Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR)

Name: Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR)
Creator: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by

Total emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials. EDGAR estimates use a consistent global method, so they can differ from national inventories.

Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Annual 203 countries and 11 groups 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database)

Highest in 2024 15,536.1 Mt CO2e China Lowest in 2024 0.0 Mt CO2e Naoero

Euro area, 2024 2,462.9 Mt CO2e Official aggregate published by the source

Countries ranked for 2024 203 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

203 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

Trend over time

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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period	World	United States	China	India
2024	53,206.4 Mt CO2e	5,912.6 Mt CO2e	15,536.1 Mt CO2e	4,371.2 Mt CO2e
2023	52,540.8 Mt CO2e	5,891.0 Mt CO2e	15,411.8 Mt CO2e	4,206.3 Mt CO2e
2022	51,748.1 Mt CO2e	6,074.2 Mt CO2e	14,857.4 Mt CO2e	3,961.5 Mt CO2e
2021	51,188.0 Mt CO2e	6,000.5 Mt CO2e	14,866.5 Mt CO2e	3,719.6 Mt CO2e
2020	48,962.1 Mt CO2e	5,703.9 Mt CO2e	14,230.2 Mt CO2e	3,461.1 Mt CO2e
2019	50,829.6 Mt CO2e	6,248.2 Mt CO2e	14,052.9 Mt CO2e	3,641.3 Mt CO2e
2018	50,566.4 Mt CO2e	6,370.4 Mt CO2e	13,740.9 Mt CO2e	3,634.4 Mt CO2e
2017	49,478.6 Mt CO2e	6,183.6 Mt CO2e	13,160.6 Mt CO2e	3,495.5 Mt CO2e
2016	48,655.8 Mt CO2e	6,237.7 Mt CO2e	12,913.1 Mt CO2e	3,353.9 Mt CO2e
2015	48,451.4 Mt CO2e	6,364.0 Mt CO2e	12,931.0 Mt CO2e	3,310.5 Mt CO2e
2014	48,549.1 Mt CO2e	6,488.5 Mt CO2e	13,095.2 Mt CO2e	3,254.3 Mt CO2e
2013	48,193.4 Mt CO2e	6,448.6 Mt CO2e	12,948.6 Mt CO2e	3,074.1 Mt CO2e
2012	47,430.1 Mt CO2e	6,311.7 Mt CO2e	12,419.6 Mt CO2e	3,037.5 Mt CO2e
2011	46,808.1 Mt CO2e	6,546.9 Mt CO2e	12,056.8 Mt CO2e	2,858.5 Mt CO2e
2010	45,433.1 Mt CO2e	6,754.2 Mt CO2e	11,062.0 Mt CO2e	2,722.6 Mt CO2e
2009	43,188.4 Mt CO2e	6,487.7 Mt CO2e	10,196.9 Mt CO2e	2,595.4 Mt CO2e
2008	43,642.4 Mt CO2e	6,941.7 Mt CO2e	9,576.3 Mt CO2e	2,486.4 Mt CO2e
2007	43,350.6 Mt CO2e	7,129.2 Mt CO2e	9,356.3 Mt CO2e	2,359.3 Mt CO2e
2006	42,078.8 Mt CO2e	7,041.3 Mt CO2e	8,759.3 Mt CO2e	2,216.2 Mt CO2e
2005	40,919.6 Mt CO2e	7,160.6 Mt CO2e	7,974.4 Mt CO2e	2,111.7 Mt CO2e
2004	39,626.8 Mt CO2e	7,157.8 Mt CO2e	7,131.5 Mt CO2e	2,040.8 Mt CO2e
2003	38,064.8 Mt CO2e	7,058.6 Mt CO2e	6,292.9 Mt CO2e	1,938.2 Mt CO2e
2002	36,555.7 Mt CO2e	6,992.4 Mt CO2e	5,584.8 Mt CO2e	1,888.2 Mt CO2e
2001	36,099.5 Mt CO2e	7,157.8 Mt CO2e	5,255.1 Mt CO2e	1,859.4 Mt CO2e
2000	35,794.0 Mt CO2e	7,219.8 Mt CO2e	5,063.9 Mt CO2e	1,835.6 Mt CO2e

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In short

Among the 203 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is China (15,536.1 Mt CO2e) and the lowest Naoero (0.0 Mt CO2e).
Half of the countries are above 34.9 Mt CO2e and half below.
From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 155 countries and fell in 42.
The figure for the world was 53,206.4 Mt CO2e in 2024, against 50,829.6 Mt CO2e in 2019 (+4.7%).

