Which country has the highest Target Year for Goal Completion?

India has the highest Target Year for Goal Completion, at 2070, followed by Mauritius (2070) and Thailand (2065).

Which country has the lowest Target Year for Goal Completion?

Micronesia has the lowest Target Year for Goal Completion, at 2025.

What is the median Target Year for Goal Completion across countries?

The median is 2050 across the 188 countries with data.

Where does this carbon-negative countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Data Explorer - NetZeroTracker; Forget net-zero: meet the small-nation, carbon-negative club - Reuters; Bhutan: The First Carbon Negative Country In The World - Earth.org; 3 Countries That Are Certified Net Carbon Sinks - FairAtmos.

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Carbon-Negative Countries

Name: Carbon-Negative Countries
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India has the highest Target Year for Goal Completion (2070), followed by Mauritius (2070) and Thailand (2065). Micronesia has the lowest (2025).

Environment188 countries · 5 metricsUpdated Sep 23, 2025Original page

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ShowingTarget Year for Goal CompletionBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

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Target Year for Goal Completion

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 188 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

2050

Middle half 2034 – 2050

Average

2045

188 countries

Highest

2070

India

Lowest

2025

Micronesia

Data

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188 countries · # = rank by Target Year for Goal Completion

#
1	India	Net zero	2070
1	Mauritius	Carbon neutral(ity)	2070
3	Thailand	Net zero	2065
4	China	Carbon neutral(ity)	2060
4	Indonesia	Net zero	2060
4	Nigeria	Net zero	2060
4	Russia	Carbon neutral(ity)	2060
4	Ukraine	Carbon neutral(ity)	2060
4	Ghana	Net zero	2060
4	Saudi Arabia	Net zero	2060
4	Kazakhstan	Carbon neutral(ity)	2060
4	Kuwait	Carbon neutral(ity)	2060
4	Bahrain	Net zero	2060
14	Turkey	Net zero	2053
15	Pakistan	Net zero	2050
15	Brazil	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Ethiopia	Net zero	2050
15	Mexico	Net zero	2050
15	Japan	Net zero	2050
15	DR Congo	Net zero	2050
15	Vietnam	Net zero	2050
15	Germany	Net negative	2050
15	United Kingdom	Net zero	2050
15	France	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	South Africa	Net zero	2050
15	Italy	Climate neutral	2050
15	Myanmar	Net zero	2050
15	Colombia	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Sudan	Net zero	2050
15	South Korea	Net zero	2050
15	Spain	Climate neutral	2050
15	Argentina	Net zero	2050
15	Canada	Net zero	2050
15	Angola	Net zero	2050
15	Mozambique	Net zero	2050
15	Malaysia	Net zero	2050
15	Peru	Net zero	2050
15	Madagascar	Net zero	2050
15	Niger	Net zero	2050
15	Australia	Net zero	2050
15	Mali	Net zero	2050
15	Burkina Faso	Net zero	2050
15	Sri Lanka	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Malawi	Net zero	2050
15	Chile	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Romania	Net zero	2050
15	Netherlands	Climate neutral	2050
15	Ecuador	Net zero	2050
15	Cambodia	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Guinea	Net zero	2050
15	Rwanda	Net zero	2050
15	Burundi	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Tunisia	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Haiti	Net zero	2050
15	Belgium	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	United Arab Emirates	Net zero	2050
15	Papua New Guinea	Net zero	2050
15	Czechia	Climate neutral	2050
15	Azerbaijan	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Portugal	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Togo	Net zero	2050
15	Greece	Climate neutral	2050
15	Israel	Net zero	2050
15	Hungary	Net zero	2050
15	Switzerland	Net zero	2050
15	Sierra Leone	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Laos	Net zero	2050
15	Kyrgyzstan	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Nicaragua	Net zero	2050
15	Bulgaria	Climate neutral	2050
15	Denmark	Climate neutral	2050
15	Singapore	Net zero	2050
15	Lebanon	Net zero	2050
15	Liberia	Net zero	2050
15	Central African Republic	Net zero	2050
15	Oman	Net zero	2050
15	Norway	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Slovakia	Net zero	2050
15	Ireland	Climate neutral	2050
15	New Zealand	Net zero	2050
15	Costa Rica	Net zero	2050
15	Panama	Net zero	2050
15	Croatia	Climate neutral	2050
15	Georgia	Climate neutral	2050
15	Eritrea	Net zero	2050
15	Uruguay	Net zero	2050
15	Namibia	Net zero	2050
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Moldova	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Armenia	Climate neutral	2050
15	Gambia	Net zero	2050
15	Jamaica	Net zero	2050
15	Lithuania	Climate neutral	2050
15	Gabon	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Lesotho	Net zero	2050
15	Slovenia	Net zero	2050
15	Equatorial Guinea	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Latvia	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Trinidad and Tobago	Net zero	2050
15	Cyprus	Climate neutral	2050
15	Estonia	Net zero	2050
15	Djibouti	Net zero	2050
15	Fiji	Net zero	2050
15	Comoros	Net zero	2050
15	Solomon Islands	Net zero	2050
15	Guyana	Net zero	2050
15	Luxembourg	Net zero	2050
15	Suriname	Net zero	2050
15	Malta	Climate neutral	2050
15	Cape Verde	Net zero	2050
15	Brunei	Net zero	2050
15	Belize	Net zero	2050
15	Vanuatu	Net zero	2050
15	Sao Tome and Principe	Net zero	2050
15	Samoa	Net zero	2050
15	Kiribati	Net zero	2050
15	Seychelles	Net zero	2050
15	Tonga	Net zero	2050
15	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Net zero	2050
15	Andorra	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Cayman Islands	Emissions reduction target	2050
15	Bermuda	Net zero	2050
15	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Net zero	2050
15	Liechtenstein	Net zero	2050
15	Monaco	Carbon neutral(ity)	2050
15	Marshall Islands	Net zero	2050
15	Palau	Net zero	2050
15	Nauru	Net zero	2050
15	Tuvalu	Net zero	2050
15	Niue	Net zero	2050
131	Nepal	Net zero	2045
131	Sweden	Net zero	2045
133	Austria	Climate neutral	2040
133	Palestine	Emissions reduction target	2040
133	Iceland	Carbon neutral(ity)	2040
133	Antigua and Barbuda	Net zero	2040
137	Kenya	Reduction v. BAU	2035
137	Somalia	Reduction v. BAU	2035
137	Finland	Climate neutral	2035
137	Montenegro	Emissions reduction target	2035
137	Maldives	Absolute emissions target	2035
142	Bangladesh	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Egypt	Other	2030
142	Philippines	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Iran	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Uganda	Net zero	2030
142	Algeria	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Iraq	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Afghanistan	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Yemen	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Morocco	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Poland	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Uzbekistan	Emissions intensity target	2030
142	Ivory Coast	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Cameroon	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Venezuela	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	North Korea	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Zambia	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Chad	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Senegal	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Guatemala	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Zimbabwe	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Benin	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	South Sudan	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Jordan	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Honduras	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Tajikistan	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Cuba	Other	2030
142	Belarus	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Turkmenistan	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Paraguay	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Serbia	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Republic of the Congo	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	El Salvador	Absolute emissions target	2030
142	Mauritania	Carbon neutral(ity)	2030
142	Mongolia	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Qatar	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Albania	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Botswana	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	North Macedonia	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Eswatini	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Bhutan	Carbon negative	2030
142	Barbados	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Saint Lucia	Reduction v. BAU	2030
142	Grenada	Emissions reduction target	2030
142	Dominica	Carbon neutral(ity)	2030
142	San Marino	Emissions reduction target	2030
188	Micronesia	Emissions reduction target	2025

