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.

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Highest688.68China
Lowest0Grenada
Median1.21145 countries

Map of countries, 2023

United Arab Emirates: 22.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAfghanistan: 0.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlbania: 0.22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArmenia: 1.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAngola: 0.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArgentina: 7.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustria: 1.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustralia: 11.95 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAzerbaijan: 1.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBosnia and Herzegovina: 0.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBangladesh: 2.71 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium: 2.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBurkina Faso: 1.21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBulgaria: 0.69 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBurundi: 0.03 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBenin: 0.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBrunei: 0.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBolivia: 0.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBrazil: 10.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBotswana: 0.41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelarus: 0.01 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelize: 0.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCanada: 11.57 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCentral African Republic: 0.45 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRepublic of the Congo: 0.38 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSwitzerland: 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCôte d’Ivoire: 2.38 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChile: 6.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCameroon: 3.49 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChina: 688.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColombia: 4.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCosta Rica: 1.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCuba: 0.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCyprus: 0.42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia: 3.71 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany: 8.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDenmark: 0.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDominican Republic: 1.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlgeria: 0.29 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEcuador: 0.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEstonia: 0.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEgypt: 16.96 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFinland: 0.72 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFiji: 0.21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGabon: 1.13 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited Kingdom: 7.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGeorgia: 0.48 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGhana: 2.15 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGuinea: 0.84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEquatorial Guinea: 0.24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece: 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGuatemala: 0.53 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHong Kong: 1.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHonduras: 0.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCroatia: 1.94 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary: 1.65 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndonesia: 16.79 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIreland: 0.61 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndia: 80.98 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIraq: 4.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIran: 18.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIceland: 0.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly: 8.41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentJamaica: 0.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentJordan: 3.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentJapan: 15.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKenya: 0.15 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCambodia: 0.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Korea: 3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Korea: 23.18 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKuwait: 16.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKazakhstan: 2.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLebanon: 2.75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSri Lanka: 0.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLithuania: 0.49 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLuxembourg: 0.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLatvia: 0.26 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLibya: 5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMorocco: 1.92 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMoldova: 0.26 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMadagascar: 0.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Macedonia: 0.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMali: 0.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMyanmar: 0.55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMongolia: 0.12 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMauritania: 0.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMauritius: 1.27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMalawi: 0.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMexico: 3.13 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMalaysia: 2.38 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMozambique: 0.42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNamibia: 0.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNiger: 0.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNigeria: 13.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNicaragua: 0.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands: 0.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorway: 0.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Zealand: 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOman: 1.22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPanama: 0.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPeru: 1.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPhilippines: 6.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPakistan: 10.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal: 1.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentParaguay: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentQatar: 3.27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania: 2.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRussia: 38.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRwanda: 0.09 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSaudi Arabia: 59.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden: 0.84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSingapore: 8.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovenia: 0.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia: 0.45 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSenegal: 1.35 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSomalia: 1.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEl Salvador: 0.44 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSyria: 5.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEswatini: 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChad: 0.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTogo: 0.75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentThailand: 36.75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTajikistan: 0.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTurkmenistan: 0.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTunisia: 1.52 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTürkiye: 9.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTrinidad and Tobago: 1.72 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTaiwan: 3.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUkraine: 2.48 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited States: 188.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUruguay: 0.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUzbekistan: 0.21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVenezuela: 8.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVietnam: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentYemen: 5.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Africa: 16.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentZimbabwe: 3.51 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
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million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2023

