Country Rankings by Cumulative (1751-2010) CO2 Emissions and 2010 CO2 Emissions

If you know some history about the country which you're interested in, you will understand more about the country's cumulative emissions. For example, in the case of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Serbia:

Period COUNTRY CO₂ emissions (1000 metric tons of CO₂)
1880-1991 YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) 3,250,075
1992-2005 YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) 643,252
2006-2010 MONTENEGRO 11,780
2006-2010 SERBIA 249,795

Then, here are the statistics.


Total CO₂ emissions from fossil-fuels and cement production
Unit: thousand metric tons of CO₂

Rank	Cumulative emissions (1751-2010)			2010 emissions
	Country (period)	CO2		Country	CO2
1	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1800-2010)	355,263,451		CHINA (MAINLAND)	8,280,544
2	CHINA (MAINLAND) (1899-2010)	132,468,155		UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	5,428,895
3	USSR (1830-1991)	112,821,745		INDIA	2,007,284
4	UNITED KINGDOM (1751-2010)	73,492,772		RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1,739,443
5	JAPAN (1950-2010)	48,542,156		JAPAN	1,169,819
6	GERMANY (1792-1946, 1991-2010)	43,846,517		GERMANY	744,813
7	INDIA (1858-2010)	37,594,857		ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN	571,174
8	FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) (1802-2010)	34,591,818		REPUBLIC OF KOREA	567,133
9	RUSSIAN FEDERATION (1992-2010)	31,586,661		CANADA	498,755
10	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (1945-1990)	27,451,215		UNITED KINGDOM	493,127
11	CANADA (1785-2010)	27,151,590		SAUDI ARABIA	464,125
12	POLAND (1800-2010)	24,327,602		SOUTH AFRICA	459,772
13	ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) (1860-2010)	20,689,181		MEXICO	443,334
14	SOUTH AFRICA (1884-2010)	16,417,251		INDONESIA	433,657
15	MEXICO (1891-2010)	15,157,817		BRAZIL	419,433
16	AUSTRALIA (1851-2010)	14,325,565		ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO)	405,996
17	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (1902-2010)	12,375,948		AUSTRALIA	372,795
18	FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1945-1990)	12,178,928		FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO)	360,996
19	SPAIN (1830-2010)	11,927,048		POLAND	317,011
20	REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010)	11,664,634		UKRAINE	304,571
21	BELGIUM (1802-2010)	11,307,606		TURKEY	297,774
22	CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1860-1991)	11,242,790		THAILAND	295,055
23	BRAZIL (1901-2010)	10,930,916		SPAIN	269,468
24	NETHERLANDS (1846-2010)	10,067,266		TAIWAN	260,322
25	SAUDI ARABIA (1935-2010)	9,698,931		KAZAKHSTAN	248,538
26	INDONESIA (1889-2010)	8,802,362		MALAYSIA	216,638
27	ROMANIA (1857-2010)	7,664,982		EGYPT	204,619
28	UKRAINE (1992-2010)	7,024,591		VENEZUELA	201,593
29	TURKEY (1865-2010)	6,687,046		NETHERLANDS	181,938
30	ARGENTINA (1887-2010)	6,572,174		ARGENTINA	180,373
31	VENEZUELA (1904, 1908, 1913-2010)	6,415,251		UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	167,468
32	TAIWAN (1896-2010)	6,260,831		PAKISTAN	161,272
33	DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010)	6,183,740		VIET NAM	150,115
34	THAILAND (1931-2010)	5,070,995		ALGERIA	123,381
35	AUSTRIA (1807, 1819-2010)	4,761,591		IRAQ	114,579
