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Annual CO₂ emissions

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels and industry. Land-use change is not included.

Annual CO₂ emissions tonnes
Country/area
1750
2023
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan11,020,218.00 t
Albania5,144,279.00 t
Algeria178,132,770.00 t
Andorra423,874.00 t
Angola20,780,540.00 t
Anguilla144,530.00 t
Antigua and Barbuda644,826.00 t
Argentina195,805,970.00 t
Armenia7,608,323.00 t
Aruba867,180.00 t
Australia0.00 t382,972,000.00 t+382,972,000.00 t
Austria58,578,050.00 t
Azerbaijan43,936,972.00 t
Bahamas2,505,352.00 t
Bahrain36,526,764.00 t
Bangladesh113,426,860.00 t
Barbados1,191,738.00 t
Belarus56,490,772.00 t
Belgium83,368,480.00 t
Belize667,898.00 t
Benin5,592,317.00 t
Bermuda522,532.00 t
Bhutan1,713,060.00 t
Bolivia23,359,406.00 t
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba114,883.00 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina20,179,128.00 t
Botswana6,713,559.00 t
Brazil486,470,080.00 t
British Virgin Islands185,295.00 t
Brunei11,769,600.00 t
Bulgaria36,093,596.00 t
Burkina Faso6,186,583.00 t
Burundi709,700.00 t
Cambodia20,178,442.00 t
Cameroon9,941,406.00 t
Canada549,299,000.00 t
Cape Verde534,969.00 t
Central African Republic281,213.00 t
Chad3,079,389.00 t
Chile77,287,704.00 t
China11,902,503,000.00 t
Christmas Island0.00 t
Colombia105,238,664.00 t
Comoros448,731.00 t
Congo7,674,340.00 t
Cook Islands72,832.00 t
Costa Rica8,279,033.50 t
Cote d'Ivoire13,195,601.00 t
Croatia17,524,080.00 t
Cuba23,097,436.00 t
Curacao2,023,421.00 t
Cyprus7,174,221.00 t
Czechia85,624,184.00 t
Democratic Republic of Congo4,615,953.00 t
Denmark27,264,778.00 t
Djibouti492,543.00 t
Dominica163,060.00 t
Dominican Republic32,019,646.00 t
East Timor632,121.00 t
Ecuador43,172,870.00 t
Egypt269,006,200.00 t
El Salvador8,230,260.00 t
Equatorial Guinea6,141,370.00 t
Eritrea620,764.00 t
Estonia10,018,740.00 t
Eswatini1,104,210.00 t
Ethiopia15,227,142.00 t
Faroe Islands797,616.00 t
Fiji1,146,151.00 t
Finland31,622,000.00 t
France272,475,840.00 t
French Polynesia916,154.00 t
Gabon5,410,930.00 t
Gambia710,899.00 t
Georgia11,768,941.00 t
Germany596,151,360.00 t
Ghana19,647,176.00 t
Greece55,196,200.00 t
Greenland596,405.00 t
Grenada339,363.00 t
Guatemala20,382,320.00 t
Guinea4,042,787.00 t
Guinea-Bissau298,003.00 t
Guyana3,545,070.00 t
Haiti3,522,026.00 t
Honduras11,042,214.00 t
Hong Kong33,871,056.00 t
Hungary40,190,156.00 t
Iceland3,762,450.00 t
India3,062,324,500.00 t
Indonesia733,223,940.00 t
Iran817,879,900.00 t
Iraq176,457,950.00 t
Ireland34,432,788.00 t
Israel59,489,496.00 t
Italy313,460,640.00 t
Jamaica7,648,698.00 t
Japan988,784,700.00 t
Jordan21,188,884.00 t
Kazakhstan255,161,470.00 t
Kenya21,531,040.00 t
Kiribati68,999.00 t
Kosovo8,376,729.00 t
Kuwait99,233,390.00 t
Kyrgyzstan10,152,343.00 t
Laos24,796,292.00 t
Latvia6,512,889.00 t
Lebanon19,475,458.00 t
Lesotho3,888,782.00 t
Liberia771,001.00 t
Libya60,975,930.00 t
Liechtenstein157,238.00 t
Lithuania12,461,681.00 t
Luxembourg6,993,124.00 t
Macao1,057,495.00 t
Madagascar4,476,379.00 t
Malawi1,752,411.00 t
Malaysia288,823,680.00 t
Maldives2,062,305.00 t
Mali6,761,669.00 t
Malta1,822,230.00 t
Marshall Islands153,331.00 t
Mauritania4,412,598.00 t
Mauritius4,138,937.00 t
Mexico482,623,460.00 t
Micronesia (country)149,498.00 t
Moldova5,962,224.00 t
Mongolia46,869,964.00 t
Montenegro2,328,379.00 t
Montserrat22,235.00 t
Morocco68,667,610.00 t
Mozambique8,023,384.00 t
Myanmar30,233,224.00 t
Namibia4,174,205.80 t
Nauru57,499.00 t
Nepal16,677,210.00 t
Netherlands118,668,370.00 t
New Caledonia5,067,623.00 t
