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Environment > CO2 emissions > Kt: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 United States 5.79 million kt 2003
2 China 4.14 million kt 2003
3 Russia 1.49 million kt 2003
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 1.4 million kt 2003
4 India 1.27 million kt 2003
5 Japan 1.23 million kt 2003
6 Germany 805,039.5 kt 2003
Non-religious countries average (profile) 570,113.82 kt 2003
7 Canada 565,537.9 kt 2003
8 United Kingdom 558,461 kt 2003
9 South Korea 455,878.7 kt 2003
10 Italy 445,450.1 kt 2003
11 Mexico 415,904.3 kt 2003
Emerging markets average (profile) 414,314.32 kt 2003
High income OECD countries average (profile) 397,486.19 kt 2003
Cold countries average (profile) 390,297.91 kt 2003
12 Iran 381,362.3 kt 2003
13 France 373,864.1 kt 2003
14 South Africa 364,157.2 kt 2003
15 Australia 354,054.6 kt 2003
16 Ukraine 314,417.3 kt 2003
17 Spain 309,160.9 kt 2003
18 Poland 304,472.2 kt 2003
19 Saudi Arabia 302,307.4 kt 2003
20 Brazil 298,333 kt 2003
21 Indonesia 295,032.7 kt 2003
South Asia average (profile) 284,604.94 kt 2003
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 277,823.9 kt 2003
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 262,744.02 kt 2003
22 Thailand 245,900.9 kt 2003
23 Turkey 219,988.8 kt 2003
Former British colonies average (profile) 188,969.83 kt 2003
NATO countries average (profile) 167,337.1 kt 2003
24 Algeria 163,633.5 kt 2003
25 Kazakhstan 159,190.3 kt 2003
26 Malaysia 156,380.8 kt 2003
Eastern Europe average (profile) 154,502.1 kt 2003
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 152,481.4 kt 2003
Europe average (profile) 150,426.72 kt 2003
Eurozone average (profile) 144,891.59 kt 2003
27 Venezuela 143,952.2 kt 2003
28 Netherlands 140,893.6 kt 2003
European Union average (profile) 140,151.22 kt 2003
29 Egypt 139,626.2 kt 2003
Religious countries average (profile) 139,397.4 kt 2003
South and Central Asia average (profile) 136,370.15 kt 2003
30 United Arab Emirates 135,025.5 kt 2003
OPEC countries average (profile) 130,431.1 kt 2003
31 Argentina 127,483.4 kt 2003
Christian countries average (profile) 126,243.33 kt 2003
32 Uzbekistan 123,604.3 kt 2003
33 Czech Republic 116,336.9 kt 2003
34 Pakistan 114,139.1 kt 2003
35 Belgium 102,820.4 kt 2003
36 Greece 96,219.69 kt 2003
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 94,794.08 kt 2003
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 91,824.9 kt 2003
37 Romania 91,117.12 kt 2003
Catholic countries average (profile) 80,657.18 kt 2003
38 Kuwait 78,450.47 kt 2003
39 North Korea 77,454.13 kt 2003
40 Philippines 76,948.64 kt 2003
41 Vietnam 76,095.16 kt 2003
42 Iraq 72,868.06 kt 2003
43 Austria 70,300.3 kt 2003
44 Israel 68,296.63 kt 2003
45 Finland 67,835.09 kt 2003
Muslim countries average (profile) 63,396.76 kt 2003
46 Belarus 62,538.4 kt 2003
47 Chile 58,479.8 kt 2003
48 Hungary 58,227.05 kt 2003
49 Portugal 57,549.39 kt 2003
50 Colombia 55,523.75 kt 2003
51 Denmark 54,479.8 kt 2003
