Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption

China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2018, at 10,601.9 million tonnes of CO2. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2. The median was 9.2 million tonnes of CO2. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest10,601.9China

Lowest0Tuvalu

Median9.2217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

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	2018 million tonnes of CO2	Change on 2017
1	China	10,601.9	+1.9%
2	United States	5,277.9	+2.9%
3	India	2,383.3	+6.3%
4	Russia	1,762.7	+3.8%
5	Japan	1,158.6	-2.2%
6	Germany	781.7	-2.9%
7	South Korea	702.6	+2.1%
8	Iran	642.7	+4.4%
9	Canada	615.5	+2.3%
10	Saudi Arabia	568	-2.8%
11	Indonesia	528.6	+9.6%
12	South Africa	456.4	-3.8%
13	Mexico	454	-3.7%
14	Brazil	453.4	-4.6%
15	United Kingdom	408.9	-1.5%
16	Australia	402.4	+1.6%
17	Türkiye	397.8	-1.2%
18	France	343.8	-3.4%
19	Italy	339.6	-0.7%
20	Poland	319.5	-1.3%
21	Thailand	303.8	+1.1%
22	Spain	293.8	-1.3%
23	Taiwan	283.2	+6%
24	Kazakhstan	269.9	+3.1%
25	United Arab Emirates	248.1	-6.2%
26	Malaysia	247.5	+8.7%
27	Singapore	244.1	+2.7%
28	Vietnam	243.6	+13.4%
29	Egypt	238.8	+1.7%
30	Netherlands	216.3	-2.7%
31	Ukraine	202.8	+2.4%
32	Argentina	192.5	-2.7%
33	Pakistan	189	-4.6%
34	Iraq	154.7	+10.2%
35	Algeria	146.7	+6.1%
36	Philippines	135.2	+4.3%
37	Belgium	132.6	+6.9%
38	Venezuela	124.5	-11.4%
39	Qatar	116.3	+2.9%
40	Nigeria	107.4	+8.2%
41	Czechia	104.3	-1.9%
42	Uzbekistan	101.6	+1.3%
43	Hong Kong	97.5	+0.1%
44	Turkmenistan	97.3	+0.1%
45	Kuwait	95.2	+4.8%
46	Chile	88.3	+2.5%
47	Bangladesh	87.6	+1.7%
48	Oman	75.9	+9.3%
49	Romania	73.7	-1.5%
50	Greece	73.7	-1.9%
51	Colombia	69.8	-0.3%
52	Israel	67.8	-1.5%
53	North Korea	64.9	-9.4%
54	Austria	63.8	-3.9%
55	Morocco	59	+2.2%
56	Belarus	56	+5.9%
57	Libya	55	-3.3%
58	Portugal	53.5	-6.1%
59	Peru	52.8	+3.4%
60	Hungary	49.5	+2%
61	Sweden	47	-7.2%
62	Serbia	46.9	-1.7%
63	Finland	44.2	+1.4%
64	Norway	43	-1.6%
65	Bulgaria	41.5	-5.9%
66	Trinidad and Tobago	40.5	-1%
67	Bahrain	39	+0.2%
68	New Zealand	39	-1.6%
69	Switzerland	38.8	-2.1%
70	Ecuador	37.3	+7.5%
71	Ireland	37	+4.2%
72	Denmark	36.2	+1.2%
73	Slovakia	34.5	+0.3%
74	Azerbaijan	33.3	-0.7%
75	Myanmar	31.8	+2.6%
76	Syria	31	+18.7%
77	Panama	27	+1.1%
78	Lebanon	25.5	-5.3%
79	Tunisia	25.3	+2.5%
80	Dominican Republic	25.3	+15.1%
81	Jordan	24.2	-5%
82	Laos	23.9	+2.6%
83	Sri Lanka	22.8	-3%
84	Cuba	22.5	+7.3%
85	Mongolia	20.9	+8.8%
86	Puerto Rico	20.2	-0.2%
87	Guatemala	19.7	+5.7%
88	Kenya	18.9	+2.1%
89	Bolivia	18.4	+1.5%
90	Sudan	18.4	-1.3%
91	Angola	18.2	-4.8%
92	Ghana	18	+17.2%
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.3	-6.3%
94	Croatia	17.1	-0.3%
95	Lithuania	14.3	+1.2%
96	Slovenia	14.2	+1.7%
97	Ethiopia	14.1	+7.3%
98	Gibraltar	13.8	-2.3%
99	Cambodia	11.9	+20.4%
100	Tanzania	11.5	+6.9%
101	Luxembourg	11.2	+4.6%
102	Côte d’Ivoire	10.8	-3.9%
103	Zimbabwe	10.3	+14.4%
104	Brunei	10.2	+4%
105	Honduras	10.1	+14.7%
106	Georgia	9.8	-0.4%
107	Senegal	9.6	+3.4%
