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

Countries reporting

189

Highest

9,663

China

Lowest

-8.82

Ghana

Median

21.59

Years covered

1990–2018

Data points

5,509

What the numbers show

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total including LUCF is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 9,663 in China; the lowest is -8.82 in Ghana.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.59, and the mean is 183.18.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,096.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 2,177.6%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 116.2%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	9,663	2018	up 40.8%	volatile
2	United States	4,750	2018	down 8.0%	flat
3	India	2,400	2018	up 68.0%	volatile
4	Indonesia	1,270	2018	up 73.5%	rising
5	Japan	1,074	2018	up 1.2%	rising
6	Russia	1,049	2018	up 24.3%	falling
7	Brazil	812.02	2018	down 44.9%	falling
8	Germany	680.06	2018	down 11.8%	falling
9	Iran	629.35	2018	up 28.5%	rising
10	Canada	609.67	2018	down 28.4%	rising
11	Democratic Republic of Congo	603.57	2018	up 63.3%	rising
12	South Korea	585.07	2018	up 29.1%	rising
13	Saudi Arabia	514.6	2018	up 34.6%	rising
14	Mexico	486.58	2018	up 18.5%	rising
15	South Africa	439.8	2018	up 1.6%	rising
16	Australia	388.81	2018	down 7.0%	rising
17	Turkey	384.32	2018	up 57.4%	rising
18	United Kingdom	347.84	2018	down 30.9%	falling
19	Malaysia	319.59	2018	up 3.2%	rising
20	Italy	312.03	2018	down 23.9%	falling
21	Poland	279.83	2018	up 18.2%	falling
22	Thailand	270.9	2018	up 39.1%	rising
23	France	247.98	2018	down 15.0%	falling
24	Egypt	246.45	2018	up 30.4%	rising
25	Vietnam	245.36	2018	up 80.9%	volatile
26	Spain	244.45	2018	down 19.9%	rising
27	Kazakhstan	217.46	2018	down 5.7%	rising
28	Pakistan	215.37	2018	up 44.3%	rising
29	Argentina	207.11	2018	down 21.2%	rising
30	United Arab Emirates	200.3	2018	up 28.2%	rising
31	Iraq	188.64	2018	up 119.4%	rising
32	Venezuela	181.29	2018	down 27.7%	falling
33	Nigeria	176.66	2018	up 28.5%	rising
34	Ukraine	173.18	2018	down 37.4%	falling
35	Colombia	162.46	2018	up 15.6%	flat
36	Netherlands	152.52	2018	down 8.4%	flat
37	Algeria	151.87	2018	up 49.5%	rising
38	Philippines	144.7	2018	up 82.9%	rising
39	Peru	144.07	2018	up 39.3%	rising
40	Myanmar	136.92	2018	up 4.5%	falling
41	Uzbekistan	108.72	2018	down 3.4%	flat
42	Bangladesh	104.5	2018	up 63.1%	rising
43	Czechia	96.66	2018	down 13.2%	falling
44	Belgium	93.63	2018	down 9.9%	falling
45	Qatar	90.17	2018	up 63.3%	volatile
46	Bolivia	90.09	2018	up 28.9%	flat
47	Kuwait	89.45	2018	up 22.7%	rising
48	Tanzania	75.68	2018	up 30.3%	rising
49	Oman	73.39	2018	up 83.1%	volatile
50	Turkmenistan	71.73	2018	up 26.6%	rising
51	Greece	66.68	2018	down 32.9%	falling
52	Ecuador	65.68	2018	up 11.6%	rising
53	Morocco	64.74	2018	up 41.8%	rising
54	Angola	62.93	2018	up 3.7%	rising
