Countries by fluorinated gas emissions
China had the highest fluorinated gas emissions of 145 countries in 2023, at 688.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Grenada had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The median was 1.21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Map of countries, 2023
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- 3 to 8
- 8 and over
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Top 40 countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Provisional | 688.68 | +5% |
| 2 | United States Provisional | 188.16 | +4.3% |
| 3 | India Provisional | 80.98 | +11% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia Provisional | 59.04 | +7.2% |
| 5 | Russia Provisional | 38.19 | +7.7% |
| 6 | Thailand Provisional | 36.75 | +7.2% |
| 7 | South Korea Provisional | 23.18 | +5.8% |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates Provisional | 22.81 | +6.9% |
| 9 | Iran Provisional | 18.93 | +6.3% |
| 10 | Egypt Provisional | 16.96 | +6.8% |
| 11 | Indonesia Provisional | 16.79 | +7% |
| 12 | Kuwait Provisional | 16.43 | +7.3% |
| 13 | South Africa Provisional | 16.32 | +6.7% |
| 14 | Japan Provisional | 15.05 | -5.5% |
| 15 | Nigeria Provisional | 13.59 | +7.3% |
| 16 | Australia Provisional | 11.95 | +3.8% |
| 17 | Canada Provisional | 11.57 | -1.5% |
| 18 | Pakistan Provisional | 10.85 | +6.8% |
| 19 | Brazil Provisional | 10.19 | +7.1% |
| 20 | France Provisional | 10.08 | -8.8% |
| 21 | Vietnam Provisional | 10.08 | +8.5% |
| 22 | Türkiye Provisional | 9.91 | -4.7% |
| 23 | Germany Provisional | 8.93 | -5.2% |
| 24 | Venezuela Provisional | 8.43 | +7% |
| 25 | Italy Provisional | 8.41 | -8.2% |
| 26 | Singapore Provisional | 8.4 | +12.2% |
| 27 | United Kingdom Provisional | 7.43 | -6.3% |
| 28 | Argentina Provisional | 7.05 | +6.6% |
| 29 | Philippines Provisional | 6.74 | +7% |
| 30 | Chile Provisional | 6.33 | +11.3% |
| 31 | Yemen Provisional | 5.91 | +7.5% |
| 32 | Syria Provisional | 5.04 | +7.5% |
| 33 | Libya Provisional | 5 | +7% |
| 34 | Colombia Provisional | 4.82 | +9% |
| 35 | Greece Provisional | 4.4 | -2.1% |
| 36 | Iraq Provisional | 4.23 | +7.3% |
| 37 | Poland Provisional | 4.02 | -8.8% |
| 38 | Spain Provisional | 4.02 | -11.3% |
| 39 | Czechia Provisional | 3.71 | -1% |
| 40 | Taiwan Provisional | 3.67 | -1.5% |
| 41 | Zimbabwe Provisional | 3.51 | 0% |
| 42 | Cameroon Provisional | 3.49 | +7.2% |
| 43 | Qatar Provisional | 3.27 | +6.8% |
| 44 | Mexico Provisional | 3.13 | +10.4% |
| 45 | Jordan Provisional | 3.1 | +7.5% |
| 46 | North Korea Provisional | 3 | +7.3% |
| 47 | Kazakhstan Provisional | 2.83 | +2.5% |
| 48 | Lebanon Provisional | 2.75 | +7.5% |
| 49 | Bangladesh Provisional | 2.71 | +7.5% |
| 50 | Ukraine Provisional | 2.48 | +4% |
| 51 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Provisional | 2.47 | +7.5% |
| 52 | Côte d’Ivoire Provisional | 2.38 | +7.5% |
| 53 | Malaysia Provisional | 2.38 | +5.5% |
| 54 | Ghana Provisional | 2.15 | +7.5% |
| 55 | Bahrain Provisional | 2.1 | +6.9% |
| 56 | Romania Provisional | 2.08 | +1.7% |
| 57 | Belgium Provisional | 2.06 | -15.1% |
| 58 | Croatia Provisional | 1.94 | +6.4% |
| 59 | Morocco Provisional | 1.92 | +7.5% |
| 60 | Dominican Republic Provisional | 1.91 | +7.5% |
| 61 | Portugal Provisional | 1.91 | +3.5% |
| 62 | Azerbaijan Provisional | 1.81 | +4.7% |
| 63 | Austria Provisional | 1.76 | -4.9% |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago Provisional | 1.72 | +7.5% |
| 65 | Somalia Provisional | 1.68 | +7.5% |
| 66 | Hungary Provisional | 1.65 | -2% |
| 67 | Tunisia Provisional | 1.52 | +7.5% |
| 68 | Hong Kong Provisional | 1.52 | +2.1% |
| 69 | Senegal Provisional | 1.35 | +7.5% |
| 70 | Peru Provisional | 1.33 | +12.6% |
| 71 | Mauritius Provisional | 1.27 | +4.8% |
| 72 | Oman Provisional | 1.22 | +7.2% |
| 73 | Burkina Faso Provisional | 1.21 | 0% |
| 74 | Switzerland Provisional | 1.2 | -2.8% |
| 75 | New Zealand Provisional | 1.2 | -22.5% |
| 76 | Gabon Provisional | 1.13 | +7.5% |
| 77 | Costa Rica Provisional | 1.06 | +5.5% |
| 78 | Armenia Provisional | 1.05 | 0% |
| 79 | Madagascar Provisional | 0.93 | +7.5% |
| 80 | Panama Provisional | 0.93 | +7.5% |
| 81 | Benin Provisional | 0.89 | +7.5% |
| 82 | Norway Provisional | 0.88 | -2.2% |
| 83 | Netherlands Provisional | 0.88 | -10.2% |
| 84 | Afghanistan Provisional | 0.88 | +7.5% |
| 85 | Ecuador Provisional | 0.88 | +7.5% |
| 86 | Guinea Provisional | 0.84 | +7.5% |
| 87 | Sweden Provisional | 0.84 | -5.9% |
| 88 | Mauritania Provisional | 0.76 | +7.5% |
| 89 | North Macedonia Provisional | 0.76 | +4.8% |
| 90 | Togo Provisional | 0.75 | +7.5% |
| 91 | Honduras Provisional | 0.74 | +7.5% |
| 92 | Finland Provisional | 0.72 | -8.1% |
| 93 | Bulgaria Provisional | 0.69 | -2% |
| 94 | Paraguay Provisional | 0.67 | +7.5% |
| 95 | Cuba Provisional | 0.63 | +7.5% |
| 96 | Ireland Provisional | 0.61 | -7.8% |
| 97 | Chad Provisional | 0.6 | +7.5% |
| 98 | Angola Provisional | 0.6 | +7.5% |
| 99 | Niger Provisional | 0.6 | +7.5% |
| 100 | Cambodia Provisional | 0.56 | +7.5% |
| 100 | Mali Provisional | 0.56 | +7.5% |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Provisional | 0.56 | +4.2% |
