CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF by country

Countries reporting

189

Highest

10,314

China

Lowest

0.01

Niue

Median

11.59

Years covered

1990–2018

Data points

5,509

What the numbers show

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 10,314 in China; the lowest is 0.01 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.59, and the mean is 177.51.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 816.6%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 75.1%).

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	10,314	2018	up 43.3%	volatile
2	United States	4,981	2018	down 10.5%	flat
3	India	2,435	2018	up 71.0%	rising
4	Russia	1,608	2018	down 0.3%	falling
5	Japan	1,106	2018	down 4.6%	flat
6	Germany	709.54	2018	down 10.1%	falling
7	South Korea	630.87	2018	up 22.9%	rising
8	Iran	629.29	2018	up 17.8%	rising
9	Indonesia	583.11	2018	up 54.6%	rising
10	Canada	574.4	2018	up 4.4%	rising
11	Saudi Arabia	514.6	2018	up 34.6%	rising
12	Mexico	472.14	2018	down 1.1%	rising
13	South Africa	433.25	2018	up 1.6%	rising
14	Brazil	427.71	2018	up 14.9%	rising
15	Turkey	412.97	2018	up 43.8%	rising
16	Australia	386.62	2018	down 0.5%	rising
17	United Kingdom	358.8	2018	down 30.3%	falling
18	Italy	324.85	2018	down 27.0%	falling
19	Poland	312.74	2018	up 1.4%	falling
20	France	309.96	2018	down 13.5%	falling
21	Spain	258.34	2018	down 20.3%	rising
22	Thailand	257.86	2018	up 12.9%	rising
22	Vietnam	257.86	2018	up 119.2%	volatile
24	Egypt	246.26	2018	up 30.2%	rising
25	Malaysia	239.62	2018	up 19.1%	rising
26	Kazakhstan	220.45	2018	down 5.0%	rising
27	Pakistan	208.37	2018	up 46.6%	rising
28	United Arab Emirates	200.3	2018	up 28.2%	rising
29	Iraq	188.14	2018	up 118.7%	rising
30	Ukraine	185.37	2018	down 38.5%	falling
31	Argentina	177.41	2018	up 5.5%	rising
32	Algeria	151.67	2018	up 45.9%	rising
33	Netherlands	151.17	2018	down 8.6%	flat
34	Philippines	142.24	2018	up 85.4%	rising
35	Venezuela	138.16	2018	down 15.5%	rising
36	Nigeria	130.67	2018	up 42.8%	rising
37	Uzbekistan	112.09	2018	down 9.8%	flat
38	Czechia	102.48	2018	down 13.4%	falling
39	Belgium	93.47	2018	down 12.6%	falling
40	Qatar	90.17	2018	up 63.3%	volatile
41	Kuwait	89.46	2018	up 22.7%	rising
42	Chile	86.62	2018	up 26.9%	rising
43	Bangladesh	82.76	2018	up 99.0%	volatile
44	Colombia	79.49	2018	up 32.5%	rising
45	Romania	74.88	2018	down 21.4%	falling
46	Oman	73.37	2018	up 83.1%	volatile
47	Turkmenistan	71.73	2018	up 26.2%	rising
48	Morocco	66.68	2018	up 32.9%	rising
49	Greece	65.29	2018	down 35.0%	falling
50	Austria	63.18	2018	down 10.7%	rising
51	Israel	61.97	2018	down 7.1%	rising
52	Belarus	59.31	2018	down 1.6%	falling
53	Libya	58.94	2018	up 14.5%	rising
54	Peru	54.28	2018	up 40.8%	rising
55	Portugal	49.78	2018	down 12.4%	flat
56	Singapore	47.36	2018	up 23.3%	rising
57	Hungary	46.39	2018	down 12.5%	falling
58	Serbia	45.54	2018	down 11.3%	falling
59	Finland	44.36	2018	down 21.7%	falling
60	Bulgaria	41.13	2018	down 17.8%	falling
61	Ecuador	39.53	2018	up 30.5%	rising
62	Switzerland	37.48	2018	down 16.6%	falling
63	Norway	37.35	2018	up 0.8%	rising
64	Ireland	37.11	2018	down 19.9%	rising
65	Sweden	36	2018	down 22.0%	falling
