Ranking of the world's countries by 2008 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). Source: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, and Bob Andres Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2011 RANK NATION CO2_TOT 1 CHINA (MAINLAND) 1917621 2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1546903 3 INDIA 475238 4 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 465954 5 JAPAN 329469 6 GERMANY 214524 7 CANADA 148375 8 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 146824 9 UNITED KINGDOM 142584 10 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 138852 11 MEXICO 129761 12 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 121385 13 SOUTH AFRICA 118865 14 SAUDI ARABIA 118232 15 INDONESIA 110725 16 AUSTRALIA 108868 17 BRAZIL 107232 18 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 102805 19 SPAIN 89797 20 UKRAINE 88228 21 POLAND 86192 22 THAILAND 77920 23 TURKEY 77442 24 TAIWAN 70527 25 KAZAKHSTAN 64618 26 EGYPT 57355 27 MALAYSIA 56795 28 ARGENTINA 52462 29 NETHERLANDS 47382 30 VENEZUELA 46232 31 PAKISTAN 44499 32 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 42287 33 VIET NAM 34738 34 UZBEKISTAN 34062 35 CZECH REPUBLIC 31905 36 ALGERIA 30353 37 BELGIUM 28601 38 IRAQ 28071 39 GREECE 26674 40 NIGERIA 26113 41 ROMANIA 25814 42 PHILIPPINES 22677 43 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 21372 44 KUWAIT 20928 45 CHILE 19937 46 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 19525 47 QATAR 18674 48 AUSTRIA 18469 49 COLOMBIA 18462 50 ISRAEL 18432 51 BELARUS 17130 52 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 15907 53 FINLAND 15411 54 PORTUGAL 15356 55 HUNGARY 14900 56 BULGARIA 13782 57 NORWAY 13633 58 SERBIA 13617 59 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 13573 60 SWEDEN 13376 61 MOROCCO 13064 62 TURKMENISTAN 13046 63 AZERBAIJAN 12855 64 BANGLADESH 12688 65 DENMARK 12551 66 OMAN 12476 67 IRELAND 11891 68 PERU 11054 69 SWITZERLAND 11015 70 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 10519 71 SLOVAKIA 10242 72 NEW ZEALAND 9025 73 SINGAPORE 8807 74 CUBA 8568 75 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 8529 76 ECUADOR 7315 77 TUNISIA 6821 78 ANGOLA 6646 79 YEMEN 6377 80 CROATIA 6355 81 BAHRAIN 6130 82 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5895 83 JORDAN 5831 84 ESTONIA 4988 85 SLOVENIA 4679 86 LEBANON 4663 87 LITHUANIA 4126 88 SUDAN 3832 89 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 3500 90 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 3484 91 JAMAICA 3328 92 GUATEMALA 3249 93 MACEDONIA 3222 94 SRI LANKA 3208 95 MONGOLIA 2971 96 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 2889 97 LUXEMBOURG 2864 98 KENYA 2834 99 ZIMBABWE 2475 100 HONDURAS 2365 101 GHANA 2343 102 CYPRUS 2333 103 URUGUAY 2271 104 COSTA RICA 2186 105 LATVIA 2070 106 ETHIOPIA 1938 107 COTE D IVOIRE 1913 108 PANAMA 1885 109 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 1763 110 NETHERLAND ANTILLES 1696 111 KYRGYZSTAN 1693 112 EL SALVADOR 1667 113 ARMENIA 1513 114 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 1446 115 GEORGIA 1419 116 SENEGAL 1357 117 BOTSWANA 1320 118 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1313 119 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1302 120 CAMBODIA 1255 121 NICARAGUA 1181 122 ALBANIA 1139 123 PARAGUAY 1123 124 BENIN 1109 125 NAMIBIA 1082 126 MAURITIUS 1078 127 UGANDA 1022 128 NEPAL 966 129 NEW CALEDONIA 859 130 TAJIKISTAN 858 131 REUNION 768 132 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 768 133 MALTA 698 134 GABON 674 135 SURINAME 665 136 HAITI 664 137 MOZAMBIQUE 631 138 ARUBA 624 139 ICELAND 608 140 GUADELOUPE 600 141 BAHAMAS 588 142 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 575 143 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 560 144 MAURITANIA 545 145 MONTENEGRO 532 146 CONGO 528 147 MARTINIQUE 523 148 MADAGASCAR 521 149 ZAMBIA 515 150 BURKINA FASO 506 151 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 418 152 GUYANA 416 153 TOGO 387 154 GUINEA 380 155 BARBADOS 369 156 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 364 157 SIERRA LEONE 364 158 FIJI 342 159 MALAWI 335 160 SWAZILAND 298 161 MALDIVES 251 162 FRENCH GUIANA 249 163 FRENCH POLYNESIA 243 164 NIGER 232 165 AFGHANISTAN 222 166 BHUTAN 200 167 FAEROE ISLANDS 193 168 RWANDA 192 169 SEYCHELLES 186 170 SOMALIA 177 171 LIBERIA 166 172 MALI 162 173 GREENLAND 157 174 CAYMAN ISLANDS 152 175 ANDORRA 147 176 DJIBOUTI 143 177 CHAD 135 178 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 122 179 BELIZE 116 180 GIBRALTAR 115 181 ERITREA 113 182 GAMBIA 112 183 SAINT LUCIA 108 184 BERMUDA 106 185 CAPE VERDE 84 186 GUINEA BISSAU 77 187 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 71 188 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 68 189 GRENADA 67 190 WESTERN SAHARA 65 191 PALAU 58 192 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 55 193 SOLOMON ISLANDS 54 194 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 52 195 BURUNDI 49 196 TONGA 48 197 SAMOA 44 198 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 43 199 NAURU 39 200 DOMINICA 35 201 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 35 202 COMOROS 34 203 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 28 204 MARSHALL ISLANDS 27 205 VANUATU 25 206 MONTSERRAT 21 207 COOK ISLANDS 19 208 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 18 209 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 17 210 ANGUILLA 16 211 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 16 212 KIRIBATI 8 213 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 6 214 SAINT HELENA 3 215 NIUE 1