Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy by country

Countries reporting

189

Highest

10,318

China

Lowest

0.01

Niue

Median

18.39

Years covered

1990–2018

Data points

5,509

What the numbers show

Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 10,318 in China; the lowest is 0.01 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.39, and the mean is 187.95.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 653.7%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 66.4%).

Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	10,318	2018	up 42.9%	rising
2	United States	5,271	2018	down 10.4%	flat
3	India	2,425	2018	up 65.6%	rising
4	Russia	2,276	2018	up 1.7%	flat
5	Japan	1,090	2018	down 4.6%	rising
6	Iran	716.76	2018	up 17.2%	rising
7	Germany	713.82	2018	down 10.1%	falling
8	Canada	626.07	2018	up 3.9%	rising
9	South Korea	617.23	2018	up 24.1%	rising
10	Indonesia	598.17	2018	up 49.4%	rising
11	Saudi Arabia	507	2018	up 32.2%	rising
12	Mexico	495.77	2018	down 3.3%	rising
13	Brazil	437.33	2018	up 15.8%	rising
14	South Africa	436.1	2018	up 1.5%	rising
15	Australia	426.09	2018	up 0.3%	rising
16	Turkey	388.32	2018	up 39.4%	rising
17	United Kingdom	364.85	2018	down 30.3%	falling
18	Poland	331.78	2018	up 1.4%	falling
19	Italy	329.13	2018	down 25.9%	falling
20	France	310.38	2018	down 13.1%	falling
21	Thailand	263.51	2018	up 12.6%	rising
22	Spain	254.03	2018	down 19.6%	rising
23	Malaysia	252.03	2018	up 17.7%	rising
24	Vietnam	248.02	2018	up 104.6%	volatile
25	Egypt	239.74	2018	up 28.1%	rising
26	Kazakhstan	238.08	2018	down 5.3%	rising
27	United Arab Emirates	232.37	2018	up 30.9%	rising
28	Ukraine	220.88	2018	down 38.1%	falling
29	Pakistan	210.75	2018	up 45.2%	rising
30	Nigeria	197.18	2018	up 28.8%	rising
31	Argentina	186.78	2018	up 4.0%	rising
32	Iraq	186.56	2018	up 117.3%	rising
33	Uzbekistan	185.79	2018	down 17.6%	rising
34	Algeria	174.74	2018	up 33.3%	rising
35	Venezuela	169.8	2018	down 14.1%	rising
36	Netherlands	153.68	2018	down 8.8%	flat
37	Philippines	138.51	2018	up 79.4%	rising
38	Turkmenistan	112.41	2018	up 34.9%	rising
39	Czechia	106.48	2018	down 14.0%	falling
40	Qatar	95.38	2018	up 64.1%	volatile
41	Libya	93.59	2018	down 28.4%	flat
42	Belgium	92.89	2018	down 12.1%	falling
43	Kuwait	91.93	2018	up 22.4%	rising
44	Colombia	91.75	2018	up 32.2%	rising
45	Chile	89.94	2018	up 26.6%	rising
46	Bangladesh	85.84	2018	up 93.6%	volatile
47	Romania	82.35	2018	down 22.3%	falling
48	Afghanistan	79.58	2018	up 420.8%	volatile
49	Oman	75.07	2018	up 81.3%	volatile
50	Azerbaijan	67.56	2018	up 6.9%	rising
51	Morocco	65.84	2018	up 37.3%	rising
52	Israel	63.25	2018	down 3.3%	rising
53	Greece	63.09	2018	down 35.0%	falling
54	Austria	62.66	2018	down 10.2%	rising
55	Belarus	58.45	2018	down 2.5%	falling
56	Peru	53.49	2018	up 38.9%	rising
