Which country has the highest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

China has the highest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2023, at 15.9B t CO₂eq, followed by United States (6B t CO₂eq) and India (4.1B t CO₂eq).

Which country has the lowest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Anguilla has the lowest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2023, at 30K t CO₂eq.

What is the median Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions across countries?

The median is 32.8M t CO₂eq across the 206 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this pollution by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World most polluted countries 2020 (PM2.5) - IQ Air; Global Atmospheric Research 2023 Report - EDGAR; Each Country's Share of CO2 Emissions - Union of Concerned Scientists; Global Carbon Project. (2021). Supplemental data of Global Carbon Budget 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set] - Global Carbon Project.

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Pollution by Country

Name: Pollution by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2023 (15.9B t CO₂eq), followed by United States (6B t CO₂eq) and India (4.1B t CO₂eq). Anguilla has the lowest (30K t CO₂eq).

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Median

32.8M t CO₂eq

Middle half 4.9M t CO₂eq – 104.1M t CO₂eq

Average

250.7M t CO₂eq

206 countries

Lowest (best)

30K t CO₂eq

Anguilla

Highest (worst)

15.9B t CO₂eq

China

Over time · 1990–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
Anguilla
Faroe Islands
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
British Virgin Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

Data

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206 countries · # = rank by Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions

#
1	Anguilla	30K t CO₂eq
2	Faroe Islands	50K t CO₂eq
2	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	50K t CO₂eq
4	British Virgin Islands	90K t CO₂eq
5	Turks and Caicos Islands	110K t CO₂eq
6	Kiribati	130K t CO₂eq
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	150K t CO₂eq
7	Dominica	150K t CO₂eq
7	Cook Islands	150K t CO₂eq
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	170K t CO₂eq
10	Falkland Islands	170K t CO₂eq
12	Grenada	200K t CO₂eq
13	Sao Tome and Principe	300K t CO₂eq
14	Tonga	340K t CO₂eq
15	Bermuda	380K t CO₂eq
16	Antigua and Barbuda	390K t CO₂eq
16	Cayman Islands	390K t CO₂eq
18	Saint Lucia	450K t CO₂eq
19	Aruba	560K t CO₂eq
20	French Guiana	570K t CO₂eq
21	Samoa	650K t CO₂eq
21	Greenland	650K t CO₂eq
23	Vanuatu	670K t CO₂eq
24	Western Sahara	680K t CO₂eq
25	Gibraltar	710K t CO₂eq
26	Solomon Islands	720K t CO₂eq
27	Comoros	760K t CO₂eq
28	Belize	920K t CO₂eq
29	Barbados	990K t CO₂eq
30	Martinique	1.2M t CO₂eq
31	Cape Verde	1.2M t CO₂eq
32	Seychelles	1.3M t CO₂eq
33	French Polynesia	1.4M t CO₂eq
34	Guadeloupe	1.5M t CO₂eq
35	Palau	1.5M t CO₂eq
36	Gambia	1.9M t CO₂eq
37	Timor-Leste	2M t CO₂eq
38	Malta	2M t CO₂eq
39	Bahamas	2.1M t CO₂eq
40	Djibouti	2.1M t CO₂eq
41	Curacao	2.5M t CO₂eq
42	Lesotho	2.6M t CO₂eq
43	Reunion	2.9M t CO₂eq
44	Guinea-Bissau	3M t CO₂eq
45	Maldives	3.1M t CO₂eq
46	Macau	3.1M t CO₂eq
47	Bhutan	3.3M t CO₂eq
48	Eswatini	3.3M t CO₂eq
49	Fiji	3.4M t CO₂eq
50	Suriname	3.7M t CO₂eq
