Ranking of the world's countries by 1999 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: Gregg Marland*, Tom Boden*, and Bob Andres+ * Oak Ridge National Laboratory + University of North Dakota RANK NATION CO2_TOT 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1499846 2 CHINA (MAINLAND) 771022 3 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 392287 4 JAPAN 315274 5 INDIA 293938 6 GERMANY 216213 7 UNITED KINGDOM 147199 8 CANADA 119713 9 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 115371 10 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 107399 11 MEXICO 103301 12 UKRAINE 102158 13 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 98168 14 AUSTRALIA 94008 15 SOUTH AFRICA 91316 16 POLAND 85805 17 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 82269 18 BRAZIL 82057 19 SPAIN 74691 20 INDONESIA 64308 21 SAUDI ARABIA 64249 22 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 56946 23 TAIWAN 55333 24 THAILAND 54492 25 TURKEY 54174 26 ARGENTINA 37609 27 NETHERLANDS 36747 28 VENEZUELA 34341 29 MALAYSIA 33748 30 EGYPT 33730 31 UZBEKISTAN 31825 32 KAZAKHSTAN 30796 33 CZECH REPUBLIC 29709 34 BELGIUM 28504 35 PAKISTAN 26984 36 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 24011 37 GREECE 23457 38 ROMANIA 22163 39 IRAQ 20262 40 PHILIPPINES 19982 41 COLOMBIA 17369 42 CHILE 17062 43 AUSTRIA 16748 44 ISRAEL 16683 45 PORTUGAL 16376 46 FINLAND 15932 47 BELARUS 15729 48 HUNGARY 15524 49 SINGAPORE 14809 50 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 14563 51 QATAR 14110 52 DENMARK 13553 53 KUWAIT 13092 54 SWEDEN 12713 55 VIET NAM 12710 56 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 11673 57 BULGARIA 11487 58 HONG KONG 11242 59 SWITZERLAND 11075 60 IRELAND 11030 61 NIGERIA 11023 62 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 10783 63 NORWAY 10565 64 SLOVAKIA 10541 65 MOROCCO 9781 66 AZERBAIJAN 9178 67 TURKMENISTAN 8847 68 NEW ZEALAND 8399 69 PERU 8295 70 BANGLADESH 6945 71 CUBA 6926 72 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 6847 73 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6352 74 ECUADOR 6350 75 CROATIA 5674 76 OMAN 5428 77 BAHRAIN 5189 78 YEMEN 4983 79 ZIMBABWE 4810 80 TUNISIA 4771 81 LEBANON 4616 82 ESTONIA 4409 83 JORDAN 3977 84 SLOVENIA 3937 85 LITHUANIA 3614 86 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 3577 87 COTE D IVOIRE 3307 88 MACEDONIA 3105 89 BOLIVIA 3068 90 ANGOLA 2803 91 JAMAICA 2788 92 PUERTO RICO 2757 93 GUATEMALA 2640 94 MYANMAR 2511 95 KENYA 2412 96 SRI LANKA 2360 97 PANAMA 2252 98 LUXEMBOURG 2190 99 MONGOLIA 2060 100 LATVIA 1798 101 URUGUAY 1787 102 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1773 103 COSTA RICA 1670 104 CYPRUS 1643 105 EL SALVADOR 1575 106 NETHERLAND ANTILLES 1530 107 GHANA 1522 108 ETHIOPIA 1502 109 GEORGIA 1467 110 TAJIKISTAN 1392 111 HONDURAS 1372 112 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA 1316 113 KYRGYZSTAN 1287 114 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 1281 115 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 1274 116 PARAGUAY 1236 117 GUAM 1111 118 BOTSWANA 1058 119 NICARAGUA 1025 120 SENEGAL 1021 121 GABON 970 122 MALTA 934 123 NEPAL 906 124 ARMENIA 840 125 MAURITANIA 829 126 SUDAN 719 127 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 690 128 MAURITIUS 674 129 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 662 130 CONGO 656 131 REUNION 644 132 SURINAME 587 133 ZAIRE 585 134 ICELAND 564 135 MARTINIQUE 561 136 BARBADOS 555 137 ARUBA 520 138 MADAGASCAR 518 139 ZAMBIA 493 140 BAHAMAS 490 141 GUYANA 460 142 NEW CALEDONIA 455 143 GUADELOUPE 442 144 MACAU 414 145 ALBANIA 413 146 HAITI 386 147 UGANDA 374 148 MOZAMBIQUE 364 149 TOGO 362 150 GUINEA 345 151 BENIN 343 152 NIGER 310 153 BURKINA FASO 277 154 AFGHANISTAN 263 155 FRENCH GUIANA 251 156 MALAWI 210 157 FIJI 198 158 CAMBODIA 184 159 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 177 160 FAEROE ISLANDS 177 161 BELIZE 169 162 ERITREA 159 163 RWANDA 154 164 FRENCH POLYNESIA 148 165 SIERRA LEONE 148 166 GREENLAND 147 167 MALI 136 168 MALDIVES 127 169 BERMUDA 126 170 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 111 171 LIBERIA 109 172 BHUTAN 105 173 SWAZILAND 105 174 DJIBOUTI 105 175 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 95 176 SAINT LUCIA 88 177 AMERICAN SAMOA 78 178 CAYMAN ISLANDS 77 179 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (59-) 73 180 GUINEA BISSAU 71 181 GAMBIA 69 182 BURUNDI 66 183 PALAU 66 184 WESTERN SAHARA 65 185 ANTARCTIC FISHERIES 60 186 SEYCHELLES 59 187 GRENADA 58 188 GIBRALTAR 48 189 SOLOMON ISLANDS 45 190 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 44 191 CAPE VERDE 38 192 SAMOA 38 193 NAURU 37 194 NAMIBIA 35 195 CHAD 33 196 TONGA 33 197 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 28 198 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 24 199 COMOROS 22 200 DOMINICA 22 201 VANUATU 22 202 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 16 203 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 15 204 MONTSERRAT 13 205 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 10 206 COOK ISLANDS 8 207 KIRIBATI 7 208 SAINT HELENA 6 209 WAKE ISLAND 5 210 NIUE 1 211 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0