57	Ethiopia	51.01	2018	up 73.9%	rising
58	Serbia	49.39	2018	down 7.6%	falling
59	Singapore	48.78	2018	up 23.9%	rising
60	Portugal	48.17	2018	down 10.6%	rising
61	Hungary	47.32	2018	down 11.5%	falling
62	Finland	44.61	2018	down 21.7%	falling
63	Angola	44.02	2018	up 7.4%	rising
64	Bulgaria	41.53	2018	down 16.8%	falling
65	Tanzania	39.04	2018	up 111.3%	volatile
66	Ecuador	38.2	2018	up 32.3%	rising
67	Norway	38.11	2018	up 0.8%	rising
68	Switzerland	36.26	2018	down 17.1%	falling
69	Ireland	35.86	2018	down 20.3%	rising
70	Sweden	35.59	2018	down 22.4%	falling
71	Myanmar	35.12	2018	up 213.9%	volatile
72	Central African Republic	34.1	2018	up 51.4%	rising
73	Slovakia	33.73	2018	down 10.9%	falling
74	Denmark	32.96	2018	down 34.3%	falling
74	New Zealand	32.96	2018	down 6.2%	rising
76	Bahrain	32.74	2018	up 23.3%	rising
77	Syria	30.14	2018	down 64.2%	falling
78	North Korea	29.57	2018	down 64.1%	falling
79	Ghana	28.85	2018	up 114.2%	volatile
80	Kenya	28.46	2018	up 63.4%	rising
81	Tunisia	28.25	2018	up 19.0%	rising
82	Sudan	27.8	2018	up 34.2%	rising
83	Cuba	26.86	2018	down 4.4%	rising
84	Lebanon	25.48	2018	up 55.2%	rising
85	Bolivia	24.82	2018	up 68.3%	rising
86	Dominican Republic	23.91	2018	up 21.9%	rising
87	Sri Lanka	23.63	2018	up 63.9%	rising
88	Nepal	23.61	2018	up 119.8%	volatile
89	Jordan	23.47	2018	up 24.6%	rising
90	Mongolia	23.04	2018	up 68.5%	rising
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23	2018	up 8.0%	rising
92	Uganda	22.43	2018	up 60.9%	rising
93	Guatemala	21.51	2018	up 48.8%	rising
94	Equatorial Guinea	18.69	2018	down 26.5%	volatile
95	Laos	18.39	2018	up 653.7%	volatile
96	Trinidad and Tobago	17.59	2018	down 15.7%	rising
97	Croatia	16.08	2018	down 23.6%	flat
98	Estonia	16	2018	down 10.9%	falling
99	Brunei	15.83	2018	down 12.8%	rising
100	Democratic Republic of Congo	15.48	2018	up 44.7%	rising
101	Slovenia	14.23	2018	down 18.7%	flat
102	Cambodia	14.15	2018	up 138.2%	volatile
103	Papua New Guinea	13.31	2018	up 93.7%	rising
104	Cameroon	12.88	2018	up 11.0%	rising
105	Lithuania	11.77	2018	down 11.0%	falling
106	Senegal	11.57	2018	up 46.6%	rising
107	Mozambique	11.36	2018	up 132.8%	volatile
108	Cote d'Ivoire	11.34	2018	up 14.1%	falling
109	Kyrgyzstan	11.26	2018	up 47.2%	volatile
110	Honduras	10.41	2018	up 12.9%	rising
111	Botswana	10.4	2018	up 73.6%	rising
112	Panama	9.94	2018	up 39.6%	rising
113	Benin	9.86	2018	up 73.6%	volatile
114	Georgia	9.77	2018	up 60.2%	volatile
115	Paraguay	9.46	2018	up 85.5%	rising
116	Malawi	9.36	2018	up 38.9%	rising
117	Luxembourg	9.06	2018	down 15.9%	flat
118	Moldova	8.9	2018	up 8.5%	volatile
119	Jamaica	8.28	2018	down 12.1%	falling
120	Liberia	8.19	2018	up 110.5%	rising
121	Costa Rica	8.17	2018	up 13.3%	rising
122	Mali	7.89	2018	up 109.8%	volatile
123	Latvia	7.6	2018	down 9.1%	falling
