Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption

China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2022, at 11,486.2 million tonnes of CO2. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2. The median was 10.1 million tonnes of CO2. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest11,486.2China

Lowest0Tuvalu

Median10.1217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

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	2022 million tonnes of CO2	Change on 2021
1	China	11,486.2	-0.8%
2	United States	4,937.8	+0.9%
3	India	2,599.6	+8.3%
4	Russia	1,883.6	+1.1%
5	Japan	1,014.9	-2.5%
6	Indonesia	771.6	+31.5%
7	Iran	743	+4%
8	Germany	674	+0.7%
9	Saudi Arabia	652.5	+5.2%
10	South Korea	632.5	-1.8%
11	Canada	579.7	+3.2%
12	Mexico	460.2	+7%
13	South Africa	443.3	+2.6%
14	Brazil	436.3	-0.6%
15	Australia	403.1	+4.2%
16	Türkiye	392.2	-3%
17	United Kingdom	352.4	+0.3%
18	Italy	324	+1.5%
19	France	317.2	-0.6%
20	Thailand	297.8	+3.4%
21	Poland	290.9	-2.2%
22	Taiwan	288.6	-0.8%
23	Vietnam	283.3	+3.5%
24	Kazakhstan	267.9	+11.4%
25	Spain	266.4	+6.7%
26	United Arab Emirates	264	+0.6%
27	Malaysia	246.2	+4.8%
28	Egypt	242.7	+1.7%
29	Singapore	219.9	+0.2%
30	Argentina	199.2	+1.3%
31	Pakistan	197.5	-0.6%
32	Iraq	191.4	+21.4%
33	Netherlands	182.3	-11.4%
34	Algeria	158.6	+4.2%
35	Philippines	141	+4.4%
36	Bangladesh	118.8	+3.8%
37	Belgium	116.8	-4.8%
38	Uzbekistan	115.4	+6.6%
39	Nigeria	114.3	+1.8%
40	Qatar	113.8	+0.4%
41	Ukraine	112.4	-36%
42	Turkmenistan	99.2	+1.9%
43	Kuwait	98.1	+6.3%
44	Czechia	91.9	-1.7%
45	Colombia	85.8	+1.3%
46	Chile	81.3	-7.1%
47	Oman	80.6	+10.4%
48	Venezuela	80.4	+15%
49	Morocco	68.5	+2%
50	Israel	67.1	+7.9%
51	Romania	66.1	-7%
52	Greece	62	+4.9%
53	Austria	58.2	-4.3%
54	Peru	57.6	+10%
55	Hong Kong	57.4	-9.8%
56	North Korea	54.9	-2%
57	Belarus	49.9	-2.5%
58	Libya	48.2	+2.5%
59	Sweden	46.4	-5.2%
60	Hungary	45	-5.5%
61	Bulgaria	44.3	+9%
62	Serbia	44.2	-6.1%
63	Bahrain	43.7	-0.9%
64	Portugal	42.7	+5.8%
65	Norway	41.3	-0%
66	Azerbaijan	40.8	+7.5%
67	Ecuador	39.1	+10.8%
68	Finland	36.5	-2.7%
69	Ireland	36.2	+6.2%
70	Trinidad and Tobago	35	-0.5%
71	Switzerland	33.3	-3.3%
72	New Zealand	32.5	-6.2%
73	Denmark	30.8	-0.4%
74	Dominican Republic	30.4	+10%
75	Slovakia	30.2	-8.8%
76	Myanmar	27.6	-11.7%
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26.4	+46.5%
78	Tunisia	25.5	-0.8%
79	Syria	24	-6.4%
80	Jordan	23.6	+10.6%
81	Panama	23.4	+10.9%
82	Cuba	22	+1.1%
83	Bolivia	21.3	+9.5%
84	Ghana	20.5	-3.1%
85	Laos	20.3	-8.1%
86	Guatemala	19.9	-10.6%
87	Angola	19.7	+14%
88	Sudan	18.9	+9.4%
89	Kenya	18.5	+0.6%
90	Sri Lanka	17.9	-19%
91	Puerto Rico	17.2	-6.6%
92	Tanzania	16.7	+14.4%
93	Ethiopia	16.6	+4.1%
94	Croatia	16.4	+0.4%
95	Côte d’Ivoire	16.4	+19.6%
96	Lebanon	15.8	-20.7%
97	Gibraltar	15.6	+10.9%
98	Yemen	15.2	+5.2%
99	Mongolia	14.5	-16.7%
100	Zimbabwe	14.2	+78.8%
101	Cambodia	13.5	-7.8%
102	Lithuania	13	-8.6%
103	Slovenia	12	-5%
104	Georgia	11.7	+13.1%
105	Senegal	11.3	+2.8%
106	Honduras	11.2	+7.1%
107	Brunei	10.9	-3.2%
108	Nepal	10.5	+18.3%
