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CO2 emissions by country

China emitted 32% of the world’s CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024; the top three countries emitted 53%.

Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Summary

The world emitted 38,599 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024, 1.3% more than in 2023. China 12,289 Mt (32%), the United States 4,904 Mt (13%), India 3,193 Mt (8.3%); together, 53% of the world total.

214 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. Fossil fuels and cement only; land use and other greenhouse gases are not included.

Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Every country and territory with a figure for 2024, with 2023 for comparison.
China12,289 Mt32%12,172 Mt+1%
United States4,904 Mt13%4,918 Mt0%
India3,193 Mt8.3%3,063 Mt+4%
Russia1,781 Mt4.6%1,733 Mt+3%
Japan962 Mt2.5%987 Mt−3%
Indonesia812 Mt2.1%762 Mt+7%
Iran793 Mt2.1%790 Mt0%
Saudi Arabia692 Mt1.8%677 Mt+2%
South Korea584 Mt1.5%589 Mt−1%
Germany572 Mt1.5%594 Mt−4%
Canada533 Mt1.4%545 Mt−2%
Türkiye513 Mt1.3%487 Mt+5%
Brazil483 Mt1.3%484 Mt0%
Mexico461 Mt1.2%458 Mt+1%
South Africa440 Mt1.1%437 Mt+1%
Australia387 Mt1%384 Mt+1%
Vietnam371 Mt1%347 Mt+7%
United Kingdom313 Mt0.8%308 Mt+2%
Italy302 Mt0.8%312 Mt−3%
Malaysia290 Mt0.8%276 Mt+5%
Kazakhstan287 Mt0.7%286 Mt0%
Poland273 Mt0.7%283 Mt−4%
Thailand268 Mt0.7%265 Mt+1%
France264 Mt0.7%270 Mt−2%
Taiwan262 Mt0.7%267 Mt−2%
Egypt258 Mt0.7%250 Mt+3%
Iraq234 Mt0.6%228 Mt+3%
United Arab Emirates222 Mt0.6%210 Mt+5%
Spain220 Mt0.6%215 Mt+2%
Algeria198 Mt0.5%203 Mt−2%
Pakistan180 Mt0.5%187 Mt−4%
Philippines175 Mt0.5%161 Mt+9%
Argentina171 Mt0.4%178 Mt−4%
Ukraine142 Mt0.4%139 Mt+2%
Uzbekistan139 Mt0.4%123 Mt+13%
Nigeria136 Mt0.4%129 Mt+5%
Kuwait130 Mt0.3%123 Mt+5%
Qatar126 Mt0.3%120 Mt+5%
Venezuela116 Mt0.3%120 Mt−3%
Netherlands115 Mt0.3%117 Mt−2%
Bangladesh108 Mt0.3%105 Mt+4%
Colombia93 Mt0.2%90 Mt+3%
Belgium85 Mt0.2%85 Mt+1%
Oman83 Mt0.2%80 Mt+4%
Turkmenistan81 Mt0.2%95 Mt−15%
Chile79 Mt0.2%78 Mt+1%
Czechia76 Mt0.2%83 Mt−9%
Peru70 Mt0.2%66 Mt+6%
Morocco69 Mt0.2%69 Mt0%
Romania69 Mt0.2%68 Mt+1%
Libya65 Mt0.2%64 Mt+2%
North Korea63 Mt0.2%62 Mt+1%
Austria56 Mt0.1%57 Mt−1%
Belarus56 Mt0.1%56 Mt0%
Singapore54 Mt0.1%51 Mt+6%
Greece53 Mt0.1%52 Mt+3%
Israel53 Mt0.1%55 Mt−5%
Ecuador46 Mt0.1%45 Mt+3%
Mongolia45 Mt0.1%44 Mt+1%
Serbia42 Mt0.1%43 Mt−2%
Hungary40 Mt0.1%40 Mt−1%
Azerbaijan40 Mt0.1%43 Mt−7%
Bahrain39 Mt0.1%39 Mt+1%
Sweden38 Mt0.1%37 Mt+4%
Norway37 Mt0.1%39 Mt−4%
Portugal36 Mt0.1%38 Mt−6%
Trinidad and Tobago35 Mt0.1%36 Mt−3%
Hong Kong33 Mt0.1%33 Mt+1%
Ireland33 Mt0.1%34 Mt−1%
Dominican Republic33 Mt0.1%32 Mt+4%
Tunisia33 Mt0.1%32 Mt+3%
New Zealand32 Mt0.1%32 Mt+3%
Switzerland32 Mt0.1%32 Mt0%
Syria32 Mt0.1%32 Mt0%
Bulgaria32 Mt0.1%35 Mt−8%
Myanmar32 Mt0.1%32 Mt−1%
Finland30 Mt0.1%32 Mt−6%
Slovakia29 Mt0.1%31 Mt−5%
Bolivia29 Mt0.1%25 Mt+17%
Denmark28 Mt0.1%29 Mt−2%
Cuba24 Mt0.1%23 Mt+4%
Laos24 Mt0.1%24 Mt+1%
Jordan23 Mt0.1%23 Mt0%
Angola22 Mt0.1%22 Mt+3%
