Share of global fossil CO₂ emissions

204 countries, 2024. 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.

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

Share of global CO₂ over time

%

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1China31.84Asia
2United States12.71North America
3India8.27Asia
4Russia4.61Europe
5Japan2.49Asia
6Indonesia2.10Asia
7Iran2.05Asia
8Saudi Arabia1.79Asia
9South Korea1.51Asia
10Germany1.48Europe
11Canada1.38North America
12Türkiye1.33Asia
13Brazil1.25South America
14Mexico1.19North America
15South Africa1.14Africa
16Australia1.00Oceania
17Vietnam0.96Asia
18United Kingdom0.81Europe
19Italy0.78Europe
20Malaysia0.75Asia
21Kazakhstan0.74Asia
22Poland0.71Europe
23Thailand0.69Asia
24France0.68Europe
25Egypt0.67Africa
26Iraq0.61Asia
27United Arab Emirates0.58Asia
28Spain0.57Europe
29Algeria0.51Africa
30Pakistan0.47Asia
31Philippines0.45Asia
32Argentina0.44South America
33Ukraine0.37Europe
34Uzbekistan0.36Asia
35Nigeria0.35Africa
36Kuwait0.34Asia
37Qatar0.33Asia
38Venezuela0.30South America
39Netherlands0.30Europe
40Bangladesh0.28Asia
41Colombia0.24South America
42Belgium0.22Europe
43Oman0.21Asia
44Turkmenistan0.21Asia
45Chile0.20South America
46Czechia0.20Europe
47Peru0.18South America
48Morocco0.18Africa
49Romania0.18Europe
50Libya0.17Africa
51North Korea0.16Asia
52Austria0.15Europe
53Belarus0.14Europe
54Singapore0.14Asia
55Greece0.14Europe
56Israel0.14Asia
57Ecuador0.12South America
58Mongolia0.12Asia
59Serbia0.11Europe
60Hungary0.10Europe
61Azerbaijan0.10Asia
62Bahrain0.10Asia
63Sweden0.10Europe
64Norway0.10Europe
65Portugal0.09Europe
66Trinidad and Tobago0.09North America
67Hong Kong0.09Asia
68Ireland0.09Europe
69Dominican Republic0.09North America
70Tunisia0.08Africa
71New Zealand0.08Oceania
72Switzerland0.08Europe
73Syria0.08Asia
74Bulgaria0.08Europe
75Myanmar0.08Asia
76Finland0.08Europe
77Slovakia0.08Europe
78Bolivia0.07South America
79Denmark0.07Europe
80Cuba0.06North America
81Laos0.06Asia
82Jordan0.06Asia
83Angola0.06Africa
84Cambodia0.06Asia
85Kenya0.06Africa
86Ghana0.05Africa
87Sri Lanka0.05Asia
88Tanzania0.05Africa
89Guatemala0.05North America
90Bosnia and Herzegovina0.05Europe
91Nepal0.05Asia
92Croatia0.05Europe
93Ethiopia0.05Africa
94Sudan0.05Africa
95Lebanon0.04Asia
96Côte d'Ivoire0.04Africa
97Senegal0.04Africa
98Zimbabwe0.04Africa
99Honduras0.03North America
100Slovenia0.03Europe
101Panama0.03North America
102Lithuania0.03Europe
103Brunei0.03Asia
104Zambia0.03Africa
105Georgia0.03Asia
106Kyrgyzstan0.03Asia
107Afghanistan0.03Asia
108Tajikistan0.03Asia
109Yemen0.03Asia
110Cameroon0.03Africa
111El Salvador0.02North America
112Republic of the Congo0.02Africa
113Costa Rica0.02North America
114Mozambique0.02Africa
115Jamaica0.02North America
116Papua New Guinea0.02Oceania
117Estonia0.02Europe
118Uruguay0.02South America
119Paraguay0.02South America
120Armenia0.02Asia
121Botswana0.02Africa
122Cyprus0.02Asia
123Equatorial Guinea0.02Africa
124Luxembourg0.02Europe
125Mali0.02Africa
126North Macedonia0.02Europe
127Burkina Faso0.02Africa
128Latvia0.02Europe
129Uganda0.02Africa
130Benin0.02Africa
131Democratic Republic of the Congo0.02Africa
132Nicaragua0.01North America
133Gabon0.01Africa
134Moldova0.01Europe
135New Caledonia0.01Oceania
136Mauritania0.01Africa
137Palestine0.01Asia
138Mauritius0.01Africa
139Guyana0.01South America
140Madagascar0.01Africa
141Albania0.01Europe
142Guinea0.01Africa
143Iceland0.01Europe
144Namibia0.01Africa
145Niger0.01Africa
146Bahamas0.01North America
147Haiti0.01North America
148Suriname0.01South America
149Chad0.01Africa
150Togo0.01Africa
151Lesotho0.01Africa
152Montenegro0.01Europe
153Maldives0.01Asia
154Curaçao0.01North America
155Rwanda0.01Africa
156Malawi0.00Africa
157Malta0.00Europe
158South Sudan0.00Africa
159Bhutan0.00Asia
160Fiji0.00Oceania
161Sierra Leone0.00Africa
162Barbados0.00North America
163Somalia0.00Africa
164Macao0.00Asia
165Eswatini0.00Africa
166Aruba0.00North America
167Burundi0.00Africa
168French Polynesia0.00Oceania
169Liberia0.00Africa
170Belize0.00North America
171The Gambia0.00Africa
172Eritrea0.00Africa
173Faroe Islands0.00Europe
174Sint Maarten0.00North America
175Antigua and Barbuda0.00North America
176Seychelles0.00Africa
177Timor-Leste0.00Asia
178Greenland0.00North America
179Cabo Verde0.00Africa
180Djibouti0.00Africa
181Bermuda0.00North America
182Comoros0.00Africa
183Saint Lucia0.00North America
184Andorra0.00Europe
185Central African Republic0.00Africa
186Grenada0.00North America
187Turks and Caicos Islands0.00North America
188Guinea-Bissau0.00Africa
189Solomon Islands0.00Oceania
190Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00North America
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00North America
192Palau0.00Oceania
193Samoa0.00Oceania
194British Virgin Islands0.00North America
195Vanuatu0.00Oceania
196Dominica0.00North 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 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2014-2024

