Ranking of the world's countries by 2017 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 SOURCE: Tom Boden and Bob Andres Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6290 USA RANK NATION CO2_TOT 1 CHINA (MAINLAND) 2646277 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1351338 3 INDIA 670796 4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 493537 5 JAPAN 313783 6 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 198068 7 GERMANY 195916 8 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 168938 9 SAUDI ARABIA 156266 10 CANADA 156022 11 INDONESIA 143745 12 BRAZIL 132511 13 SOUTH AFRICA 127282 14 MEXICO 124880 15 TURKEY 112114 16 AUSTRALIA 99883 17 UNITED KINGDOM 99856 18 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 88068 19 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 87364 20 POLAND 84465 21 THAILAND 77347 22 TAIWAN 74273 23 SPAIN 73087 24 EGYPT 69003 25 MALAYSIA 67683 26 KAZAKHSTAN 66915 27 PAKISTAN 63788 28 IRAQ 57003 29 UKRAINE 52807 30 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 51311 31 ARGENTINA 51169 32 VIET NAM 50156 33 NETHERLANDS 45257 34 ALGERIA 42246 35 VENEZUELA 39986 36 PHILIPPINES 36915 37 NIGERIA 35253 38 UZBEKISTAN 29881 39 QATAR 28838 40 KUWAIT 28634 41 CZECH REPUBLIC 27433 42 BELGIUM 25922 43 COLOMBIA 24837 44 BANGLADESH 24735 45 CHILE 23129 46 ROMANIA 19886 47 TURKMENISTAN 19211 48 GREECE 18009 49 OMAN 17929 50 AUSTRIA 17278 51 ISRAEL 17062 52 MOROCCO 17045 53 BELARUS 16079 54 PERU 14254 55 PORTUGAL 14112 56 NORWAY 12904 57 HUNGARY 12874 58 SERBIA 12412 59 BULGARIA 12111 60 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 12082 61 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 11622 62 FINLAND 11589 63 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 10901 64 SWEDEN 10749 65 ECUADOR 10686 66 SINGAPORE 10662 67 ANGOLA 10231 68 AZERBAIJAN 10106 69 IRELAND 9943 70 MONGOLIA 9343 71 SWITZERLAND 9323 72 NEW ZEALAND 9265 73 SLOVAKIA 9132 74 BAHRAIN 8960 75 DENMARK 8665 76 TUNISIA 7961 77 LEBANON 7493 78 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 7214 79 JORDAN 6995 80 CUBA 6848 81 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6613 82 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 6452 83 SRI LANKA 6297 84 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 5969 85 REPUBLIC OF SUDAN 5963 86 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 5957 87 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 5932 88 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 5100 89 CROATIA 4925 90 ESTONIA 4729 91 GUATEMALA 4708 92 KENYA 4459 93 ETHIOPIA 4337 94 GHANA 3753 95 LITHUANIA 3648 96 COTE D IVOIRE 3620 97 SLOVENIA 3574 98 PANAMA 3227 99 CAMBODIA 3124 100 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 3116 101 NEPAL 3064 102 ZIMBABWE 2824 103 YEMEN 2729 104 GEORGIA 2704 105 HONDURAS 2697 106 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 2632 107 SENEGAL 2622 108 KYRGYZSTAN 2565 109 LUXEMBOURG 2462 110 MOZAMBIQUE 2273 111 COSTA RICA 2263 112 PARAGUAY 2234 113 KOSOVO 2209 114 JAMAICA 2124 115 TAJIKISTAN 2091 116 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 2057 117 MACEDONIA 2049 118 BENIN 1981 119 CYPRUS 1936 120 BOTSWANA 1927 121 AFGHANISTAN 1879 122 LATVIA 1862 123 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1809 124 ZAMBIA 1718 125 URUGUAY 1688 126 EL SALVADOR 1639 127 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1632 128 UGANDA 1591 129 ARMENIA 1496 130 NICARAGUA 1486 131 ALBANIA 1475 132 NEW CALEDONIA 1459 133 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1402 134 CURACAO 1390 135 GABON 1284 136 MAURITIUS 1238 137 MAURITANIA 1116 138 NAMIBIA 1101 139 BURKINA FASO 1075 140 MADAGASCAR 1061 141 CONGO 974 142 HAITI 893 143 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 892 144 MALI 852 145 GUINEA 839 146 TOGO 770 147 LESOTHO 690 148 SURINAME 687 149 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 676 150 GUYANA 631 151 MONTENEGRO 574 152 ICELAND 552 153 FIJI 548 154 NIGER 547 155 BAHAMAS 538 156 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 524 157 MALTA 417 158 MALDIVES 409 159 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN 407 160 MALAWI 395 161 BHUTAN 342 162 LIBERIA 336 163 BARBADOS 316 164 RWANDA 293 165 SIERRA LEONE 291 166 CHAD 278 167 SWAZILAND 269 168 ARUBA 250 169 SAINT MARTIN (DUTCH PORTION) 205 170 FRENCH POLYNESIA 204 171 FAEROE ISLANDS 193 172 ERITREA 189 173 GIBRALTAR 189 174 SOMALIA 174 175 BERMUDA 172 176 BELIZE 168 177 SEYCHELLES 160 178 CAPE VERDE 158 179 CAYMAN ISLANDS 158 180 GAMBIA 146 181 BURUNDI 144 182 GREENLAND 140 183 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 136 184 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 134 185 ANDORRA 127 186 DJIBOUTI 104 187 SAINT LUCIA 96 188 BONAIRE, SAINT EUSTATIUS, AND SABA 91 189 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 81 190 GUINEA BISSAU 80 191 SOLOMON ISLANDS 78 192 GRENADA 76 193 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 70 194 SAMOA 70 195 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 66 196 COMOROS 65 197 ISLE OF MAN 64 198 PALAU 63 199 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 63 200 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 46 201 DOMINICA 44 202 TONGA 43 203 MARSHALL ISLANDS 40 204 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 39 205 ANGUILLA 39 206 VANUATU 38 207 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 34 208 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 21 209 COOK ISLANDS 19 210 KIRIBATI 18 211 LIECHTENSTEIN 14 212 NAURU 13 213 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 10 214 MONTSERRAT 8 215 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 7 216 SAINT HELENA 3 217 TUVALU 3 218 NIUE 2