Which country has the highest CO₂ Emissions?

China has the highest CO₂ Emissions in 2024, at 13,125 Mt, followed by United States (4,632 Mt) and India (3,154 Mt).

Which country has the lowest CO₂ Emissions?

Falkland Islands has the lowest CO₂ Emissions in 2024, at 0.02 Mt.

What is the median CO₂ Emissions across countries?

The median is 12.33 Mt across the 206 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this carbon footprint by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: CO2 Total Emission - EDGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research; Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research - European Commission Joint Research Centre; CO2 Emissions in 2022 - International Energy Agency (IEA); Statistical Review of World Energy 2021 - BP.

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Carbon Footprint by Country

Name: Carbon Footprint by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest CO₂ Emissions in 2024 (13,125 Mt), followed by United States (4,632 Mt) and India (3,154 Mt). Falkland Islands has the lowest (0.02 Mt).

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Median

12.33 Mt

Middle half 1.99 Mt – 62.68 Mt

Average

186 Mt

206 countries

Lowest (best)

0.02 Mt

Anguilla

Highest (worst)

13,125 Mt

China

Over time · 1990–2024

The top 5 in 2024, against the median.

Median of all countries
Anguilla
Falkland Islands
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Kiribati
Dominica

Data

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206 countries · # = rank by CO₂ Emissions