About this measure

Definition: Total emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potentials. EDGAR estimates use a consistent global method, so they can differ from national inventories.
Population covered: National territory
Unit: Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Frequency: Annual
Changes are shown as: Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code: EN.GHG.ALL.MT.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1970 to 2024
Provider update: 8 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

1 China 15,536.1 Mt CO2e
2 United States 5,912.6 Mt CO2e
3 India 4,371.2 Mt CO2e
4 Russia 2,575.7 Mt CO2e
5 Indonesia 1,323.8 Mt CO2e
6 Brazil 1,299.2 Mt CO2e
7 Japan 1,063.3 Mt CO2e
8 Iran 1,054.8 Mt CO2e
9 Saudi Arabia 838.9 Mt CO2e
10 Canada 768.1 Mt CO2e
11 Mexico 686.8 Mt CO2e
12 Germany 674.4 Mt CO2e
13 South Korea 668.2 Mt CO2e
14 Australia 591.5 Mt CO2e
15 Viet Nam 584.3 Mt CO2e
16 Türkiye 579.5 Mt CO2e
17 South Africa 569.8 Mt CO2e
18 Pakistan 525.9 Mt CO2e
19 Thailand 422.4 Mt CO2e
20 Iraq 413.3 Mt CO2e
21 United Kingdom 386.7 Mt CO2e
22 Egypt 386.6 Mt CO2e
23 France 378.1 Mt CO2e
24 Argentina 374.3 Mt CO2e
25 Italy 371.2 Mt CO2e
26 Nigeria 350.6 Mt CO2e
27 Poland 348.2 Mt CO2e
28 Malaysia 332.2 Mt CO2e
29 Kazakhstan 330.4 Mt CO2e
30 Spain 285.6 Mt CO2e
31 Philippines 266.6 Mt CO2e
32 United Arab Emirates 264.1 Mt CO2e
33 Algeria 252.7 Mt CO2e
34 Uzbekistan 227.5 Mt CO2e
35 Bangladesh 220.8 Mt CO2e
36 Colombia 217.6 Mt CO2e
37 Ukraine 197.0 Mt CO2e
38 Ethiopia 192.7 Mt CO2e
39 Kuwait 173.3 Mt CO2e
40 Venezuela 167.3 Mt CO2e
41 Qatar 162.7 Mt CO2e
42 Netherlands 145.0 Mt CO2e
43 Sudan 138.7 Mt CO2e
44 Oman 132.3 Mt CO2e
45 Chile 118.1 Mt CO2e
46 Myanmar 117.8 Mt CO2e
47 Turkmenistan 114.8 Mt CO2e
48 Morocco 108.7 Mt CO2e
49 Belgium 107.8 Mt CO2e
50 Mongolia 104.4 Mt CO2e
51 Peru 103.8 Mt CO2e
52 Kenya 102.8 Mt CO2e
53 Tanzania 102.5 Mt CO2e
54 Romania 101.9 Mt CO2e
55 Chad 101.2 Mt CO2e
56 Czechia 100.4 Mt CO2e
57 Libya 98.2 Mt CO2e
58 North Korea 91.3 Mt CO2e
59 Belarus 87.5 Mt CO2e
60 New Zealand 77.8 Mt CO2e
61 Israel 76.6 Mt CO2e
62 Singapore 76.1 Mt CO2e
63 Ecuador 74.4 Mt CO2e
64 Greece 71.5 Mt CO2e
65 Austria 71.0 Mt CO2e
66 Angola 69.9 Mt CO2e
67 Bahrain 64.4 Mt CO2e
68 Bolivia 63.8 Mt CO2e
69 Hungary 60.5 Mt CO2e
70 Ireland 59.7 Mt CO2e
71 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58.5 Mt CO2e
72 Azerbaijan 58.3 Mt CO2e
73 Uganda 57.3 Mt CO2e
74 Norway 53.8 Mt CO2e
75 Portugal 53.2 Mt CO2e
76 Sweden 52.6 Mt CO2e
77 Dominican Republic 51.6 Mt CO2e
78 Cambodia 49.8 Mt CO2e
79 Finland 48.7 Mt CO2e