36	HUNGARY (1831-2010)	4,482,002		CZECH REPUBLIC	111,666
37	SWEDEN (1834, 1839-2010)	4,462,981		BELGIUM	108,863
38	EGYPT (1911-2010)	4,127,909		UZBEKISTAN	104,363
39	JAPAN (EXCLUDING THE RUYUKU ISLANDS) (1868-1949)	4,015,008		KUWAIT	93,624
40	DENMARK (1843-2010)	3,609,657		GREECE	86,651
41	MALAYSIA (1970-2010)	3,464,170		PHILIPPINES	81,528
42	KAZAKHSTAN (1992-2010)	3,394,503		NIGERIA	78,850
43	BULGARIA (1879-2010)	3,337,301		ROMANIA	78,685
44	YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) (1880, 1885, 1890-1991)	3,250,075		COLOMBIA	75,622
45	ALGERIA (1900-2010)	3,171,687		CHILE	72,203
46	GREECE (1867-2010)	3,083,406		DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA	71,569
47	PAKISTAN (1972-2010)	2,980,299		ISRAEL	70,602
48	IRAQ (1924-2010)	2,867,010		QATAR	70,477
49	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1959-2010)	2,780,355		AUSTRIA	66,846
50	NIGERIA (1915-2010)	2,714,931		BELARUS	62,174
51	FINLAND (1860-2010)	2,645,616		SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	61,811
52	SWITZERLAND (1858-2010)	2,561,548		FINLAND	61,797
53	COLOMBIA (1921-2010)	2,546,829		LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH	58,990
54	CZECH REPUBLIC (1992-2010)	2,330,997		PERU	57,535
55	PHILIPPINES (1907-2010)	2,239,455		OMAN	57,158
56	UZBEKISTAN (1992-2010)	2,180,076		NORWAY	57,143
57	NORWAY (1829-2010)	2,144,457		BANGLADESH	56,110
58	CHILE (1895-2010)	2,104,012		TURKMENISTAN	53,014
59	PORTUGAL (1870-2010)	2,068,817		SWEDEN	52,475
60	VIET NAM (1892-1945, 1970-2010)	1,940,068		PORTUGAL	52,321
61	KUWAIT (1946-2010)	1,924,986		TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	50,643
62	ISRAEL (1930-2010)	1,814,804		MOROCCO	50,570
63	IRELAND (1850, 1880, 1881, 1910, 1913-2010)	1,788,268		HUNGARY	50,544
64	NETHERLAND ANTILLES AND ARUBA (1926-1985)	1,751,000		DENMARK	46,268
65	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH (1950-2010)	1,616,865		SERBIA	45,927
66	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (1931-2010)	1,525,857		AZERBAIJAN	45,696
67	SINGAPORE (1957-2010)	1,510,592		BULGARIA	44,645
68	NEW ZEALAND (1878-2010)	1,495,745		IRELAND	39,969
69	PERU (1884-2010)	1,447,912		SWITZERLAND	38,727
70	CUBA (1941-2010)	1,410,886		CUBA	38,335
71	HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA (1938-2010)	1,173,835		HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA	36,261
72	BELARUS (1992-2010)	1,158,896		SLOVAKIA	36,067
73	MOROCCO(1928-2010)	1,155,972		ECUADOR	32,611
74	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1908-2010)	1,134,598		NEW ZEALAND	31,527
75	QATAR (1949-2010)	1,115,926		BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	31,102
76	ECUADOR (1917-2010)	810,995		ANGOLA	30,394
77	BANGLADESH (1972-2010)	806,646		TUNISIA	25,858
78	TURKMENISTAN (1992-2010)	748,275		BAHRAIN	24,184
79	SLOVAKIA (1992-2010)	747,107		YEMEN	21,835
80	AZERBAIJAN (1992-2010)	703,829		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	20,948
81	OMAN (1964-2010)	659,016		CROATIA	20,868
82	YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) (1992-2005)	643,252		JORDAN	20,805
83	LUXEMBOURG (1945-2010)	638,467		LEBANON	20,388
84	TUNISIA (1866-2010)	625,027		ESTONIA	18,325
85	ZIMBABWE (1903-2010)	610,542		PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA	15,445
86	BAHRAIN (1933-2010)	591,331		SLOVENIA	15,316