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1	Anguilla	0.02 Mt	—	1.42 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
1	Falkland Islands	0.02 Mt	—	6.27 t/cap	—
3	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.03 Mt	—	4.09 t/cap	—
4	Kiribati	0.08 Mt	—	0.61 t/cap	0.18 tonnes/$1kGDP
4	Dominica	0.08 Mt	—	1.11 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
6	British Virgin Islands	0.09 Mt	—	2.7 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
7	Cook Islands	0.1 Mt	—	5.91 t/cap	—
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.13 Mt	—	1.19 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.14 Mt	—	2.33 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
10	Sao Tome and Principe	0.15 Mt	—	0.62 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
11	Tonga	0.17 Mt	—	1.48 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
12	Grenada	0.18 Mt	—	1.58 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
13	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.23 Mt	—	5.87 t/cap	0.16 tonnes/$1kGDP
14	Bermuda	0.27 Mt	—	4.46 t/cap	0.04 tonnes/$1kGDP
15	Vanuatu	0.29 Mt	—	0.9 t/cap	0.28 tonnes/$1kGDP
16	Western Sahara	0.3 Mt	—	0.46 t/cap	—
17	Solomon Islands	0.31 Mt	—	0.45 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
17	Saint Lucia	0.31 Mt	—	1.68 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
19	Central African Republic	0.34 Mt	0.03%	0.06 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
19	Guinea-Bissau	0.34 Mt	0.01%	0.16 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
21	Samoa	0.35 Mt	—	1.71 t/cap	0.23 tonnes/$1kGDP
22	Antigua and Barbuda	0.36 Mt	—	3.24 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
23	Cayman Islands	0.37 Mt	—	5.55 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
24	Belize	0.39 Mt	—	0.91 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
24	French Guiana	0.39 Mt	—	1.17 t/cap	—
26	Comoros	0.45 Mt	—	0.47 t/cap	0.14 tonnes/$1kGDP
27	Gambia	0.49 Mt	—	0.19 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
28	Aruba	0.56 Mt	—	5.15 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
29	Greenland	0.59 Mt	—	10.42 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
30	Gibraltar	0.64 Mt	—	18.15 t/cap	0.46 tonnes/$1kGDP
31	Cape Verde	0.68 Mt	—	1.14 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
32	Timor-Leste	0.7 Mt	—	0.47 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
33	Barbados	0.71 Mt	—	2.47 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
34	Eritrea	0.78 Mt	0.01%	0.13 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
35	Somalia	0.87 Mt	0.06%	0.05 t/cap	0.03 tonnes/$1kGDP
35	Liberia	0.87 Mt	0.01%	0.15 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
37	Seychelles	0.88 Mt	—	8.96 t/cap	0.25 tonnes/$1kGDP
38	Djibouti	0.89 Mt	—	0.85 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
39	Burundi	0.97 Mt	0.02%	0.07 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
39	French Polynesia	0.97 Mt	—	3.29 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
41	Lesotho	1 Mt	0.01%	0.41 t/cap	0.16 tonnes/$1kGDP
42	Martinique	1.08 Mt	—	2.8 t/cap	—
43	Eswatini	1.09 Mt	0.01%	0.71 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
44	Guadeloupe	1.15 Mt	—	2.58 t/cap	—
45	Sierra Leone	1.46 Mt	0.01%	0.17 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
45	Bahamas	1.46 Mt	—	3.47 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
47	Palau	1.47 Mt	—	63.73 t/cap	4.89 tonnes/$1kGDP
48	Fiji	1.51 Mt	0.01%	1.59 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
49	Bhutan	1.59 Mt	0.01%	1.83 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
50	Macau	1.73 Mt	—	2.51 t/cap	0.02 tonnes/$1kGDP
51	Malta	1.81 Mt	—	4.13 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
52	Maldives	1.88 Mt	—	3.89 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
53	Rwanda	2.31 Mt	0.02%	0.16 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
54	Curacao	2.39 Mt	—	14.34 t/cap	0.56 tonnes/$1kGDP
55	Suriname	2.58 Mt	0.01%	4.33 t/cap	0.21 tonnes/$1kGDP
56	Togo	2.63 Mt	0.02%	0.29 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
57	Reunion	2.67 Mt	0.01%	2.9 t/cap	—
58	Chad	2.89 Mt	0.19%	0.16 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
59	Niger	3.21 Mt	0.08%	0.11 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
60	Iceland	3.29 Mt	0.01%	9.33 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
61	Haiti	3.51 Mt	0.03%	0.3 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
62	Namibia	3.65 Mt	0.03%	1.25 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
63	Guyana	3.79 Mt	0.02%	4.7 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
64	Albania	4.24 Mt	0.01%	1.44 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
65	Mauritius	4.41 Mt	0.01%	3.44 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
66	Madagascar	4.68 Mt	0.07%	0.15 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
67	Malawi	4.79 Mt	0.04%	0.21 t/cap	0.14 tonnes/$1kGDP
68	Equatorial Guinea	4.83 Mt	0.02%	3.03 t/cap	0.16 tonnes/$1kGDP
