Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) by country
Change of emissions (as %) of current year with respect to emissions in baseline year 1990 emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
53,909.1%
Greenland
Lowest
-84.9%
Ukraine
Median
126.0%
Years covered
34
1991–2024
Data points
8,432
What the numbers show
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 53,909.1% in Greenland; the lowest is -84.9% in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 126.0%, and the mean is 621.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 635.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 7,320.8%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 1,406.6%).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 53,909.1% | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Laos | 10,084.7% | 2024 | up 524.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,688.9% | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 4,422.9% | 2024 | up 187.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,392.2% | 2024 | up 215.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 2,221.4% | 2024 | up 173.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Vietnam | 1,993.6% | 2024 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Maldives | 1,889.8% | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 1,878.5% | 2024 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Benin | 1,668.2% | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Nepal | 1,360.1% | 2024 | up 136.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 1,156.9% | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 1,128.9% | 2024 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Comoros | 1,035.6% | 2024 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Tanzania | 924.0% | 2024 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 16 | East Timor | 903.4% | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Uganda | 893.6% | 2024 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Lesotho | 819.7% | 2024 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 785.2% | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Bhutan | 781.0% | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 770.4% | 2024 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 741.0% | 2024 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Qatar | 696.5% | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ghana | 672.0% | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritania | 608.8% | 2024 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 607.5% | 2024 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 549.5% | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 532.9% | 2024 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Senegal | 500.5% | 2024 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Oman | 500.3% | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 450.5% | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Guinea | 449.7% | 2024 | up 198.5% | volatile |
| 33 | China | 443.6% | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 425.0% | 2024 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Honduras | 420.8% | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | 419.7% | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Niger | 418.0% | 2024 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Madagascar | 415.8% | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Indonesia | 402.1% | 2024 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 40 | British Virgin Islands | 401.6% | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Burundi | 382.4% | 2024 | up 275.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Kiribati | 377.2% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Malaysia | 359.4% | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Panama | 354.3% | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 349.0% | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Gibraltar | 341.7% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 47 | Bolivia | 331.9% | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 330.1% | 2024 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 326.8% | 2024 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Rwanda | 318.0% | 2024 | up 332.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 314.9% | 2024 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Philippines | 307.7% | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 301.6% | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Iran | 297.6% | 2024 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominica | 295.8% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 56 | Sudan | 294.3% | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 282.6% | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Zambia | 282.1% | 2024 | up 244.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 275.2% | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritius | 271.1% | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 267.8% | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 62 | Paraguay | 267.5% | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Kuwait | 257.7% | 2024 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 254.7% | 2024 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 252.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Togo | 248.0% | 2024 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Grenada | 245.6% | 2024 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Iraq | 243.7% | 2024 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Kenya | 234.6% | 2024 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 232.3% | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Seychelles | 230.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Guyana | 222.8% | 2024 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Cayman Islands | 221.5% | 2024 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Egypt | 218.7% | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 217.7% | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Bahrain | 216.5% | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Malawi | 212.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Morocco | 211.8% | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Pakistan | 210.8% | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Haiti | 207.8% | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Belize | 207.4% | 2024 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 197.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 83 | Turkey | 196.5% | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Namibia | 192.3% | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 192.1% | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 187.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 87 | Samoa | 184.9% | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 179.8% | 2024 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Aruba | 176.6% | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 173.2% | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Algeria | 158.3% | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 154.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Angola | 150.2% | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Botswana | 144.5% | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 139.7% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 96 | Eritrea | 136.3% | 2024 | up 68.5% | flat |