87	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1947-2010)	528,999		SUDAN	14,162
88	LEBANON (1931-2010)	498,143		LITHUANIA	13,550
89	KUWAITI OIL FIRES (1991)	477,950		SINGAPORE	13,510
90	JORDAN (1950-2010)	461,043		SRI LANKA	12,700
91	CROATIA (1992-2010)	391,413		KENYA	12,418
92	ANGOLA (1950-2010)	390,185		MONGOLIA	11,502
93	JAMAICA (1950-2010)	381,519		GUATEMALA	11,110
94	MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) (1928-2010)	374,132		MACEDONIA	10,864
95	BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (1992-2010)	359,105		LUXEMBOURG	10,820
96	MONGOLIA (1950-2010)	343,221		PANAMA	9,626
97	EAST & WEST PAKISTAN (1946-1971)	337,322		ZIMBABWE	9,421
98	PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA (1928-2010)	331,580		BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM)	9,153
99	ESTONIA (1928-1939, 1992-2010)	324,299		GHANA	8,992
100	YEMEN (1990-2010)	322,310		MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA)	8,988
101	KENYA (1950-2010)	318,198		AFGHANISTAN	8,230
102	URUGUAY (1932-2010)	303,754		HONDURAS	8,102
103	SRI LANKA (1950-2010)	303,593		COSTA RICA	7,764
104	GUATEMALA (1941-2010)	290,790		CYPRUS	7,702
105	BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM)	288,940		LATVIA	7,611
106	SLOVENIA (1992-2010)	286,642		REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON	7,229
107	LITHUANIA (1992-2010)	283,205		JAMAICA	7,153
108	SUDAN (1950-2010)	279,662		SENEGAL	7,054
109	COTE D IVOIRE (1958-2010)	253,764		UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA	6,841
110	SERBIA (2006-2010)	249,795		URUGUAY	6,640
111	ALBANIA (1933-2010)	238,352		ETHIOPIA	6,489
112	GHANA (1950-2010)	222,871		KYRGYZSTAN	6,394
113	CYPRUS (1950-2010)	214,538		EL SALVADOR	6,244
114	MACEDONIA (1992-2010)	214,212		GEORGIA	6,236
115	PANAMA (1948-2010)	203,777		COTE D IVOIRE	5,800
116	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) (1920-2010)	182,110		BOTSWANA	5,229
117	COSTA RICA (1950-2010)	180,135		BENIN	5,185
118	EL SALVADOR (1950-2010)	170,542		PARAGUAY	5,071
119	HONDURAS (1950-2010)	165,013		REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA	4,851
120	UNITED KOREA (1905-1944)	162,067		NETHERLAND ANTILLES	4,723
121	GABON (1959-2010)	159,817		EQUATORIAL GUINEA	4,676
122	LATVIA (1928-1939, 1992-2010)	158,421		NICARAGUA	4,544
123	SENEGAL (1958-2010)	151,577		REUNION	4,364
124	REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON (1950-2010)	149,814		ALBANIA	4,280
125	ETHIOPIA (1941-2010)	141,753		ARMENIA	4,217
126	BAHAMAS (1950-2010)	140,764		CAMBODIA	4,177
127	ZAMBIA (1964-2010)	139,488		MAURITIUS	4,115
128	PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (1890-1969)	138,243		NEW CALEDONIA	3,917
129	REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (1992-2010)	137,982		UGANDA	3,781
130	NETHERLAND ANTILLES (1986-2010)	132,801		NEPAL	3,752
131	FORMER DEMOCRATIC YEMEN (1950-1990)	130,020		NAMIBIA	3,173
132	UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (1970-2010)	127,792		PAPUA NEW GUINEA	3,133
133	NICARAGUA (1942-2010)	127,616		DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE)	3,038
134	RHODESIA-NYASALAND (1950-1963)	126,451		MOZAMBIQUE	2,880
135	MOZAMBIQUE (1927-2010)	117,100		TAJIKISTAN	2,858
136	PARAGUAY (1950-2010)	113,260		MALTA	2,587
137	KYRGYZSTAN (1992-2010)	110,017		MONTENEGRO	2,580
138	GEORGIA (1992-2010)	107,137		GABON	2,572