66	Denmark	33.38	2018	down 33.4%	falling
67	Slovakia	33	2018	down 10.9%	falling
68	Myanmar	32.52	2018	up 305.0%	volatile
69	New Zealand	32.21	2018	down 6.3%	rising
70	Azerbaijan	32.02	2018	up 8.2%	falling
71	Bahrain	30.75	2018	up 24.1%	rising
72	Tunisia	29.98	2018	up 20.9%	rising
73	Syria	27.91	2018	down 56.4%	rising
74	Lebanon	27.71	2018	up 48.5%	rising
75	Angola	27.34	2018	up 9.0%	volatile
76	Dominican Republic	25.12	2018	up 22.3%	rising
77	Cuba	24.97	2018	down 5.1%	rising
78	Jordan	24.7	2018	up 23.4%	rising
79	Bolivia	22.71	2018	up 74.4%	rising
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.54	2018	up 8.6%	rising
81	Sri Lanka	21.63	2018	up 68.9%	rising
82	Mongolia	21.32	2018	up 64.4%	rising
83	Sudan	20.2	2018	up 39.2%	volatile
84	Laos	18.79	2018	up 816.6%	volatile
85	Kenya	18.4	2018	up 85.7%	rising
86	Guatemala	18.21	2018	up 62.0%	rising
87	North Korea	18.12	2018	down 75.1%	falling
88	Trinidad and Tobago	17.76	2018	down 16.0%	rising
89	Croatia	16.58	2018	down 23.7%	rising
90	Ethiopia	16.28	2018	up 136.6%	volatile
91	Ghana	16.11	2018	up 88.2%	volatile
92	Estonia	16	2018	down 12.5%	falling
93	Slovenia	14.05	2018	down 19.2%	flat
94	Nepal	12.03	2018	up 302.3%	volatile
95	Lithuania	11.59	2018	down 11.3%	falling
96	Tanzania	11.58	2018	up 89.8%	volatile
97	Cambodia	11.16	2018	up 183.2%	volatile
98	Kyrgyzstan	11	2018	up 46.5%	volatile
99	Panama	10.14	2018	up 38.9%	rising
100	Cote d'Ivoire	9.91	2018	up 55.8%	rising
101	Senegal	9.86	2018	up 54.1%	rising
102	Honduras	9.77	2018	up 12.9%	rising
103	Georgia	9.46	2018	up 95.5%	volatile
104	Luxembourg	9.32	2018	down 15.6%	flat
105	Cameroon	8.62	2018	up 5.0%	rising
106	Moldova	8.59	2018	up 5.4%	volatile
107	Jamaica	8.51	2018	down 11.5%	falling
108	Paraguay	8.42	2018	up 101.4%	rising
109	Costa Rica	8.26	2018	up 9.8%	rising
110	Botswana	8.21	2018	up 87.0%	rising
111	Benin	7.91	2018	up 81.8%	volatile
112	Latvia	7.63	2018	down 5.9%	falling
113	Papua New Guinea	7.46	2018	up 57.4%	rising
114	Afghanistan	7.44	2018	up 69.5%	volatile
115	North Macedonia	7.37	2018	down 23.1%	falling
116	Tajikistan	7.33	2018	up 141.9%	volatile
117	Cyprus	7.23	2018	down 13.9%	rising
118	Brunei	7.14	2018	down 1.1%	rising
119	El Salvador	6.81	2018	down 1.4%	rising
120	Equatorial Guinea	6.67	2018	down 25.7%	volatile
121	Mozambique	6.64	2018	up 196.4%	volatile
122	Uruguay	6.52	2018	down 15.9%	rising
123	Uganda	6.13	2018	up 92.8%	volatile
124	Mali	5.62	2018	up 168.9%	volatile
125	Albania	5.56	2018	up 33.3%	rising
126	Armenia	5.55	2018	down 2.5%	volatile
127	Nicaragua	5.21	2018	up 16.8%	rising
128	Gabon	4.61	2018	up 11.6%	rising
129	Burkina Faso	4.27	2018	up 123.6%	volatile
130	Namibia	4.25	2018	up 43.6%	rising
131	Mauritius	4.13	2018	up 19.0%	rising
132	Mauritania	4	2018	up 122.2%	volatile
133	Madagascar	3.37	2018	up 89.3%	rising
134	Haiti	3.33	2018	up 64.0%	rising
135	Congo	3.22	2018	down 40.5%	rising
136	Guinea	3.12	2018	up 55.2%	rising
137	Lesotho	2.57	2018	up 27.9%	rising
138	Montenegro	2.52	2018	down 6.3%	volatile
139	Guyana	2.44	2018	up 52.5%	rising
140	Niger	2.29	2018	up 166.3%	volatile
141	Bahamas	2.26	2018	up 7.1%	rising
141	Togo	2.26	2018	up 43.9%	rising
143	Democratic Republic of Congo	2.2	2018	up 17.6%	rising