| 97 | Suriname | 134.7% | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Chile | 134.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Liberia | 131.1% | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 130.9% | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 101 | South Korea | 126.0% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 102 | Uruguay | 120.8% | 2024 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Brunei | 117.8% | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 104 | Tunisia | 117.8% | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 117.2% | 2024 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Brazil | 116.6% | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Cameroon | 116.4% | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 111.8% | 2024 | up 7,320.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 111.5% | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Mongolia | 110.4% | 2024 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 102.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Micronesia (country) | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 98.3% | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Libya | 96.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 115 | Tonga | 90.6% | 2024 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Singapore | 86.0% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 84.2% | 2024 | up 721.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Lebanon | 84.2% | 2024 | down 73.5% | rising |
| 119 | Macao | 83.8% | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Argentina | 82.9% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Colombia | 78.7% | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 78.2% | 2024 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Nigeria | 75.6% | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Mexico | 64.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 63.7% | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 126 | Cyprus | 58.2% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 127 | Guam | 50.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Fiji | 49.4% | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Yemen | 48.9% | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Iceland | 40.8% | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 131 | South Africa | 40.1% | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Australia | 38.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 133 | Somalia | 37.6% | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahamas | 34.3% | 2024 | up 648.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Faroe Islands | 31.2% | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Canada | 31.2% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 137 | New Zealand | 27.3% | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 16.2% | 2024 | up 240.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Barbados | 15.8% | 2024 | up 89.5% | volatile |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 15.0% | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Norway | 10.2% | 2024 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 142 | Bermuda | 5.9% | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Jamaica | 4.8% | 2024 | up 175.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 4.1% | 2024 | up 165.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Ireland | 0.7% | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 146 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 146 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 146 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 150 | Eswatini | -1.1% | 2024 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Hong Kong | -1.2% | 2024 | down 103.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Spain | -4.1% | 2024 | down 136.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Syria | -4.7% | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Austria | -5.7% | 2024 | down 181.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Venezuela | -6.0% | 2024 | down 106.9% | volatile |
| 156 | United States | -7.1% | 2024 | down 235.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | -8.2% | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Slovenia | -9.2% | 2024 | down 141.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Gabon | -15.8% | 2024 | down 1,115.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Japan | -16.3% | 2024 | down 270.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -17.0% | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Russia | -17.5% | 2024 | up 37.7% | flat |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | -18.9% | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Portugal | -18.9% | 2024 | down 318.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Tajikistan | -20.7% | 2024 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 166 | Malta | -22.1% | 2024 | down 1,181.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Croatia | -22.2% | 2024 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 168 | Switzerland | -24.6% | 2024 | down 185.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Belgium | -25.2% | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Poland | -25.7% | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 171 | Zimbabwe | -26.2% | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Netherlands | -27.9% | 2024 | down 1,406.6% | volatile |
| 173 | France | -28.7% | 2024 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Italy | -29.8% | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Azerbaijan | -30.7% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 176 | Palau | -32.0% | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | -32.6% | 2024 | down 268.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Sweden | -33.9% | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 179 | North Macedonia | -34.8% | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 180 | Albania | -36.1% | 2024 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 181 | Luxembourg | -40.3% | 2024 | down 123.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Hungary | -41.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | -42.7% | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Finland | -44.7% | 2024 | down 270.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Cuba | -45.7% | 2024 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 186 | Belarus | -48.6% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 187 | North Korea | -49.8% | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 188 | United Kingdom | -49.8% | 2024 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Slovakia | -50.7% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 190 | Denmark | -51.2% | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Czechia | -53.0% | 2024 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | -54.6% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 193 | Bulgaria | -57.3% | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 194 | Georgia | -61.0% | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 195 | Romania | -62.2% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 196 | Lithuania | -63.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 197 | Armenia | -63.9% | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 198 | Latvia | -65.3% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 199 | Estonia | -73.4% | 2024 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 200 | Moldova | -74.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 201 | Ukraine | -84.9% | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Least developed countries: UN classification 492.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 439.7%
- South Asia 434.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 434.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 418.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 398.5%
- Lower middle income 273.6%
- IDA only 270.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 265.7%
- Middle income 241.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 236.2%
- Low & middle income 235.4%
About this data
Change of emissions (as %) of current year with respect to emissions in baseline year 1990 emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF.. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Negative values indicate that the emission level for that year is lower than the emissions level in 1990.