139	PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1950-2010)	103,110		BAHAMAS	2,462
140	NEW CALEDONIA (1950-2010)	102,858		ZAMBIA	2,426
141	ICELAND (1936, 1937, 1940-2010)	100,802		SURINAME	2,382
142	BOTSWANA (1972-2010)	98,208		OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY	2,363
143	AFGHANISTAN (1949-2010)	97,541		ARUBA	2,319
144	SURINAME (1950-2010)	95,998		MARTINIQUE	2,279
145	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (1955-1969)	90,322		MAURITANIA	2,213
146	REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM (1955-1969)	82,294		HAITI	2,118
147	MALTA (1950-2010)	80,260		CONGO	2,026
148	REUNION (1950-2010)	77,311		MADAGASCAR	2,012
149	GUYANA (1950-2010)	75,805		ICELAND	1,960
150	MAURITIUS (1950-2010)	75,167		LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	1,872
151	ARMENIA (1992-2010)	70,767		GUADELOUPE	1,737
152	MARTINIQUE (1950-2010)	68,759		GUYANA	1,700
153	MAURITANIA (1959-2010)	65,340		BURKINA FASO	1,682
154	NEPAL (1950-2010)	65,171		TOGO	1,539
155	MADAGASCAR (1933-2010)	64,259		BARBADOS	1,502
156	FEDERATION OF MALAYA-SINGAPORE (1950-1956)	64,156		NIGER	1,411
157	UGANDA (1950-2010)	63,251		FIJI	1,290
158	BENIN (1958-2010)	57,608		MALAWI	1,238
159	TAJIKISTAN (1992-2010)	55,300		GUINEA	1,235
160	CAMBODIA (1955-2010)	55,073		MALDIVES	1,074
161	CONGO (1959-2010)	52,097		MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA	1,030
162	GUADELOUPE (1950-2010)	51,643		SWAZILAND	1,022
163	EQUATORIAL GUINEA (1950-2010)	51,603		FRENCH POLYNESIA	883
164	GUINEA (1950-2010)	51,185		LIBERIA	799
165	HAITI (1950-2010)	51,050		FAEROE ISLANDS	711
166	ARUBA (1986-2010)	44,729		SEYCHELLES	704
167	BARBADOS (1928-2010)	42,490		FRENCH GUIANA	700
168	LIBERIA (1950-2010)	41,622		SIERRA LEONE	689
169	MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA (1954-2010)	41,072		GREENLAND	634
170	NAMIBIA (1990-2010)	39,595		MALI	623
171	TOGO (1950-2010)	38,122		SOMALIA	608
172	FIJI (1950-2010)	37,723		RWANDA	594
173	FORMER YEMEN (1950-1990)	37,137		CAYMAN ISLANDS	590
174	NIGER (1958-2010)	32,575		DJIBOUTI	539
175	MALAWI (1964-2010)	32,036		ANDORRA	517
176	BURKINA FASO (1958-2010)	30,131		ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	513
177	SIERRA LEONE (1950-2010)	28,284		ERITREA	513
178	LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1955-2010)	27,771		BERMUDA	476
179	SWAZILAND (1950-2010)	26,888		BHUTAN	476
180	GREENLAND (1950-2010)	26,203		GAMBIA	473
181	FAEROE ISLANDS (1950-2010)	25,136		CHAD	469
182	FRENCH POLYNESIA (1955-2010)	23,227		GIBRALTAR	458
183	FRENCH GUIANA (1950-2010)	22,575		BELIZE	421
184	BERMUDA (1950-2010)	22,099		SAINT LUCIA	403
185	OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (1997-2010)	21,916		CAPE VERDE	355
186	RWANDA (1962-2010)	21,498		BURUNDI	308
187	RYUKYU ISLANDS (1952-1972)	20,901		CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	264
188	SOMALIA (1950-2010)	20,574		GRENADA	260
189	MALI (1959-2010)	19,911		ST. KITTS-NEVIS	249
190	ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (1957-2010)	18,127		GUINEA BISSAU	238
191	TANGANYIKA (1950-1969)	17,299		WESTERN SAHARA	238
192	DJIBOUTI (1950-2010)	16,126		PALAU	216
193	FORMER PANAMA CANAL ZONE (1950-1979)	14,763		ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES	209
194	FRENCH INDO-CHINA (1928-1954)	14,063		SOLOMON ISLANDS	202
