Ranking of the world's countries by 1996 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions (CO2_TOT) are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates (CO2_CAP) are expressed in metric tons of carbon. Source: Gregg Marland and Tom Boden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) 1996 RANK NATION CO2_TOT CO2_CAP 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1446777 5.37 2 CHINA (MAINLAND) 917997 0.76 3 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 431090 2.91 4 JAPAN (73-) 318686 2.54 5 INDIA 272212 0.29 6 GERMANY 235050 2.87 7 UNITED KINGDOM 152015 2.59 8 CANADA 111723 3.76 9 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 111370 2.46 10 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 110052 1.92 11 UKRAINE 108431 2.10 12 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 98750 1.69 13 POLAND 97375 2.52 14 MEXICO 95007 1.02 15 AUSTRALIA 83688 4.63 16 SOUTH AFRICA 79898 1.88 17 BRAZIL 74610 0.46 18 SAUDI ARABIA AND PART OF THE NEUTRAL ZONE 73098 3.88 19 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 72779 1.04 20 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 69412 3.09 21 INDONESIA 66882 0.33 22 SPAIN 63451 1.60 23 THAILAND 56048 0.95 24 TURKEY 48674 0.79 25 KAZAKHSTAN 47447 2.82 26 NETHERLANDS 42348 2.72 27 VENEZUELA 39438 1.77 28 ARGENTINA 35440 1.01 29 CZECH REPUBLIC 34580 3.37 30 ROMANIA 32555 1.44 31 MALAYSIA (70-) 32497 1.58 32 BELGIUM 28939 2.85 33 EGYPT 26712 0.42 34 UZBEKISTAN 25922 1.12 35 PAKISTAN (72- ) 25746 0.18 36 ALGERIA 25736 0.89 37 IRAQ 24942 1.21 38 NIGERIA 22743 0.20 39 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 22337 9.88 40 GREECE 22002 2.10 41 NORWAY 18290 4.20 42 SINGAPORE (57 - ) 17968 5.31 43 COLOMBIA 17824 0.49 44 PHILIPPINES 17260 0.25 45 BELARUS 16851 1.63 46 HUNGARY 16231 1.62 47 AUSTRIA 16185 2.00 48 FINLAND 16150 3.15 49 DENMARK 15437 2.95 50 BULGARIA 15085 1.78 51 SWEDEN 14776 1.68 52 ISRAEL 14282 2.52 53 CHILE 13313 0.92 54 PORTUGAL 13082 1.33 55 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 12088 0.83 56 SWITZERLAND 12070 1.66 57 KUWAIT AND PART OF NEUTRAL ZONE 11624 6.89 58 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 11075 1.98 59 SLOVAKIA 10820 2.02 60 VIET NAM (70 - ) 10274 0.14 61 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 9879 0.96 62 IRELAND 9527 2.68 63 TURKMENISTAN 9346 2.25 64 CUBA 8507 0.77 65 AZERBAIJAN 8193 1.08 66 NEW ZEALAND 8120 2.25 67 QATAR 7948 14.24 68 MOROCCO 7609 0.28 69 PERU 7144 0.30 70 ECUADOR 6683 0.57 71 HONG KONG 6298 1.02 72 BANGLADESH (72-) 6266 0.05 73 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 6069 4.68 74 ZIMBABWE (64 - ) 5025 0.44 75 CROATIA 4788 1.06 76 YEMEN 4642 0.30 77 ESTONIA 4473 3.04 78 TUNISIA 4417 0.48 79 PUERTO RICO 4314 1.15 80 OMAN 4133 1.80 81 LEBANON 3866 1.25 82 LITHUANIA 3780 1.01 83 JORDAN 3748 0.67 84 COTE D IVOIRE 3566 0.25 85 SLOVENIA 3559 1.85 86 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 3524 33.25 87 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3518 0.44 88 MACEDONIA 3470 1.60 89 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 3302 0.74 90 OTHER FAR EAST 2929 0.14 91 BAHRAIN 2887 5.06 92 BOLIVIA 2757 0.36 93 JAMAICA 2743 1.10 94 LATVIA 2533 1.01 95 MONGOLIA 2424 0.96 96 LUXEMBOURG 2260 5.49 97 