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List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. Data was collected in 2002 by the United Nations Statistics Division.

Dependencies and territories whose independence has not been generally recognized are indicated in italics under the country they are generally associated with; this article, however, does not take a position in regards to the status of these territories.

Certain entities are mentioned here for purposes of comparison. These are indicated in italics and are not counted in the ordering of countries.

List of countries by emissions

Rank	Country	CO₂ emissions in thousands of metric tons	Percentage of total emissions	Notes
-	World total	24,126,416	100 %
1	United States • Guam • Puerto Rico • American Samoa • U.S. Virgin Islands Total	5,844,042 4,096 13,598 286 10,256 5,872,278	24.3 %
-	European Union	3,682,755	15.3 %
2	China • Hong Kong • Macao Total	3,513,103 35,458 1,810 3,550,371	14.5 %	Includes emissions from the Republic of China.
3	Russia	1,432,513	5.9 %
4	India	1,220,926	5.1 %
5	Japan	1,203,535	5.0 %
6	Germany	804,701	3.3 %
7	United Kingdom • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Gibraltar • Falkland Islands • Montserrat • Saint Helena • British Virgin Islands Total	543,633 498 289 216 42 55 12 68 544,813	2.3 %
8	Canada	517,157	2.1 %
9	South Korea	446,190	1.8 %
10	Italy	433,018	1.8 %	Includes San Marino.
11	Mexico	383,671	1.6 %
12	France • Guadeloupe • French Guiana • Martinique • New Caledonia • French Polynesia • Réunion Total	368,315 1,722 990 2,245 1,824 701 2,470 378,267	1.6 %	Amount for France also includes Monaco.
13	Iran	360,223	1.5 %
14	Australia	356,342	1.5 %
15	South Africa	345,382	1.4 %
16	Saudi Arabia	340,555	1.4 %
17	Brazil	313,757	1.3 %
18	Ukraine	306,807	1.3 %
19	Indonesia	306,491	1.3 %
20	Spain	304,603	1.3 %
21	Poland	296,398	1.2 %
22	Thailand	231,927	< 1 %
23	Turkey	207,996	< 1 %
24	Malaysia	150,630	< 1 %
25	Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • Aruba Total	150,877 9,937 1,925 162,739	< 1 %
26	Kazakhstan	147,921	< 1 %
27	Egypt	143,697	< 1 %
28	North Korea	143,216	< 1 %
29	Argentina	133,322	< 1 %
30	Uzbekistan	122,330	< 1 %
31	Czech Republic	114,563	< 1 %
32	Pakistan	108,677	< 1 %
33	Venezuela	108,163	< 1 %
34	United Arab Emirates	94,163	< 1 %
35	Greece	94,117	< 1 %
36	Algeria	92,097	< 1 %
37	Romania	86,745	< 1 %
38	Iraq	79,471	< 1 %
39	Philippines	73,779	< 1 %
40	Belgium	70,592	< 1 %
41	Israel	69,607	< 1 %
42	Vietnam	66,312	< 1 %
43	Austria	63,701	< 1 %
44	Finland	62,659	< 1 %
45	Portugal	62,288	< 1 %
46	Belarus	59,959	< 1 %
47	Kuwait	59,879	< 1 %
48	Singapore	57,471	< 1 %
49	Colombia	57,375	< 1 %
50	Chile	57,320	< 1 %
51	Hungary	56,647	< 1 %
52	Norway	55,461	< 1 %
53	Nigeria	52,038	< 1 %
54	Sweden	51,901	< 1 %
55	Libya	50,418	< 1 %
56	Syria	49,097	< 1 %
57	Denmark • Faroe Islands • Greenland Total	47,620 654 557 48,831	< 1 %
58	Serbia and Montenegro	46,637	< 1 %
59	Morocco • Western Sahara Total	43,663 242 43 905	< 1 %
60	Ireland	43,187	< 1 %
61	Turkmenistan	34,617	< 1 %
62	Bulgaria	41,921	< 1 %
63	Trinidad and Tobago	41,217	< 1 %
64	Switzerland	40,854	< 1 %
65	Slovakia	40,061	< 1 %
66	Qatar	36,450	< 1 %
67	Bangladesh	34,540	< 1 %
