Ranking of the world's countries by 2000 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). National per capita estimates (CO2_CAP) are expressed in metric tons of carbon. Source: Gregg Marland*, Tom Boden*, and Bob Andres+ * Oak Ridge National Laboratory + University of North Dakota RANK NATION CO2_TOT CO2_CAP 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1528796 5.40 2 CHINA (MAINLAND) 761586 0.60 3 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 391664 2.69 4 JAPAN 323281 2.55 5 INDIA 292265 0.29 6 GERMANY 214386 2.61 7 UNITED KINGDOM 154979 2.59 8 CANADA 118957 3.87 9 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 116859 2.02 10 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 116543 2.47 11 MEXICO 115713 1.19 12 SAUDI ARABIA 102168 4.77 13 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 98917 1.68 14 AUSTRALIA 94094 4.91 15 UKRAINE 93551 1.89 16 SOUTH AFRICA 89323 2.04 17 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 84689 1.33 18 BRAZIL 83930 0.50 19 POLAND 82245 2.13 20 SPAIN 77220 1.95 21 INDONESIA 73572 0.35 22 TURKEY 60468 0.93 23 TAIWAN 57991 2.68 24 THAILAND 54216 0.87 25 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 51544 2.31 26 VENEZUELA 43054 1.78 27 MALAYSIA 39414 1.69 28 EGYPT 38817 0.61 29 NETHERLANDS 37900 2.39 30 ARGENTINA 37715 1.02 31 KAZAKHSTAN 33099 2.22 32 CZECH REPUBLIC 32416 3.16 33 UZBEKISTAN 32376 1.31 34 PAKISTAN 28604 0.21 35 BELGIUM 27905 2.72 36 GREECE 24455 2.44 37 ALGERIA 24404 0.80 38 ROMANIA 23548 1.05 39 PHILIPPINES 21160 0.28 40 IRAQ 20834 0.91 41 ISRAEL 17221 2.85 42 AUSTRIA 16607 2.05 43 PORTUGAL 16330 1.63 44 CHILE 16239 1.07 45 BELARUS 16144 1.61 46 SINGAPORE 16115 3.90 47 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 16079 6.17 48 COLOMBIA 15955 0.38 49 VIET NAM 15683 0.20 50 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 15591 2.95 51 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 14789 0.91 52 HUNGARY 14782 1.47 53 FINLAND 14582 2.82 54 NORWAY 13623 3.03 55 KUWAIT 13070 5.97 56 SWEDEN 12812 1.44 57 DENMARK 12174 2.28 58 BULGARIA 11556 1.45 59 IRELAND 11527 3.04 60 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 11399 1.07 61 QATAR 11104 19.65 62 SWITZERLAND 10660 1.46 63 MOROCCO 9975 0.35 64 NIGERIA 9866 0.09 65 SLOVAKIA 9663 1.79 66 TURKMENISTAN 9441 1.99 67 HONG KONG 9025 1.33 68 NEW ZEALAND 8752 2.28 69 CUBA 8437 0.75 70 PERU 8063 0.31 71 BANGLADESH 7984 0.06 72 AZERBAIJAN 7926 0.99 73 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 7195 5.58 74 ECUADOR 6946 0.55 75 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6859 0.81 76 OMAN 5397 2.25 77 CROATIA 5344 1.22 78 BAHRAIN 5322 7.70 79 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA 5254 1.32 80 TUNISIA 5020 0.53 81 ESTONIA 4367 3.19 82 JORDAN 4244 0.86 83 LEBANON 4138 1.18 84 ZIMBABWE 4040 0.32 85 SLOVENIA 3986 2.01 86 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 3619 29.91 87 LITHUANIA 3239 0.88 88 MACEDONIA 3053 1.50 89 BOLIVIA 3020 0.36 90 JAMAICA 2942 1.12 91 COTE D IVOIRE 2859 0.17 92 SRI LANKA 2779 0.14 93 NETHERLAND ANTILLES 2710 12.61 94 GUATEMALA 2698 0.24 95 KENYA 2553 0.08 96 MYANMAR 2497 0.05 97 PUERTO RICO 2384 0.61 98 LUXEMBOURG 2315 5.31 99 YEMEN 2303 0.13 100 MONGOLIA 2046 0.86 101 EL SALVADOR 1819 0.29 102 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1793 0.49 103 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 1785 0.12 104 CYPRUS 1753 2.32 105 ANGOLA 1747 0.13 106 PANAMA 1729 0.61 107 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 1718 5.08 108 GEORGIA 1684 0.32 109 LATVIA 1635 0.67 110 GHANA 1609 0.09 111 ETHIOPIA 1522 . 