3%
18	Italy	348.9	+2.7%
19	France	346.7	+1.1%
20	Poland	304.8	+1.5%
21	Thailand	295.7	+0.5%
22	Spain	284	+3.4%
23	United Arab Emirates	283.1	+13%
24	Taiwan	273.2	-0.3%
25	Kazakhstan	265	-1.8%
26	Netherlands	229.4	+4.1%
27	Egypt	227.2	+1.2%
28	Singapore	218.1	+2.5%
29	Argentina	217.3	+8.4%
30	Malaysia	216.3	-1.5%
31	Ukraine	212.6	-14.9%
32	Vietnam	193.3	+20.4%
33	Pakistan	164.1	+4.8%
34	Venezuela	146.1	-1.4%
35	Algeria	138.7	+5.3%
36	Belgium	119.9	+5.3%
37	Qatar	116.6	-1.8%
38	Uzbekistan	109	-3%
39	Philippines	104.7	+14.7%
40	Czechia	103.5	+2.4%
41	Nigeria	99.5	-5.5%
42	Kuwait	99.3	+7.4%
43	Turkmenistan	98.3	+20.7%
44	Iraq	97.8	-14.5%
45	Hong Kong	93.4	+6.4%
46	Chile	80.4	+5.1%
47	Bangladesh	77.8	+10.1%
48	Colombia	75.3	-0.6%
49	Greece	73.5	-3%
50	Romania	69.9	+0.9%
51	Oman	69.1	+0.3%
52	Israel	69	+3.7%
53	Austria	63.2	+3.4%
54	Morocco	55.4	+2.9%
55	Trinidad and Tobago	54.2	-1.8%
56	Portugal	53.3	+8.4%
57	Belarus	53.1	-14.9%
58	Peru	50	+3%
59	Sweden	48.8	+0.4%
60	Hungary	45.8	+5.9%
61	Serbia	45.5	+19.2%
62	Bulgaria	44.9	+5.4%
63	Finland	43.4	-4.8%
64	Norway	43.1	-2.1%
65	Libya	40.5	-17.1%
66	Switzerland	39.6	-0.2%
67	Bahrain	38.8	+0.8%
68	Ecuador	38.8	-7.9%
69	New Zealand	37.8	-1%
70	Denmark	36.8	-6%
71	North Korea	35.6	-9.1%
72	Ireland	34.2	+1.6%
73	Azerbaijan	34.2	+5.2%
74	Slovakia	32.9	+4.4%
75	Cuba	30.2	+8.4%
76	Syria	26.7	-2.1%
77	Myanmar	24.9	+18.4%
78	Lebanon	24.5	+8.1%
79	Jordan	24	+0.1%
80	Tunisia	23.1	+4%
81	Panama	23.1	+3.1%
82	Angola	22.9	+5.4%
83	Dominican Republic	22.4	+13.1%
84	Puerto Rico	22.3	+0.6%
85	Sri Lanka	20.8	+6.6%
86	Kenya	17.5	+16.2%
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17	+1.5%
88	Mongolia	16.8	-0.8%
89	Sudan	16.7	+12.3%
90	Croatia	16	+2%
91	Bolivia	15.9	-1.5%
92	Guatemala	15.8	+20.7%
93	Ghana	14.3	+16.1%
94	Lithuania	13.5	-0.5%
95	Slovenia	12.8	+0.7%
96	Gibraltar	12.5	+2.4%
97	Yemen	12	-46.4%
98	Zimbabwe	11.8	+4.6%
99	Ethiopia	11.5	+6.7%
100	Tanzania	10.8	+3%
101	Luxembourg	10.4	-2.7%
102	Côte d’Ivoire	10.2	+3.8%
103	Georgia	9.6	+9.2%
104	Kyrgyzstan	9.5	-0.7%
105	Laos	9.4	+128.5%
106	Honduras	9.3	+7.8%
107	Brunei	9.3	+8.2%
108	Senegal	9.1	+18.9%
109	Jamaica	8.5	-1.1%
110	Uruguay	8.1	+7.6%
111	Latvia	7.9	+3.3%
112	Mozambique	7.8	+10.3%
113	Moldova	7.5	-7.7%
114	Cyprus	7.3	+3.9%
115	Cameroon	7.3	+4.3%
116	Costa Rica	7.1	-4.2%
117	Malta	7.1	+5.2%
118	Cambodia	7	+18.5%
119	El Salvador	6.9	+6.9%
120	North Macedonia	6.8	-4.8%
121	Paraguay	6.6	+23.7%
122	Afghanistan	6.5	+17%
123	Botswana	6	+28.6%
124	Mauritius	5.8	+3.4%
125	Papua New Guinea	5.7	+19.7%
126	Benin	5.4	+11%
127	Republic of the Congo	5.4	-1.8%
128	Nicaragua	5.3	+13.2%
129	Estonia	5.2	-4%
130	New Caledonia	5.1	+3.6%
131	Armenia	5	-16%
132	Tajikistan	4.8	-4.5%
133	Uganda	4.6	-0%
134	Gabon	4	-1.1%
135	Nepal	4	-10.6%
136	Namibia	4	+9.5%
137	Zambia	3.9	+9.1%
138	Albania	3.9	-3.2%
139	Madagascar	3.7	+10.7%
140	Burkina Faso	3.7	+29.7%
141	Haiti	3.3	+15.7%
142	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.2	-41.5%
143	Mali	3.2	+8.5%
144	Palestine	3.1	+18.1%