80 Ghana 48.1 Mt CO2e
81 Mali 48.0 Mt CO2e
82 Syria 47.2 Mt CO2e
83 Bulgaria 46.7 Mt CO2e
84 Uruguay 44.6 Mt CO2e
85 Tunisia 44.6 Mt CO2e
86 Guatemala 43.5 Mt CO2e
87 Switzerland 43.0 Mt CO2e
88 Laos 41.5 Mt CO2e
89 Nepal 41.5 Mt CO2e
90 Paraguay 41.4 Mt CO2e
91 Niger 41.1 Mt CO2e
92 Cameroon 40.6 Mt CO2e
93 Hong Kong SAR, China 40.3 Mt CO2e
94 Slovakia 39.0 Mt CO2e
95 Zambia 38.5 Mt CO2e
96 Denmark 38.3 Mt CO2e
97 Côte d'Ivoire 38.0 Mt CO2e
98 Sri Lanka 37.2 Mt CO2e
99 Cuba 36.0 Mt CO2e
100 Madagascar 35.8 Mt CO2e
101 Burkina Faso 34.9 Mt CO2e
102 Jordan 34.9 Mt CO2e
103 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 34.4 Mt CO2e
104 Mozambique 33.6 Mt CO2e
105 Trinidad and Tobago 33.6 Mt CO2e
106 Afghanistan 33.0 Mt CO2e
107 Yemen 32.9 Mt CO2e
108 Senegal 31.7 Mt CO2e
109 Zimbabwe 30.8 Mt CO2e
110 Guinea 29.4 Mt CO2e
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.6 Mt CO2e
112 Croatia 26.8 Mt CO2e
113 Republic of the Congo 24.6 Mt CO2e
114 Honduras 24.4 Mt CO2e
115 Kyrgyzstan 22.4 Mt CO2e
116 Tajikistan 22.2 Mt CO2e
117 Gabon 21.8 Mt CO2e
118 Lithuania 21.5 Mt CO2e
119 Georgia 19.6 Mt CO2e
120 Panama 19.2 Mt CO2e
121 Nicaragua 19.2 Mt CO2e
122 Malawi 19.0 Mt CO2e
123 Lebanon 18.8 Mt CO2e
124 Benin 17.8 Mt CO2e
125 Puerto Rico (US) 17.6 Mt CO2e
126 Mauritania 17.5 Mt CO2e
127 Slovenia 17.3 Mt CO2e
128 Costa Rica 17.1 Mt CO2e
129 El Salvador 14.8 Mt CO2e
130 Namibia 14.2 Mt CO2e
131 Estonia 14.1 Mt CO2e
132 Haiti 13.8 Mt CO2e
133 Central African Republic 13.4 Mt CO2e
134 Botswana 12.1 Mt CO2e
135 Brunei 11.9 Mt CO2e
136 Moldova 11.7 Mt CO2e
137 Latvia 11.6 Mt CO2e
138 Togo 10.8 Mt CO2e
139 Armenia 10.8 Mt CO2e
140 Papua New Guinea 10.8 Mt CO2e
141 North Macedonia 9.8 Mt CO2e
142 Jamaica 9.4 Mt CO2e
143 Cyprus 9.3 Mt CO2e
144 Guyana 8.7 Mt CO2e
145 Burundi 8.4 Mt CO2e
146 Rwanda 8.3 Mt CO2e
147 Equatorial Guinea 8.1 Mt CO2e
148 Luxembourg 8.1 Mt CO2e
149 Sierra Leone 7.9 Mt CO2e
150 Albania 7.1 Mt CO2e
151 Eritrea 6.6 Mt CO2e
152 Mauritius 6.5 Mt CO2e
153 New Caledonia 5.4 Mt CO2e
154 Liberia 4.5 Mt CO2e
155 Iceland 4.3 Mt CO2e
156 Suriname 3.7 Mt CO2e
157 Guinea-Bissau 3.2 Mt CO2e
158 Lesotho 3.1 Mt CO2e
159 Eswatini 2.9 Mt CO2e
160 Bhutan 2.8 Mt CO2e
161 Fiji 2.8 Mt CO2e
162 Djibouti 2.4 Mt CO2e
163 Malta 2.2 Mt CO2e
164 Maldives 2.1 Mt CO2e
165 Timor-Leste 1.9 Mt CO2e
166 Gambia 1.9 Mt CO2e
167 Bahamas 1.8 Mt CO2e
168 Macao SAR, China 1.8 Mt CO2e
169 Palau 1.5 Mt CO2e
170 French Polynesia 1.1 Mt CO2e
171 Belize 1.0 Mt CO2e
172 Seychelles 1.0 Mt CO2e
173 Comoros 0.9 Mt CO2e
174 Cabo Verde 0.9 Mt CO2e
175 Barbados 0.9 Mt CO2e
176 Greenland 0.7 Mt CO2e