68	New Zealand • Cook Islands • Niue Total	33,964 28 3 33,995	< 1 %
69	Oman	30,118	< 1 %
70	Azerbaijan	27,998	< 1 %
71	Peru	25,489	< 1 %
72	Ecuador	24,834	< 1 %
73	Cuba	23,616	< 1 %
74	Tunisia	22,067	< 1 %
75	Dominican Republic	21,544	< 1 %
76	Bahrain	21,327	< 1 %
77	Croatia	21,118	< 1 %
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18,629	< 1 %
79	Jordan	16,728	< 1 %
80	Lebanon	16,392	< 1 %
81	Estonia	15,943	< 1 %
82	Slovenia	15,310	< 1 %
83	Yemen	12,990	< 1 %
84	Lithuania	12,565	< 1 %
85	Zimbabwe	12,452	< 1 %
86	Jamaica	10,809	< 1 %
87	Sri Lanka	10,361	< 1 %
88	Guatemala	10,302	< 1 %
89	Republic of Macedonia¦Macedonia	10,258	< 1 %
90	Bolivia	10,075	< 1 %
91	Luxembourg	9,442	< 1 %
92	Sudan	8,762	< 1 %
93	Mongolia	8,294	< 1 %
94	Angola	7,712	< 1 %
95	Myanmar	7,628	< 1 %
96	Ghana	7,513	< 1 %
97	Kenya	7,212	< 1 %
98	Moldavia	6,734	< 1 %
99	Cyprus	6,671	< 1 %
100	Côte d'Ivoire	6,418	< 1 %
101	Latvia	6,306	< 1 %
102	Panama	6,255	< 1 %
103	El Salvador	6,231	< 1 %
104	Ethiopia	6,196	< 1 %
105	Brunei	6,182	< 1 %
106	Honduras	5,951	< 1 %
107	Costa Rica	5,834	< 1 %
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,957	< 1 %
109	Tajikistan	4,700	< 1 %
110	Senegal	4,182	< 1 %
111	Paraguay	4,122	< 1 %
112	Botswana	4,100	< 1 %
113	Uruguay	4,082	< 1 %
114	Nicaragua	3,867	< 1 %
115	Nepal	3,847	< 1 %
116	Tanzania	3,583	< 1 %
117	Cameroon	3,464	< 1 %
118	Gabon	3,456	< 1 %
119	Georgia	3,305	< 1 %
120	Mauritius	3,114	< 1 %
121	Mauritania	3,097	< 1 %
122	Malta	2,958	< 1 %
123	Armenia	2,945	< 1 %
124	Albania	2,588	< 1 %
125	Papua New Guinea	2,482	< 1 %
126	Congo	2,346	< 1 %
127	Madagascar	2,308	< 1 %
128	Suriname	2,254	< 1 %
129	Iceland	2,215	< 1 %
130	Namibia	2,152	< 1 %
131	Bahamas	2,086	< 1 %
132	Zambia	2,046	< 1 %
133	Benin	1,922	< 1 %
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1 782	< 1 %
135	Haiti	1,770	< 1 %
136	Togo	1,733	< 1 %
137	Uganda	1,654	< 1 %
138	Guyana	1,610	< 1 %
139	Mozambique	1,502	< 1 %
140	Fiji	1,353	< 1 %
141	Guinea	1,311	< 1 %
142	Laos	1 284	< 1 %
143	Barbados	1,222	< 1 %
144	Niger	1,216	< 1 %
145	Burkina Faso	1,091	< 1 %
146	Maldives	1,032	< 1 %
147	Swaziland	970	< 1 %
148	Belize	790	< 1 %
149	Malawi	786	< 1 %
150	Eritrea	652	< 1 %
151	Afghanistan	618	< 1 %
152	Sierra Leone	609	< 1 %
153	Rwanda	585	< 1 %
154	Cambodia	572	< 1 %
155	Mali	553	< 1 %
156	Seychelles	535	< 1 %
157	Liberia	447	< 1 %
158	Bhutan	396	< 1 %
159	Saint Lucia	378	< 1 %
160	Antigua and Barbuda	372	< 1 %
161	Djibouti	360	< 1 %
162	Gambia	283	< 1 %
163	Guinea-Bissau	280	< 1 %
164	Central African Republic	277	< 1 %
165	Burundi	256	< 1 %
166	Palau	234	< 1 %
167	Grenada	230	< 1 %
168	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	184	< 1 %
169	Solomon Islands	172	< 1 %
170	Equatorial Guinea	169	< 1 %
171	Cape Verde	147	< 1 %
172	Samoa	144	< 1 %
173	Nauru	138	< 1 %
174	Chad	132	< 1 %
175	Dominica	120	< 1 %
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	114	< 1 %
177	Tonga	108	< 1 %
178	São_Tomé_and_Príncipe	92	< 1 %
179	Vanuatu	86	< 1 %
180	Comoros	83	< 1 %
181	Kiribati	31	< 1 %
-	Federated States of Micronesia	-	< 1 %
-	Lesotho	-	< 1 %
-	Liechtenstein	-	< 1 %
-	Somalia	-	< 1 %
-	Tuvalu	-	< 1 %

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