Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption
China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2017, at 10,408.1 million tonnes of CO2. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2. The median was 8.9 million tonnes of CO2. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Top 40 countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 10,408.1 | +1.4% |
| 2 | United States | 5,131.5 | -0.7% |
| 3 | India | 2,243.1 | +1.4% |
| 4 | Russia | 1,698.4 | +1.3% |
| 5 | Japan | 1,184.8 | -1.6% |
| 6 | Germany | 805.1 | +2% |
| 7 | South Korea | 687.9 | +0.7% |
| 8 | Iran | 615.8 | +4.3% |
| 9 | Canada | 601.6 | +4.8% |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 584.2 | -0.9% |
| 11 | Indonesia | 482.1 | +3.6% |
| 12 | Brazil | 475.5 | +1.9% |
| 13 | South Africa | 474.4 | +0.7% |
| 14 | Mexico | 471.5 | +1% |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 415.3 | -3% |
| 16 | Türkiye | 402.7 | +8% |
| 17 | Australia | 396 | +0.5% |
| 18 | France | 356 | +1.7% |
| 19 | Italy | 342 | -0.5% |
| 20 | Poland | 323.6 | +4.3% |
| 21 | Thailand | 300.6 | +2.2% |
| 22 | Spain | 297.5 | +4.3% |
| 23 | Taiwan | 267.1 | -5% |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 264.4 | -7.7% |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 261.9 | -1.9% |
| 26 | Singapore | 237.7 | +2.4% |
| 27 | Egypt | 234.8 | +3.9% |
| 28 | Malaysia | 227.6 | +4.7% |
| 29 | Netherlands | 222.4 | -1.3% |
| 30 | Vietnam | 214.8 | -0% |
| 31 | Pakistan | 198.1 | +8.5% |
| 32 | Ukraine | 198 | -5.9% |
| 33 | Argentina | 197.8 | -8.6% |
| 34 | Venezuela | 140.4 | -2.2% |
| 35 | Iraq | 140.4 | +14.9% |
| 36 | Algeria | 138.2 | +0.8% |
| 37 | Philippines | 129.6 | +20.6% |
| 38 | Belgium | 124.1 | +2.3% |
| 39 | Qatar | 113 | +8.8% |
| 40 | Czechia | 106.3 | +1.2% |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 100.2 | +3.3% |
| 42 | Nigeria | 99.3 | -2.7% |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 97.4 | +2% |
| 44 | Turkmenistan | 97.2 | -1.1% |
| 45 | Kuwait | 90.8 | -6.3% |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 86.1 | +4% |
| 47 | Chile | 86.1 | +2.8% |
| 48 | Greece | 75.1 | +7.1% |
| 49 | Romania | 74.8 | +8.7% |
| 50 | North Korea | 71.6 | +104.6% |
| 51 | Colombia | 70.1 | -10.2% |
| 52 | Oman | 69.5 | +5.1% |
| 53 | Israel | 68.8 | +0.9% |
| 54 | Austria | 66.3 | +4.1% |
| 55 | Morocco | 57.7 | +5.2% |
| 56 | Portugal | 57 | +8.9% |
| 57 | Libya | 56.9 | +47.3% |
| 58 | Belarus | 52.9 | 0% |
| 59 | Peru | 51.1 | -4.1% |
| 60 | Sweden | 50.6 | +0.5% |
| 61 | Hungary | 48.5 | +5% |
| 62 | Serbia | 47.7 | +2.6% |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 44.1 | +5.7% |
| 64 | Norway | 43.8 | +4.2% |
| 65 | Finland | 43.6 | -3.7% |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.9 | -16.5% |
| 67 | Switzerland | 39.6 | -1.5% |
| 68 | New Zealand | 39.6 | +3.3% |
| 69 | Bahrain | 38.9 | -0.6% |
| 70 | Denmark | 35.8 | -6.5% |
| 71 | Ireland | 35.5 | -1.2% |
| 72 | Ecuador | 34.7 | -5.7% |
| 73 | Slovakia | 34.4 | +4.3% |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 33.5 | -0.8% |
| 75 | Myanmar | 31 | +36% |
| 76 | Lebanon | 26.9 | +6.1% |
| 77 | Panama | 26.7 | +8.6% |
| 78 | Syria | 26.1 | +1.4% |
| 79 | Jordan | 25.5 | +5.1% |
| 80 | Tunisia | 24.7 | +8.2% |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 23.5 | +1.1% |
| 82 | Laos | 23.3 | +23.6% |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 22 | -7.6% |
| 84 | Cuba | 21 | -9.5% |
| 85 | Puerto Rico | 20.2 | -2.3% |
| 86 | Mongolia | 19.2 | +8.4% |
| 87 | Angola | 19.2 | -12.1% |
| 88 | Guatemala | 18.6 | +9.2% |
| 89 | Sudan | 18.6 | +0.4% |
| 90 | Kenya | 18.5 | -1.1% |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.4 | +5.1% |
| 92 | Bolivia | 18.1 | +4.9% |
| 93 | Croatia | 17.2 | +4.9% |
| 94 | Ghana | 15.4 | -3.7% |
| 95 | Gibraltar | 14.2 | +10.9% |
| 96 | Lithuania | 14.1 | +4.2% |
| 97 | Slovenia | 14 | +1.9% |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 13.1 | -0.7% |
| 99 | Côte d’Ivoire | 11.2 | -0.2% |
| 100 | Mozambique | 10.7 | +8.4% |
| 101 | Tanzania | 10.7 | -6.5% |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 10.7 | +4.5% |
| 103 | Georgia | 9.9 | -2.2% |
| 104 | Cambodia | 9.9 | +6.3% |
| 105 | Brunei | 9.8 | +0.9% |
| 106 | Senegal | 9.2 | +6% |
| 107 | Yemen | 9 | -6.6% |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 9 | -13.6% |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.9 | -5.1% |
| 110 | Malta | 8.8 | +17.2% |
| 111 | Honduras | 8.8 | -0.2% |
| 112 | Cyprus | 8.2 | +3.1% |
| 113 | Paraguay | 8 | +3.9% |
| 114 | Latvia | 7.9 | -2.4% |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 7.9 | +2.2% |
