Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption

China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2020, at 11,205.8 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.

Highest11,205.8China

Lowest0Tuvalu

Median8.9217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

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	2020 million tonnes of CO2	Change on 2019
1	China	11,205.8	+0.4%
2	United States	4,574.3	-10.9%
3	India	2,344.3	-4.6%
4	Russia	1,657.2	-6.4%
5	Japan	1,052	-6%
6	Iran	679.6	+2%
7	Germany	630.7	-12.5%
8	South Korea	619.3	-5.3%
9	Saudi Arabia	601.5	-3.8%
10	Canada	547	-10.5%
11	Indonesia	536.1	-6.5%
12	South Africa	463.9	-3.8%
13	Mexico	423.1	-11.1%
14	Brazil	388.6	-4.2%
15	Australia	379.4	-7.8%
16	Türkiye	372	-5.2%
17	United Kingdom	335.2	-15.5%
18	Thailand	293.1	-6.9%
19	France	291.5	-15.3%
20	Italy	289.1	-13%
21	Vietnam	285.1	-2.6%
22	Poland	284.3	-6.5%
23	Taiwan	280.6	-1.6%
24	Kazakhstan	256.7	+1.3%
25	United Arab Emirates	254.5	-3.3%
26	Spain	230.6	-18.1%
27	Malaysia	229.6	-10.8%
28	Singapore	219.2	-5.4%
29	Egypt	213.1	+0.7%
30	Netherlands	198.2	-11.3%
31	Pakistan	185.9	+2.2%
32	Ukraine	174	-9%
33	Argentina	172	-13.5%
34	Iraq	144.8	-12.3%
35	Algeria	141.7	-6.1%
36	Philippines	126.8	-9.6%
37	Belgium	114.1	-11.2%
38	Qatar	108.5	-4.5%
39	Nigeria	103.2	-7.1%
40	Bangladesh	100.6	-1.2%
41	Uzbekistan	100.4	-0.2%
42	Turkmenistan	97.6	+0.6%
43	Czechia	88.7	-10.9%
44	Kuwait	84.1	-14.7%
45	Chile	79.5	-10.6%
46	Colombia	73.3	-14.1%
47	North Korea	68.2	-5.9%
48	Oman	67.6	-6.1%
49	Hong Kong	66.2	-27.6%
50	Romania	65.7	-8.9%
51	Venezuela	63	-31.8%
52	Israel	58.8	-8.5%
53	Morocco	58.1	-7%
54	Austria	57.8	-11.5%
55	Greece	56.3	-19.8%
56	Belarus	50.6	-5.1%
57	Sweden	48.3	-7.9%
58	Serbia	46.8	-1.3%
59	Hungary	46.7	-3.8%
60	Peru	42.7	-19.9%
61	Bahrain	42	-1.2%
62	Norway	41.7	-7%
63	Portugal	40.9	-18.8%
64	Libya	39.4	-20.1%
65	Finland	37.1	-12.1%
66	New Zealand	35.3	-12.5%
67	Bulgaria	35.2	-12.6%
68	Trinidad and Tobago	35.2	-10.3%
69	Azerbaijan	33.9	-3.5%
70	Myanmar	33.6	+3.5%
71	Switzerland	32.7	-15.4%
72	Ireland	32.3	-7%
73	Slovakia	30	-7.6%
74	Denmark	28.9	-16.4%
75	Ecuador	28.2	-19.4%
76	Lebanon	24.2	-5.4%
77	Tunisia	23.9	-7%
78	Syria	23.8	-7.6%
79	Dominican Republic	23.6	-19%
80	Cuba	21.8	-8.2%
81	Laos	21.2	-11.6%
82	Jordan	20.2	-12.6%
83	Guatemala	19.8	-3.4%
84	Panama	19.6	-34.6%
85	Sri Lanka	19.4	-14%
86	Ghana	19.2	+17.2%
87	Mongolia	18	+0.4%
88	Kenya	16.9	-6.7%
89	Sudan	16.8	-8.2%
90	Puerto Rico	16.3	-14.4%
91	Bolivia	16.1	-17.8%
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.1	+0.1%
93	Croatia	15.8	-9.2%
94	Angola	14.9	-25.5%
95	Yemen	14.7	-8.5%
96	Gibraltar	14.4	+1.3%
97	Lithuania	14.2	-2.3%
98	Cambodia	13.8	-0.3%
99	Ethiopia	13.8	-16.3%
100	Tanzania	12.6	-5.5%
101	Slovenia	12.5	-8%
102	Brunei	11.9	+14.9%
103	Côte d’Ivoire	11.2	-3.4%
104	Luxembourg	9.5	-15.7%
105	Georgia	9.5	-5.2%
106	Senegal	9.5	-8.3%
107	Afghanistan	9.4	-0.7%
108	Honduras	9.2	-9.5%
109	Malta	8.9	-6.8%