55	Israel	62.05	2018	down 7.0%	rising
56	Mozambique	59.47	2018	up 16.2%	rising
57	Libya	58.94	2018	up 14.5%	rising
58	Austria	56.06	2018	down 13.2%	rising
59	Paraguay	54.4	2018	down 10.1%	rising
60	Romania	52	2018	down 43.8%	volatile
61	Finland	51.3	2018	up 22.9%	volatile
62	Portugal	50.07	2018	down 12.8%	flat
63	Botswana	49.54	2018	up 8.3%	rising
64	Papua New Guinea	48.46	2018	up 26.8%	rising
65	Hungary	48.28	2018	down 12.7%	falling
66	Ethiopia	48	2018	up 26.2%	rising
67	Singapore	47.39	2018	up 23.5%	rising
68	Solomon Islands	45.78	2018	up 2,177.6%	volatile
69	Serbia	45.45	2018	up 188.4%	falling
70	Cameroon	42.38	2018	down 14.5%	falling
71	Sudan	41.2	2018	up 13.5%	rising
72	Cambodia	40.16	2018	up 434.0%	volatile
73	Belarus	37.8	2018	up 7.2%	falling
74	Cote d'Ivoire	36.55	2018	up 10.9%	falling
75	Switzerland	35.23	2018	down 17.3%	falling
76	Ireland	34.32	2018	down 22.4%	rising
77	Denmark	34.23	2018	down 31.7%	falling
78	Slovakia	31.93	2018	up 11.5%	falling
79	Bahrain	30.75	2018	up 24.1%	rising
80	Azerbaijan	30.1	2018	up 8.4%	falling
81	Chile	28.75	2018	down 10.6%	volatile
82	Burkina Faso	28.37	2018	up 54.5%	rising
83	Syria	27.92	2018	down 56.0%	rising
84	Lebanon	27.63	2018	up 48.0%	rising
85	Laos	27.46	2018	up 93.1%	rising
86	Tunisia	26.19	2018	up 11.5%	rising
87	Nicaragua	24.72	2018	down 12.0%	flat
88	Jordan	24.7	2018	up 23.4%	rising
89	Mongolia	24.42	2018	up 43.1%	rising
90	Chad	24.4	2018	up 38.4%	rising
91	Dominican Republic	23.56	2018	up 26.7%	volatile
92	Sri Lanka	23.54	2018	up 54.1%	rising
93	Uganda	21.95	2018	up 15.4%	rising
94	Cuba	21.92	2018	up 36.5%	rising
95	New Zealand	21.59	2018	up 87.1%	volatile
96	Guatemala	21.48	2018	down 13.9%	flat
97	North Korea	21.41	2018	down 71.3%	falling
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.81	2018	down 1.4%	rising
99	Sweden	19.68	2018	down 43.7%	falling
100	Benin	18.62	2018	up 23.6%	rising
101	Norway	18.43	2018	up 29.5%	rising
102	Somalia	18.04	2018	up 0.4%	flat
103	Estonia	17.96	2018	up 5.9%	falling
104	Trinidad and Tobago	17.88	2018	down 16.0%	rising
105	Guyana	16.51	2018	up 54.6%	rising
106	Guinea	15.35	2018	up 17.3%	rising
107	Honduras	15.3	2018	up 9.2%	rising
108	Nepal	14.97	2018	up 1,390.5%	volatile
109	Namibia	14.81	2018	up 9.5%	rising
110	Liberia	14.76	2018	up 5.6%	rising
111	Panama	14.53	2018	up 24.2%	rising
112	Slovenia	14.39	2018	up 145.6%	volatile
113	Central African Republic	14.31	2018	up 0.6%	flat
114	Senegal	14.19	2018	up 11.1%	rising
115	Congo	13.69	2018	down 5.1%	rising
116	Madagascar	13.49	2018	down 43.4%	falling
117	Croatia	12.24	2018	down 41.5%	flat
118	Suriname	11.44	2018	up 111.1%	rising
119	Gabon	11.08	2018	up 51.4%	rising
120	Lithuania	10.95	2018	down 16.5%	volatile
121	Kenya	10.78	2018	down 56.9%	volatile
122	Equatorial Guinea	10.51	2018	down 18.0%	rising
123	South Sudan	10.28	2018	up 43.6%	rising
124	Malawi	9.71	2018	up 4.5%	rising
