Ranking of the world's countries by 2016 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) 2697856 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1365231 3 INDIA 656578 4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 472328 5 JAPAN 309759 6 GERMANY 198520 7 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 180450 8 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 169158 9 SAUDI ARABIA 153654 10 INDONESIA 153620 11 CANADA 148594 12 MEXICO 132644 13 SOUTH AFRICA 129982 14 BRAZIL 126070 15 UNITED KINGDOM 103361 16 AUSTRALIA 102511 17 TURKEY 101643 18 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 89525 19 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 85022 20 POLAND 81548 21 THAILAND 77383 22 TAIWAN 72789 23 MALAYSIA 67709 24 KAZAKHSTAN 67414 25 SPAIN 66540 26 EGYPT 65056 27 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 56265 28 UKRAINE 55154 29 ARGENTINA 54908 30 PAKISTAN 54854 31 VIET NAM 52541 32 IRAQ 51830 33 NETHERLANDS 46572 34 VENEZUELA 44771 35 ALGERIA 40907 36 PHILIPPINES 33348 37 NIGERIA 32825 38 QATAR 28159 39 CZECH REPUBLIC 27875 40 KUWAIT 26925 41 COLOMBIA 26674 42 BELGIUM 26422 43 UZBEKISTAN 25037 44 CHILE 23404 45 BANGLADESH 22974 46 TURKMENISTAN 19261 47 ROMANIA 18887 48 ISRAEL 17771 49 OMAN 17305 50 GREECE 17026 51 AUSTRIA 16757 52 MOROCCO 16710 53 BELARUS 15893 54 PERU 15657 55 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 13789 56 PORTUGAL 13292 57 FINLAND 12509 58 HUNGARY 12418 59 SERBIA 12332 60 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 11963 61 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 11902 62 SWEDEN 11795 63 BULGARIA 11374 64 ECUADOR 11223 65 NORWAY 11187 66 IRELAND 10284 67 AZERBAIJAN 10259 68 SINGAPORE 10236 69 ANGOLA 9461 70 SWITZERLAND 9402 71 NEW ZEALAND 9376 72 SLOVAKIA 8842 73 DENMARK 8668 74 BAHRAIN 8643 75 TUNISIA 8164 76 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 7862 77 CUBA 7713 78 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 7713 79 MONGOLIA 6918 80 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 6894 81 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6888 82 JORDAN 6847 83 LEBANON 6762 84 SRI LANKA 6371 85 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 5958 86 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 5892 87 REPUBLIC OF SUDAN 5454 88 KENYA 4884 89 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 4844 90 CROATIA 4769 91 GUATEMALA 4575 92 GHANA 4546 93 ESTONIA 4524 94 ETHIOPIA 4055 95 LITHUANIA 3535 96 SLOVENIA 3445 97 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 3265 98 ZIMBABWE 2995 99 SENEGAL 2973 100 PANAMA 2922 101 YEMEN 2893 102 GEORGIA 2762 103 CAMBODIA 2705 104 HONDURAS 2676 105 KYRGYZSTAN 2669 106 COTE D IVOIRE 2638 107 NEPAL 2483 108 LUXEMBOURG 2451 109 KOSOVO 2439 110 AFGHANISTAN 2365 111 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 2261 112 JAMAICA 2243 113 COSTA RICA 2188 114 MOZAMBIQUE 2166 115 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 2090 116 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2055 117 PARAGUAY 2020 118 EL SALVADOR 1955 119 MACEDONIA 1923 120 LATVIA 1910 121 URUGUAY 1845 122 CYPRUS 1807 123 BENIN 1766 124 BOTSWANA 1729 125 UGANDA 1549 126 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1542 127 NICARAGUA 1525 128 CURACAO 1470 129 NEW CALEDONIA 1453 130 GABON 1451 131 TAJIKISTAN 1448 132 ARMENIA 1406 133 ZAMBIA 1402 134 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1395 135 ALBANIA 1237 136 MAURITIUS 1186 137 NAMIBIA 1153 138 REUNION 1139 139 MADAGASCAR 1065 140 BURKINA FASO 932 141 CONGO 895 142 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 882 143 MALI 867 144 TOGO 818 145 GUINEA 817 146 HAITI 812 147 MAURITANIA 747 148 LESOTHO 685 149 GUYANA 650 150 GUADELOUPE 622 151 MARTINIQUE 602 152 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 564 153 ICELAND 563 154 FIJI 558 155 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 551 156 NIGER 550 157 MONTENEGRO 550 158 BAHAMAS 487 159 SURINAME 474 160 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN 471 161 MALDIVES 394 162 LIBERIA 378 163 MALTA 366 164 MALAWI 354 165 BARBADOS 348 166 BHUTAN 344 167 SWAZILAND 315 168 RWANDA 304 169 SIERRA LEONE 298 170 CHAD 277 171 ARUBA 241 172 FRENCH GUIANA 215 173 FRENCH POLYNESIA 210 174 SAINT MARTIN (DUTCH PORTION) 208 175 ERITREA 194 176 SOMALIA 176 177 GIBRALTAR 173 178 FAEROE ISLANDS 172 179 DJIBOUTI 169 180 BERMUDA 167 181 SEYCHELLES 165 182 BELIZE 155 183 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 152 184 CAYMAN ISLANDS 149 185 CAPE VERDE 148 186 GAMBIA 145 187 GREENLAND 139 188 BURUNDI 135 189 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 135 190 ANDORRA 128 191 SAINT LUCIA 113 192 BONAIRE, SAINT EUSTATIUS, AND SABA 90 193 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 81 194 GUINEA BISSAU 80 195 GRENADA 73 196 SAMOA 67 197 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 65 198 PALAU 61 199 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 60 200 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 59 201 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 58 202 COMOROS 55 203 DOMINICA 49 204 SOLOMON ISLANDS 46 205 ANGUILLA 42 206 VANUATU 40 207 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 39 208 MARSHALL ISLANDS 39 209 TONGA 35 210 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 33 211 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 21 212 KIRIBATI 18 213 COOK ISLANDS 17 214 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 14 215 LIECHTENSTEIN 14 216 NAURU 13 217 MONTSERRAT 8 218 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 7 219 SAINT HELENA 3 220 TUVALU 3 221 NIUE 2