Territorial CO₂ emissions by country, billion tonnes, 2024.
Territorial CO₂ emissions are ranked by country for 2024 using production-based annual tonnes of CO₂. The chart uses ten rows, raw emissions values and world-share context. China ranked first at 13.12 billion tonnes, 8.49 billion tonnes above the United States. The top two countries accounted for 44.8% of world emissions, while China emitted 22.6 times Germany’s tenth-ranked volume.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13.12B tonnes | 2024 |
| 2 | United States | 4.63B tonnes | 2024 |
| 3 | India | 3.15B tonnes | 2024 |
| 4 | Russia | 2.01B tonnes | 2024 |
| 5 | Japan | 0.97B tonnes | 2024 |
| 6 | Iran | 0.83B tonnes | 2024 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 0.81B tonnes | 2024 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 0.65B tonnes | 2024 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0.59B tonnes | 2024 |
| 10 | Germany | 0.58B tonnes | 2024 |
Source 1: Worldometer
Publisher: Worldometer
Dataset/table: Country CO2 emissions table, 2024
Date checked: 2026-05-24
Evidence: Provides 2024 country CO₂ emissions rows and world-share values.
Source 2: Our World in Data / Global Carbon Project
Publisher: Our World in Data / Global Carbon Project
Dataset/table: Annual CO₂ emissions; Global Carbon Budget 2025
Date checked: 2026-05-24
Evidence: Defines the territorial annual CO₂ emissions frame and source family.
Territorial emissions are production-based and do not adjust for the carbon embedded in traded goods. This page should not be framed as per-capita emissions or consumption-based emissions.
Rows use the 2024 country CO₂ values from the ranked emissions source and retain the territorial production-based interpretation from the stronger methodological cross-check.
Rows use the same 2024 country table and same tonnes of CO₂ unit. World-share values are kept as supporting context rather than the primary plotted value.
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