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The Top Carbon Dioxide Emitters

Rank Country CO2
emissions
1. United States 1,650,020
2. China 1,366,654
3. Russian Federation 415,951
4. India 366,301
5. Japan 343,117
6. Germany 220,596
7. Canada 174,401
8. United Kingdom 160,179
9. South Korea 127,007
10. Italy 122,726
11. Mexico 119,473
12. South Africa 119,203
13. Iran 118,259
14. Indonesia 103,170
15. France 101,927
16. Brazil 90,499
17. Spain 90,145
18. Ukraine 90,020
19. Australia 89,125
20. Saudi Arabia 84,116
21. Poland 83,801
22. Thailand 73,121
23. Taiwan 65,807
24. Turkey 61,677
25. Kazakhstan 54,627
26. Algeria 52,915
27. Malaysia 48,437
28. Venezuela 47,084
29. Egypt 43,160
30. United Arab Emirates 40,692
31. Netherlands 38,748
32. Argentina 38,673
33. Uzbekistan 37,615
34. Pakistan 34,277
35. Czech Republic 31,910
36. Nigeria 31,101
37. Belgium 27,471
38. Kuwait 27,102
39. Vietnam 26,911
40. Greece 26,374
41. Romania 24,664
42. Norway 23,894
43. Iraq 22,271
44. Philippines 21,960
45. North Korea 21,578
46. Israel 19,433
47. Austria 19,051
48. Syria 18,662
49. Finland 17,947
50. Belarus 17,699
51. Chile 17,025
52. Libya 16,342
53. Portugal 16,067
54. Hungary 15,597
55. Colombia 14,629
56. Yugoslavia 14,544
57. Sweden 14,465
58. Denmark 14,444
59. Qatar 14,430
60. Singapore 14,252
61. Bulgaria 11,608
62. Ireland 11,552
63. Turkmenistan 11,381
64. Morocco 11,229
65. Switzerland 11,035
66. Hong Kong 10,204
67. Bangladesh 10,137
68. Slovakia 9,898
69. Trinidad and Tobago 8,880
70. New Zealand 8,611
71. Peru 8,590
72. Azerbaijan 8,555
73. Oman 8,428
74. Ecuador 7,983
75. Cuba 7,042
76. Croatia 6,410
77. Tunisia 6,242
78. Yemen 5,759
79. Dominican Republic 5,357
80. Estonia 5,167
81. Bahrain 4,623
82. Jordan 4,491
83. Lebanon 4,436
84. Slovenia 4,422
85. Bosnia-Herzegovinia 4,254
86. Lithuania 3,630
87. Guatemala 3,333
88. Sri Lanka 3,146
89. Luxembourg 3,076
90. Jamaica 2,889
91. Kenya 2,888
92. Zimbabwe 2,880
93. Macedonia 2,842
94. Sudan 2,829
95. Myanmar 2,662
96. Brunei 2,403
97. Mongolia 2,333
98. Ethiopia 2,177
99. Angola 2,154
100. Moldova 2,096
101. Honduras 2,077
102. Ghana 1,961
103. Latvia 1,936
104. Bolivia 1,902
105. Cyprus 1,841
106. Costa Rica 1,747
107. El Salvador 1,682
108. Kyrgyzstan 1,562
109. Panama 1,544
110. Uruguay 1,494
111. Equatorial Guinea 1,480
112. Cote d'Ivoire 1,408
113. Tajikistan 1,365
114. Senegal 1,362
115. Tanzania 1,187
116. Botswana 1,173
117. Paraguay 1,140
118. Netherland Antilles 1,115
119. Nicaragua 1,093
120. Georgia 1,067
121. Cameroon 1,047
122. Albania 1,002
123. Armenia 995
124. Congo 966
125. Mauritius 872
126. Nepal 830
127. Madagascar 745
128. New Caledonia 703
129. Mauritania 697
130. Namibia 674
131. Malta 669
132. Papua New Guinea 668
133. Benin 651
134. Togo 630
135. Zambia 624
136. Suriname 623
137. Reunion 621
138. Iceland 608
139. Macau 602
140. Mozambique 591
141. Aruba 588
142. Democratic Republic of the Congo 574
143. Bahamas 548
144. Uganda 498
145. Haiti 479
146. Guadeloupe 473
147. Guyana 394
148. Gabon 374
149. Guinea 365
150. Martinique 352
151. Laos 349
152. Barbados 346
153. Niger 331
154. Burkina Faso 299
155. Fiji 292
156. Malawi 285
157. French Guiana 274
158. Sierra Leone 271
159. Swaziland 261
160. Belize 216
161. Eritrea 206
162. Maldives 198
163. Afghanistan 189
164. French Polynesia 183
165. Faeroe Islands 180
166. Occupied Palestinian Territory 177
167. Rwanda 156
168. Greenland 156
169. Mali 154
170. Bermuda 150
171. Seychelles 149
172. Cambodia 146
173. Liberia 128
174. Antigua & Barbuda 113
175. Bhutan 113
176. Gibraltar 102
177. Djibouti 100
178. Saint Lucia 100
179. Cayman Islands 85
180. Gambia 78
181. Cape Verde 75
182. Guinea Bissau 74
183. Central African Republic 69
184. Palau 65
185. Western Sahara 65
186. Burundi 60
187. Grenada 59
188. St. Vincent & The Grenadines 54
189. Solomon Islands 48
190. Timor-Leste 49
191. Samoa 41
192. Nauru 39
193. Chad 34
194. St. Kitts-Nevis 34
195. Tonga 32
196. Dominica 29
197. Sao Tome & Principe 25
198. Comoros 24
199. Vanuatu 24
200. British Virgin Islands 23
201. Montserrat 17
202. St. Pierre & Miquelon 17
203. Falkland Islands 12
204. Cook Islands 8
205. Kiribati 8
206. Saint Helena 3
207. Niue 1
NOTE: 2004 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon.
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Web: http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/emis/top2004.tot .

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