China: 688.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChina688.68United States: 188.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited States188.16India: 80.98 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndia80.98Saudi Arabia: 59.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSaudi Arabia59.04Russia: 38.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRussia38.19Thailand: 36.75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentThailand36.75South Korea: 23.18 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Korea23.18United Arab Emirates: 22.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited Arab Emirates22.81Iran: 18.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIran18.93Egypt: 16.96 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEgypt16.96Indonesia: 16.79 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndonesia16.79Kuwait: 16.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKuwait16.43South Africa: 16.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Africa16.32Japan: 15.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentJapan15.05Nigeria: 13.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNigeria13.59Australia: 11.95 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustralia11.95Canada: 11.57 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCanada11.57Pakistan: 10.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPakistan10.85Brazil: 10.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBrazil10.19France: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance10.08Vietnam: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVietnam10.08Türkiye: 9.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTürkiye9.91Germany: 8.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany8.93Venezuela: 8.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVenezuela8.43Italy: 8.41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly8.41Singapore: 8.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSingapore8.4United Kingdom: 7.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited Kingdom7.43Argentina: 7.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArgentina7.05Philippines: 6.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPhilippines6.74Chile: 6.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChile6.33Yemen: 5.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentYemen5.91Syria: 5.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSyria5.04Libya: 5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLibya5Colombia: 4.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColombia4.82Greece: 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece4.4Iraq: 4.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIraq4.23Poland: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland4.02Spain: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain4.02Czechia: 3.71 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia3.71Taiwan: 3.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTaiwan3.67China: 688.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChina688.68United States: 188.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited States188.16India: 80.98 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndia80.98Saudi Arabia: 59.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSaudi Arabia59.04Russia: 38.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRussia38.19Thailand: 36.75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentThailand36.75South Korea: 23.18 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Korea23.18United Arab Emirates: 22.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited Arab Emirates22.81Iran: 18.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIran18.93Egypt: 16.96 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEgypt16.96Indonesia: 16.79 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndonesia16.79Kuwait: 16.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKuwait16.43South Africa: 16.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Africa16.32Japan: 15.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentJapan15.05Nigeria: 13.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNigeria13.59Australia: 11.95 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustralia11.95Canada: 11.57 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCanada11.57Pakistan: 10.85 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPakistan10.85Brazil: 10.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBrazil10.19France: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance10.08Vietnam: 10.08 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVietnam10.08Türkiye: 9.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTürkiye9.91Germany: 8.93 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany8.93Venezuela: 8.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVenezuela8.43Italy: 8.41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly8.41Singapore: 8.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSingapore8.4United Kingdom: 7.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUnited Kingdom7.43Argentina: 7.05 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArgentina7.05Philippines: 6.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPhilippines6.74Chile: 6.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentChile6.33Yemen: 5.91 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentYemen5.91Syria: 5.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSyria5.04Libya: 5 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLibya5Colombia: 4.82 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColombia4.82Greece: 4.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece4.4Iraq: 4.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIraq4.23Poland: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland4.02Spain: 4.02 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain4.02Czechia: 3.71 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia3.71Taiwan: 3.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTaiwan3.67