| 116 | Jamaica | 7.7 | -13.1% |
| 117 | Moldova | 7.5 | +0.2% |
| 118 | Nepal | 7.4 | +16% |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 7.1 | +5.9% |
| 120 | Benin | 7 | +7.4% |
| 121 | Uruguay | 6.9 | -12.4% |
| 122 | Mauritius | 6.6 | +10.2% |
| 123 | Cameroon | 6.5 | -6.3% |
| 124 | El Salvador | 6.3 | -8.9% |
| 125 | Botswana | 6.3 | -7.7% |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 6.1 | -0.9% |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 5.9 | +7.8% |
| 128 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.9 | +11.1% |
| 129 | Armenia | 5.8 | +7% |
| 130 | Zambia | 5.7 | +34.5% |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 5.6 | -3.2% |
| 132 | Estonia | 5.5 | +2.7% |
| 133 | Uganda | 5.4 | +11.1% |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 5.3 | -5.2% |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 5.2 | -1.3% |
| 136 | Mali | 4.9 | +10.6% |
| 137 | Albania | 4.5 | +10.1% |
| 138 | Gabon | 4.2 | +3.5% |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 4 | +17% |
| 140 | Namibia | 3.9 | -0.7% |
| 141 | Mauritania | 3.7 | +50.7% |
| 142 | Republic of the Congo | 3.7 | -27.8% |
| 143 | Madagascar | 3.7 | -6.2% |
| 144 | Bahamas | 3.7 | +19.1% |
| 145 | Iceland | 3.5 | +6.6% |
| 146 | Haiti | 3.4 | +0.1% |
| 147 | Palestine | 3.3 | -0.7% |
| 148 | Guinea | 3 | -2.9% |
| 149 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.6 | +8.9% |
| 150 | Macao | 2.5 | +22% |
| 151 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2.4 | 0% |
| 152 | Suriname | 2.3 | +12.6% |
| 153 | Montenegro | 2.3 | +5% |
| 154 | Guyana | 2.3 | -3.4% |
| 155 | Niger | 2.2 | -7% |
| 156 | Guam | 1.8 | +13.2% |
| 157 | Togo | 1.8 | -7.7% |
| 158 | Maldives | 1.8 | +4.1% |
| 159 | Chad | 1.6 | +7.1% |
| 160 | Fiji | 1.6 | +11% |
| 161 | Barbados | 1.6 | -8.4% |
| 162 | Malawi | 1.3 | +9.7% |
| 163 | Seychelles | 1.3 | +2.6% |
| 164 | Aruba | 1.3 | +4.2% |
| 165 | Liberia | 1.2 | -14.1% |
| 166 | Eswatini | 1.1 | +5.6% |
| 167 | Rwanda | 1.1 | +5.7% |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 1 | -2.2% |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 1 | +4.8% |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 1 | -2.1% |
| 171 | Somalia | 0.9 | -1.8% |
| 172 | Bhutan | 0.9 | +18.3% |
| 173 | Faroe Islands | 0.8 | +12.9% |
| 174 | Bermuda | 0.8 | -4.7% |
| 175 | Lesotho | 0.7 | +7.7% |
| 176 | Cayman Islands | 0.7 | +14.5% |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7 | -6.1% |
| 178 | Belize | 0.7 | +14.4% |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.7 | +3.8% |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.6 | -13.8% |
| 181 | Greenland | 0.6 | -1.6% |
| 182 | Gambia | 0.6 | -0.4% |
| 183 | Timor-Leste | 0.5 | +2% |
| 184 | Burundi | 0.5 | +20.8% |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 0.5 | +7.8% |
| 186 | American Samoa | 0.4 | -0% |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 | -19.9% |
| 188 | Samoa | 0.3 | +0.8% |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 0.3 | +1.4% |
| 190 | Grenada | 0.3 | +8.1% |
| 191 | Comoros | 0.3 | +27.2% |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.3 | +5% |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3 | +0.2% |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3 | +13.7% |
| 195 | Western Sahara | 0.3 | -2.5% |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2 | +7.8% |
| 197 | Vanuatu | 0.2 | +12.3% |
| 198 | Micronesia | 0.2 | +0.8% |
| 199 | Dominica | 0.2 | -5.9% |
| 200 | Tonga | 0.2 | +20.9% |
| 201 | British Virgin Islands | 0.2 | -6.5% |
| 202 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.2 | +1.1% |
| 203 | Cook Islands | 0.1 | +6.4% |
| 204 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.1 | -2.2% |
| 205 | Kiribati | 0.1 | +13.1% |
| 206 | Nauru | 0.1 | -20.7% |
| 207 | Falkland Islands | 0 | -4.2% |
| 208 | Montserrat | 0 | -11.3% |
| 209 | Antarctica | 0 | -3.1% |
| 210 | Saint Helena | 0 | +6.5% |
| 211 | Niue | 0 | -4.2% |
| 212 | French Guiana | 0 | |
| 212 | Guadeloupe | 0 | |
| 212 | Martinique | 0 | |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | |
| 212 | Réunion | 0 | |
| 212 | Tuvalu | 0 |
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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.
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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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption?
China, with 10,408.1 million tonnes of CO2 in 2017, 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 2017.
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.