Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption

China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2021, at 11,583.5 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.

Highest11,583.5China

Lowest0Tuvalu

Median8.9217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2021

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	2021 million tonnes of CO2	Change on 2020
1	China	11,583.5	+3.4%
2	United States	4,893.9	+7%
3	India	2,400.4	+2.4%
4	Russia	1,863.7	+12.5%
5	Japan	1,041.2	-1%
6	Iran	714.6	+5.1%
7	Germany	669.4	+6.1%
8	South Korea	644	+4%
9	Saudi Arabia	620.3	+3.1%
10	Indonesia	586.9	+9.5%
11	Canada	561.6	+2.7%
12	Brazil	439	+13%
13	South Africa	431.9	-6.9%
14	Mexico	430.1	+1.7%
15	Türkiye	404.2	+8.6%
16	Australia	386.8	+1.9%
17	United Kingdom	351.5	+4.9%
18	Italy	319.3	+10.4%
19	France	319.2	+9.5%
20	Poland	297.5	+4.7%
21	Taiwan	291	+3.7%
22	Thailand	288	-1.8%
23	Vietnam	273.7	-4%
24	United Arab Emirates	262.5	+3.2%
25	Spain	249.6	+8.3%
26	Kazakhstan	240.6	-6.3%
27	Egypt	238.6	+11.9%
28	Malaysia	234.9	+2.3%
29	Singapore	219.3	0%
30	Netherlands	205.6	+3.8%
31	Pakistan	198.7	+6.9%
32	Argentina	196.7	+14.3%
33	Ukraine	175.7	+0.9%
34	Iraq	157.6	+8.9%
35	Algeria	152.2	+7.4%
36	Philippines	135	+6.4%
37	Belgium	122.6	+7.5%
38	Bangladesh	114.4	+13.7%
39	Qatar	113.4	+4.6%
40	Nigeria	112.3	+8.8%
41	Uzbekistan	108.2	+7.8%
42	Turkmenistan	97.4	-0.2%
43	Czechia	93.4	+5.3%
44	Kuwait	92.3	+9.8%
45	Chile	87.5	+10.1%
46	Colombia	84.7	+15.5%
47	Oman	73	+8%
48	Romania	71.1	+8.2%
49	Venezuela	69.9	+11.1%
50	Morocco	67.1	+15.5%
51	Hong Kong	63.7	-3.8%
52	Israel	62.2	+5.7%
53	Austria	60.8	+5.1%
54	Greece	59.1	+5%
55	North Korea	56.1	-17.8%
56	Peru	52.4	+22.8%
57	Belarus	51.2	+1.1%
58	Sweden	49	+1.5%
59	Hungary	47.6	+1.9%
60	Serbia	47.1	+0.5%
61	Libya	47	+19.5%
62	Bahrain	44.1	+4.9%
63	Norway	41.3	-1%
64	Bulgaria	40.7	+15.6%
65	Portugal	40.3	-1.4%
66	Azerbaijan	38	+11.9%
67	Finland	37.5	+1%
68	Ecuador	35.3	+25%
69	Trinidad and Tobago	35.2	+0.2%
70	New Zealand	34.7	-1.7%
71	Switzerland	34.5	+5.4%
72	Ireland	34.1	+5.5%
73	Slovakia	33.2	+10.5%
74	Myanmar	31.3	-6.9%
75	Denmark	30.9	+6.9%
76	Dominican Republic	27.6	+17.2%
77	Tunisia	25.7	+7.6%
78	Syria	25.6	+7.7%
79	Guatemala	22.3	+12.9%
80	Laos	22.1	+4.3%
81	Sri Lanka	22.1	+14%
82	Cuba	21.7	-0.4%
83	Jordan	21.3	+5.6%
84	Ghana	21.2	+10.3%
85	Panama	21.1	+8.1%
86	Lebanon	19.9	-17.9%
87	Bolivia	19.4	+20.7%
88	Puerto Rico	18.5	+13.4%
89	Kenya	18.4	+8.8%
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18	+12.1%
91	Mongolia	17.4	-3.4%
92	Sudan	17.3	+2.9%
93	Angola	17.2	+15.9%
94	Croatia	16.3	+3.2%
95	Ethiopia	15.9	+15.4%
96	Cambodia	14.6	+5.5%
97	Tanzania	14.6	+15.8%
98	Yemen	14.4	-1.9%
99	Lithuania	14.2	+0.3%
100	Gibraltar	14	-2.2%
101	Côte d’Ivoire	13.7	+21.7%
102	Slovenia	12.6	+1.2%
103	Brunei	11.3	-4.8%
104	Senegal	11	+15.2%
105	Honduras	10.5	+13.7%
106	Georgia	10.3	+8.1%
107	Luxembourg	10.2	+6.8%
108	Afghanistan	9.9	+6.1%
109	Nepal	8.9	+2.1%
