Here is a list of the world’s biggest carbon emitters in the world, confirmed by the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research.
1. 🇨🇳 China – 15.9 GtCO₂e
2. 🇺🇸 United States – 6.0 GtCO₂e
3. 🇮🇳 India – 4.1 GtCO₂e
4. 🇪🇺 EU – 3.2 GtCO₂e
5. 🇷🇺 Russia – 2.7 GtCO₂e
6. 🇧🇷 Brazil – 1.3 GtCO₂e
7. 🇮🇩 Indonesia – 1.2 GtCO₂e
8. 🇯🇵 Japan – 1.0 GtCO₂e
9. 🇮🇷 Iran – 1.0 GtCO₂e
10. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – 0.8 GtCO₂e
11. 🇨🇦 Canada – 0.7 GtCO₂e
12. 🇲🇽 Mexico – 0.7 GtCO₂e
13. 🇰🇷 South Korea – 0.7 GtCO₂e
14. 🇹🇷 Türkiye – 0.6 GtCO₂e
15. 🇦🇺 Australia – 0.6 GtCO₂e
📌 GtCO₂e stands for Gigatonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent.
📌 Gt = Gigatonnes, or 1 billion metric tons (1,000,000,000 tons)
📌 Figures Rounded. Germary excluded from original ranking as it is included in the EU.
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