69	New Caledonia	5 Mt	0.01%	16.61 t/cap	0.5 tonnes/$1kGDP
70	Mauritania	5.01 Mt	0.03%	0.95 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
71	Gabon	5.2 Mt	0.04%	2.23 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
72	Guinea	5.21 Mt	0.06%	0.34 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
73	Papua New Guinea	5.47 Mt	0.02%	0.58 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
74	Nicaragua	5.74 Mt	0.04%	0.86 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
75	DR Congo	6.21 Mt	0.11%	0.06 t/cap	0.04 tonnes/$1kGDP
76	Burkina Faso	6.48 Mt	0.07%	0.28 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
77	Latvia	6.81 Mt	0.02%	3.73 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
78	Botswana	6.9 Mt	0.02%	2.68 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
79	Benin	7.05 Mt	0.03%	0.52 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
80	Luxembourg	7.15 Mt	0.02%	11.27 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
81	North Macedonia	7.3 Mt	0.02%	3.49 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
82	Cyprus	7.34 Mt	0.02%	5.92 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
83	Mali	7.41 Mt	0.09%	0.33 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
84	Armenia	7.49 Mt	0.02%	2.55 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
85	Paraguay	8.03 Mt	0.08%	1.09 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
86	Jamaica	8.07 Mt	0.02%	2.75 t/cap	0.28 tonnes/$1kGDP
87	Moldova	8.21 Mt	0.02%	2.07 t/cap	0.21 tonnes/$1kGDP
88	Uganda	8.25 Mt	0.11%	0.15 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
89	Costa Rica	8.38 Mt	0.03%	1.61 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
90	Republic of the Congo	8.46 Mt	0.05%	1.34 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
91	Uruguay	8.7 Mt	0.08%	2.46 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
92	Brunei	9.37 Mt	0.02%	20.19 t/cap	0.26 tonnes/$1kGDP
93	El Salvador	9.54 Mt	0.03%	1.44 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
94	Tajikistan	9.77 Mt	0.04%	0.96 t/cap	0.19 tonnes/$1kGDP
95	Mozambique	10.11 Mt	0.06%	0.28 t/cap	0.2 tonnes/$1kGDP
96	Cameroon	10.29 Mt	0.08%	0.36 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
97	Yemen	10.58 Mt	0.06%	0.32 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
98	Estonia	10.65 Mt	0.03%	8.29 t/cap	0.19 tonnes/$1kGDP
99	Kyrgyzstan	10.74 Mt	0.04%	1.63 t/cap	0.21 tonnes/$1kGDP
100	Lebanon	11 Mt	0.04%	1.93 t/cap	0.18 tonnes/$1kGDP
101	Zambia	11.57 Mt	0.07%	0.55 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
102	Afghanistan	12.07 Mt	0.06%	0.29 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
103	Honduras	12.29 Mt	0.05%	1.19 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
104	Panama	12.37 Mt	0.04%	2.73 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
105	Zimbabwe	12.86 Mt	0.06%	0.67 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
106	Lithuania	12.97 Mt	0.04%	4.63 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
107	Slovenia	13.33 Mt	0.03%	6.42 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
108	Georgia	13.47 Mt	0.04%	3.5 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
109	Senegal	14.2 Mt	0.06%	0.74 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
110	Puerto Rico	15.43 Mt	0.03%	4.25 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
111	Nepal	15.89 Mt	0.08%	0.5 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
112	Croatia	18.68 Mt	0.05%	4.64 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
113	Ivory Coast	18.81 Mt	0.07%	0.65 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
114	Ethiopia	19.36 Mt	0.36%	0.16 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
115	Cambodia	19.44 Mt	0.09%	1.1 t/cap	0.16 tonnes/$1kGDP
116	Guatemala	20.37 Mt	0.08%	1.06 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.41 Mt	0.05%	5.89 t/cap	0.32 tonnes/$1kGDP
118	Cuba	21 Mt	0.07%	1.82 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
119	Tanzania	21.34 Mt	0.19%	0.3 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
120	Kenya	21.64 Mt	0.19%	0.37 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
121	Sudan	21.87 Mt	0.26%	0.34 t/cap	0.23 tonnes/$1kGDP
122	Sri Lanka	23.33 Mt	0.07%	1.1 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
123	Jordan	24.14 Mt	0.07%	2.29 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
124	Ghana	24.17 Mt	0.09%	0.73 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
125	Denmark	25.57 Mt	0.07%	4.34 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
126	Laos	26.06 Mt	0.08%	3.46 t/cap	0.39 tonnes/$1kGDP
127	Trinidad and Tobago	26.79 Mt	0.06%	19.4 t/cap	0.62 tonnes/$1kGDP
128	Mongolia	27.66 Mt	0.2%	8.21 t/cap	0.47 tonnes/$1kGDP
129	Angola	28.1 Mt	0.13%	0.75 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
130	Bolivia	28.44 Mt	0.12%	2.33 t/cap	0.23 tonnes/$1kGDP
131	Slovakia	29.89 Mt	0.07%	5.49 t/cap	0.14 tonnes/$1kGDP
132	Finland	31.11 Mt	0.09%	5.5 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