110	Mozambique	8.8	+22.7%
111	Moldova	8.7	+10.3%
112	Paraguay	8.4	+13.6%
113	Malta	8.3	-6.2%
114	Tajikistan	8.3	+2.2%
115	Uruguay	8	+21%
116	Zimbabwe	7.9	+4.5%
117	El Salvador	7.6	+18.5%
118	Costa Rica	7.6	+15.9%
119	Latvia	7.6	+5.4%
120	Kyrgyzstan	7.3	+1.5%
121	Zambia	7.2	+4.3%
122	Mali	7.2	+18.4%
123	Jamaica	7.2	+10.8%
124	Armenia	7.1	+7.1%
125	North Macedonia	7	+0.7%
126	Cameroon	6.6	-5.2%
127	Equatorial Guinea	6.4	+15.1%
128	Papua New Guinea	6.4	-1.9%
129	Cyprus	6.3	+3%
130	Uganda	6	+9.7%
131	Botswana	5.9	+8.6%
132	Benin	5.6	-26.2%
133	Mauritius	5.4	-0.2%
134	Burkina Faso	5.1	+15.1%
135	Estonia	5	+2.3%
136	Nicaragua	4.8	+10.8%
137	New Caledonia	4.6	-13.1%
138	Guinea	4.3	-5.7%
139	Republic of the Congo	4.1	+2%
140	Mauritania	4.1	-4.9%
141	Albania	4	+20.9%
142	Madagascar	3.7	+41.2%
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.7	+10%
144	Palestine	3.7	+9.5%
145	Namibia	3.7	+1.8%
146	Haiti	3.6	+7.7%
147	Bahamas	3.3	+27%
148	Guam	3	+20.1%
149	Gabon	3	-1%
150	Guyana	2.8	+4.6%
151	Iceland	2.8	+11.2%
152	Togo	2.6	+15.5%
153	Niger	2.5	-10.3%
154	Montenegro	2.5	+2.8%
155	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.4	+5.4%
156	Suriname	2.4	+16.9%
157	Chad	2	+11.5%
158	Maldives	1.6	+27.5%
159	Sierra Leone	1.5	+24.7%
160	Malawi	1.5	-0.9%
161	Macao	1.4	-15.1%
162	Somalia	1.4	+2.3%
163	Rwanda	1.4	+15.4%
164	Eswatini	1.3	-0.2%
165	Barbados	1.3	-4.7%
166	Fiji	1.2	-13.7%
167	Aruba	1.2	+6.1%
168	French Polynesia	0.9	+5.1%
169	Faroe Islands	0.9	+3.4%
170	Seychelles	0.8	-5.8%
171	Bhutan	0.8	+7.7%
172	Burundi	0.8	+1.9%
173	Antigua and Barbuda	0.7	+4.1%
174	Lesotho	0.7	+10.1%
175	Cape Verde	0.7	+11.2%
176	Djibouti	0.7	+14.8%
177	Cayman Islands	0.7	-2%
178	Belize	0.6	+5.1%
179	Eritrea	0.6	+5.8%
180	Liberia	0.6	-6%
181	Timor-Leste	0.6	-1.9%
182	Saint Lucia	0.6	+4%
183	Bermuda	0.6	+17.8%
184	Greenland	0.5	-2.7%
185	Gambia	0.5	+14.9%
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.5	+2%
187	American Samoa	0.5	+0.2%
188	Comoros	0.4	+50.9%
189	Central African Republic	0.4	+9.5%
190	Guinea-Bissau	0.4	+8%
191	Grenada	0.3	+7.5%
192	Solomon Islands	0.3	-1%
193	Samoa	0.3	-1%
194	Vanuatu	0.3	+5.8%
195	Western Sahara	0.3	+5.6%
196	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	-0.8%
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.2	0%
198	Tonga	0.2	-0.7%
199	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+2.2%
200	Dominica	0.2	+1.2%
201	Micronesia	0.2	-1.8%
202	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.2	+3.2%
203	Cook Islands	0.1	+5.2%
204	Nauru	0.1	+3.9%
205	Kiribati	0.1	0%
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	-10.6%
207	Falkland Islands	0	-2.1%
208	Montserrat	0	0%
209	Antarctica	0	0%
210	Saint Helena	0	-18.2%
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 11,583.5 million tonnes of CO2 in 2021, 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 2021.

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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