51	Iceland	4.2M t CO₂eq
52	Liberia	4.5M t CO₂eq
53	Mauritius	6.2M t CO₂eq
54	Eritrea	6.4M t CO₂eq
55	New Caledonia	6.6M t CO₂eq
56	Sierra Leone	6.9M t CO₂eq
57	Equatorial Guinea	7M t CO₂eq
58	Burundi	7.1M t CO₂eq
59	Rwanda	7.5M t CO₂eq
60	Albania	7.7M t CO₂eq
61	Luxembourg	7.9M t CO₂eq
62	Jamaica	8.2M t CO₂eq
63	Guyana	8.2M t CO₂eq
64	Papua New Guinea	9.6M t CO₂eq
65	Cyprus	10.3M t CO₂eq
66	Togo	10.6M t CO₂eq
67	Armenia	10.8M t CO₂eq
68	Latvia	11M t CO₂eq
69	North Macedonia	11.4M t CO₂eq
70	Brunei	12.2M t CO₂eq
71	Central African Republic	12.5M t CO₂eq
72	Botswana	12.7M t CO₂eq
73	Namibia	12.9M t CO₂eq
74	El Salvador	13.1M t CO₂eq
75	Moldova	13.5M t CO₂eq
76	Haiti	13.7M t CO₂eq
77	Estonia	14.4M t CO₂eq
78	Slovenia	16M t CO₂eq
79	Puerto Rico	16.1M t CO₂eq
80	Costa Rica	16.5M t CO₂eq
81	Mauritania	16.5M t CO₂eq
82	Benin	16.7M t CO₂eq
83	Georgia	19.1M t CO₂eq
84	Malawi	19.7M t CO₂eq
85	Nicaragua	20.6M t CO₂eq
86	Lithuania	20.7M t CO₂eq
87	Panama	21.3M t CO₂eq
88	Gabon	21.4M t CO₂eq
89	Tajikistan	21.4M t CO₂eq
90	Kyrgyzstan	21.7M t CO₂eq
91	Honduras	22.9M t CO₂eq
92	Republic of the Congo	23.7M t CO₂eq
93	Lebanon	24.7M t CO₂eq
94	Croatia	25M t CO₂eq
95	Guinea	28.6M t CO₂eq
96	Senegal	28.8M t CO₂eq
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.4M t CO₂eq
98	Afghanistan	29.5M t CO₂eq
99	Zambia	30.5M t CO₂eq
100	Zimbabwe	31M t CO₂eq
101	Ivory Coast	32.2M t CO₂eq
102	Yemen	32.2M t CO₂eq
103	Somalia	32.5M t CO₂eq
104	Madagascar	33.2M t CO₂eq
105	Jordan	33.4M t CO₂eq
106	Mozambique	34M t CO₂eq
107	Trinidad and Tobago	34.2M t CO₂eq
108	Burkina Faso	34.5M t CO₂eq
109	Sri Lanka	38.4M t CO₂eq
110	Cameroon	39.4M t CO₂eq
111	Cuba	39.4M t CO₂eq
112	Hong Kong	40.2M t CO₂eq
113	Syria	41.2M t CO₂eq
114	Paraguay	41.6M t CO₂eq
115	Uruguay	41.6M t CO₂eq
116	Denmark	41.8M t CO₂eq
117	Laos	42.1M t CO₂eq
118	Niger	42.3M t CO₂eq
119	Switzerland	43.5M t CO₂eq
119	Finland	43.5M t CO₂eq
121	Tunisia	43.6M t CO₂eq
122	Guatemala	44M t CO₂eq
123	Slovakia	44.8M t CO₂eq
124	Mali	45.5M t CO₂eq
125	Ghana	48.3M t CO₂eq
126	Dominican Republic	48.4M t CO₂eq
127	Cambodia	48.8M t CO₂eq
128	Sweden	49.1M t CO₂eq
129	Portugal	53M t CO₂eq
130	Uganda	53.4M t CO₂eq
130	Bulgaria	53.4M t CO₂eq
132	Bolivia	55.2M t CO₂eq
133	DR Congo	56.1M t CO₂eq
134	Norway	56.7M t CO₂eq
135	Nepal	56.8M t CO₂eq
136	Ireland	57.9M t CO₂eq
137	Hungary	60.9M t CO₂eq
138	Azerbaijan	62.6M t CO₂eq
139	Bahrain	63.7M t CO₂eq
140	Angola	67.7M t CO₂eq
141	Greece	69.3M t CO₂eq
142	Austria	72.9M t CO₂eq
143	Ecuador	73.6M t CO₂eq
144	Singapore	74.3M t CO₂eq
145	Israel	79.6M t CO₂eq
146	Mongolia	83.7M t CO₂eq
147	New Zealand	84.2M t CO₂eq
148	Belarus	84.3M t CO₂eq
149	Tanzania	89.8M t CO₂eq
150	North Korea	90.2M t CO₂eq
151	Peru	94.1M t CO₂eq
152	Chad	95.4M t CO₂eq
153	Libya	95.9M t CO₂eq
154	Turkmenistan	98.8M t CO₂eq
155	Romania	105.9M t CO₂eq
156	Belgium	106.4M t CO₂eq
157	Morocco	106.6M t CO₂eq
158	Kenya	108M t CO₂eq
159	Czechia	114.4M t CO₂eq
160	Myanmar	115.1M t CO₂eq
161	Chile	121.5M t CO₂eq
162	Oman	127.4M t CO₂eq
163	Sudan	138.7M t CO₂eq
164	Netherlands	150.8M t CO₂eq
165	Venezuela	152.4M t CO₂eq
166	Qatar	154.4M t CO₂eq
167	Kuwait	167.9M t CO₂eq
168	Ethiopia	170M t CO₂eq
169	Uzbekistan	214.5M t CO₂eq
170	Ukraine	216.1M t CO₂eq
171	Colombia	224M t CO₂eq
172	Philippines	256.2M t CO₂eq
173	Algeria	256.8M t CO₂eq