133	Myanmar	31.36 Mt	0.22%	0.55 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
134	Syria	31.45 Mt	0.09%	1.4 t/cap	0.32 tonnes/$1kGDP
135	New Zealand	31.81 Mt	0.15%	6.37 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
136	Tunisia	32.18 Mt	0.08%	2.61 t/cap	0.21 tonnes/$1kGDP
137	Ireland	32.57 Mt	0.11%	6.47 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
138	Switzerland	33.73 Mt	0.08%	3.79 t/cap	0.05 tonnes/$1kGDP
139	Bulgaria	34.19 Mt	0.09%	5.07 t/cap	0.16 tonnes/$1kGDP
140	Dominican Republic	34.22 Mt	0.1%	2.97 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
141	Hong Kong	34.62 Mt	0.08%	4.48 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
142	Portugal	35.56 Mt	0.1%	3.53 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
143	Sweden	37.77 Mt	0.1%	3.64 t/cap	0.06 tonnes/$1kGDP
144	Bahrain	37.97 Mt	0.12%	20.7 t/cap	0.41 tonnes/$1kGDP
145	Azerbaijan	38.89 Mt	0.11%	3.75 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
146	Norway	40 Mt	0.1%	7.07 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
147	Hungary	42.63 Mt	0.11%	4.5 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
148	Ecuador	47.96 Mt	0.14%	2.63 t/cap	0.19 tonnes/$1kGDP
149	Greece	52.51 Mt	0.13%	4.78 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
150	Belarus	54.22 Mt	0.16%	5.81 t/cap	0.2 tonnes/$1kGDP
151	Serbia	55.58 Mt	0.13%	6.04 t/cap	0.29 tonnes/$1kGDP
152	Israel	57.67 Mt	0.14%	3.82 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
153	Austria	58.03 Mt	0.13%	6.55 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
154	Singapore	58.87 Mt	0.14%	9.62 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
155	Libya	63.95 Mt	0.18%	9.18 t/cap	0.71 tonnes/$1kGDP
156	North Korea	66.24 Mt	0.17%	2.52 t/cap	0.55 tonnes/$1kGDP
157	Peru	69.27 Mt	0.2%	1.99 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
158	Morocco	70.04 Mt	0.2%	1.81 t/cap	0.2 tonnes/$1kGDP
159	Romania	70.88 Mt	0.19%	3.73 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
160	Czechia	77.75 Mt	0.19%	7.32 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
161	Chile	77.82 Mt	0.22%	4.1 t/cap	0.13 tonnes/$1kGDP
162	Turkmenistan	81.41 Mt	0.22%	12.81 t/cap	0.61 tonnes/$1kGDP
163	Belgium	86.65 Mt	0.2%	7.35 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
164	Colombia	95.08 Mt	0.41%	1.84 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
165	Venezuela	96.41 Mt	0.31%	2.78 t/cap	0.48 tonnes/$1kGDP
166	Oman	98.51 Mt	0.25%	17.89 t/cap	0.51 tonnes/$1kGDP
167	Kuwait	116 Mt	0.33%	25.51 t/cap	0.51 tonnes/$1kGDP
168	Ukraine	118 Mt	0.37%	2.78 t/cap	0.2 tonnes/$1kGDP
169	Netherlands	119 Mt	0.27%	6.84 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
170	Bangladesh	124 Mt	0.42%	0.7 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
171	Nigeria	132 Mt	0.66%	0.58 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
172	Qatar	135 Mt	0.31%	45.33 t/cap	0.43 tonnes/$1kGDP
173	Uzbekistan	149 Mt	0.43%	4.27 t/cap	0.39 tonnes/$1kGDP
174	Philippines	174 Mt	0.5%	1.5 t/cap	0.14 tonnes/$1kGDP
175	Argentina	183 Mt	0.7%	3.89 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
176	Algeria	186 Mt	0.47%	4.07 t/cap	0.26 tonnes/$1kGDP
177	United Arab Emirates	201 Mt	0.5%	19.45 t/cap	0.27 tonnes/$1kGDP
178	Pakistan	204 Mt	0.99%	0.91 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
179	Spain	220 Mt	0.54%	4.75 t/cap	0.09 tonnes/$1kGDP
180	Iraq	239 Mt	0.78%	5.19 t/cap	0.4 tonnes/$1kGDP
181	Kazakhstan	259 Mt	0.62%	13.3 t/cap	0.35 tonnes/$1kGDP
182	France	274 Mt	0.71%	4.12 t/cap	0.07 tonnes/$1kGDP
183	Poland	276 Mt	0.65%	7.36 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
184	Taiwan	280 Mt	0.58%	11.68 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
185	Thailand	284 Mt	0.79%	4.07 t/cap	0.18 tonnes/$1kGDP
186	Egypt	292 Mt	0.73%	2.66 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
187	United Kingdom	292 Mt	0.73%	4.25 t/cap	0.08 tonnes/$1kGDP
188	Malaysia	296 Mt	0.62%	8.57 t/cap	0.24 tonnes/$1kGDP
189	Italy	299 Mt	0.7%	5.1 t/cap	0.1 tonnes/$1kGDP
190	Australia	383 Mt	1.11%	14.43 t/cap	0.24 tonnes/$1kGDP
191	Vietnam	431 Mt	1.1%	4.23 t/cap	0.3 tonnes/$1kGDP
192	South Africa	440 Mt	1.07%	7.19 t/cap	0.51 tonnes/$1kGDP
193	Turkey	460 Mt	1.09%	5.36 t/cap	0.15 tonnes/$1kGDP
194	Mexico	476 Mt	1.29%	3.41 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
195	Brazil	491 Mt	2.44%	2.24 t/cap	0.12 tonnes/$1kGDP
196	Canada	578 Mt	1.44%	14.87 t/cap	0.25 tonnes/$1kGDP
197	Germany	580 Mt	1.27%	7.03 t/cap	0.11 tonnes/$1kGDP
198	South Korea	588 Mt	1.26%	11.29 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
199	Saudi Arabia	653 Mt	1.58%	17.73 t/cap	0.3 tonnes/$1kGDP
200	Indonesia	812 Mt	2.49%	2.88 t/cap	0.2 tonnes/$1kGDP
201	Iran	829 Mt	1.98%	9.62 t/cap	0.56 tonnes/$1kGDP
202	Japan	972 Mt	2%	7.79 t/cap	0.17 tonnes/$1kGDP
203	Russia	2,009 Mt	4.84%	14.06 t/cap	0.33 tonnes/$1kGDP
204	India	3,154 Mt	8.22%	2.19 t/cap	0.22 tonnes/$1kGDP
205	United States	4,632 Mt	11.1%	13.59 t/cap	0.18 tonnes/$1kGDP
206	China	13,125 Mt	29.2%	9.13 t/cap	0.39 tonnes/$1kGDP