145	Equatorial Guinea	3.1	-10.6%
146	Iceland	3	+5.9%
147	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.9	+0.4%
148	Bahamas	2.9	-5.7%
149	Guinea	2.8	+13.7%
150	Mauritania	2.7	-0.7%
151	Togo	2.6	+7.3%
152	Niger	2.5	+5.4%
153	Montenegro	2.4	+6.6%
154	Suriname	2.2	-5.9%
155	Guyana	2.1	+3.5%
156	Macao	2	+18.2%
157	Guam	1.8	+1.6%
158	Barbados	1.7	+6.3%
159	Maldives	1.6	-24.6%
160	Fiji	1.5	+6.3%
161	Aruba	1.2	+0.7%
162	Liberia	1.2	+0.8%
163	Seychelles	1.1	+3.7%
164	Malawi	1	-4.2%
165	French Polynesia	1	+4.6%
166	Rwanda	1	+11.7%
167	Sierra Leone	1	-19.7%
168	Eswatini	1	+6.8%
169	Chad	1	+187%
170	Cape Verde	0.9	-0.5%
171	Somalia	0.9	+3.8%
172	Djibouti	0.8	-11.7%
173	Antigua and Barbuda	0.8	+4.5%
174	Faroe Islands	0.7	+6.6%
175	Bermuda	0.6	-14.5%
176	Cayman Islands	0.6	+7.5%
177	Lesotho	0.6	-1.4%
178	Bhutan	0.6	+6%
179	Greenland	0.6	+8.1%
180	Belize	0.6	+18.2%
181	Eritrea	0.6	-1.7%
182	Gambia	0.6	+2.4%
183	Timor-Leste	0.5	-1.9%
184	Saint Lucia	0.5	+3.7%
185	Central African Republic	0.4	+1.5%
186	Guinea-Bissau	0.4	+9.2%
187	Burundi	0.4	+63.1%
188	American Samoa	0.4	0%
189	Solomon Islands	0.3	-8.8%
190	Samoa	0.3	+14.4%
191	Grenada	0.3	+6.9%
192	Western Sahara	0.3	+0.7%
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	+4.2%
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2	+3.2%
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	+3.1%
196	Dominica	0.2	+9.1%
197	Comoros	0.2	+8.8%
198	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+2.2%
199	Micronesia	0.2	+5.1%
200	Vanuatu	0.2	-6.7%
201	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.2	+4.7%
202	Tonga	0.1	+3%
203	Cook Islands	0.1	-7.5%
204	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	+1%
205	Nauru	0.1	+6.6%
206	Kiribati	0.1	+5.4%
207	Montserrat	0.1	+15.7%
208	Falkland Islands	0	+4.9%
209	Antarctica	0	-0.8%
210	Saint Helena	0	-9%
211	Niue	0	+9.8%
212	French Guiana	0	n/a
212	Guadeloupe	0	n/a
212	Martinique	0	n/a
212	Northern Mariana Islands	0	n/a
212	Réunion	0	n/a
212	Tuvalu	0	n/a

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About this ranking

Carbon dioxide emitted by burning coal, natural gas and petroleum products for energy in the year, in million metric tonnes, as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.

Excludes industrial processes such as cement, land use and other greenhouse gases, so it is lower than total greenhouse gas inventories.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: CO2 emissions from the consumption of energy, million metric tonnes (series INTL.4008-8-MMTCD.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption?

China, with 10,427.1 million tonnes of CO2 in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest CO2 emissions from energy consumption?

Tuvalu, with 0 million tonnes of CO2 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: CO2 emissions from the consumption of energy, million metric tonnes (series INTL.4008-8-MMTCD.A). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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