177 Gibraltar 0.7 Mt CO2e
178 Vanuatu 0.6 Mt CO2e
179 Solomon Islands 0.6 Mt CO2e
180 Aruba 0.6 Mt CO2e
181 Samoa 0.5 Mt CO2e
182 Saint Lucia 0.5 Mt CO2e
183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4 Mt CO2e
184 Cayman Islands 0.4 Mt CO2e
185 Bermuda 0.3 Mt CO2e
186 Tonga 0.3 Mt CO2e
187 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.2 Mt CO2e
188 Grenada 0.2 Mt CO2e
189 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2 Mt CO2e
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2 Mt CO2e
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2 Mt CO2e
192 Dominica 0.2 Mt CO2e
193 Kiribati 0.1 Mt CO2e
194 British Virgin Islands 0.1 Mt CO2e
195 Faroe Islands 0.1 Mt CO2e
196 Micronesia 0.1 Mt CO2e
197 US Virgin Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
198 Guam 0.0 Mt CO2e
199 American Samoa 0.0 Mt CO2e
200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
201 Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO2e
202 Marshall Islands 0.0 Mt CO2e
203 Naoero 0.0 Mt CO2e
East Asia and Pacific 21,426.8 Mt CO2e
Euro area 2,462.9 Mt CO2e
Europe and Central Asia 7,953.3 Mt CO2e
European Union 3,164.7 Mt CO2e
Latin America and Caribbean 3,510.6 Mt CO2e
Middle East and North Africa 4,768.6 Mt CO2e
North America 6,681.0 Mt CO2e
OECD members 14,242.7 Mt CO2e
South Asia 4,675.5 Mt CO2e
Sub-Saharan Africa 2,444.8 Mt CO2e
World 53,206.4 Mt CO2e

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European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database, via World Bank. "Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR)." PiSpace Open Data, publication 29, retrieved 14 November 2026. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/ghg-emissions-total-edgar

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European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database. (2026). Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR) [Data set]. PiSpace Open Data. https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/ghg-emissions-total-edgar?pub=29

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@misc{ghg_emissions_total_edgar_29,
  author = {{European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database}},
  title = {Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR)},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {PiSpace Open Data},
  url = {https://data.pispace.eu/indicators/ghg-emissions-total-edgar?pub=29},
  note = {Publication 29, retrieved 2026-11-14}
}

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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.