CO2 emitted since 1750 Mt
In 2024, the United States has emitted the most CO2 from fossil fuels and cement since 1750: 434,867 Mt.
Definition. All CO2 from fossil fuels and cement emitted inside the country since 1750, in million tonnes. How we measure
Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data, ranked
| 1 | United States | 434,867 Mt | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | China | 285,087 Mt | 2024 |
| 3 | Russia | 122,808 Mt | 2024 |
| 4 | Germany | 95,136 Mt | 2024 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 80,079 Mt | 2024 |
| 6 | Japan | 69,612 Mt | 2024 |
| 7 | India | 66,073 Mt | 2024 |
| 8 | France | 40,048 Mt | 2024 |
| 9 | Canada | 35,644 Mt | 2024 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 31,236 Mt | 2024 |
| 11 | Poland | 29,044 Mt | 2024 |
| 12 | Italy | 26,006 Mt | 2024 |
| 13 | South Africa | 22,827 Mt | 2024 |
| 14 | Mexico | 22,016 Mt | 2024 |
| 15 | Iran | 21,811 Mt | 2024 |
| 16 | South Korea | 20,708 Mt | 2024 |
| 17 | Australia | 20,040 Mt | 2024 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 19,020 Mt | 2024 |
| 19 | Brazil | 18,199 Mt | 2024 |
| 20 | Indonesia | 17,420 Mt | 2024 |
| 21 | Spain | 15,700 Mt | 2024 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 14,937 Mt | 2024 |
| 23 | Belgium | 12,906 Mt | 2024 |
| 24 | Türkiye | 12,888 Mt | 2024 |
| 25 | Czechia | 12,332 Mt | 2024 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 12,262 Mt | 2024 |
| 27 | Taiwan | 10,092 Mt | 2024 |
| 28 | Argentina | 9,152 Mt | 2024 |
| 29 | Romania | 8,862 Mt | 2024 |
| 30 | Thailand | 8,308 Mt | 2024 |
| 31 | Venezuela | 7,886 Mt | 2024 |
| 32 | Egypt | 7,471 Mt | 2024 |
| 33 | Malaysia | 7,042 Mt | 2024 |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 6,751 Mt | 2024 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 5,824 Mt | 2024 |
| 36 | Austria | 5,750 Mt | 2024 |
| 37 | Pakistan | 5,740 Mt | 2024 |
| 38 | Vietnam | 5,669 Mt | 2024 |
| 39 | North Korea | 5,493 Mt | 2024 |
| 40 | Algeria | 5,477 Mt | 2024 |
| 41 | Iraq | 5,351 Mt | 2024 |
| 42 | Belarus | 5,184 Mt | 2024 |
| 43 | Hungary | 5,184 Mt | 2024 |
| 44 | Sweden | 5,135 Mt | 2024 |
| 45 | Nigeria | 4,711 Mt | 2024 |
| 46 | Greece | 4,297 Mt | 2024 |
| 47 | Denmark | 4,200 Mt | 2024 |
| 48 | Slovakia | 4,028 Mt | 2024 |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 3,984 Mt | 2024 |
| 50 | Philippines | 3,984 Mt | 2024 |
| 51 | Kuwait | 3,876 Mt | 2024 |
| 52 | Colombia | 3,802 Mt | 2024 |
| 53 | Chile | 3,325 Mt | 2024 |
| 54 | Finland | 3,325 Mt | 2024 |
| 55 | Switzerland | 3,158 Mt | 2024 |
| 56 | Serbia | 2,925 Mt | 2024 |
| 57 | Norway | 2,787 Mt | 2024 |
| 58 | Portugal | 2,768 Mt | 2024 |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 2,742 Mt | 2024 |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 2,637 Mt | 2024 |
| 61 | Israel | 2,608 Mt | 2024 |
| 62 | Qatar | 2,591 Mt | 2024 |
| 63 | Libya | 2,490 Mt | 2024 |
| 64 | Ireland | 2,366 Mt | 2024 |
| 65 | Singapore | 2,248 Mt | 2024 |
| 66 | Peru | 2,162 Mt | 2024 |
| 67 | Syria | 2,056 Mt | 2024 |
| 68 | Morocco | 2,016 Mt | 2024 |
| 69 | New Zealand | 2,012 Mt | 2024 |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 2,001 Mt | 2024 |