New Zealand0.00 t30,119,236.00 t+30,119,236.00 t
Nicaragua5,588,379.00 t
Niger2,597,634.00 t
Nigeria128,539,720.00 t
Niue7,667.00 t
North Korea60,764,244.00 t
North Macedonia7,448,824.00 t
Norway0.00 t38,901,000.00 t+38,901,000.00 t
Oman78,511,300.00 t
Pakistan200,666,690.00 t
Palau222,330.00 t
Palestine3,496,897.00 t
Panama14,018,338.00 t
Papua New Guinea8,322,015.00 t
Paraguay8,139,286.00 t
Peru55,863,636.00 t
Philippines154,578,660.00 t
Poland289,281,540.00 t
Portugal37,228,136.00 t
Qatar115,711,816.00 t
Romania68,239,480.00 t
Russia1,815,924,700.00 t
Rwanda1,540,220.00 t
Saint Helena11,118.00 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis233,472.00 t
Saint Lucia511,414.00 t
Saint Pierre and Miquelon55,588.00 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines237,178.00 t
Samoa256,830.00 t
Sao Tome and Principe166,171.00 t
Saudi Arabia736,205,300.00 t
Senegal11,900,644.00 t
Serbia42,357,788.00 t
Seychelles551,015.00 t
Sierra Leone1,231,506.00 t
Singapore49,252,784.00 t
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)693,003.00 t
Slovakia30,739,160.00 t
Slovenia11,328,390.00 t
Solomon Islands302,829.00 t
Somalia557,614.00 t
South Africa401,893,100.00 t
South Korea577,416,640.00 t
South Sudan1,580,456.00 t
Spain221,615,650.00 t
Sri Lanka20,317,522.00 t
Sudan20,001,454.00 t
Suriname2,647,446.00 t
Sweden36,556,280.00 t
Switzerland32,737,300.00 t
Syria25,503,272.00 t
Taiwan0.00 t261,152,590.00 t+261,152,590.00 t
Tajikistan9,054,525.00 t
Tanzania18,066,046.00 t
Thailand264,388,640.00 t
Togo2,620,035.00 t
Tonga199,331.00 t
Trinidad and Tobago34,317,936.00 t
Tunisia32,792,874.00 t
Turkey432,077,340.00 t
Turkmenistan63,362,624.00 t
Turks and Caicos Islands370,590.00 t
Tuvalu11,500.00 t
Uganda5,613,657.00 t
Ukraine136,460,590.00 t
United Arab Emirates229,383,650.00 t
United Kingdom9,305,937.00 t305,146,340.00 t+295,840,403.00 t+3,179%
United States4,911,391,000.00 t
Uruguay7,865,945.00 t
Uzbekistan124,768,440.00 t
Vanuatu226,164.00 t
Venezuela99,568,900.00 t
Vietnam334,726,080.00 t
Wallis and Futuna30,666.00 t
Yemen10,034,892.00 t
Zambia7,748,922.00 t
Zimbabwe11,164,030.00 t
Other
Africa1,418,739,200.00 t
Africa (GCP)1,418,728,100.00 t
Antarctica0.00 t
Asia0.00 t22,600,220,000.00 t+22,600,220,000.00 t
Asia (GCP)19,747,367,000.00 t
Asia (excl. China and India)0.00 t7,635,394,000.00 t+7,635,394,000.00 t
Central America (GCP)179,595,380.00 t
Europe9,305,937.00 t4,993,221,000.00 t+4,983,915,063.00 t+53,556%
Europe (GCP)4,993,221,000.00 t
Europe (excl. EU-27)9,305,937.00 t2,482,599,200.00 t+2,473,293,263.00 t+26,578%
Europe (excl. EU-28)0.00 t2,177,452,800.00 t+2,177,452,800.00 t
European Union (27)2,510,622,000.00 t
European Union (28)9,305,937.00 t2,815,768,300.00 t+2,806,462,363.00 t+30,158%
High-income countries9,305,937.00 t14,014,304,000.00 t+14,004,998,063.00 t+150,495%
International aviation523,411,550.00 t
International shipping593,157,760.00 t
Kuwaiti Oil Fires (GCP)0.00 t
Low-income countries196,579,700.00 t
Lower-middle-income countries4,882,584,600.00 t
Middle East (GCP)2,861,176,300.00 t
Non-OECD (GCP)25,442,200,000.00 t
North America6,123,549,700.00 t
North America (GCP)5,943,965,700.00 t
North America (excl. USA)1,212,158,700.00 t
OECD (GCP)11,232,802,000.00 t
Oceania0.00 t430,302,660.00 t+430,302,660.00 t
Oceania (GCP)421,980,640.00 t
Ryukyu Islands (GCP)0.00 t
South America1,108,965,000.00 t
South America (GCP)1,108,965,000.00 t
Upper-middle-income countries17,581,070,000.00 t
World9,305,937.00 t37,791,570,000.00 t+37,782,264,063.00 t+406,002%
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Annual CO₂ emissions