52 Sweden 52,666.61 kt 2003
53 Nigeria 52,175.77 kt 2003
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 51,536.94 kt 2003
54 Libya 50,179.44 kt 2003
55 Serbia and Montenegro 49,926.69 kt 2003
56 Syria 48,941.34 kt 2003
Hot countries average (profile) 48,176.79 kt 2003
57 Singapore 47,794.82 kt 2003
58 Qatar 46,172.11 kt 2003
59 Norway 45,014.61 kt 2003
60 Bulgaria 43,959.66 kt 2003
61 Turkmenistan 43,329.63 kt 2003
62 Ireland 41,358.93 kt 2003
63 Switzerland 40,391.9 kt 2003
64 Morocco 37,897.4 kt 2003
65 Hong Kong 37,791.17 kt 2003
66 Slovakia 37,545.75 kt 2003
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 36,253.42 kt 2003
67 New Zealand 34,750.88 kt 2003
68 Bangladesh 34,622.68 kt 2003
69 Oman 32,249.05 kt 2003
70 Azerbaijan 29,168.47 kt 2003
71 Trinidad and Tobago 28,644.66 kt 2003
72 Peru 26,146.49 kt 2003
73 Cuba 25,245.4 kt 2003
74 Croatia 23,794.85 kt 2003
75 Ecuador 23,201.44 kt 2003
76 Bahrain 21,871.77 kt 2003
77 Dominican Republic 21,307.67 kt 2003
78 Tunisia 20,868.11 kt 2003
failed states average (profile) 20,614.84 kt 2003
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,124.52 kt 2003
80 Lebanon 18,963.35 kt 2003
81 Estonia 18,227.09 kt 2003
82 Jordan 17,084.23 kt 2003
83 Yemen 17,051.27 kt 2003
Former French colonies average (profile) 16,029.73 kt 2003
84 Slovenia 15,402.92 kt 2003
85 Virgin Islands 13,523.8 kt 2003
86 Lithuania 12,670.32 kt 2003
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 11,671.3 kt 2003
87 Zimbabwe 11,465.19 kt 2003
88 Jamaica 10,717.94 kt 2003
89 Guatemala 10,688.63 kt 2003
90 Sri Lanka 10,300.36 kt 2003
91 Luxembourg 9,926.73 kt 2003
92 Burma 9,450.54 kt 2003
93 Sudan 8,989 kt 2003
94 Kenya 8,772.88 kt 2003
95 Angola 8,615.38 kt 2003
96 Mongolia 7,970.69 kt 2003
97 Bolivia 7,893.77 kt 2003
98 Ghana 7,728.93 kt 2003
99 Ethiopia 7,333.33 kt 2003
100 Cyprus 7,278.38 kt 2003
101 Moldova 7,227.1 kt 2003
102 Latvia 6,714.28 kt 2003
103 El Salvador 6,538.46 kt 2003
104 Honduras 6,494.5 kt 2003
105 Costa Rica 6,329.66 kt 2003
106 Panama 6,021.97 kt 2003
107 Cote d'Ivoire 5,714.28 kt 2003
108 Kyrgyzstan 5,318.68 kt 2003
109 Senegal 4,835.16 kt 2003
110 Tajikistan 4,652.01 kt 2003
111 Brunei 4,549.45 kt 2003
112 Uruguay 4,369.96 kt 2003
113 Paraguay 4,135.53 kt 2003
114 Botswana 4,113.55 kt 2003
115 Guam 4,080.58 kt 2003
116 Netherlands Antilles 4,051.28 kt 2003
117 Nicaragua 3,908.42 kt 2003
118 Tanzania 3,802.19 kt 2003
119 Georgia 3,725.27 kt 2003
120 Cameroon 3,534.79 kt 2003
121 Armenia 3,424.91 kt 2003
122 Mauritius 3,142.85 kt 2003
123 Albania 3,040.29 kt 2003
124 Nepal 2,948.72 kt 2003
125 Papua New Guinea 2,509.16 kt 2003
126 Mauritania 2,498.17 kt 2003
127 Malta 2,461.54 kt 2003
128 Madagascar 2,340.66 kt 2003
129 Namibia 2,326 kt 2003
130 Suriname 2,238.09 kt 2003
=131 Togo 2,194.14 kt 2003
=131 Zambia 2,194.14 kt 2003
133 Iceland 2,186.81 kt 2003
134 Aruba 2,153.84 kt 2003
135 Puerto Rico 2,098.9 kt 2003
136 Benin 2,040.29 kt 2003
=137 The Bahamas 1,868.13 kt 2003
