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CO2 emitted since 1750 by country

Between 1750 and 2024, the United States emitted 24% of the world’s CO2 from fossil fuels and cement; the top three countries 46%.

Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Summary

From 1750 to 2024, the world emitted 1,849,124 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement. The United States 434,867 Mt (24%), China 285,087 Mt (15%), Russia 122,808 Mt (6.6%); together, 46% of the world total.

214 countries and territories have a figure for 2024.

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.
United States434,867 Mt24%429,962 Mt+1%
China285,087 Mt15%272,798 Mt+5%
Russia122,808 Mt6.6%121,028 Mt+1%
Germany95,136 Mt5.1%94,563 Mt+1%
United Kingdom80,079 Mt4.3%79,767 Mt0%
Japan69,612 Mt3.8%68,650 Mt+1%
India66,073 Mt3.6%62,879 Mt+5%
France40,048 Mt2.2%39,783 Mt+1%
Canada35,644 Mt1.9%35,111 Mt+2%
Ukraine31,236 Mt1.7%31,094 Mt0%
Poland29,044 Mt1.6%28,771 Mt+1%
Italy26,006 Mt1.4%25,704 Mt+1%
South Africa22,827 Mt1.2%22,387 Mt+2%
Mexico22,016 Mt1.2%21,555 Mt+2%
Iran21,811 Mt1.2%21,018 Mt+4%
South Korea20,708 Mt1.1%20,124 Mt+3%
Australia20,040 Mt1.1%19,653 Mt+2%
Saudi Arabia19,020 Mt1%18,328 Mt+4%
Brazil18,199 Mt1%17,716 Mt+3%
Indonesia17,420 Mt0.9%16,608 Mt+5%
Spain15,700 Mt0.8%15,480 Mt+1%
Kazakhstan14,937 Mt0.8%14,650 Mt+2%
Belgium12,906 Mt0.7%12,821 Mt+1%
Türkiye12,888 Mt0.7%12,375 Mt+4%
Czechia12,332 Mt0.7%12,256 Mt+1%
Netherlands12,262 Mt0.7%12,147 Mt+1%
Taiwan10,092 Mt0.5%9,830 Mt+3%
Argentina9,152 Mt0.5%8,980 Mt+2%
Romania8,862 Mt0.5%8,793 Mt+1%
Thailand8,308 Mt0.4%8,041 Mt+3%
Venezuela7,886 Mt0.4%7,770 Mt+1%
Egypt7,471 Mt0.4%7,213 Mt+4%
Malaysia7,042 Mt0.4%6,752 Mt+4%
Uzbekistan6,751 Mt0.4%6,611 Mt+2%
United Arab Emirates5,824 Mt0.3%5,602 Mt+4%
Austria5,750 Mt0.3%5,693 Mt+1%
Pakistan5,740 Mt0.3%5,560 Mt+3%
Vietnam5,669 Mt0.3%5,298 Mt+7%
North Korea5,493 Mt0.3%5,430 Mt+1%
Algeria5,477 Mt0.3%5,278 Mt+4%
Iraq5,351 Mt0.3%5,117 Mt+5%
Belarus5,184 Mt0.3%5,128 Mt+1%
Hungary5,184 Mt0.3%5,144 Mt+1%
Sweden5,135 Mt0.3%5,096 Mt+1%
Nigeria4,711 Mt0.3%4,575 Mt+3%
Greece4,297 Mt0.2%4,243 Mt+1%
Denmark4,200 Mt0.2%4,171 Mt+1%
Slovakia4,028 Mt0.2%3,999 Mt+1%
Bulgaria3,984 Mt0.2%3,953 Mt+1%
Philippines3,984 Mt0.2%3,809 Mt+5%
Kuwait3,876 Mt0.2%3,746 Mt+3%
Colombia3,802 Mt0.2%3,709 Mt+2%
Chile3,325 Mt0.2%3,246 Mt+2%
Finland3,325 Mt0.2%3,295 Mt+1%
Switzerland3,158 Mt0.2%3,126 Mt+1%
Serbia2,925 Mt0.2%2,883 Mt+1%
Norway2,787 Mt0.2%2,750 Mt+1%
Portugal2,768 Mt0.1%2,732 Mt+1%
Turkmenistan2,742 Mt0.1%2,661 Mt+3%
Azerbaijan2,637 Mt0.1%2,597 Mt+2%
Israel2,608 Mt0.1%2,555 Mt+2%
Qatar2,591 Mt0.1%2,465 Mt+5%