GCB
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Annual CO₂ emissions
GCB
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
November 21, 2024
Next expected update
November 2025
Date range
1750–2023
Unit
tonnes

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Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The Global Carbon Budget was founded by the Global Carbon Project (GCP) international science team to track the trends in global carbon emissions and sinks and is a key measure of progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. It's widely recognized as the most comprehensive report of its kind.

The GCP has been publishing estimates of global and national fossil CO2 emissions since 2001. In the first instance these were simple re-publications of data from another source, but over subsequent years refinements have been made in response to feedback and identification of inaccuracies.

Retrieved on
November 21, 2024
Retrieved from
https://globalcarbonbudget.org/
Citation
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Andrew, R. M., & Peters, G. P. (2024). The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2024v17) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13981696
The data files of the Global Carbon Budget can be found at: https://globalcarbonbudget.org/carbonbudget/
For more details, see the original paper:
Friedlingstein, P., O'Sullivan, M., Jones, M. W., Andrew, R. M., Bakker, D. C. E., Hauck, J., Landschützer, P., Le Quéré, C., Luijkx, I. T., Peters, G. P., Peters, W., Pongratz, J., Schwingshackl, C., Sitch, S., Canadell, J. G., Ciais, P., Jackson, R. B., Alin, S. R., Anthoni, P., Barbero, L., Bates, N. R., Becker, M., Bellouin, N., Decharme, B., Bopp, L., Brasika, I. B. M., Cadule, P., Chamberlain, M. A., Chandra, N., Chau, T.-T.-T., Chevallier, F., Chini, L. P., Cronin, M., Dou, X., Enyo, K., Evans, W., Falk, S., Feely, R. A., Feng, L., Ford, D. J., Gasser, T., Ghattas, J., Gkritzalis, T., Grassi, G., Gregor, L., Gruber, N., Gürses, Ö., Harris, I., Hefner, M., Heinke, J., Houghton, R. A., Hurtt, G. C., Iida, Y., Ilyina, T., Jacobson, A. R., Jain, A., Jarníková, T., Jersild, A., Jiang, F., Jin, Z., Joos, F., Kato, E., Keeling, R. F., Kennedy, D., Klein Goldewijk, K., Knauer, J., Korsbakken, J. I., Körtzinger, A., Lan, X., Lefèvre, N., Li, H., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Ma, L., Marland, G., Mayot, N., McGuire, P. C., McKinley, G. A., Meyer, G., Morgan, E. J., Munro, D. R., Nakaoka, S.-I., Niwa, Y., O'Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Paulsen, M., Pierrot, D., Pocock, K., Poulter, B., Powis, C. M., Rehder, G., Resplandy, L., Robertson, E., Rödenbeck, C., Rosan, T. M., Schwinger, J., Séférian, R., Smallman, T. L., Smith, S. M., Sospedra-Alfonso, R., Sun, Q., Sutton, A. J., Sweeney, C., Takao, S., Tans, P. P., Tian, H., Tilbrook, B., Tsujino, H., Tubiello, F., van der Werf, G. R., van Ooijen, E., Wanninkhof, R., Watanabe, M., Wimart-Rousseau, C., Yang, D., Yang, X., Yuan, W., Yue, X., Zaehle, S., Zeng, J., and Zheng, B.: Global Carbon Budget 2023, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 5301-5369, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5301-2023, 2023.

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  • Data on global emissions has been converted from tonnes of carbon to tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) using a conversion factor of 3.664.
  • Emissions from the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991 have been included as part of Kuwait's emissions for that year.
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