195	BELIZE (1950-2010)	13,682		TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR)	183
196	MALDIVES (1971-2010)	12,356		SAMOA	161
197	CAYMAN ISLANDS (1956-2010)	12,128		TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	161
198	SEYCHELLES (1963-2010)	11,938		TONGA	158
199	MONTENEGRO (2006-2010)	11,780		COMOROS	139
200	FRENCH WEST AFRICA (1949-1957)	9,769		DOMINICA	136
201	CHAD (1959-2010)	9,509		BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	117
202	ERITREA (1939-1944, 1994-2010)	9,318		VANUATU	117
203	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1959-2010)	9,234		FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA	103
204	SAINT LUCIA (1950-2010)	9,146		MARSHALL ISLANDS	103
205	GIBRALTAR (1950-2010)	9,098		SAO TOME & PRINCIPE	99
206	GAMBIA (1950-2010)	9,073		NAURU	84
207	BURUNDI (1962-2010)	9,018		MONTSERRAT	77
208	SARAWAK (1924, 1948, 1950-1969)	8,779		COOK ISLANDS	70
209	ANDORRA (1995-2010)	8,197		ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON	70
210	GUINEA BISSAU (1950-2010)	7,999		ANGUILLA	66
211	WESTERN SAHARA (1970-2010)	7,786		KIRIBATI	62
212	BHUTAN (1970-2010)	7,625		FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	59
213	CAPE VERDE (1950-2010)	6,489		WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS	29
214	SOLOMON ISLANDS (1952-2010)	6,002		LESOTHO	18
215	GRENADA (1950-2010)	5,507		SAINT HELENA	11
216	SAMOA (1950-2010)	4,994		NIUE	7
217	NAURU (1964-2010)	4,914
218	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) (1950-2010)	4,547
219	ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (1950-2010)	4,478
220	PACIFIC ISLANDS (PALAU) (1955-1991)	4,430
221	ST. KITTS-NEVIS (1981-2010)	3,818
222	TONGA (1950-2010)	3,763
223	SABAH (1950-1969)	3,356
224	VANUATU (1962-2010)	3,283
225	ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (1950-2010)	3,063
226	PALAU (1992-2010)	3,012
227	COMOROS (1959-2010)	2,950
228	DOMINICA (1951-2010)	2,939
229	FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA (1950-1958)	2,660
230	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (1962-2010)	2,206
231	SAO TOME & PRINCIPE (1951-2010)	2,162
232	FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (1997-2010)	1,645
233	MONTSERRAT (1962-2010)	1,645
234	MARSHALL ISLANDS (1990-2010)	1,609
235	TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) (2002-2010)	1,594
236	KIRIBATI (1961-2010)	1,444
237	CHRISTMAS ISLAND (1970-1983)	1,330
238	COOK ISLANDS (1969-2010)	1,319
239	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (1995-2010)	1,297
240	RWANDA-URUNDI (1950-1961)	627
241	ST. KITTS-NEVIS-ANGUILLA (1957-1980)	623
242	ANGUILLA (1997-2010)	605
243	ZANZIBAR (1950-1969)	594
244	SAINT HELENA (1968, 1981-2010)	267
245	WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS (2001-2010)	260
246	PUERTO RICO (1920)	209
247	NIUE (1970-2010)	183
248	LEEWARD ISLANDS (1950-1956)	180
249	ANTARCTIC FISHERIES (1987-2007)	154
250	LESOTHO (2007-2010)	70

Note: Original carbon contents of CO₂ emissions were multiplied by a conversion factor (= 44.0095/12.0107) to make CO₂-equivalent numbers.

Source:
Boden, T., Marland, G., Andres, B., & Marland, G. (2013). National CO₂ Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2010. Oak Ridge, TN: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. [Data at http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2013]