MYANMAR 1995 0.04 98 SRI LANKA 1932 0.11 99 KENYA 1849 0.07 100 GUATEMALA 1849 0.17 101 PANAMA (80 -) 1823 0.68 102 NETHERLAND ANTILLES (86- ) 1755 9.00 103 KYRGYZSTAN 1674 0.37 104 TAJIKISTAN 1595 0.27 105 URUGUAY 1540 0.48 106 CYPRUS 1468 1.94 107 ANGOLA 1394 0.12 108 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 1384 4.61 109 CONGO (59- ) 1354 0.51 110 COSTA RICA 1278 0.37 111 GUAM 1113 7.27 112 GHANA 1104 0.06 113 EL SALVADOR 1104 0.19 114 HONDURAS 1099 0.19 115 ARMENIA 1009 0.28 116 PARAGUAY 1009 0.20 117 GABON 1007 0.91 118 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 960 0.07 119 SUDAN 948 0.03 120 ETHIOPIA 919 0.01 121 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA 849 0.23 122 SENEGAL (58 - ) 836 0.10 123 GEORGIA 810 0.15 124 MAURITANIA (58-) 805 0.35 125 NICARAGUA 781 0.18 126 ZAMBIA (64 - ) 667 0.08 127 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (70 - ) 667 0.02 128 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 657 0.15 129 ZAIRE 626 0.01 130 ICELAND 599 2.21 131 SURINAME 573 1.33 132 BOTSWANA 561 0.38 133 MARTINIQUE 552 1.44 134 ALBANIA 530 0.16 135 MALTA 478 1.30 136 NEW CALEDONIA 478 2.60 137 MAURITIUS 476 0.42 138 BAHAMAS 466 1.64 139 NEPAL 440 0.02 140 REUNION 426 0.64 141 ARUBA (86- ) 414 5.83 142 GUADELOUPE 413 0.96 143 MACAU 384 0.87 144 MADAGASCAR 327 0.02 145 AFGHANISTAN 321 0.02 146 NIGER (58-) 306 0.03 147 GUINEA (58-) 298 0.04 148 HAITI 292 0.04 149 UGANDA 282 0.01 150 MOZAMBIQUE 272 0.02 151 BURKINA FASO 264 0.02 152 GUYANA 260 0.31 153 FRENCH GUIANA 251 1.64 154 BARBADOS 228 0.87 155 FIJI 208 0.26 156 TOGO 205 0.05 157 MALAWI (64-) 200 0.02 158 BENIN (58-) 179 0.03 159 FAEROE ISLANDS 172 3.67 160 FRENCH POLYNESIA 153 0.69 161 GREENLAND 139 2.40 162 CAMBODIA (55- ) 136 0.01 163 RWANDA (62 - ) 134 0.02 164 MALI (58-) 129 0.01 165 BERMUDA 126 1.98 166 SIERRA LEONE 122 0.03 167 DJIBOUTI 100 0.16 168 GIBRALTAR 98 3.50 169 BELIZE 97 0.44 170 SWAZILAND 93 0.11 171 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (55-) 92 0.02 172 LIBERIA 89 0.04 173 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (57- ) 88 1.33 174 MALDIVES 81 0.31 175 AMERICAN SAMOA 77 1.38 176 CAYMAN ISLANDS 77 2.41 177 BHUTAN 71 0.04 178 PACIFIC ISLANDS (PALAU) 67 0.27 179 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (59-) 64 0.02 180 GUINEA BISSAU 63 0.06 181 BURUNDI 60 0.01 182 GAMBIA 59 0.05 183 WESTERN SAHARA 57 0.22 184 SAINT LUCIA 52 0.36 185 SEYCHELLES 46 0.62 186 GRENADA 44 0.48 187 SOLOMON ISLANDS 44 0.11 188 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 39 0.10 189 NAURU 38 3.43 190 SAMOA 36 0.22 191 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 34 0.30 192 CAPE VERDE 33 0.08 193 TONGA 32 0.32 194 ST. KITTS-NEVIS (81 - ) 28 0.67 195 CHAD 27 0.00 196 DOMINICA 22 0.31 197 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 21 0.16 198 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 19 2.75 199 WAKE ISLAND 18 17.58 200 VANUATU 17 0.10 201 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (57-) 16 0.84 202 COMOROS 15 0.02 203 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 12 6.03 204 MONTSERRAT (57-) 11 0.99 205 COOK ISLANDS 6 0.31 206 KIRIBATI 6 0.07 207 ANTARCTIC FISHERIES 5 5.02 208 SOMALIA 4 0.00 209 SAINT HELENA 2 0.28 210 NIUE (70-) 1 0.42