Cambodia22 Mt0.1%21 Mt+2%
Kenya21 Mt0.1%21 Mt0%
Ghana21 Mt0.1%20 Mt+4%
Sri Lanka21 Mt0.1%19 Mt+9%
Tanzania20 Mt0.1%20 Mt−1%
Guatemala20 Mt0.1%20 Mt+1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina19 Mt0.1%20 Mt−2%
Nepal19 Mt<0.1%18 Mt+2%
Croatia18 Mt<0.1%18 Mt0%
Ethiopia18 Mt<0.1%18 Mt+2%
Sudan18 Mt<0.1%18 Mt0%
Lebanon16 Mt<0.1%16 Mt+1%
Côte d'Ivoire15 Mt<0.1%14 Mt+6%
Senegal14 Mt<0.1%14 Mt0%
Zimbabwe14 Mt<0.1%13 Mt+2%
Honduras13 Mt<0.1%12 Mt+4%
Slovenia13 Mt<0.1%12 Mt+6%
Panama13 Mt<0.1%13 Mt−3%
Lithuania13 Mt<0.1%13 Mt0%
Brunei12 Mt<0.1%13 Mt−4%
Zambia12 Mt<0.1%12 Mt+2%
Georgia12 Mt<0.1%12 Mt−1%
Kyrgyzstan12 Mt<0.1%11 Mt+6%
Afghanistan11 Mt<0.1%11 Mt+3%
Tajikistan11 Mt<0.1%10 Mt+5%
Yemen10 Mt<0.1%10 Mt0%
Cameroon10 Mt<0.1%10 Mt−1%
El Salvador9 Mt<0.1%9 Mt+3%
Republic of the Congo9 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+7%
Costa Rica9 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+3%
Mozambique9 Mt<0.1%9 Mt−5%
Jamaica8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+4%
Papua New Guinea8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt0%
Estonia8 Mt<0.1%9 Mt−5%
Uruguay8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+5%
Paraguay8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+4%
Botswana7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+3%
Armenia7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt0%
Cyprus7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+2%
Luxembourg7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+3%
Equatorial Guinea7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+1%
Mali7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+3%
North Macedonia7 Mt<0.1%7 Mt−10%
Burkina Faso7 Mt<0.1%6 Mt+3%
Latvia6 Mt<0.1%7 Mt−2%
Uganda6 Mt<0.1%6 Mt+2%
Benin6 Mt<0.1%6 Mt+2%
Democratic Republic of the Congo6 Mt<0.1%6 Mt0%
Nicaragua6 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+4%
Gabon5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+1%
Moldova5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt0%
New Caledonia5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+4%
Mauritania5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+4%
Palestine5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+1%
Mauritius5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+2%
Madagascar5 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+2%
Guyana5 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+3%
Albania4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+1%
Guinea4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+4%
Iceland4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+8%
Namibia3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+1%
Niger3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+1%
Bahamas3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+4%
Suriname3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+4%
Haiti3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+4%
Chad3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt−1%