| 103 | Myanmar Provisional | 0.55 | +4.8% |
| 104 | Guatemala Provisional | 0.53 | 0% |
| 105 | Sri Lanka Provisional | 0.52 | +7.5% |
| 106 | Lithuania Provisional | 0.49 | -2.9% |
| 107 | Georgia Provisional | 0.48 | 0% |
| 108 | Slovakia Provisional | 0.45 | -9.8% |
| 109 | Central African Republic Provisional | 0.45 | +7.5% |
| 110 | El Salvador Provisional | 0.44 | +7.5% |
| 111 | Cyprus Provisional | 0.42 | +4.5% |
| 112 | Mozambique Provisional | 0.42 | +5.8% |
| 113 | Botswana Provisional | 0.41 | +7.5% |
| 114 | Malawi Provisional | 0.4 | +7.5% |
| 115 | Republic of the Congo Provisional | 0.38 | +7.5% |
| 116 | Denmark Provisional | 0.33 | -0.1% |
| 117 | Slovenia Provisional | 0.32 | +1.2% |
| 118 | Namibia Provisional | 0.31 | +7.5% |
| 119 | Algeria Provisional | 0.29 | +5.9% |
| 120 | Latvia Provisional | 0.26 | +4% |
| 121 | Moldova Provisional | 0.26 | +9.6% |
| 122 | Turkmenistan Provisional | 0.25 | +7.5% |
| 123 | Nicaragua Provisional | 0.25 | +7.5% |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea Provisional | 0.24 | +7.5% |
| 125 | Brunei Provisional | 0.23 | +7.5% |
| 126 | Albania Provisional | 0.22 | +7.5% |
| 127 | Fiji Provisional | 0.21 | +7.5% |
| 128 | Uzbekistan Provisional | 0.21 | +5.1% |
| 129 | Malta Provisional | 0.21 | -3.2% |
| 130 | Uruguay Provisional | 0.2 | +5.6% |
| 131 | Belize Provisional | 0.2 | 0% |
| 132 | Iceland Provisional | 0.19 | -6% |
| 133 | Estonia Provisional | 0.19 | -3.1% |
| 134 | Jamaica Provisional | 0.17 | +4.8% |
| 135 | Kenya Provisional | 0.15 | +4.8% |
| 136 | Mongolia Provisional | 0.12 | +1.4% |
| 137 | Rwanda Provisional | 0.09 | 0% |
| 138 | Saint Lucia Provisional | 0.08 | +4.8% |
| 139 | Eswatini Provisional | 0.07 | +7.9% |
| 140 | Luxembourg Provisional | 0.05 | -5.3% |
| 141 | Bolivia Provisional | 0.04 | +4.8% |
| 142 | Tajikistan Provisional | 0.04 | -49.8% |
| 143 | Burundi Provisional | 0.03 | -2.4% |
| 144 | Belarus Provisional | 0.01 | +11.6% |
| 145 | Grenada Provisional | 0 | +3.3% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) emitted in the year, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent with the 100-year global warming potentials of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), as estimated by EDGAR.
More on how it is measured
- Most come from refrigeration and air conditioning, with aluminium smelting, electrical equipment, semiconductors and chemical production.
- EDGAR estimates every country with the same IPCC methods and international activity statistics, so countries can be compared, but the values differ from the inventories countries report themselves.
- Emissions from land use, land use change and forestry and from large scale biomass burning (savannah and forest fires) are not included.
- The latest two years are fast track estimates from proxy statistics, replaced in later releases, and are marked provisional.
EDGAR estimates fluorinated gases from 1990 and for about 150 countries; a country without an estimate has no value here. The CO2 equivalent depends on the warming potentials used, so values differ from inventories that use other ones. EDGAR counts Andorra with Spain, Monaco with France, San Marino and the Holy See with Italy, and Liechtenstein with Switzerland. It reports Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, and Serbia and Montenegro together, so those countries have no value here. Each release revises past years.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Citation styles
APA 7
European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3) (Countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/
MLA 9
EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3), Countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2023. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 18 Sept. 2026, https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/countries?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/countries?period=2023.
Harvard
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026) EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3), Countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/countries?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{european_countries_by_fluorinated_gas_2023,
author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre}},
title = {{EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3): Countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2023}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/countries?period=2023. Publisher attribution: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR\_2026\_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
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N1 - Publisher attribution: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Questions
Which country has the highest fluorinated gas emissions?
China, with 688.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2023, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Which country has the lowest fluorinated gas emissions?
Grenada, with 0 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 countries have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.