List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions - wikipedia List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions This is a list of countries by total greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions in 2013. It is based on data for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon, and sulfur hexafluoride emissions compiled by the World Resources Institute. The emissions data shown below do not include land - use change and forestry. List of countries by 2013 emissions Country GHG emissions ( Mt CO e ) Percentage of global total ( % ) World 45261.2517 100.00 % United States 6673.4497 14.75 % European Union ( 28 ) 4224.5217 9.33 % European Union ( 15 ) 3374.0348 7.45 % India 2379.1668 6.43 % China 2235.5921 5.93 % Russia 2199.1173 4.86 % Japan 1353.3473 2.99 % Brazil 1017.8745 2.25 % Germany 894.0570 1.98 % Indonesia 744.3403 1.64 % Canada 738.3825 1.63 % Mexico 733.0104 1.62 % Iran 716.8149 1.58 % South Korea 673.5412 1.49 % Australia 580.0997 1.28 % Saudi Arabia 546.8181 1.21 % United Kingdom 546.2641 1.21 % South Africa 510.2377 1.13 % France 440.8485 0.97 % Italy 420.8244 0.93 % Turkey 408.4574 0.90 % Ukraine 375.6670 0.83 % Thailand 369.4310 0.82 % Poland 361.1905 0.80 % Argentina 334.2374 0.74 % Pakistan 326.7740 0.72 % Kazakhstan 313.7248 0.69 % Spain 306.6117 0.68 % Nigeria 304.0637 0.67 % Malaysia 303.1518 0.67 % Iraq 284.5679 0.63 % Egypt 272.3785 0.60 % Venezuela 268.4274 0.59 % Vietnam 256.7606 0.57 % Uzbekistan 225.7986 0.50 % United Arab Emirates 221.4243 0.49 % Kuwait 195.7803 0.43 % Algeria 187.2679 0.41 % Netherlands 186.7775 0.41 % Philippines 171.6044 0.38 % Bangladesh 163.6298 0.36 % Colombia 159.5837 0.35 % Angola 155.7220 0.34 % Libya 133.0112 0.29 % Ethiopia 123.3709 0.27 % Czech Republic 120.9859 0.27 % Belgium 113.4088 0.25 % Turkmenistan 112.2850 0.25 % Romania 109.4851 0.24 % Chile 103.5626 0.23 % Oman 101.7895 0.22 % Myanmar 98.7527 0.22 % Belarus 90.4979 0.20 % Israel 89.5907 0.20 % Greece 86.9692 0.19 % Peru 86.2102 0.19 % Cameroon 83.2755 0.18 % Qatar 82.8463 0.18 % Morocco 78.8839 0.17 % Austria 78.4743 0.17 % Tanzania 77.9457 0.17 % New Zealand 75.0919 0.17 % Azerbaijan 69.7221 0.15 % Syria 65.8195 0.15 % North Korea 63.8065 0.14 % Finland 63.5322 0.14 % Portugal 62.0311 0.14 % Kenya 60.1371 0.13 % Ireland 59.2123 0.13 % Serbia 59.0182 0.13 % Ecuador 58.2656 0.13 % Hungary 56.9204 0.13 % Bulgaria 54.8549 0.12 % Singapore 52.9509 0.12 % Denmark 52.8873 0.12 % Switzerland 51.5705 0.11 % Sweden 50.8451 0.11 % Zambia 50.1033 0.11 % Central African Republic 49.2281 0.11 % Bolivia 46.8039 0.10 % Norway 46.5925 0.10 % Cuba 46.5085 0.10 % Afghanistan 44.4157 0.10 % Slovakia 40.3202 0.09 % Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.5590 0.09 % Mongolia 38.6367 0.09 % Sri Lanka 38.3764 0.08 % Paraguay 37.5747 0.08 % Nepal 36.0311 0.08 % Tunisia 35.6478 0.08 % Yemen 35.5020 0.08 % Uruguay 34.0277 0.08 % Bahrain 33.4062 0.07 % Uganda 33.3506 0.07 % Dominican Republic 33.1665 0.07 % Ivory Coast 31.9609 0.07 % Ghana 30.8917 0.07 % Jordan 30.8217 0.07 % Mali 29.1982 0.06 % Bosnia and Herzegovina 28.4488 0.06 % Chad 28.4407 0.06 % Mozambique 27.4629 0.06 % Zimbabwe 27.4014 0.06 % Cambodia 27.0972 0.06 % Lebanon 26.9435 0.06 % Guatemala 26.6116 0.06 % Niger 26.6106 0.06 % Madagascar 26.4428 0.06 % Trinidad and Tobago 25.8122 0.06 % Senegal 25.4859 0.06 % Burkina Faso 23.5054 0.05 % Croatia 23.4770 0.05 % Estonia 23.3476 0.05 % Honduras 21.1110 0.05 % Equatorial Guinea 20.7597 0.05 % Lithuania 19.3235 0.04 % Brunei 19.0151 0.04 % Slovenia 18.0226 0.04 % Panama 17.0885 0.04 % Guinea 16.4436 0.04 % Papua New Guinea 16.4336 0.04 % Kyrgyzstan 15.4959 0.03 % Georgia 14.7952 0.03 % Nicaragua 14.0877 0.03 % Costa Rica 13.7952 0.03 % Botswana 12.9246 0.03 % Latvia 12.6443 0.03 % Benin 12.1686 0.03 % Macedonia 12.0650 0.03 % El Salvador 11.5955 0.03 % Laos 11.4916 0.03 % Moldova 11.4641 0.03 % Luxembourg 11.2914 0.02 % Namibia 11.2817 0.02 % Mauritania 11.1908 0.02 % Tajikistan 10.2444 0.02 % Malawi 10.1260 0.02 % Belize 9.6848 0.02 % Jamaica 9.5010 0.02 % Armenia 8.5935 0.02 % Albania 8.3078 0.02 % Haiti 8.0637 0.02 % Gambia 7.4691 0.02 % Gabon 7.3587 0.02 % Republic of the Congo 6.9438 0.02 % Cyprus 6.9364 0.02 % Sierra Leone 6.7302 0.01 % Eritrea 6.6813 0.01 % Rwanda 6.6307 0.01 % Togo 6.5823 0.01 % Mauritius 5.6704 0.01 % Lesotho 4.2026 0.01 % Guyana 4.0547 0.01 % Barbados 3.5448 0.01 % Bahamas 3.4083 0.01 % Montenegro 3.3881 0.01 % Suriname 3.3542 0.01 % Burundi 3.0465 0.01 % Malta 2.9785 0.01 % Iceland 2.9290 0.01 % Swaziland 2.8598 0.01 % Fiji 2.7564 0.01 % Liberia 2.1519 0.00 % Grenada 2.0022 0.00 % Guinea - Bissau 1.9723 0.00 % Bhutan 1.4583 0.00 % Djibouti 1.3934 0.00 % Maldives 1.1360 0.00 % Saint Lucia 1.1330 0.00 % Antigua and Barbuda 1.0993 0.00 % Seychelles 0.7113 0.00 % Vanuatu 0.6735 0.00 % Cape Verde 0.6000 0.00 % Solomon Islands 0.5595 0.00 % Samoa 0.5099 0.00 % Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4262 0.00 % Tonga 0.4116 0.00 % Comoros 0.4038 0.00 % Palau 0.3576 0.00 % Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2753 0.00 % Dominica 0.2399 0.00 % São Tomé and Príncipe 0.1887 0.00 % Cook Islands 0.1092 0.00 % Niue 0.0912 0.00 % Kiribati 0.0844 0.00 % Nauru 0.0498 0.00 % 2010 GHG Emissions by world percentage See also Global warming portal Ecology portal Environment portal Energy portal List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions Asian brown cloud Climate change Global warming LULUCF References Jump up ^ `` Climate Analysis Indicators Tool ( CAIT ) Version 2.0. ( Washington, DC : World Resources Institute, 2014 ) ''. World Resources Institute. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 12. Jump up ^ The member countries as of June 2014 Jump up ^ The member countries as of 1997, when the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. 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Question: the country which is the highest contributor of green house gases is
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