| 71 | Cuba | 1,814 Mt | 2024 |
| 72 | Hong Kong | 1,750 Mt | 2024 |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,711 Mt | 2024 |
| 74 | Oman | 1,673 Mt | 2024 |
| 75 | Estonia | 1,668 Mt | 2024 |
| 76 | Lithuania | 1,610 Mt | 2024 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 1,391 Mt | 2024 |
| 78 | Moldova | 1,358 Mt | 2024 |
| 79 | Croatia | 1,185 Mt | 2024 |
| 80 | Bahrain | 1,112 Mt | 2024 |
| 81 | Tunisia | 1,066 Mt | 2024 |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,043 Mt | 2024 |
| 83 | Latvia | 981 Mt | 2024 |
| 84 | Slovenia | 911 Mt | 2024 |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 883 Mt | 2024 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 869 Mt | 2024 |
| 87 | Mongolia | 861 Mt | 2024 |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 833 Mt | 2024 |
| 89 | Lebanon | 795 Mt | 2024 |
| 90 | Jordan | 793 Mt | 2024 |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 783 Mt | 2024 |
| 92 | Angola | 740 Mt | 2024 |
| 93 | Myanmar | 728 Mt | 2024 |
| 94 | Yemen | 708 Mt | 2024 |
| 95 | Georgia | 662 Mt | 2024 |
| 96 | Bolivia | 641 Mt | 2024 |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 568 Mt | 2024 |
| 98 | Kenya | 551 Mt | 2024 |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 538 Mt | 2024 |
| 100 | Curaçao | 532 Mt | 2024 |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 518 Mt | 2024 |
| 102 | Sudan | 517 Mt | 2024 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 516 Mt | 2024 |
| 104 | Jamaica | 485 Mt | 2024 |
| 105 | Uruguay | 477 Mt | 2024 |
| 106 | Brunei | 428 Mt | 2024 |
| 107 | Ghana | 427 Mt | 2024 |
| 108 | Armenia | 407 Mt | 2024 |
| 109 | Côte d'Ivoire | 400 Mt | 2024 |
| 110 | Panama | 360 Mt | 2024 |
| 111 | Tanzania | 345 Mt | 2024 |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 330 Mt | 2024 |
| 113 | Cyprus | 322 Mt | 2024 |
| 114 | Honduras | 310 Mt | 2024 |
| 115 | Cameroon | 309 Mt | 2024 |
| 116 | Albania | 308 Mt | 2024 |
| 117 | Gabon | 307 Mt | 2024 |
| 118 | Zambia | 301 Mt | 2024 |
| 119 | Senegal | 301 Mt | 2024 |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 286 Mt | 2024 |
| 121 | El Salvador | 265 Mt | 2024 |
| 122 | Cambodia | 252 Mt | 2024 |
| 123 | Laos | 243 Mt | 2024 |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 243 Mt | 2024 |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 239 Mt | 2024 |
| 126 | Nepal | 232 Mt | 2024 |
| 127 | Mozambique | 211 Mt | 2024 |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 210 Mt | 2024 |
| 129 | Paraguay | 209 Mt | 2024 |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 198 Mt | 2024 |
| 131 | Republic of the Congo | 191 Mt | 2024 |
| 132 | Botswana | 184 Mt | 2024 |
| 133 | Bahamas | 181 Mt | 2024 |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 172 Mt | 2024 |
| 135 | Iceland | 172 Mt | 2024 |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 163 Mt | 2024 |
| 137 | Mauritius | 133 Mt | 2024 |
| 138 | Uganda | 131 Mt | 2024 |
| 139 | Suriname | 129 Mt | 2024 |
| 140 | Benin | 128 Mt | 2024 |
| 141 | Montenegro | 122 Mt | 2024 |
| 142 | Guyana | 117 Mt | 2024 |
| 143 | Madagascar | 113 Mt | 2024 |
| 144 | Malta | 111 Mt | 2024 |
