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Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions (%)

Name: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions (%) by country, 2024
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205 countries · 2024

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Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions (%) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Turkmenistan	-15.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
2	North Macedonia	-9.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
3	Czechia	-9.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Bulgaria	-8.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Azerbaijan	-6.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
6	Finland	-6.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Portugal	-5.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Slovak Republic	-5.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Mozambique	-5.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Estonia	-5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Israel	-5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Norway	-4.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Argentina	-4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Pakistan	-3.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
15	Poland	-3.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Germany	-3.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Brunei Darussalam	-3.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Italy	-3.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Venezuela, RB	-3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
20	Trinidad and Tobago	-2.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Panama	-2.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Japan	-2.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-2.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Algeria	-2.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
25	France	-2.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Canada	-2.2%	North America	High income
27	Malta	-2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
28	Serbia	-2.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Latvia	-1.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Netherlands	-1.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Taiwan	-1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
32	Denmark	-1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Tanzania	-1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Montenegro	-1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
35	Georgia	-1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Austria	-0.95%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Korea, Rep.	-0.93%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Hungary	-0.81%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Ireland	-0.77%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Cameroon	-0.65%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Chad	-0.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Myanmar	-0.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
43	United States	-0.29%	North America	High income
44	Brazil	-0.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Yemen, Rep.	-0.18%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
46	Papua New Guinea	-0.15%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Moldova	-0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Croatia	-0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Armenia	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
50	Senegal	0.07%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Morocco	0.15%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
52	Belarus	0.15%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
53	Kenya	0.19%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Lithuania	0.27%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Kazakhstan	0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Switzerland	0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Liechtenstein	0.31%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Syrian Arab Republic	0.33%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
59	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.37%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
60	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Jordan	0.43%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
62	Sudan	0.45%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	West Bank and Gaza	0.52%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Bahrain	0.56%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	Lebanon	0.59%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
66	Mexico	0.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Albania	0.61%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
68	Australia	0.63%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Guatemala	0.73%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	South Africa	0.74%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
71	Namibia	0.77%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.85%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
73	Rwanda	0.87%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Belgium	0.89%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	China	0.96%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Lao PDR	1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Romania	1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
79	Thailand	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Mongolia	1.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Niger	1.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82	Djibouti	1.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
83	Macao SAR, China	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
84	Central African Republic	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Sao Tome and Principe	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Equatorial Guinea	1.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
87	Chile	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
88	Eswatini	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Gabon	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
90	Ethiopia	1.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
91	Cyprus	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Malawi	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Andorra	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Uganda	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Eritrea	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Libya	1.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Greenland	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Faroe Islands	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	United Kingdom	1.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Bhutan	1.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
101	Comoros	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102	South Sudan	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
104	Seychelles	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
105	Burundi	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Zambia	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
107	Madagascar	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Mauritius	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
109	Zimbabwe	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Saudi Arabia	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
111	Cambodia	2.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
112	Spain	2.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Ukraine	2.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Nepal	2.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
115	Benin	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Iraq	2.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Greece	2.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Russian Federation	2.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Luxembourg	2.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	New Zealand	2.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
121	Tunisia	2.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
122	Botswana	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
123	Afghanistan	2.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
124	Colombia	3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Guyana	3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Angola	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Liberia	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Togo	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Ecuador	3.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Lesotho	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Burkina Faso	3.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
132	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
133	Costa Rica	3.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	El Salvador	3.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Mali	3.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Oman	3.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
137	Bangladesh	3.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
138	Honduras	3.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
139	Barbados	3.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Haiti	3.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
141	Nicaragua	3.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
142	Sweden	3.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Paraguay	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
144	Bahamas, The	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
146	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Curacao	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	St. Lucia	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Antigua and Barbuda	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Dominica	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Aruba	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	British Virgin Islands	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	3.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Bermuda	3.8%	North America	High income
156	Grenada	3.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Belize	3.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
158	Sierra Leone	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Gambia, The	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Guinea-Bissau	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Guinea	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Cabo Verde	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
163	Mauritania	4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Dominican Republic	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
165	Jamaica	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Cuba	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Suriname	4.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
168	India	4.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
169	New Caledonia	4.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
170	Ghana	4.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
171	Uruguay	4.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
172	Tuvalu	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Naoero	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Kiribati	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
175	Tonga	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
176	Samoa	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
177	Solomon Islands	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
178	French Polynesia	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
179	Maldives	4.6%	South Asia	Upper middle income
180	Fiji	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	Palau	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
182	Vanuatu	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
183	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
184	Marshall Islands	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
185	Tajikistan	4.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
186	Timor-Leste	4.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
187	Nigeria	5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
188	Malaysia	5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
189	Kuwait	5.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
190	Qatar	5.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
191	Turkiye	5.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
192	United Arab Emirates	5.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
193	Cote d'Ivoire	5.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
194	Singapore	5.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
195	Kyrgyz Republic	5.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
196	Slovenia	6.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Peru	6.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
198	Indonesia	6.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
199	Viet Nam	6.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
200	Congo, Rep.	6.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
201	Iceland	8.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Philippines	8.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
203	Sri Lanka	8.7%	South Asia	Upper middle income
204	Uzbekistan	13.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
205	Bolivia	16.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

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