Ranking of the world's countries by 1997 CO2 per capita emission rates. Emissions (CO2_CAP) are expressed in metric tons of carbon. Source: Gregg Marland and Tom Boden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Bob Andres (University of North Dakota) 1997 RANK NATION CO2_CAP 1 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 33.22 2 QATAR 18.19 3 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 9.40 4 NETHERLAND ANTILLES (86- ) 8.75 5 KUWAIT 7.88 6 GUAM 7.04 7 BAHRAIN 6.95 8 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 6.44 9 SINGAPORE (57 - ) 6.39 10 ARUBA (86- ) 5.67 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 5.48 12 LUXEMBOURG 5.16 13 WAKE ISLAND 5.02 14 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 4.79 15 AUSTRALIA 4.71 16 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4.69 17 CANADA 4.42 18 NORWAY 4.20 19 FAEROE ISLANDS 3.94 20 SAUDI ARABIA 3.73 21 ESTONIA 3.56 22 NAURU 3.43 23 ANTARCTIC FISHERIES 3.35 24 CZECH REPUBLIC 3.25 25 NORTH KOREA 2.99 26 FINLAND 2.98 27 DENMARK 2.93 28 NETHERLANDS 2.83 29 BELGIUM 2.78 30 GERMANY 2.77 31 IRELAND 2.72 32 ISRAEL 2.66 33 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2.65 34 SOUTH KOREA 2.55 35 GREENLAND 2.54 36 JAPAN 2.51 37 TAIWAN 2.47 38 POLAND 2.47 39 UNITED KINGDOM 2.41 40 NEW CALEDONIA 2.36 41 GIBRALTAR 2.35 42 CAYMAN ISLANDS 2.27 43 NEW ZEALAND 2.26 44 VENEZUELA 2.25 45 SOUTH AFRICA 2.23 46 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 2.19 47 OMAN 2.10 48 ICELAND 2.09 49 GREECE 2.08 50 SLOVENIA 2.06 51 AUSTRIA 2.04 52 KAZAKHSTAN 2.04 53 BERMUDA 2.01 54 TURKMENISTAN 1.98 55 UKRAINE 1.97 56 CYPRUS 1.95 57 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 1.94 58 SLOVAKIA 1.87 59 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 1.79 60 MALAYSIA (70-) 1.70 61 SPAIN 1.68 62 BAHAMAS 1.63 63 BELARUS 1.62 64 BULGARIA 1.60 65 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 1.59 66 HUNGARY 1.56 67 SWITZERLAND 1.52 68 FRENCH GUIANA 1.49 69 MACEDONIA 1.47 70 SWEDEN 1.46 71 MARTINIQUE 1.43 72 SURINAME 1.40 73 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (57- ) 1.40 74 PORTUGAL 1.37 75 LEBANON 1.37 76 ROMANIA 1.30 77 AMERICAN SAMOA 1.26 78 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA 1.26 79 MALTA 1.26 80 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 1.22 81 UZBEKISTAN 1.20 82 IRAQ 1.18 83 PUERTO RICO 1.17 84 JAMAICA 1.16 85 CROATIA 1.16 86 MONTSERRAT (57-) 1.14 87 AZERBAIJAN 1.14 88 LITHUANIA 1.09 89 CHILE 1.09 90 MEXICO 1.06 91 ARGENTINA 1.05 92 HONG KONG 0.96 93 GUADELOUPE 0.96 94 THAILAND 0.95 95 BARBADOS 0.92 96 LATVIA 0.90 97 MACAU 0.89 98 ALGERIA 0.88 99 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0.87 100 TURKEY 0.85 101 MONGOLIA 0.83 102 GABON 0.80 103 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (57-) 0.80 104 PANAMA (80 -) 0.77 105 CHINA (MAINLAND) 0.75 106 SEYCHELLES 0.71 107 ST. KITTS-NEVIS (81 - ) 0.71 108 FRENCH POLYNESIA 0.69 109 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 0.65 110 REUNION 0.64 111 JORDAN 0.63 112 CUBA 0.62 113 BOTSWANA 0.59 114 GRENADA 0.54 115 TUNISIA 0.49 116 BRAZIL 0.48 117 BELIZE 0.47 118 ECUADOR 0.46 119 COLOMBIA 0.46 120 EGYPT 0.46 121 URUGUAY 0.45 122 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0.45 123 ZIMBABWE (64 - ) 0.44 124 NIUE (70-) 0.42 125 MAURITIUS 0.41 126 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0.40 127 KYRGYZSTAN 0.38 128 BOLIVIA 0.38 129 SAINT LUCIA 0.37 130 COSTA RICA 0.36 131 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINIA 0.34 132 TONGA 0.33 133 GUYANA 0.33 134 PERU 0.33 135 MAURITANIA (58-) 0.33 136 MOROCCO 0.32 137 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 0.32 138 INDONESIA 0.32 139 MALDIVES 0.32 140 COOK ISLANDS 0.31 141 DOMINICA 0.31 142 INDIA 0.29 143 PHILIPPINES 0.28 144 SAINT HELENA 0.28 145 YEMEN 0.27 146 FIJI 0.26 147 TAJIKISTAN 0.26 148 COTE D IVOIRE 0.25 149 EL SALVADOR 0.25 150 GEORGIA 0.24 151 NIGERIA 0.22 152 WESTERN SAHARA 0.21 153 ARMENIA 0.21 154 SAMOA 0.21 155 PARAGUAY 0.20 156 GUATEMALA 0.20 157 HONDURAS 0.19 158 PAKISTAN (72- ) 0.18 159 NICARAGUA 0.18 160 DJIBOUTI 0.16 161 VIET NAM (70 - ) 0.15 162 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 0.15 163 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0.15 164 ALBANIA 0.14 165 ANGOLA 0.12 166 SWAZILAND 0.12 167 SRI LANKA 0.11 168 SOLOMON ISLANDS 0.11 169 SENEGAL (58 - ) 0.10 170 VANUATU 0.09 171 CAPE VERDE 0.08 172 ZAMBIA (64 - ) 0.08 173 KIRIBATI 0.07 174 KENYA 0.06 175 GHANA 0.06 176 GUINEA BISSAU 0.06 177 BHUTAN 0.05 178 BANGLADESH (72-) 0.05 179 MYANMAR 0.05 180 TOGO 0.05 181 GAMBIA 0.05 182 HAITI 0.05 183 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 0.05 184 GUINEA (58-) 0.04 185 LIBERIA 0.04 186 BENIN (58-) 0.04 187 SUDAN 0.04 188 NIGER (58-) 0.03 189 SIERRA LEONE 0.03 190 COMOROS 0.03 191 CONGO (59- ) 0.03 192 NEPAL 0.02 193 BURKINA FASO 0.02 194 RWANDA (62 - ) 0.02 195 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (70 - ) 0.02 196 MALAWI (64-) 0.02 197 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (59-) 0.02 198 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (55-) 0.02 199 MOZAMBIQUE 0.02 200 UGANDA 0.01 201 AFGHANISTAN 0.01 202 CAMBODIA (55- ) 0.01 203 ZAIRE 0.01 204 MALI (58-) 0.01 205 MADAGASCAR 0.01 206 BURUNDI 0.01 207 ETHIOPIA 0.01 208 CHAD 0.00 209 SOMALIA 0.00 210 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0.00