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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial combustion (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 code 1.A.2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

World Bank code: EN.GHG.CO2.IC.MT.CE.AR5 • Data available for 193 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , China led Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) at 2,793.02.

The world median across 193 reporting countries was 1.67.

What this measures: CO2 emissions per capita measures carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion divided by population. It is a key environmental sustainability metric. Wealthier, more industrialized countries typically have higher per capita emissions, though this is changing as renewable energy expands.

How "Environment" indicators are measured

Environmental indicators cover emissions, land use, biodiversity, and natural resources. Emissions data is often produced by international scientific consortia (EDGAR, Global Carbon Project) and typically lags 2–3 years due to the complexity of fuel- and process-level accounting. Per-capita metrics reveal a different story than absolute totals — small wealthy countries can have high per-capita emissions while contributing little to the global total.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
193 countries
Median
1.67
Mean
33.27
25th percentile
0.23
75th percentile
10.21
Range
0.00 – 2,793.02

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 39.55AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.58BNCambodia: 2.98KHChina: 2,793.02CNFiji: 0.18FJFrench Polynesia: 0.12PFHong Kong SAR, China: 0.53HKIndonesia: 186.07IDJapan: 161.04JPKiribati: 0.01KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 32.79KPKorea, Rep.: 61.85KRLao PDR: 1.52LAMacao SAR, China: 0.21MOMalaysia: 35.33MYMongolia: 2.34MNMyanmar: 3.34MMNew Caledonia: 2.13NCNew Zealand: 5.83NZPalau: 0.10PWPapua New Guinea: 0.65PGPhilippines: 15.20PHSamoa: 0.04WSSingapore: 13.93SGSolomon Islands: 0.04SBThailand: 50.01THTimor-Leste: 0.08TLTonga: 0.02TOVanuatu: 0.03VUViet Nam: 111.63VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 0.92ALArmenia: 0.60AMAustria: 9.55ATAzerbaijan: 2.50AZBelarus: 4.22BYBelgium: 13.71BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 1.20BABulgaria: 3.77BGCroatia: 2.40HRCyprus: 0.55CYCzechia: 9.15CZDenmark: 3.27DKEstonia: 0.26EEFinland: 5.18FIFrance: 37.11FRGeorgia: 1.61GEGermany: 84.70DEGreece: 4.52GRGreenland: 0.05GLHungary: 5.37HUIceland: 0.07ISIreland: 3.57IEItaly: 35.12ITKazakhstan: 24.93KZKyrgyz Republic: 0.52KGLatvia: 0.62LVLithuania: 1.01LTLuxembourg: 0.66LUMoldova: 0.27MDNetherlands: 19.75NLNorth Macedonia: 0.65MKNorway: 5.85NOPoland: 25.00PLPortugal: 4.56PTRomania: 10.21RORussian Federation: 290.63RUSlovak Republic: 6.38SKSlovenia: 1.68SISpain: 25.83ESSweden: 7.22SESwitzerland: 4.03CHTajikistan: 1.39TJTurkiye: 75.02TRTurkmenistan: 12.01TMUkraine: 12.11UAUnited Kingdom: 30.67GBUzbekistan: 16.99UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 0.02AGArgentina: 21.51ARAruba: 0.04AWBahamas, The: 0.10BSBarbados: 0.04BBBelize: 0.03BZBolivia: 3.14BOBrazil: 84.69BRBritish Virgin Islands: 0.01VGCayman Islands: 0.03KYChile: 15.56CLColombia: 12.89COCosta Rica: 0.98CRCuba: 5.59CUDominica: 0.01DMDominican Republic: 5.24DOEcuador: 4.59ECEl Salvador: 2.40SVGrenada: 0.01GDGuatemala: 4.03GTGuyana: 0.80GYHaiti: 0.61HTHonduras: 1.45HNJamaica: 1.51JMMexico: 44.52MXNicaragua: 0.60NIPanama: 1.89PAParaguay: 0.45PYPeru: 10.58PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.10PRSt. Kitts and Nevis: 0.01KNSt. Lucia: 0.02LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.01VCSuriname: 0.11SRTrinidad and Tobago: 1.73TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 0.02TCUruguay: 1.03UYVenezuela, RB: 15.81VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 3.53AFAlgeria: 16.07DZBahrain: 2.16BHDjibouti: 0.09DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 45.66EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 135.78IRIraq: 15.93IQIsrael: 3.27ILJordan: 2.83JOKuwait: 16.97KWLebanon: 1.07LBLibya: 2.62LYMalta: 0.07MTMorocco: 6.69MAOman: 14.28OMPakistan: 43.45PKQatar: 24.27QASaudi Arabia: 102.97SASyrian Arab Republic: 2.42SYTunisia: 5.25TNUnited Arab Emirates: 75.27AEYemen, Rep.: 1.36YENorth AmericaBermuda: 0.02BMCanada: 65.82CAUnited States: 443.92USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 20.83BDBhutan: 0.38BTIndia: 689.15INMaldives: 0.23MVNepal: 6.44NPSri Lanka: 0.98LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1.67AOBenin: 0.59BJBotswana: 0.63BWBurkina Faso: 0.63BFBurundi: 0.10BICabo Verde: 0.08CVCameroon: 0.29CMCentral African Republic: 0.04CFChad: 0.26TDComoros: 0.05KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 0.00CDCongo, Rep.: 0.11CGCote d'Ivoire: 1.87CIEquatorial Guinea: 1.06GQEritrea: 0.02EREswatini: 0.14SZEthiopia: 6.55ETGabon: 0.48GAGambia, The: 0.06GMGhana: 2.04GHGuinea: 0.55GNGuinea-Bissau: 0.04GWKenya: 3.65KELesotho: 0.12LSLiberia: 0.08LRMadagascar: 0.68MGMalawi: 2.41MWMali: 0.80MLMauritania: 0.56MRMauritius: 0.35MUMozambique: 1.04MZNamibia: 0.23NANiger: 0.34NENigeria: 10.96NGRwanda: 0.40RWSao Tome and Principe: 0.02STSenegal: 0.58SNSeychelles: 0.11SCSierra Leone: 0.16SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 0.10SOSouth Africa: 48.35ZASudan: 1.29SDTanzania: 3.53TZTogo: 0.17TGUganda: 1.64UGZambia: 3.25ZMZimbabwe: 2.24ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 China East Asia & Pacific 2,793.02
2 India South Asia 689.15
3 United States North America 443.92
4 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 290.63
5 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 186.07
6 Japan East Asia & Pacific 161.04
7 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 135.78
8 Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific 111.63
9 Saudi Arabia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 102.97
10 Germany Europe & Central Asia 84.70

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 70 24.43
Upper middle income 49 73.94
Lower middle income 48 21.16
Low income 24 2.10
Not classified 2 11.18

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 117.37
Europe & Central Asia 47 17.18
Latin America & Caribbean 38 6.37
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22 23.73
North America 3 169.92
South Asia 6 119.67
Sub-Saharan Africa 47 2.13

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
1 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.00
2 Dominica 0.01
3 British Virgin Islands 0.01
4 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01
5 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.01
6 Kiribati 0.01
7 Grenada 0.01
8 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.02
9 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02
10 Bermuda 0.02
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.GHG.CO2.IC.MT.CE.AR5), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.