124	Chad	7.57	2018	down 7.8%	volatile
125	North Macedonia	7.39	2018	down 23.7%	falling
126	Niger	7.25	2018	up 150.9%	volatile
127	El Salvador	7.08	2018	up 0.1%	rising
128	Tajikistan	7.01	2018	up 124.0%	volatile
129	South Sudan	6.66	2018	down 66.4%	volatile
130	Uruguay	6.54	2018	down 15.9%	rising
131	Armenia	6.5	2018	up 4.8%	volatile
132	Cyprus	6.39	2018	down 16.7%	rising
133	Guinea	6.06	2018	up 58.6%	rising
134	Nicaragua	5.98	2018	up 12.8%	rising
135	Madagascar	5.93	2018	up 47.9%	rising
136	Burkina Faso	5.46	2018	up 94.3%	rising
137	East Timor	5.17	2018	down 6.0%	volatile
138	Gabon	4.83	2018	up 10.5%	falling
139	Albania	4.61	2018	up 16.7%	rising
140	Mauritania	4.44	2018	up 99.1%	rising
141	Namibia	4.33	2018	up 30.4%	rising
142	Congo	4.27	2018	down 32.4%	rising
143	Mauritius	4.19	2018	up 19.4%	rising
144	Lesotho	4.1	2018	up 47.5%	rising
145	Haiti	3.61	2018	up 60.4%	rising
146	Suriname	2.86	2018	up 36.8%	rising
147	Togo	2.85	2018	up 13.1%	rising
148	Montenegro	2.82	2018	down 2.8%	volatile
149	Guyana	2.54	2018	up 49.4%	rising
150	Bahamas	2.32	2018	up 7.4%	rising
151	Iceland	2.26	2018	up 2.7%	rising
152	Fiji	2.15	2018	up 117.2%	rising
153	Eritrea	2.11	2018	down 14.6%	rising
154	Somalia	2.09	2018	up 16.1%	rising
155	Rwanda	2.07	2018	up 44.8%	falling
156	Maldives	1.94	2018	up 120.5%	volatile
157	Sierra Leone	1.6	2018	up 48.1%	rising
158	Malta	1.55	2018	down 43.2%	falling
159	Bhutan	1.46	2018	up 94.7%	rising
159	Eswatini	1.46	2018	up 4.3%	rising
161	Burundi	1.3	2018	up 17.1%	falling
162	Barbados	1.24	2018	down 27.1%	rising
163	Gambia	1	2018	up 37.0%	rising
164	Belize	0.81	2018	up 24.6%	rising
165	Cape Verde	0.67	2018	up 31.4%	volatile
166	Seychelles	0.62	2018	down 11.4%	rising
167	Guinea-Bissau	0.56	2018	up 27.3%	rising
168	Antigua and Barbuda	0.54	2018	up 10.2%	rising
169	Andorra	0.46	2018	down 14.8%	rising
170	Saint Lucia	0.39	2018	up 18.2%	rising
171	Solomon Islands	0.38	2018	up 11.8%	rising
172	Samoa	0.33	2018	up 73.7%	rising
173	Comoros	0.3	2018	up 100.0%	rising
173	Grenada	0.3	2018	up 3.4%	rising
175	Palau	0.29	2018	up 38.1%	rising
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.28	2018	up 27.3%	volatile
177	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.27	2018	up 3.8%	rising
178	Vanuatu	0.22	2018	up 69.2%	rising
179	Tonga	0.2	2018	up 53.8%	rising
180	Micronesia (country)	0.19	2018	up 58.3%	rising
180	Marshall Islands	0.19	2018	up 46.2%	rising
182	Dominica	0.18	2018	down 5.3%	volatile
183	Sao Tome and Principe	0.16	2018	up 45.5%	rising
184	Liechtenstein	0.15	2018	down 31.8%	falling
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: Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Energy
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

Energy sector greenhouse gas emissions 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.