109	Kyrgyzstan	10.1	+38.1%
110	Mozambique	9.6	+8.4%
111	Afghanistan	9.3	-6.4%
112	Luxembourg	9.1	-11%
113	Malta	9	+8.1%
114	Tajikistan	8.7	+4.5%
115	El Salvador	8.5	+11.5%
116	Costa Rica	8	+5.4%
117	Papua New Guinea	7.9	+22.2%
118	Uruguay	7.8	-3%
119	Botswana	7.8	+31.1%
120	Paraguay	7.7	-8.5%
121	Moldova	7.6	-12.2%
122	Jamaica	7.6	+5.4%
123	North Macedonia	7.5	+6.8%
124	Armenia	7.3	+3%
125	Cyprus	6.8	+8.8%
126	Equatorial Guinea	6.8	+5.6%
127	Cameroon	6.8	+1.9%
128	Zambia	6.7	-7.3%
129	Mali	6.7	-7.4%
130	Latvia	6.5	-14%
131	Uganda	6.2	+2.7%
132	Benin	5.5	-0.6%
133	Mauritius	5.3	-2.7%
134	Burkina Faso	5.1	-0.5%
135	Nicaragua	5	+3.3%
136	Estonia	4.9	-2.6%
137	New Caledonia	4.8	+5.4%
138	Palestine	4.8	+28.9%
139	Mauritania	4.7	+15.5%
140	Republic of the Congo	4.4	+7.3%
141	Guinea	4.4	+1.6%
142	Albania	4.3	+7.3%
143	Madagascar	3.9	+6%
144	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.8	+2.5%
145	Guyana	3.4	+21.4%
146	Iceland	3.4	+20.3%
147	Namibia	3.4	-8.5%
148	Gabon	3.3	+9.8%
149	Niger	3.2	+25.8%
150	Bahamas	3	-7.5%
151	Haiti	2.9	-18.2%
152	Montenegro	2.6	+5.9%
153	Suriname	2.5	+6.6%
154	Togo	2.5	-4.2%
155	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.3	-3.8%
156	Guam	2.2	-28.5%
157	Chad	2	+0.2%
158	Maldives	1.8	+14.4%
159	Fiji	1.7	+39.6%
160	Somalia	1.5	+9.4%
161	Malawi	1.5	+3.2%
162	Sierra Leone	1.5	-2%
163	Macao	1.5	+6%
164	Rwanda	1.4	+6.2%
165	Barbados	1.4	+8.3%
166	French Polynesia	1.3	+39.7%
167	Bhutan	1.2	+49.1%
168	Aruba	1.2	+2.3%
169	Eswatini	1.2	-13%
170	Lesotho	0.9	+29.9%
171	Burundi	0.9	+14.9%
172	Seychelles	0.9	+5.5%
173	Faroe Islands	0.8	-8.3%
174	Cayman Islands	0.7	+10.7%
175	Antigua and Barbuda	0.7	+0.2%
176	Liberia	0.7	+17.6%
177	Cape Verde	0.7	+1%
178	Eritrea	0.7	+8.8%
179	Belize	0.7	+3%
180	Timor-Leste	0.6	+6.3%
181	Djibouti	0.6	-6.4%
182	Saint Lucia	0.6	+1.8%
183	Bermuda	0.6	+1.9%
184	Greenland	0.5	+5.3%
185	Gambia	0.5	+2.8%
186	American Samoa	0.5	+0.9%
187	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.5	-0.7%
188	Comoros	0.4	+6.9%
189	Central African Republic	0.4	+2.8%
190	Guinea-Bissau	0.4	+1.3%
191	Grenada	0.4	+2.6%
192	Solomon Islands	0.3	-3.6%
193	Samoa	0.3	+2.8%
194	Vanuatu	0.3	0%
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	+8.3%
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.3	+3.3%
196	Western Sahara	0.3	-5.3%
198	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+1.1%
199	Tonga	0.2	-4.6%
200	Dominica	0.2	+1.8%
201	Micronesia	0.2	+2.5%
202	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.1	-11.8%
203	Cook Islands	0.1	+22.2%
204	Nauru	0.1	+2.5%
205	Kiribati	0.1	+2.7%
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.1	-6.8%
207	Falkland Islands	0	0%
208	Montserrat	0	+16.7%
209	Antarctica	0	0%
210	Saint Helena	0	+22.2%
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 11,486.2 million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, 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 2022.

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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