| 145 | Guinea | 106 Mt | 2024 |
| 146 | Mali | 100 Mt | 2024 |
| 147 | Mauritania | 100 Mt | 2024 |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 96 Mt | 2024 |
| 149 | Haiti | 89 Mt | 2024 |
| 150 | Namibia | 87 Mt | 2024 |
| 151 | Palestine | 78 Mt | 2024 |
| 152 | Togo | 77 Mt | 2024 |
| 153 | Aruba | 76 Mt | 2024 |
| 154 | Lesotho | 72 Mt | 2024 |
| 155 | Barbados | 64 Mt | 2024 |
| 156 | Sint Maarten | 62 Mt | 2024 |
| 157 | Niger | 62 Mt | 2024 |
| 158 | Malawi | 58 Mt | 2024 |
| 159 | Macao | 58 Mt | 2024 |
| 160 | Fiji | 54 Mt | 2024 |
| 161 | Liberia | 53 Mt | 2024 |
| 162 | Chad | 51 Mt | 2024 |
| 163 | South Sudan | 46 Mt | 2024 |
| 164 | Eswatini | 45 Mt | 2024 |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 43 Mt | 2024 |
| 166 | Somalia | 42 Mt | 2024 |
| 167 | Rwanda | 37 Mt | 2024 |
| 168 | Greenland | 35 Mt | 2024 |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 35 Mt | 2024 |
| 170 | Faroe Islands | 34 Mt | 2024 |
| 171 | Maldives | 34 Mt | 2024 |
| 172 | Bermuda | 31 Mt | 2024 |
| 173 | Bhutan | 30 Mt | 2024 |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27 Mt | 2024 |
| 175 | Belize | 23 Mt | 2024 |
| 176 | Djibouti | 21 Mt | 2024 |
| 177 | Eritrea | 19 Mt | 2024 |
| 178 | Gambia | 18 Mt | 2024 |
| 179 | Cabo Verde | 17 Mt | 2024 |
| 180 | Burundi | 17 Mt | 2024 |
| 181 | Andorra | 17 Mt | 2024 |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 16 Mt | 2024 |
| 183 | Seychelles | 16 Mt | 2024 |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 12 Mt | 2024 |
| 185 | Timor-Leste | 12 Mt | 2024 |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 12 Mt | 2024 |
| 187 | Palau | 11 Mt | 2024 |
| 188 | Caribbean Netherlands | 11 Mt | 2024 |
| 189 | Liechtenstein | 10 Mt | 2024 |
| 190 | Grenada | 10 Mt | 2024 |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 194 | Samoa | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 196 | Comoros | 8 Mt | 2024 |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 6 Mt | 2024 |
| 198 | Vanuatu | 6 Mt | 2024 |
| 199 | Dominica | 5 Mt | 2024 |
| 200 | Nauru | 5 Mt | 2024 |
| 201 | Tonga | 5 Mt | 2024 |
| 202 | Micronesia | 5 Mt | 2024 |
| 203 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 Mt | 2024 |
| 204 | Marshall Islands | 4 Mt | 2024 |
| 205 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4 Mt | 2024 |
| 206 | Anguilla | 4 Mt | 2024 |
| 207 | Cook Islands | 3 Mt | 2024 |
| 208 | Kiribati | 2 Mt | 2024 |
| 209 | Montserrat | 2 Mt | 2024 |
| 210 | Christmas Island | 1 Mt | 2024 |
| 211 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.87 Mt | 2024 |
| 212 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.42 Mt | 2024 |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 0.30 Mt | 2024 |
| 214 | Niue | 0.29 Mt | 2024 |
Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
CO2 since 1750, 2024
under 210 Mt210 Mt–5,200 Mt5,200 Mt–20,000 Mt20,000 Mt–100,000 Mt100,000 Mt+
No data
214 of 214 countries and territories reported for 2024.
Over time
The median country’s value ranged from 255 Mt to 417 Mt between 2010 and 2024.
The median of reporting countries and the five highest in 2024. Dashed: median.
Source: Global Carbon Budget2010–2024Updated 24 Oct 2026