110	Nepal	8.7	+32.4%
111	Tajikistan	8.1	+7.4%
112	Moldova	7.8	-3.5%
113	Zimbabwe	7.6	-18.7%
114	Benin	7.6	+5.6%
115	Paraguay	7.4	-8.1%
116	Kyrgyzstan	7.2	-13.4%
117	Mozambique	7.2	-10.9%
118	Latvia	7.2	-15.2%
119	Cameroon	7	+2.3%
120	Zambia	6.9	+9.2%
121	North Macedonia	6.9	-9.1%
122	Armenia	6.6	+6.9%
123	Uruguay	6.6	-8%
124	Papua New Guinea	6.6	-6.6%
125	Costa Rica	6.5	-18.5%
126	Jamaica	6.5	-34%
127	El Salvador	6.4	-21.1%
128	Mali	6.1	+9.1%
129	Cyprus	6.1	-15.3%
130	Equatorial Guinea	5.6	+12.2%
131	Uganda	5.5	-6%
132	Botswana	5.4	-8.4%
133	Mauritius	5.4	-14.3%
134	New Caledonia	5.2	-7%
135	Estonia	4.9	-0.9%
136	Guinea	4.6	+13.1%
137	Burkina Faso	4.5	-1.9%
138	Nicaragua	4.3	-12.3%
139	Mauritania	4.3	+4.3%
140	Republic of the Congo	4.1	+11.6%
141	Namibia	3.6	-6.2%
142	Palestine	3.4	+2%
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.4	+26.8%
144	Haiti	3.3	+3.7%
145	Albania	3.3	-17%
146	Gabon	3	-5.8%
147	Niger	2.8	+0.5%
148	Guyana	2.7	-1.5%
149	Madagascar	2.6	-27.8%
150	Bahamas	2.6	-16.5%
151	Iceland	2.5	-23.9%
152	Guam	2.5	-14%
153	Montenegro	2.4	-4.5%
154	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.3	-6.6%
155	Togo	2.2	+5.2%
156	Suriname	2	-7.8%
157	Chad	1.8	+5.2%
158	Macao	1.7	-9.5%
159	Malawi	1.5	-2.5%
160	Fiji	1.4	-27.9%
161	Barbados	1.4	-18.9%
162	Somalia	1.4	+8.6%
163	Eswatini	1.3	+0.9%
164	Maldives	1.2	-18.7%
165	Sierra Leone	1.2	+5.3%
166	Rwanda	1.2	+2.2%
167	Aruba	1.1	-2.2%
168	Seychelles	0.9	-6.6%
169	Faroe Islands	0.9	+6.2%
170	French Polynesia	0.9	-6.9%
171	Burundi	0.7	+9.3%
172	Bhutan	0.7	-20.9%
173	Antigua and Barbuda	0.7	-3.5%
174	Cayman Islands	0.7	-15.3%
175	Lesotho	0.7	-11.9%
176	Liberia	0.6	-23.2%
177	Cape Verde	0.6	-25.6%
178	Timor-Leste	0.6	-2.7%
179	Belize	0.6	-21.2%
180	Eritrea	0.6	-2.3%
181	Djibouti	0.6	-12.9%
182	Saint Lucia	0.6	-4.8%
183	Greenland	0.5	-5.9%
184	Bermuda	0.5	-25.5%
185	American Samoa	0.5	-2.6%
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.4	-1.5%
187	Gambia	0.4	-15.5%
188	Central African Republic	0.4	+3.8%
189	Guinea-Bissau	0.3	+19.5%
190	Grenada	0.3	-13.9%
191	Solomon Islands	0.3	-1.9%
192	Samoa	0.3	-16%
193	Comoros	0.3	+18.6%
194	Vanuatu	0.3	+17.1%
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	-7%
196	Western Sahara	0.3	-4.6%
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2	+7%
198	Tonga	0.2	-9.1%
199	British Virgin Islands	0.2	-2.1%
200	Micronesia	0.2	-0.7%
201	Dominica	0.2	-8.3%
202	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.2	-3.9%
203	Cook Islands	0.1	-31.9%
204	Nauru	0.1	-3.8%
205	Kiribati	0.1	-2.6%
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	-7%
207	Falkland Islands	0	+7.9%
208	Montserrat	0	-4%
209	Antarctica	0	-14.3%
210	Saint Helena	0	-26.7%
211	Niue	0	0%
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 11,205.8 million tonnes of CO2 in 2020, 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 2020.

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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