Share of global fossil CO₂ emissions

204 countries, 2025. Unit: % of world total.

First in the ranking
31.84 %
China
Median country
0.03 %
half above, half below
World total
100.00 %
Global Carbon Project aggregate
Range
0.00 to 31.84
Tuvalu - China

How to read it

Across 204 countries worldwide, the highest value is in China (31.84 %) and the lowest in Tuvalu (0.00 %).

The median country is at 0.03 %: half are above, half below.

Compare selected countries · on the world map

Source: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, national fossil CO₂ emissions · licence

Share of global CO₂ over time

%

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1China31.84Asia
2United States12.91North America
3India8.21Asia
4Russia4.53Europe
5Japan2.46Asia
6Iran2.19Asia
7Indonesia2.11Asia
8Saudi Arabia1.64Asia
9South Korea1.49Asia
10Germany1.47Europe
11Canada1.40North America
12Brazil1.27South America
13Türkiye1.25Asia
14Mexico1.21North America
15South Africa1.18Africa
16Australia0.97Oceania
17Vietnam0.96Asia
18United Kingdom0.82Europe
19Kazakhstan0.80Asia
20Malaysia0.79Asia
21Italy0.75Europe
22Poland0.73Europe
23Thailand0.66Asia
24France0.65Europe
25Iraq0.65Asia
26Egypt0.63Africa
27United Arab Emirates0.60Asia
28Pakistan0.54Asia
29Spain0.54Europe
30Algeria0.53Africa
31Argentina0.45South America
32Philippines0.43Asia
33Nigeria0.36Africa
34Ukraine0.36Europe
35Uzbekistan0.32Asia
36Netherlands0.30Europe
37Bangladesh0.30Asia
38Kuwait0.29Asia
39Venezuela0.26South America
40Qatar0.25Asia
41Colombia0.25South America
42Oman0.23Asia
43Belgium0.22Europe
44Turkmenistan0.22Asia
45Czechia0.20Europe
46Libya0.20Africa
47Chile0.20South America
48Morocco0.18Africa
49Peru0.18South America
50Romania0.16Europe
51North Korea0.16Asia
52Israel0.15Asia
53Austria0.14Europe
54Singapore0.14Asia
55Greece0.14Europe
56Belarus0.14Europe
57Ecuador0.12South America
58Serbia0.11Europe
59Mongolia0.11Asia
60Sweden0.10Europe
61Azerbaijan0.10Asia
62Hungary0.10Europe
63Bahrain0.09Asia
64Portugal0.09Europe
65Norway0.09Europe
66Myanmar0.09Asia
67Dominican Republic0.09North America
68Bulgaria0.09Europe
69Tunisia0.08Africa
70Ireland0.08Europe
71Switzerland0.08Europe
72New Zealand0.08Oceania
73Hong Kong0.08Asia
74Trinidad and Tobago0.08North America
75Finland0.07Europe
76Syria0.07Asia
77Slovakia0.07Europe
78Cambodia0.07Asia
79Jordan0.07Asia
80Bolivia0.07South America
81Ghana0.07Africa
82Denmark0.06Europe
83Laos0.06Asia
84Cuba0.06North America
85Angola0.06Africa
86Kenya0.06Africa
87Guatemala0.05North America
88Tanzania0.05Africa
89Sri Lanka0.05Asia
90Croatia0.05Europe
91Ethiopia0.05Africa
92Yemen0.05Asia
93Bosnia and Herzegovina0.05Europe
94Côte d'Ivoire0.05Africa
95Zimbabwe0.04Africa
96Lebanon0.04Asia
97Nepal0.04Asia
98Senegal0.04Africa
99Honduras0.03North America
100Sudan0.03Africa
101Panama0.03North America
102Kyrgyzstan0.03Asia
103Georgia0.03Asia
104Slovenia0.03Europe
105Lithuania0.03Europe
106Zambia0.03Africa
107Tajikistan0.03Asia
108Afghanistan0.03Asia
109Brunei0.03Asia
110Costa Rica0.02North America
111El Salvador0.02North America
112Mozambique0.02Africa
113Papua New Guinea0.02Oceania
114Paraguay0.02South America
115Republic of the Congo0.02Africa
116Benin0.02Africa
117Jamaica0.02North America
118Cameroon0.02Africa
119Mali0.02Africa
120Burkina Faso0.02Africa
121Uruguay0.02South America
122Estonia0.02Europe
123Cyprus0.02Asia
124Uganda0.02Africa
125Botswana0.02Africa
126North Macedonia0.02Europe
127Armenia0.02Asia
128Nicaragua0.02North America
129Luxembourg0.02Europe
130Latvia0.02Europe
131Equatorial Guinea0.02Africa
132Mauritania0.01Africa
133Moldova0.01Europe
134New Caledonia0.01Oceania
135Mauritius0.01Africa
136Guinea0.01Africa
137Albania0.01Europe
138Madagascar0.01Africa
139Gabon0.01Africa
140Democratic Republic of the Congo0.01Africa
141Guyana0.01South America
142Palestine0.01Asia
143Niger0.01Africa
144Namibia0.01Africa
145Iceland0.01Europe
146South Sudan0.01Africa
147Togo0.01Africa
148Suriname0.01South America
149Bahamas0.01North America
150Montenegro0.01Europe
151Maldives0.01Asia
152Chad0.01Africa
153Rwanda0.01Africa
154Malawi0.01Africa
155Bhutan0.00Asia
156Fiji0.00Oceania
157Malta0.00Europe
158Sierra Leone0.00Africa
159Curaçao0.00North America
160Haiti0.00North America
161Barbados0.00North America
162Somalia0.00Africa
163Eswatini0.00Africa
164French Polynesia0.00Oceania
165Macao0.00Asia
166Aruba0.00North America
167The Gambia0.00Africa
168Belize0.00North America
169Liberia0.00Africa
170Burundi0.00Africa
171Eritrea0.00Africa
172Faroe Islands0.00Europe
173Sint Maarten0.00North America
174Lesotho0.00Africa
175Antigua and Barbuda0.00North America
176Cabo Verde0.00Africa
177Seychelles0.00Africa
178Timor-Leste0.00Asia
179Djibouti0.00Africa
180Greenland0.00North America
181Comoros0.00Africa
182Solomon Islands0.00Oceania
183Bermuda0.00North America
184Saint Lucia0.00North America
185Andorra0.00Europe
186Central African Republic0.00Africa
187Guinea-Bissau0.00Africa
188Grenada0.00North America
189Turks and Caicos Islands0.00North America
190Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00North America
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00North America
192Vanuatu0.00Oceania
193Samoa0.00Oceania
194Palau0.00Oceania
195Dominica0.00North America
196British Virgin Islands0.00North America
197Federated States of Micronesia0.00Oceania
198Marshall Islands0.00Oceania
199São Tomé and Principe0.00Africa
200Tonga0.00Oceania
201Liechtenstein0.00Europe
202Kiribati0.00Oceania
203Nauru0.00Oceania
204Tuvalu0.00Oceania
Global Carbon Project · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2015-2025