174	United Arab Emirates	267.8M t CO₂eq
175	Bangladesh	281.4M t CO₂eq
176	Spain	285.4M t CO₂eq
177	Taiwan	308M t CO₂eq
178	Kazakhstan	320.4M t CO₂eq
179	Malaysia	325.4M t CO₂eq
180	Egypt	336M t CO₂eq
181	Iraq	362.8M t CO₂eq
182	Poland	363.8M t CO₂eq
183	Argentina	365.7M t CO₂eq
184	Italy	374.1M t CO₂eq
185	United Kingdom	379.3M t CO₂eq
186	Nigeria	385.1M t CO₂eq
187	France	385.5M t CO₂eq
188	Thailand	440.8M t CO₂eq
189	South Africa	522.1M t CO₂eq
190	Vietnam	524.1M t CO₂eq
191	Pakistan	532.4M t CO₂eq
192	Australia	571.8M t CO₂eq
193	Turkey	606.4M t CO₂eq
194	South Korea	653.9M t CO₂eq
195	Germany	681.8M t CO₂eq
196	Mexico	712.1M t CO₂eq
197	Canada	747.7M t CO₂eq
198	Saudi Arabia	805.2M t CO₂eq
199	Iran	996.8M t CO₂eq
200	Japan	1B t CO₂eq
201	Indonesia	1.2B t CO₂eq
202	Brazil	1.3B t CO₂eq
203	Russia	2.7B t CO₂eq
204	India	4.1B t CO₂eq
205	United States	6B t CO₂eq
206	China	15.9B t CO₂eq

What correlates with Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,348 other country metrics sharing at least 124 countries, 3 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions tend to score higher on these

Wind Power GenerationWind Power by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 176
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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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Composite IndexComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 170
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Composite Index x100kComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 180
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Female Cancer CasesCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 178
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 203
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 141
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LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.23 · weak · n = 197
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GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 146
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.21 · weak · n = 184
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Tax to GDP Ratio (Tax Revenue as % of GDP)Tax to GDP Ratio by Country
r = −0.19 · weak · n = 155
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions?: China has the highest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2023, at 15.9B t CO₂eq, followed by United States (6B t CO₂eq) and India (4.1B t CO₂eq).
Which country has the lowest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions?: Anguilla has the lowest Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2023, at 30K t CO₂eq.
What is the median Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions across countries?: The median is 32.8M t CO₂eq across the 206 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this pollution by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World most polluted countries 2020 (PM2.5) - IQ Air; Global Atmospheric Research 2023 Report - EDGAR; Each Country's Share of CO2 Emissions - Union of Concerned Scientists; Global Carbon Project. (2021). Supplemental data of Global Carbon Budget 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set] - Global Carbon Project.

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