Libya2,490 Mt0.1%2,425 Mt+3%
Ireland2,366 Mt0.1%2,333 Mt+1%
Singapore2,248 Mt0.1%2,194 Mt+2%
Peru2,162 Mt0.1%2,092 Mt+3%
Syria2,056 Mt0.1%2,024 Mt+2%
Morocco2,016 Mt0.1%1,947 Mt+4%
New Zealand2,012 Mt0.1%1,980 Mt+2%
Bangladesh2,001 Mt0.1%1,893 Mt+6%
Cuba1,814 Mt0.1%1,790 Mt+1%
Hong Kong1,750 Mt0.1%1,717 Mt+2%
Trinidad and Tobago1,711 Mt0.1%1,676 Mt+2%
Oman1,673 Mt0.1%1,591 Mt+5%
Estonia1,668 Mt0.1%1,660 Mt+1%
Lithuania1,610 Mt0.1%1,598 Mt+1%
Ecuador1,391 Mt0.1%1,345 Mt+3%
Moldova1,358 Mt0.1%1,353 Mt0%
Croatia1,185 Mt0.1%1,166 Mt+2%
Bahrain1,112 Mt0.1%1,073 Mt+4%
Tunisia1,066 Mt0.1%1,034 Mt+3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,043 Mt0.1%1,024 Mt+2%
Latvia981 Mt0.1%974 Mt+1%
Slovenia911 Mt<0.1%899 Mt+1%
Kyrgyzstan883 Mt<0.1%871 Mt+1%
Dominican Republic869 Mt<0.1%836 Mt+4%
Mongolia861 Mt<0.1%817 Mt+5%
Zimbabwe833 Mt<0.1%819 Mt+2%
Lebanon795 Mt<0.1%779 Mt+2%
Jordan793 Mt<0.1%770 Mt+3%
Luxembourg783 Mt<0.1%776 Mt+1%
Angola740 Mt<0.1%717 Mt+3%
Myanmar728 Mt<0.1%696 Mt+5%
Yemen708 Mt<0.1%698 Mt+1%
Georgia662 Mt<0.1%651 Mt+2%
Bolivia641 Mt<0.1%612 Mt+5%
Sri Lanka568 Mt<0.1%547 Mt+4%
Kenya551 Mt<0.1%530 Mt+4%
North Macedonia538 Mt<0.1%531 Mt+1%
Curaçao532 Mt<0.1%530 Mt0%
Tajikistan518 Mt<0.1%507 Mt+2%
Sudan517 Mt<0.1%499 Mt+4%
Guatemala516 Mt<0.1%496 Mt+4%
Jamaica485 Mt<0.1%477 Mt+2%
Uruguay477 Mt<0.1%469 Mt+2%
Brunei428 Mt<0.1%416 Mt+3%
Ghana427 Mt<0.1%406 Mt+5%
Armenia407 Mt<0.1%399 Mt+2%
Côte d'Ivoire400 Mt<0.1%385 Mt+4%
Panama360 Mt<0.1%348 Mt+4%
Tanzania345 Mt<0.1%325 Mt+6%
Ethiopia330 Mt<0.1%312 Mt+6%
Cyprus322 Mt<0.1%314 Mt+2%
Honduras310 Mt<0.1%297 Mt+4%
Cameroon309 Mt<0.1%300 Mt+3%
Albania308 Mt<0.1%303 Mt+1%
Gabon307 Mt<0.1%302 Mt+2%
Zambia301 Mt<0.1%289 Mt+4%
Senegal301 Mt<0.1%287 Mt+5%
Costa Rica286 Mt<0.1%277 Mt+3%
El Salvador265 Mt<0.1%256 Mt+4%
Cambodia252 Mt<0.1%230 Mt+10%
Laos243 Mt<0.1%219 Mt+11%
Afghanistan243 Mt<0.1%232 Mt+5%
Democratic Republic of the Congo239 Mt<0.1%233 Mt+3%
Nepal232 Mt<0.1%213 Mt+9%
Mozambique211 Mt<0.1%203 Mt+4%
Papua New Guinea210 Mt<0.1%201 Mt+4%
Paraguay209 Mt<0.1%201 Mt+4%
Nicaragua198 Mt<0.1%192 Mt+3%
Republic of the Congo191 Mt<0.1%182 Mt+5%
Botswana184 Mt<0.1%177 Mt+4%
Bahamas181 Mt<0.1%177 Mt+2%
New Caledonia172 Mt<0.1%166 Mt+3%
Iceland172 Mt<0.1%168 Mt+2%
Equatorial Guinea163 Mt<0.1%156 Mt+4%
Mauritius133 Mt<0.1%129 Mt+4%
Uganda131 Mt<0.1%125 Mt+5%
Suriname129 Mt<0.1%126 Mt+2%
Benin128 Mt<0.1%122 Mt+5%
Montenegro122 Mt<0.1%120 Mt+2%
Guyana117 Mt<0.1%113 Mt+4%
Madagascar113 Mt<0.1%108 Mt+4%
Malta111 Mt<0.1%109 Mt+2%
Guinea106 Mt<0.1%102 Mt+4%
Mali100 Mt<0.1%93 Mt+7%
Mauritania100 Mt<0.1%95 Mt+6%
Burkina Faso96 Mt<0.1%89 Mt+7%