112 COSTA RICA 1480 0.39 113 URUGUAY 1476 0.44 114 SUDAN 1425 0.05 115 HONDURAS 1307 0.20 116 KYRGYZSTAN 1266 0.26 117 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1175 0.03 118 SENEGAL 1140 0.12 119 GUAM 1111 7.17 120 TAJIKISTAN 1084 0.18 121 BOTSWANA 1051 0.64 122 NICARAGUA 1020 0.20 123 PARAGUAY 999 0.18 124 ARMENIA 958 0.25 125 GABON 955 0.79 126 NEPAL 928 0.04 127 MAURITANIA 838 0.31 128 MAURITIUS 790 0.67 129 ALBANIA 780 0.25 130 MALTA 768 1.96 131 ZAIRE 745 0.01 132 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 662 0.14 133 REUNION 661 0.92 134 MADAGASCAR 619 0.04 135 ICELAND 589 2.10 136 SURINAME 578 1.33 137 MARTINIQUE 565 1.47 138 ARUBA 525 5.20 139 ZAMBIA 498 0.05 140 NAMIBIA 497 0.27 141 CONGO 494 0.16 142 BAHAMAS 490 1.62 143 TOGO 490 0.11 144 NEW CALEDONIA 455 2.16 145 GUADELOUPE 447 1.05 146 MACAU 446 1.02 147 BENIN 442 0.07 148 GUYANA 436 0.57 149 UGANDA 416 0.02 150 HAITI 388 0.05 151 GUINEA 353 0.04 152 NIGER 323 0.03 153 MOZAMBIQUE 322 0.02 154 BARBADOS 321 1.20 155 BURKINA FASO 281 0.02 156 FRENCH GUIANA 251 1.52 157 AFGHANISTAN 247 0.01 158 BELIZE 213 0.85 159 MALAWI 209 0.02 160 FIJI 198 0.24 161 FAEROE ISLANDS 177 3.84 162 ERITREA 166 0.05 163 RWANDA 156 0.02 164 SIERRA LEONE 154 0.04 165 MALI 152 0.01 166 GREENLAND 152 2.71 167 FRENCH POLYNESIA 148 0.64 168 CAMBODIA 145 0.01 169 MALDIVES 136 0.50 170 BERMUDA 126 2.01 171 LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 113 0.02 172 LIBERIA 109 0.04 173 BHUTAN 108 0.05 174 DJIBOUTI 105 0.17 175 SWAZILAND 104 0.11 176 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 96 1.48 177 SAINT LUCIA 92 0.62 178 AMERICAN SAMOA 78 1.15 179 CAYMAN ISLANDS 78 2.05 180 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 74 0.02 181 GAMBIA 74 0.05 182 GUINEA BISSAU 72 0.06 183 PALAU 66 3.48 184 WESTERN SAHARA 66 0.26 185 BURUNDI 66 0.01 186 SEYCHELLES 62 0.76 187 ANTARCTIC FISHERIES 61 61.12 188 GIBRALTAR 59 2.20 189 GRENADA 58 0.57 190 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 56 0.12 191 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 46 0.41 192 SOLOMON ISLANDS 45 0.10 193 CAPE VERDE 38 0.09 194 SAMOA 38 0.22 195 NAURU 37 3.07 196 CHAD 34 0.00 197 TONGA 33 0.33 198 DOMINICA 28 0.38 199 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 28 0.69 200 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 24 0.18 201 COMOROS 22 0.03 202 VANUATU 22 0.11 203 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 16 0.66 204 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 15 2.15 205 MONTSERRAT 13 2.68 206 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 10 5.24 207 COOK ISLANDS 8 0.42 208 KIRIBATI 7 0.08 209 WAKE ISLAND 5 5.02 210 SAINT HELENA 3 0.67 211 NIUE 1 0.42 212 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 0.00