125	Georgia	9.46	2018	up 616.7%	volatile
126	Luxembourg	9.04	2018	down 14.2%	flat
127	Moldova	8.7	2018	up 21.8%	volatile
128	Jamaica	8.69	2018	up 20.9%	falling
129	El Salvador	7.89	2018	down 1.3%	rising
130	Kyrgyzstan	7.73	2018	up 3.1%	volatile
131	Afghanistan	7.59	2018	up 68.3%	volatile
132	Brunei	7.47	2018	down 11.9%	rising
133	North Macedonia	7.37	2018	down 23.1%	falling
134	Bulgaria	7.32	2018	down 72.3%	falling
135	Tajikistan	7.2	2018	up 168.7%	volatile
136	Cyprus	6.98	2018	down 14.1%	rising
137	Belize	5.92	2018	up 58.3%	falling
138	Mali	5.62	2018	up 168.9%	volatile
139	Armenia	5.59	2018	down 3.8%	volatile
140	Albania	5.32	2018	up 74.4%	rising
141	Latvia	4.85	2018	up 184.9%	volatile
142	Uruguay	4.75	2018	up 314.0%	volatile
143	Sierra Leone	4.36	2018	up 11.8%	rising
144	Mauritius	4.11	2018	up 15.8%	rising
145	Burundi	4.07	2018	up 9.1%	volatile
146	Haiti	3.96	2018	up 88.6%	volatile
147	Niger	3.53	2018	up 68.1%	falling
148	Togo	3.07	2018	up 22.3%	falling
149	Mauritania	2.92	2018	up 33.3%	rising
150	Rwanda	2.73	2018	down 14.7%	falling
151	Lesotho	2.57	2018	up 27.9%	rising
152	Montenegro	2.55	2018	up 277.1%	volatile
153	Bahamas	2.26	2018	up 7.1%	rising
154	Iceland	2.11	2018	down 2.3%	flat
155	Maldives	1.91	2018	up 119.5%	volatile
156	Guinea-Bissau	1.8	2018	up 5.3%	rising
157	Malta	1.54	2018	down 43.4%	falling
158	Barbados	1.25	2018	down 29.8%	rising
159	Eritrea	1.24	2018	up 37.8%	rising
160	Gambia	1.1	2018	up 14.6%	rising
160	East Timor	1.1	2018	up 64.2%	rising
162	Eswatini	0.96	2018	up 7.9%	rising
163	Costa Rica	0.95	2018	down 86.5%	volatile
164	Seychelles	0.62	2018	down 11.4%	rising
165	Cape Verde	0.56	2018	up 36.6%	volatile
166	Antigua and Barbuda	0.53	2018	up 10.4%	rising
167	Andorra	0.46	2018	down 14.8%	rising
168	Samoa	0.43	2018	up 48.3%	rising
169	Sao Tome and Principe	0.35	2018	up 250.0%	volatile
170	Comoros	0.32	2018	up 77.8%	rising
171	Grenada	0.3	2018	up 3.4%	rising
172	Palau	0.29	2018	up 38.1%	rising
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.28	2018	up 27.3%	volatile
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.26	2018	up 4.0%	rising
175	Saint Lucia	0.24	2018	up 20.0%	volatile
176	Marshall Islands	0.19	2018	up 46.2%	rising
176	Tonga	0.19	2018	up 46.2%	rising
178	Vanuatu	0.18	2018	up 80.0%	rising
179	Dominica	0.16	2018	down 5.9%	rising
180	Micronesia (country)	0.15	2018	up 66.7%	rising
181	Liechtenstein	0.14	2018	down 44.0%	falling
182	Kiribati	0.08	2018	up 33.3%	rising
182	Cook Islands	0.08	2018	up 33.3%	rising
184	Bhutan	0.07	2018	up 101.1%	volatile
184	Nauru	0.07	2018	up 75.0%	falling
186	Tuvalu	0.01	2018	unchanged	rising
187	Niue	0	2018	down 100.0%	volatile
188	Fiji	-0.65	2018	up 59.1%	rising
189	Ghana	-8.82	2018	down 116.2%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Total including 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 (including 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.