Ranking of the world's countries by 2015 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions (CO2_TOT) are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2). To convert these estimates to units of carbon dioxide (CO2), simply multiply these estimates by 3.667. SOURCE: Dennis Gilfillan and Gregg Marland Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608-2131 USA with Tom Boden and Bob Andres, retired RANK NATION CO2_TOT 1 CHINA (MAINLAND) 2766568 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1403759 3 INDIA 634874 4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 463077 5 JAPAN 316214 6 SAUDI ARABIA 200273 7 GERMANY 198267 8 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 177278 9 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 162900 10 INDONESIA 142073 11 CANADA 141744 12 BRAZIL 137548 13 MEXICO 134310 14 SOUTH AFRICA 128343 15 UNITED KINGDOM 109974 16 AUSTRALIA 99599 17 TURKEY 95537 18 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 90794 19 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 84822 20 POLAND 78197 21 THAILAND 75579 22 TAIWAN 70695 23 SPAIN 68311 24 KAZAKHSTAN 65935 25 MALAYSIA 64037 26 EGYPT 61372 27 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 58369 28 ARGENTINA 54782 29 UKRAINE 53527 30 VIET NAM 51579 31 PAKISTAN 49744 32 NETHERLANDS 47164 33 VENEZUELA 46517 34 IRAQ 45616 35 ALGERIA 41731 36 PHILIPPINES 31939 37 QATAR 30402 38 UZBEKISTAN 28112 39 CZECH REPUBLIC 27282 40 NIGERIA 27096 41 BELGIUM 27069 42 KUWAIT 26176 43 COLOMBIA 22990 44 CHILE 22701 45 BANGLADESH 22097 46 OMAN 20525 47 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 20325 48 ROMANIA 19547 49 TURKMENISTAN 19273 50 ISRAEL 18399 51 GREECE 17771 52 SINGAPORE 16758 53 AUSTRIA 16716 54 MOROCCO 16709 55 BELARUS 16178 56 PERU 14297 57 PORTUGAL 13523 58 NORWAY 12995 59 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 12614 60 BULGARIA 12200 61 HUNGARY 12147 62 SERBIA 12057 63 ECUADOR 11816 64 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 11765 65 FINLAND 11528 66 SWEDEN 10471 67 AZERBAIJAN 10253 68 IRELAND 9792 69 SWITZERLAND 9721 70 NEW ZEALAND 9514 71 ANGOLA 9456 72 BAHRAIN 8970 73 SLOVAKIA 8531 74 CUBA 8466 75 DENMARK 8405 76 TUNISIA 8250 77 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 7989 78 JORDAN 7145 79 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 6933 80 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 6628 81 LEBANON 6598 82 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6550 83 MONGOLIA 6350 84 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 6119 85 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 5501 86 SRI LANKA 5485 87 CROATIA 4722 88 REPUBLIC OF SUDAN 4631 89 KENYA 4573 90 ESTONIA 4551 91 GHANA 4514 92 GUATEMALA 4332 93 ETHIOPIA 3741 94 LITHUANIA 3568 95 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 3527 96 SLOVENIA 3417 97 ZIMBABWE 3341 98 YEMEN 3045 99 PANAMA 3041 100 COTE D IVOIRE 2989 101 KYRGYZSTAN 2849 102 HONDURAS 2708 103 GEORGIA 2656 104 LUXEMBOURG 2511 105 AFGHANISTAN 2450 106 SENEGAL 2439 107 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 2386 108 CAMBODIA 2353 109 JAMAICA 2065 110 COSTA RICA 2049 111 MACEDONIA 1963 112 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 1937 113 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 1924 114 LATVIA 1911 115 EL SALVADOR 1868 116 URUGUAY 1827 117 MOZAMBIQUE 1817 118 CURACAO 1744 119 PARAGUAY 1719 120 NEPAL 1705 121 CYPRUS 1674 122 BENIN 1654 123 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1636 124 NICARAGUA 1497 125 BOTSWANA 1481 126 UGANDA 1456 127 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1431 128 ARMENIA 1392 129 TAJIKISTAN 1364 130 GABON 1349 131 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1348 132 NEW CALEDONIA 1342 133 ALBANIA 1325 134 ZAMBIA 1236 135 MAURITIUS 1149 136 REUNION 1136 137 NAMIBIA 1073 138 MADAGASCAR 994 139 MALI 876 140 CONGO 870 141 BURKINA FASO 850 142 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 820 143 HAITI 800 144 MAURITANIA 789 145 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 774 146 GUINEA 737 147 TOGO 719 148 LESOTHO 658 149 BAHAMAS 639 150 MARTINIQUE 626 151 GUADELOUPE 614 152 MONTENEGRO 611 153 FIJI 609 154 NIGER 568 155 GUYANA 550 156 ICELAND 542 157 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 533 158 SURINAME 472 159 MALTA 442 160 MALDIVES 358 161 BARBADOS 342 162 LIBERIA 338 163 SIERRA LEONE 291 164 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN 287 165 BHUTAN 285 166 SWAZILAND 275 167 MALAWI 273 168 RWANDA 262 169 ARUBA 245 170 FRENCH POLYNESIA 209 171 SAINT MARTIN (DUTCH PORTION) 206 172 ERITREA 203 173 CHAD 200 174 FRENCH GUIANA 183 175 DJIBOUTI 174 176 FAEROE ISLANDS 166 177 SOMALIA 166 178 BELIZE 158 179 GIBRALTAR 154 180 BERMUDA 152 181 CAYMAN ISLANDS 152 182 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 149 183 GAMBIA 143 184 GREENLAND 139 185 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 137 186 CAPE VERDE 136 187 ANDORRA 127 188 SEYCHELLES 124 189 SAINT LUCIA 112 190 BONAIRE, SAINT EUSTATIUS, AND SABA 89 191 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 80 192 SAMOA 77 193 GUINEA BISSAU 76 194 GRENADA 71 195 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 64 196 PALAU 62 197 BURUNDI 61 198 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 60 199 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 56 200 SOLOMON ISLANDS 52 201 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 49 202 DOMINICA 49 203 COMOROS 46 204 ANGUILLA 42 205 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 41 206 MARSHALL ISLANDS 39 207 VANUATU 36 208 TONGA 33 209 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 31 210 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 21 211 COOK ISLANDS 17 212 KIRIBATI 17 213 MONTSERRAT 16 214 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 15 215 NAURU 13 216 LIECHTENSTEIN 12 217 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 6 218 SAINT HELENA 3 219 TUVALU 3 220 NIUE 2