Ranking of the world's countries by 2017 per capita fossil-fuel CO2 emissions rates. National per capita estimates (CO2_CAP) are expressed in metric tons of 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 SOURCE: Tom Boden and Bob Andres Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6290 USA RANK NATION CO2_CAP 1 QATAR 10.58 2 CURACAO 8.58 3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 7.88 4 KUWAIT 7.06 5 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 6.2 6 BAHRAIN 6 7 GIBRALTAR 5.61 8 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 5.41 9 NEW CALEDONIA 5.26 10 SAINT MARTIN (DUTCH PORTION) 4.95 11 SAUDI ARABIA 4.72 12 CANADA 4.25 13 LUXEMBOURG 4.16 14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 4.11 15 AUSTRALIA 4.06 16 FAEROE ISLANDS 3.98 17 OMAN 3.84 18 KAZAKHSTAN 3.7 19 BONAIRE, SAINT EUSTATIUS, AND SABA 3.59 20 ESTONIA 3.58 21 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 3.56 22 PALAU 3.53 23 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3.39 24 TURKMENISTAN 3.34 25 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 3.31 26 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 3.14 27 TAIWAN 3.14 28 MONGOLIA 3 29 BERMUDA 2.72 30 NETHERLANDS 2.66 31 ANGUILLA 2.64 32 CZECH REPUBLIC 2.58 33 CAYMAN ISLANDS 2.5 34 GREENLAND 2.48 35 JAPAN 2.46 36 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 2.46 37 NORWAY 2.44 38 GERMANY 2.37 39 ARUBA 2.37 40 BELGIUM 2.27 41 SOUTH AFRICA 2.23 42 POLAND 2.23 43 MALAYSIA 2.18 44 FINLAND 2.1 45 IRELAND 2.09 46 ISRAEL 2.07 47 NEW ZEALAND 1.97 48 AUSTRIA 1.96 49 SINGAPORE 1.87 50 CHINA (MAINLAND) 1.86 51 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 1.84 52 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1.78 53 SLOVENIA 1.72 54 BULGARIA 1.71 55 GREECE 1.7 56 BELARUS 1.7 57 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1.69 58 SLOVAKIA 1.68 59 SEYCHELLES 1.66 60 ANDORRA 1.65 61 ICELAND 1.65 62 CYPRUS 1.64 63 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 1.59 64 SPAIN 1.57 65 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1.56 66 IRAQ 1.52 67 DENMARK 1.51 68 MONTSERRAT 1.51 69 UNITED KINGDOM 1.49 70 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 1.45 71 BAHAMAS 1.41 72 SERBIA 1.41 73 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 1.4 74 TURKEY 1.38 75 PORTUGAL 1.37 76 VENEZUELA 1.36 77 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 1.35 78 HUNGARY 1.32 79 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1.29 80 LITHUANIA 1.28 81 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 1.27 82 CHILE 1.25 83 SURINAME 1.2 84 NAURU 1.19 85 UKRAINE 1.19 86 CROATIA 1.18 87 ARGENTINA 1.16 88 THAILAND 1.12 89 BARBADOS 1.1 90 SWITZERLAND 1.1 91 COOK ISLANDS 1.1 92 LEBANON 1.1 93 SWEDEN 1.09 94 NIUE 1.04 95 AZERBAIJAN 1.03 96 ALGERIA 1.02 97 ROMANIA 1.01 98 MEXICO 1 99 MACEDONIA 0.98 100 MAURITIUS 0.98 101 LATVIA 0.95 102 MALTA 0.95 103 UZBEKISTAN 0.93 104 MONTENEGRO 0.91 105 BOTSWANA 0.87 106 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 0.84 107 MALDIVES 0.82 108 GUYANA 0.81 109 PANAMA 0.79 110 FRENCH POLYNESIA 0.74 111 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 0.73 112 JAMAICA 0.73 113 EGYPT 0.72 114 JORDAN 0.71 115 TUNISIA 0.7 116 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0.69 117 GRENADA 0.69 118 GEORGIA 0.67 119 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 0.64 120 BRAZIL 0.64 121 ECUADOR 0.64 122 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0.63 123 FIJI 0.62 124 GABON 0.62 125 DOMINICA 0.61 126 CUBA 0.6 127 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 0.56 128 SAINT HELENA 0.56 129 INDONESIA 0.54 130 SAINT LUCIA 0.53 131 VIET NAM 0.53 132 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 0.53 133 ALBANIA 0.51 134 ARMENIA 0.51 135 COLOMBIA 0.51 136 INDIA 0.5 137 URUGUAY 0.49 138 MOROCCO 0.48 139 BHUTAN 0.46 140 NAMIBIA 0.46 141 COSTA RICA 0.46 142 PERU 0.45 143 BELIZE 0.45 144 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0.42 145 TONGA 0.42 146 KYRGYZSTAN 0.41 147 LIECHTENSTEIN 0.38 148 SAMOA 0.36 149 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 0.35 150 PHILIPPINES 0.35 151 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 0.35 152 ANGOLA 0.34 153 LESOTHO 0.33 154 PARAGUAY 0.33 155 PAKISTAN 0.31 156 SRI LANKA 0.3 157 CAPE VERDE 0.29 158 HONDURAS 0.29 159 GUATEMALA 0.28 160 MAURITANIA 0.26 161 EL SALVADOR 0.26 162 SWAZILAND 0.24 163 TAJIKISTAN 0.24 164 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 0.23 165 NICARAGUA 0.23 166 TUVALU 0.22 167 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.21 168 ZIMBABWE 0.2 169 CAMBODIA 0.2 170 CONGO 0.19 171 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 0.19 172 NIGERIA 0.18 173 BENIN 0.18 174 SENEGAL 0.17 175 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 0.17 176 BANGLADESH 0.15 177 KIRIBATI 0.15 178 COTE D IVOIRE 0.15 179 REPUBLIC OF SUDAN 0.15 180 VANUATU 0.13 181 GHANA 0.13 182 SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.12 183 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 0.12 184 NEPAL 0.11 185 DJIBOUTI 0.11 186 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 0.11 187 ZAMBIA 0.1 188 TOGO 0.1 189 YEMEN 0.1 190 KENYA 0.09 191 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 0.08 192 HAITI 0.08 193 COMOROS 0.08 194 MOZAMBIQUE 0.08 195 LIBERIA 0.07 196 GUINEA 0.07 197 GAMBIA 0.07 198 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 0.06 199 BURKINA FASO 0.06 200 ERITREA 0.06 201 AFGHANISTAN 0.05 202 MALI 0.05 203 GUINEA BISSAU 0.04 204 MADAGASCAR 0.04 205 ETHIOPIA 0.04 206 SIERRA LEONE 0.04 207 UGANDA 0.04 208 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN 0.04 209 NIGER 0.03 210 RWANDA 0.02 211 MALAWI 0.02 212 CHAD 0.02 213 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 0.02 214 BURUNDI 0.01 215 SOMALIA 0.01 216 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 0.01