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