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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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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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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.