108	Kyrgyzstan	9.5	+6.9%
109	Malta	9.2	+4.6%
110	Jamaica	8.3	+7.7%
111	Paraguay	8.3	+4.8%
112	Nepal	8.3	+12%
113	Yemen	8.3	-8.3%
114	Cyprus	8.2	+0.3%
115	Moldova	8	+6%
116	Costa Rica	7.9	+0.4%
117	Latvia	7.9	-0.9%
118	Mozambique	7.8	-27.5%
119	Benin	7.7	+10.8%
120	Uruguay	7.3	+5.4%
121	Zambia	7.1	+24.8%
122	El Salvador	7	+11.6%
123	Mauritius	6.9	+4.9%
124	Afghanistan	6.8	+20.9%
125	Tajikistan	6.7	+13.2%
126	North Macedonia	6.7	-5.6%
127	Cameroon	6.6	+2.4%
128	Papua New Guinea	6.3	+3.7%
129	Botswana	6.2	-1.2%
130	New Caledonia	6	+13.8%
131	Armenia	6	+3.7%
132	Uganda	5.9	+8.6%
133	Estonia	5.5	+0.6%
134	Equatorial Guinea	5.3	-10.1%
135	Mali	5.3	+6.3%
136	Nicaragua	5	-3%
137	Burkina Faso	4.4	+9.6%
138	Albania	4.2	-8.3%
139	Bahamas	4	+8.7%
140	Namibia	3.9	-0.4%
141	Mauritania	3.9	+3.8%
142	Iceland	3.9	+9.8%
143	Gabon	3.6	-14%
144	Haiti	3.5	+2.9%
145	Republic of the Congo	3.4	-8.6%
146	Madagascar	3.4	-8.3%
147	Palestine	3.3	0%
148	Guinea	3	-0.4%
149	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.6	+1%
150	Montenegro	2.5	+9.9%
151	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.4	0%
152	Niger	2.3	+6.8%
153	Guyana	2.3	+2.3%
154	Suriname	2.3	+0.2%
155	Togo	2.3	+25.3%
156	Maldives	2	+14.6%
157	Macao	2	-18.2%
158	Guam	1.8	0%
159	Barbados	1.7	+8.5%
160	Chad	1.7	+4.9%
161	Fiji	1.6	+2.6%
162	Malawi	1.5	+15%
163	Liberia	1.3	+13.6%
164	Rwanda	1.2	+10.4%
165	Aruba	1.2	-3.7%
166	Eswatini	1.2	+7.2%
167	Seychelles	1.2	-11.3%
168	French Polynesia	1	+2.9%
169	Cape Verde	1	+0.4%
170	Sierra Leone	1	-1%
171	Bhutan	1	+10.6%
172	Somalia	0.9	+0.4%
173	Faroe Islands	0.9	+3.2%
174	Bermuda	0.8	+2.8%
175	Eritrea	0.7	+13.4%
176	Antigua and Barbuda	0.7	+2.7%
177	Lesotho	0.7	-3.1%
178	Burundi	0.7	+30.5%
179	Djibouti	0.7	+5.4%
180	Cayman Islands	0.7	-7.1%
181	Greenland	0.6	+0.2%
182	Gambia	0.6	+0.7%
183	Belize	0.6	-14.6%
184	Timor-Leste	0.5	+1.4%
185	Saint Lucia	0.5	-8.5%
186	American Samoa	0.4	0%
187	Guinea-Bissau	0.3	+0.3%
188	Solomon Islands	0.3	+4.8%
189	Samoa	0.3	-2.6%
190	Grenada	0.3	-1.6%
191	Comoros	0.3	+8.8%
192	Central African Republic	0.3	+3.5%
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	+0.9%
194	Western Sahara	0.3	0%
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2	-9.2%
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	0%
197	Vanuatu	0.2	+29.8%
198	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+24.3%
199	Dominica	0.2	+4.8%
200	Micronesia	0.2	+0.8%
201	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.2	-1.6%
202	Tonga	0.2	-13.9%
203	Cook Islands	0.1	+0.4%
204	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	+0.1%
205	Nauru	0.1	+17.8%
206	Kiribati	0.1	+0.7%
207	Falkland Islands	0	+3.6%
208	Montserrat	0	+11.8%
209	Antarctica	0	0%
210	Saint Helena	0	-6.1%
211	Niue	0	+3.5%
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 10,601.9 million tonnes of CO2 in 2018, 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 2018.

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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