Haiti89 Mt<0.1%86 Mt+3%
Namibia87 Mt<0.1%84 Mt+4%
Palestine78 Mt<0.1%73 Mt+7%
Togo77 Mt<0.1%74 Mt+4%
Aruba76 Mt<0.1%75 Mt+1%
Lesotho72 Mt<0.1%70 Mt+4%
Barbados64 Mt<0.1%63 Mt+2%
Sint Maarten62 Mt<0.1%62 Mt+1%
Niger62 Mt<0.1%58 Mt+5%
Malawi58 Mt<0.1%56 Mt+3%
Macao58 Mt<0.1%56 Mt+2%
Fiji54 Mt<0.1%53 Mt+3%
Liberia53 Mt<0.1%52 Mt+2%
Chad51 Mt<0.1%49 Mt+6%
South Sudan46 Mt<0.1%44 Mt+4%
Eswatini45 Mt<0.1%44 Mt+2%
Sierra Leone43 Mt<0.1%41 Mt+3%
Somalia42 Mt<0.1%41 Mt+3%
Rwanda37 Mt<0.1%35 Mt+6%
Greenland35 Mt<0.1%35 Mt+2%
French Polynesia35 Mt<0.1%34 Mt+3%
Faroe Islands34 Mt<0.1%33 Mt+2%
Maldives34 Mt<0.1%31 Mt+7%
Bermuda31 Mt<0.1%30 Mt+2%
Bhutan30 Mt<0.1%28 Mt+6%
Antigua and Barbuda27 Mt<0.1%26 Mt+3%
Belize23 Mt<0.1%22 Mt+4%
Djibouti21 Mt<0.1%21 Mt+3%
Eritrea19 Mt<0.1%18 Mt+4%
Gambia18 Mt<0.1%17 Mt+5%
Cabo Verde17 Mt<0.1%16 Mt+4%
Burundi17 Mt<0.1%16 Mt+6%
Andorra17 Mt<0.1%16 Mt+3%
Saint Lucia16 Mt<0.1%16 Mt+3%
Seychelles16 Mt<0.1%15 Mt+4%
Central African Republic12 Mt<0.1%12 Mt+3%
Timor-Leste12 Mt<0.1%11 Mt+6%
Solomon Islands12 Mt<0.1%11 Mt+3%
Palau11 Mt<0.1%11 Mt+2%
Caribbean Netherlands11 Mt<0.1%10 Mt+1%
Liechtenstein10 Mt<0.1%10 Mt+1%
Grenada10 Mt<0.1%9 Mt+4%
Guinea-Bissau8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+4%
Saint Kitts and Nevis8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+3%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+3%
Samoa8 Mt<0.1%8 Mt+3%
Turks and Caicos Islands8 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+5%
Comoros8 Mt<0.1%7 Mt+8%
British Virgin Islands6 Mt<0.1%6 Mt+3%
Vanuatu6 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+4%
Dominica5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+3%
Nauru5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+1%
Tonga5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+3%
Micronesia5 Mt<0.1%5 Mt+3%
São Tomé and Príncipe4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+4%
Marshall Islands4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+4%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon4 Mt<0.1%4 Mt+1%
Anguilla4 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+4%
Cook Islands3 Mt<0.1%3 Mt+3%
Kiribati2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+3%
Montserrat2 Mt<0.1%2 Mt+2%
Christmas Island1 Mt<0.1%1 Mt0%
Wallis and Futuna0.87 Mt<0.1%0.84 Mt+4%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha0.42 Mt<0.1%0.41 Mt+3%
Tuvalu0.30 Mt<0.1%0.29 Mt+4%
Niue0.29 Mt<0.1%0.28 Mt+3%
World1,849,124 Mt100%1,810,525 Mt–

Source: Global Carbon Budget2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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