Togo3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+3%
Lesotho3 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+3%
Montenegro2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt−1%
Maldives2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+5%
Curaçao2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+4%
Rwanda2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+1%
Malawi2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+2%
Malta2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt−2%
South Sudan2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+2%
Bhutan2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+2%
Fiji1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+5%
Sierra Leone1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+4%
Barbados1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+4%
Somalia1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+2%
Macao1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+1%
Eswatini1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt+1%
French Polynesia0.92 Mt<0.1%0.88 Mt+5%
Aruba0.92 Mt<0.1%0.89 Mt+4%
Burundi0.92 Mt<0.1%0.90 Mt+2%
Liberia0.86 Mt<0.1%0.83 Mt+3%
Gambia0.80 Mt<0.1%0.77 Mt+4%
Belize0.80 Mt<0.1%0.77 Mt+4%
Eritrea0.74 Mt<0.1%0.73 Mt+2%
Faroe Islands0.73 Mt<0.1%0.71 Mt+2%
Sint Maarten0.72 Mt<0.1%0.69 Mt+4%
Timor-Leste0.67 Mt<0.1%0.64 Mt+5%
Antigua and Barbuda0.67 Mt<0.1%0.64 Mt+4%
Seychelles0.65 Mt<0.1%0.64 Mt+2%
Greenland0.62 Mt<0.1%0.61 Mt+2%
Cabo Verde0.59 Mt<0.1%0.57 Mt+4%
Djibouti0.56 Mt<0.1%0.56 Mt+1%
Comoros0.55 Mt<0.1%0.54 Mt+2%
Bermuda0.55 Mt<0.1%0.53 Mt+4%
Saint Lucia0.54 Mt<0.1%0.52 Mt+4%
Andorra0.43 Mt<0.1%0.42 Mt+2%
Central African Republic0.40 Mt<0.1%0.39 Mt+2%
Turks and Caicos Islands0.38 Mt<0.1%0.37 Mt+4%
Grenada0.38 Mt<0.1%0.36 Mt+4%
Guinea-Bissau0.34 Mt<0.1%0.33 Mt+4%
Solomon Islands0.30 Mt<0.1%0.28 Mt+5%
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.26 Mt<0.1%0.25 Mt+4%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.26 Mt<0.1%0.25 Mt+4%
Samoa0.25 Mt<0.1%0.24 Mt+5%
Palau0.23 Mt<0.1%0.22 Mt+5%
Vanuatu0.20 Mt<0.1%0.19 Mt+5%
British Virgin Islands0.19 Mt<0.1%0.19 Mt+4%
Dominica0.17 Mt<0.1%0.17 Mt+4%
Marshall Islands0.15 Mt<0.1%0.15 Mt+4%
Tonga0.15 Mt<0.1%0.15 Mt+5%
Caribbean Netherlands0.15 Mt<0.1%0.15 Mt+4%
Micronesia0.15 Mt<0.1%0.14 Mt+5%
Anguilla0.15 Mt<0.1%0.14 Mt+3%
São Tomé and Príncipe0.14 Mt<0.1%0.14 Mt+1%
Liechtenstein0.13 Mt<0.1%0.13 Mt+1%
Cook Islands0.080 Mt<0.1%0.077 Mt+4%
Kiribati0.072 Mt<0.1%0.069 Mt+4%
Nauru0.061 Mt<0.1%0.059 Mt+3%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.055 Mt<0.1%0.053 Mt+4%
Wallis and Futuna0.031 Mt<0.1%0.029 Mt+7%
Montserrat0.027 Mt<0.1%0.026 Mt+4%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha0.011 Mt<0.1%0.011 Mt0%
Tuvalu0.011 Mt<0.1%0.011 Mt0%
Niue0.0080 Mt<0.1%0.0070 Mt+14%
Christmas Island0 Mt0%0 Mt–
World38,599 Mt100%38,094 Mt+1%

Source: Global Carbon Budget2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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