change in percentage points · 204 countries

Largest increase

  1. China 28.13 → 31.84 +3.71 pp
  2. India 6.06 → 8.27 +2.22 pp
  3. Indonesia 1.40 → 2.10 +0.70 pp
  4. Vietnam 0.51 → 0.96 +0.45 pp
  5. Türkiye 1.04 → 1.33 +0.29 pp

Largest decrease

  1. United States 15.60 → 12.71 −2.89 pp
  2. Japan 3.55 → 2.49 −1.06 pp
  3. Germany 2.23 → 1.48 −0.75 pp
  4. United Kingdom 1.24 → 0.81 −0.43 pp
  5. Ukraine 0.73 → 0.37 −0.36 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: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.06 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: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1954 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.16 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: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1956 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.03 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1957 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1958 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1959 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.16 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1960 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 Oceania: 0 1961 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.04 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.07 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: 0.19 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: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1965 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1966 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.05 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1967 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.23 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1968 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.07 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1969 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.06 Europe: 0.28 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 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: 0.01 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.23 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1976 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 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: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1979 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1980 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.09 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1981 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.1 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 1982 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.25 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 1983 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 1984 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 Oceania: 0 1985 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1986 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.26 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1987 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.27 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 Oceania: 0 1988 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.24 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1989 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.11 Europe: 0.24 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: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1991 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.08 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.08 Oceania: 0 1992 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.22 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.1 Oceania: 0 1993 Africa: 0 Asia: 0.12 Europe: 0.21 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.11 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: 0.09 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: 0.13 Europe: 0.18 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 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: 0.1 Oceania: 0 2006 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.17 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.09 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: 0.14 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: 0.13 Europe: 0.13 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.12 Oceania: 0 2013 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.12 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: 0.13 Europe: 0.11 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.13 Oceania: 0 2020 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.1 North America: 0.01 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: 0.13 Europe: 0.09 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.15 Oceania: 0 2024 Africa: 0.01 Asia: 0.13 Europe: 0.08 North America: 0.01 South America: 0.15 Oceania: 0 1950 1972 1983 1994 2005 2024

By continent

median country
Africa 0.01 %
Asia 0.13 %
Europe 0.08 %
North America 0.01 %
South America 0.15 %
Oceania 0.00 %

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