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Change on 2022
1China Provisional688.68+5%
2United States Provisional188.16+4.3%
3India Provisional80.98+11%
4Saudi Arabia Provisional59.04+7.2%
5Russia Provisional38.19+7.7%
6Thailand Provisional36.75+7.2%
7South Korea Provisional23.18+5.8%
8United Arab Emirates Provisional22.81+6.9%
9Iran Provisional18.93+6.3%
10Egypt Provisional16.96+6.8%
11Indonesia Provisional16.79+7%
12Kuwait Provisional16.43+7.3%
13South Africa Provisional16.32+6.7%
14Japan Provisional15.05-5.5%
15Nigeria Provisional13.59+7.3%
16Australia Provisional11.95+3.8%
17Canada Provisional11.57-1.5%
18Pakistan Provisional10.85+6.8%
19Brazil Provisional10.19+7.1%
20France Provisional10.08-8.8%
21Vietnam Provisional10.08+8.5%
22Türkiye Provisional9.91-4.7%
23Germany Provisional8.93-5.2%
24Venezuela Provisional8.43+7%
25Italy Provisional8.41-8.2%
26Singapore Provisional8.4+12.2%
27United Kingdom Provisional7.43-6.3%
28Argentina Provisional7.05+6.6%
29Philippines Provisional6.74+7%
30Chile Provisional6.33+11.3%
31Yemen Provisional5.91+7.5%
32Syria Provisional5.04+7.5%
33Libya Provisional5+7%
34Colombia Provisional4.82+9%
35Greece Provisional4.4-2.1%
36Iraq Provisional4.23+7.3%
37Poland Provisional4.02-8.8%
38Spain Provisional4.02-11.3%
39Czechia Provisional3.71-1%
40Taiwan Provisional3.67-1.5%
41Zimbabwe Provisional3.510%
42Cameroon Provisional3.49+7.2%
43Qatar Provisional3.27+6.8%
44Mexico Provisional3.13+10.4%
45Jordan Provisional3.1+7.5%
46North Korea Provisional3+7.3%
47Kazakhstan Provisional2.83+2.5%
48Lebanon Provisional2.75+7.5%
49Bangladesh Provisional2.71+7.5%
50Ukraine Provisional2.48+4%
51Democratic Republic of the Congo Provisional2.47+7.5%
52Côte d’Ivoire Provisional2.38+7.5%
53Malaysia Provisional2.38+5.5%
54Ghana Provisional2.15+7.5%
55Bahrain Provisional2.1+6.9%
56Romania Provisional2.08+1.7%
57Belgium Provisional2.06-15.1%
58Croatia Provisional1.94+6.4%
59Morocco Provisional1.92+7.5%
60Dominican Republic Provisional1.91+7.5%
61Portugal Provisional1.91+3.5%
62Azerbaijan Provisional1.81+4.7%
63Austria Provisional1.76-4.9%
64Trinidad and Tobago Provisional1.72+7.5%
65Somalia Provisional1.68+7.5%
66Hungary Provisional1.65-2%
67Tunisia Provisional1.52+7.5%
68Hong Kong Provisional1.52+2.1%
69Senegal Provisional1.35+7.5%
70Peru Provisional1.33+12.6%
71Mauritius Provisional1.27+4.8%
72Oman Provisional1.22+7.2%
73Burkina Faso Provisional1.210%
74Switzerland Provisional1.2-2.8%
75New Zealand Provisional1.2-22.5%
76Gabon Provisional1.13+7.5%
77Costa Rica Provisional1.06+5.5%
78Armenia Provisional1.050%
79Madagascar Provisional0.93+7.5%
80Panama Provisional0.93+7.5%
81Benin Provisional0.89+7.5%
82Norway Provisional0.88-2.2%
83Netherlands Provisional0.88-10.2%
84Afghanistan Provisional0.88+7.5%
85Ecuador Provisional0.88+7.5%
86Guinea Provisional0.84+7.5%
87Sweden Provisional0.84-5.9%
88Mauritania Provisional0.76+7.5%
89North Macedonia Provisional0.76+4.8%
90Togo Provisional0.75+7.5%
91Honduras Provisional0.74+7.5%
92Finland Provisional0.72-8.1%
93Bulgaria Provisional0.69-2%
94Paraguay Provisional0.67+7.5%
95Cuba Provisional0.63+7.5%
96Ireland Provisional0.61-7.8%
97Chad Provisional0.6+7.5%
98Angola Provisional0.6+7.5%
99Niger Provisional0.6+7.5%
100Cambodia Provisional0.56+7.5%
100Mali Provisional0.56+7.5%
102Bosnia and Herzegovina Provisional0.56+4.2%
103Myanmar Provisional0.55+4.8%
104Guatemala Provisional0.530%
105Sri Lanka Provisional0.52+7.5%
106Lithuania Provisional0.49-2.9%
107Georgia Provisional0.480%
108Slovakia Provisional0.45-9.8%
109Central African Republic Provisional0.45+7.5%
110El Salvador Provisional0.44+7.5%
111Cyprus Provisional0.42+4.5%
112Mozambique Provisional0.42+5.8%
113Botswana Provisional0.41+7.5%
114Malawi Provisional0.4+7.5%
115Republic of the Congo Provisional0.38+7.5%
116Denmark Provisional0.33-0.1%
117Slovenia Provisional0.32+1.2%
118Namibia Provisional0.31+7.5%
119Algeria Provisional0.29+5.9%
120Latvia Provisional0.26+4%
121Moldova Provisional0.26+9.6%
122Turkmenistan Provisional0.25+7.5%
123Nicaragua Provisional0.25+7.5%
124Equatorial Guinea Provisional0.24+7.5%
125Brunei Provisional0.23+7.5%
126Albania Provisional0.22+7.5%
127Fiji Provisional0.21+7.5%
128Uzbekistan Provisional0.21+5.1%
129Malta Provisional0.21-3.2%
130Uruguay Provisional0.2+5.6%
131Belize Provisional0.20%
132Iceland Provisional0.19-6%
133Estonia Provisional0.19-3.1%
134Jamaica Provisional0.17+4.8%
135Kenya Provisional0.15+4.8%
136Mongolia Provisional0.12+1.4%
137Rwanda Provisional0.090%
138Saint Lucia Provisional0.08+4.8%
139Eswatini Provisional0.07+7.9%
140Luxembourg Provisional0.05-5.3%
141Bolivia Provisional0.04+4.8%
142Tajikistan Provisional0.04-49.8%
143Burundi Provisional0.03-2.4%
144Belarus Provisional0.01+11.6%
145Grenada Provisional0+3.3%

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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.

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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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