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The List of Countries Ranked by Fossil CO2 Emissions Per Square Kilometer

December 14, 2018 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

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The following is a list of major countries or territories ranked by their fossil CO2 emissions per square kilometer in the year of 2017 (in tonnes of CO2), based on the latest database released by Global Carbon Project on 5 December 2018. For each nation or territory, the value of total fossil CO2 emissions in the year (in million tonnes of CO2) is also presented. Those nations or territories with less than 50 tonnes of fossil CO2 emissions per square kilometer and those with a total of less than 10 million tonnes of fossil CO2 emissions are not included into the table. Globally, on average, the estimate of fossil CO2 emissions per square kilometer is 242.7 tonnes. In total, there are 87 nations or territories with the amount of fossil CO2 emissions per square kilometer above the average. It should be noted that the average value is not a value that meet the WHO’s standards for healthy quality of air.

 

Nation or Territory

 

CO2 emissions per km2

(tonnes of CO2)

Total fossil CO2 emissions

(million tonnes of CO2)

1.    Singapore

89764.5

64.8

2.    Bahrain

44689.6

34.5

3.    Hong Kong

38978.8

43.0

4.    Qatar

11180.3

129.8

5.    Trinidad and Tobago

7933.2

40.7

6.    Taiwan

7502.1

271.5

7.    South Korea

6148.1

616.1

8.    Kuwait

5858.2

104.4

9.    Netherlands

3859.2

164.0

10.  Belgium

3279.5

100.1

11.  Israel

3204.3

66.6

12.  Japan

3189.4

1205.1

13.  United Arab Emirates

2796.5

231.8

14.  Germany

2239.0

799.4

15.  Lebanon

1879.5

19.5

16.  Brunei Darussalam

1772.4

10.2

17.  United Kingdom

1571.4

384.7

18.  Czech Republic

1368.1

107.9

19.  Italy

1180.0

355.5

20.  Poland

1044.5

326.6

21.  China

1025.2

9838.8

22.  Switzerland

970.6

40.1

23.  Austria

833.9

69.9

24.  Denmark

801.7

34.6

25.  Malaysia

772.0

254.6

26.  India

750.3

2466.8

27.  Slovakia

724.5

35.4

28.  Slovenia

720.6

14.6

29.  France

651.3

356.3

30.  Bangladesh

611.5

88.1

31.  Viet Nam

603.3

198.8

32.  Portugal

593.8

54.9

33.  Greece

576.0

76.0

34.  Turkey

573.8

447.9

35.  Ireland

565.4

39.7

36.  Spain

557.5

281.4

37.  USA

547.1

5269.5

38.  Hungary

541.2

50.3

39.  Bosnia and Herzegovina

521.2

26.6

40.  Serbia

510.3

45.1

41.  North Korea

481.3

58.0

42.  Iraq

444.9

194.5

43.  Bulgaria

442.4

49.1

44.  Azerbaijan

441.2

38.2

45.  Estonia

438.0

19.8

46.  Dominican Republic

436.5

21.3

47.  Philippines

425.4

127.6

48.  Iran

408.0

672.3

49.  South Africa

374.1

456.3

50.  Sri Lanka

352.7

23.1

51.  Ukraine

351.4

212.1

52.  Thailand

350.1

330.8

53.  Romania

336.8

80.0

54.  Cuba

329.3

36.5

55.  Saudi Arabia

323.9

635.0

56.  Oman

306.8

65.2

57.  Croatia

303.9

17.2

58.  Belarus

295.6

61.4

59.  Indonesia

253.6

486.8

60.  Mexico

248.6

490.3

61.  Pakistan

247.3

198.8

62.  Jordan

231.4

21.4

63.  Uzbekistan

221.3

99.0

64.  Egypt

218.3

218.7

65.  Lithuania

205.4

13.4

66.  Guatemala

191.7

20.9

67.  Venezuela

175.0

159.6

68.  Tunisia

172.0

28.1

69.  Georgia

157.1

11.0

70.  Syria

150.7

27.9

71.  Turkmenistan

148.9

72.7

72.  Morocco

140.5

62.7

73.  Norway

138.3

44.8

74.  Ecuador

136.8

38.8

75.  Finland

135.9

46.0

76.  New Zealand

134.0

36.0

77.  Panama

128.6

10.1

78.  Nigeria

116.2

107.3

79.  Chile

111.8

84.6

80.  Kazakhstan

107.7

292.6

81.  Russian Federation

99.1

1692.8

82.  Honduras

95.2

10.7

83.  Sweden

92.2

41.5

84.  Argentina

73.8

204.3

85.  Colombia

71.3

81.2

86.  Ghana

70.0

16.8

87.  Algeria

63.2

150.6

88.  Canada

57.4

572.8

89.  Brazil

55.9

476.1

90.  Australia

53.7

413.1

91.  Kyrgyzstan

52.6

10.4

92.  Peru

50.4

64.8

The Whole World

242.7

36153.3

Note: Those nations or territories with less than 50 tonnes of fossil CO2 emissions per square kilometer and those with a total of less than 10 million tonnes of fossil CO2 emissions are not included.

For full information, please read the following post: 

List of Countries by Fossil CO2 Emissions Per Square Mile in 2017

 

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  1. dave says

    November 7, 2019 at

    Looking at that report, the USA has 5269.5 has million tonnes of CO2 emissions. That’s the largest out of any country in the world and the next closest is India with 2466.8 which is less than half of the USA.

    Reply
    • Dee O'Hare says

      December 5, 2019 at

      Look at China. It’s much higher than USA – 9838.8 million tonnes.

      Reply
    • kontrary1 says

      June 4, 2021 at

      What is relevant when comparing different country’s emissions is each country’s emissions per sq km – 𝗻𝗼𝘁 their total emissions. Yes, the US produces more CO2 than Singapore; but each sq km of Singapore (and their corresponding sovereign air space) generates 164 times more pollution that each sq km of the US.

      Reply

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