change in percentage points · 204 countries

Largest increase

  1. China 28.02 → 31.84 +3.83 pp
  2. India 6.28 → 8.21 +1.93 pp
  3. Indonesia 1.55 → 2.11 +0.56 pp
  4. Iran 1.80 → 2.19 +0.40 pp
  5. Vietnam 0.61 → 0.96 +0.35 pp

Largest decrease

  1. United States 15.12 → 12.91 −2.21 pp
  2. Japan 3.43 → 2.46 −0.97 pp
  3. Germany 2.25 → 1.47 −0.78 pp
  4. United Kingdom 1.19 → 0.82 −0.37 pp
  5. South Korea 1.79 → 1.49 −0.30 pp

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Share of global CO₂ - continent medians

%

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 1950 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1951 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0 South America: 0.05 Oceania: 0 1952 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1953 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1954 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1955 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1956 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1957 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1958 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1959 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1960 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1961 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 Oceania: 0 1962 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.05 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1963 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1964 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.21 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1965 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.05 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1966 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.05 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1967 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.23 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1968 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.07 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1969 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.07 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1970 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1971 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1972 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1973 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1974 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1975 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1976 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1977 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1978 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1979 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1980 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1981 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.1 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1982 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.1 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1983 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1984 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1985 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.28 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1986 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1987 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.28 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1988 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1989 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1990 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1991 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.07 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1992 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1993 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.21 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1994 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.2 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1995 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.21 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1996 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.2 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1997 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.21 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1998 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 1999 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2000 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2001 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.19 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2002 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2003 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2004 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2005 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 2006 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2007 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 2008 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2009 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.15 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2010 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.15 Europe: 0.14 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2011 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.14 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2012 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.14 Europe: 0.13 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2013 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2014 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2015 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2016 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2017 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2018 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.12 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2019 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.11 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2020 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.1 North America: 0 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 2021 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.1 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2022 Africa: 0.02 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.1 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.14 Oceania: 0 2023 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.09 North America: 0 South America: 0.14 Oceania: 0 2024 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.08 North America: 0 South America: 0.15 Oceania: 0 2025 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.08 North America: 0 South America: 0.15 Oceania: 0 1950 1972 1983 1994 2005 2025

By continent

median country
Africa 0.01 %
Asia 0.12 %
Europe 0.08 %
North America 0.00 %
South America 0.15 %
Oceania 0.00 %

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