What correlates with CO₂ Emissions (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,360 other country metrics sharing at least 124 countries, 3 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher CO₂ Emissions tend to score higher on these

Wind Power GenerationWind Power by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 177
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Electricity ConsumptionElectricity Consumption by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 200
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Electricity ConsumptionEnergy Consumption by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 198
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Total Ecological FootprintEcological Footprint by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 124
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Composite IndexComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 170
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Composite Index x100kComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 180
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher CO₂ Emissions tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.55 · strong · n = 203
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 142
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LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 197
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GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 147
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.19 · weak · n = 185
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Hypertension Age-Standardized Prevalence Females 30-79Hypertension Rates by Country
r = −0.19 · weak · n = 185
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ Emissions?: China has the highest CO₂ Emissions in 2024, at 13,125 Mt, followed by United States (4,632 Mt) and India (3,154 Mt).
Which country has the lowest CO₂ Emissions?: Falkland Islands has the lowest CO₂ Emissions in 2024, at 0.02 Mt.
What is the median CO₂ Emissions across countries?: The median is 12.33 Mt across the 206 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this carbon footprint by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: CO2 Total Emission - EDGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research; Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research - European Commission Joint Research Centre; CO2 Emissions in 2022 - International Energy Agency (IEA); Statistical Review of World Energy 2021 - BP.

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