What correlates with Target Year for Goal Completion?

Pearson r against 1,409 other country metrics sharing at least 113 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Target Year for Goal Completion tend to score higher on these

Total 15-24Banked Population by Country
r = +0.38 · moderate · n = 115
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Females 15+Banked Population by Country
r = +0.35 · moderate · n = 115
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Wheat ProductionWheat Production by Country
r = +0.34 · moderate · n = 116
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Total 15+Banked Population by Country
r = +0.34 · moderate · n = 115
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Males 15+Banked Population by Country
r = +0.32 · moderate · n = 115
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Total 25+Banked Population by Country
r = +0.32 · moderate · n = 115
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Target Year for Goal Completion tend to score lower on these

Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 149
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Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.27 · weak · n = 149
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6+ Member HouseholdNumber of Households by Country
r = −0.25 · weak · n = 165
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Unemployment Rate - ILOUnemployment by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 141
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 137
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Average Household SizeNumber of Households by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 161
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Target Year for Goal Completion?: India has the highest Target Year for Goal Completion, at 2070, followed by Mauritius (2070) and Thailand (2065).
Which country has the lowest Target Year for Goal Completion?: Micronesia has the lowest Target Year for Goal Completion, at 2025.
What is the median Target Year for Goal Completion across countries?: The median is 2050 across the 188 countries with data.
Where does this carbon-negative countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Data Explorer - NetZeroTracker; Forget net-zero: meet the small-nation, carbon-negative club - Reuters; Bhutan: The First Carbon Negative Country In The World - Earth.org; 3 Countries That Are Certified Net Carbon Sinks - FairAtmos.