143	Iceland	2.2	2018	up 0.9%	flat
145	Suriname	2.08	2018	up 42.5%	rising
146	Maldives	1.91	2018	up 119.5%	volatile
147	Fiji	1.9	2018	up 97.9%	rising
148	Malawi	1.57	2018	up 42.7%	rising
149	Malta	1.55	2018	down 43.0%	falling
150	Bhutan	1.38	2018	up 245.0%	volatile
150	South Sudan	1.38	2018	—	volatile
152	Liberia	1.32	2018	up 144.4%	rising
153	Barbados	1.25	2018	down 29.8%	rising
154	Eswatini	1.09	2018	up 6.9%	rising
155	Rwanda	1.08	2018	up 103.8%	rising
156	Chad	1.07	2018	up 12.6%	rising
157	Sierra Leone	1.02	2018	up 85.5%	rising
158	Eritrea	0.8	2018	up 77.8%	rising
159	Somalia	0.69	2018	up 11.3%	rising
160	Belize	0.68	2018	up 36.0%	rising
161	East Timor	0.64	2018	up 204.8%	volatile
162	Cape Verde	0.62	2018	up 29.2%	volatile
162	Seychelles	0.62	2018	down 11.4%	rising
164	Burundi	0.59	2018	up 195.0%	rising
165	Gambia	0.57	2018	up 32.6%	rising
166	Antigua and Barbuda	0.53	2018	up 10.4%	rising
167	Andorra	0.46	2018	down 14.8%	rising
168	Saint Lucia	0.39	2018	up 21.9%	rising
169	Solomon Islands	0.37	2018	up 15.6%	rising
170	Central African Republic	0.33	2018	up 26.9%	rising
171	Samoa	0.32	2018	up 68.4%	rising
172	Guinea-Bissau	0.31	2018	up 40.9%	rising
173	Grenada	0.3	2018	up 3.4%	rising
174	Palau	0.29	2018	up 38.1%	rising
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.28	2018	up 27.3%	volatile
176	Comoros	0.26	2018	up 116.7%	rising
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.26	2018	up 4.0%	rising
178	Marshall Islands	0.19	2018	up 46.2%	rising
178	Tonga	0.19	2018	up 46.2%	rising
180	Dominica	0.18	2018	unchanged	volatile
180	Micronesia (country)	0.18	2018	up 50.0%	rising
180	Vanuatu	0.18	2018	up 80.0%	rising
183	Liechtenstein	0.14	2018	down 36.4%	falling
183	Sao Tome and Principe	0.14	2018	up 55.6%	rising
185	Cook Islands	0.09	2018	up 50.0%	rising
186	Kiribati	0.08	2018	up 33.3%	rising
187	Nauru	0.07	2018	up 75.0%	falling
188	Tuvalu	0.01	2018	unchanged	flat
188	Niue	0.01	2018	unchanged	flat

About this data

Indicator: CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total excluding LUCF
Source: Climate Watch. 2020. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: https://www.climatewatchdata.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 5,509 data points, 1990–2018
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

Total CO2 emissions (excluding LUCF) are generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch. Climate Watch Historical Emission data contains sector-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union (EU) for the period 1990-2018, including emissions of the six major GHGs from most major sources and sinks. Non-CO2 emissions are expressed in CO2 equivalents using 100-year global warming potential values from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data (previously published through CAIT Climate Data Explorer) are derived from several sources. Any use of the Land-Use Change and Forestry or Agriculture indicator should be cited as FAO 2020, FAOSTAT Emissions Database. Any use of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion data should be cited as CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, OECD/IEA, 2020.