=137 New Caledonia 1,868.13 kt 2003
139 Macau 1,864.47 kt 2003
140 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,787.54 kt 2003
141 Haiti 1,736.26 kt 2003
142 Uganda 1,710.62 kt 2003
143 Guyana 1,630.04 kt 2003
144 Mozambique 1,567.76 kt 2003
145 Congo, Republic of the 1,377.29 kt 2003
146 Guinea 1,336.99 kt 2003
147 Laos 1,252.75 kt 2003
148 Gabon 1,223.44 kt 2003
149 Niger 1,205.13 kt 2003
150 Barbados 1,190.47 kt 2003
151 Fiji 1,117.21 kt 2003
152 Burkina Faso 1,040.29 kt 2003
153 Swaziland 956.04 kt 2003
154 Malawi 882.78 kt 2003
155 Belize 780.22 kt 2003
156 Afghanistan 703.3 kt 2003
157 Eritrea 699.63 kt 2003
158 French Polynesia 692.31 kt 2003
159 Faroe Islands 659.34 kt 2003
160 Sierra Leone 652.01 kt 2003
161 Rwanda 600.73 kt 2003
162 Greenland 567.77 kt 2003
163 Mali 553.11 kt 2003
164 Seychelles 545.79 kt 2003
165 Cambodia 534.8 kt 2003
166 Bermuda 498.17 kt 2003
167 Liberia 461.54 kt 2003
168 Maldives 443.22 kt 2003
169 Antigua and Barbuda 399.27 kt 2003
170 Bhutan 384.61 kt 2003
171 Djibouti 366.3 kt 2003
172 Saint Lucia 326.01 kt 2003
173 Cayman Islands 304.03 kt 2003
174 American Samoa 293.04 kt 2003
175 The Gambia 282.05 kt 2003
176 Guinea-Bissau 271.06 kt 2003
177 Central African Republic 252.75 kt 2003
178 Palau 241.76 kt 2003
179 Burundi 234.43 kt 2003
180 Grenada 219.78 kt 2003
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 194.14 kt 2003
182 Solomon Islands 179.49 kt 2003
183 Equatorial Guinea 164.84 kt 2003
184 East Timor 161.17 kt 2003
185 Samoa 150.18 kt 2003
186 Cape Verde 142.86 kt 2003
187 Dominica 139.19 kt 2003
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 124.54 kt 2003
189 Chad 117.22 kt 2003
190 Tonga 113.55 kt 2003
191 Sao Tome and Principe 91.57 kt 2003
=192 Vanuatu 87.91 kt 2003
=192 Comoros 87.91 kt 2003
194 Kiribati 29.3 kt 2003
195 Somalia 10.99 kt 1995

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Environment > CO2 emissions > Kt: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Environment > CO2 emissions > Kt

  • United States has had the highest CO2 emissions > kt since 1960.
  • India ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Hot countries in 2003.
  • Iran ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Muslim countries in 2003.
  • Germany ranked second for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Christian countries in 2003.
  • Russia ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Europe in 2003.
  • Italy ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Catholic countries in 2003.
  • China ranked second for CO2 emissions > kt globally in 2003.
  • Mexico ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2003.
  • South Africa ranked first for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2003.
  • Japan ranked second for CO2 emissions > kt amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2003.
  • United Kingdom ranked second for CO2 emissions > kt amongst European Union in 2003.
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