Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) by country
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the...
Countries reporting
190
Highest
586.64 Mt CO2e
China
Lowest
0.0067 Mt CO2e
Dominica
Median
1.05 Mt CO2e
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,200
What the numbers show
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 586.64 Mt CO2e in China; the lowest is 0.0067 Mt CO2e in Dominica.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 17.14 Mt CO2e.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 87,559.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 798.9%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 79.6%).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 586.64 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 557.85 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Russia | 249.23 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 55.8% | falling |
| 4 | India | 210.24 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 5 | Iran | 175.72 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 118.92 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 7 | Japan | 103.8 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 89.27 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 74.58 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 10 | Turkey | 72.69 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Italy | 56.91 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 12 | France | 56.34 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 13 | South Korea | 49.28 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 42.32 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 40.62 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 39.4 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 38.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 36.66 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 19 | Mexico | 31.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 31.28 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 29.86 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Algeria | 29.61 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 29.53 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 28.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 22.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 22.6 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 27 | Oman | 22.16 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Pakistan | 20.82 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 20.01 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 18.16 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 31 | Egypt | 17.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Vietnam | 16.78 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 13.79 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 12.45 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 12.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 36 | North Korea | 11.68 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 91.1% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 11.44 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Philippines | 10.71 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 39 | Iraq | 10.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 10.18 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 9.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 42 | Hungary | 9.33 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 43 | Malaysia | 8.47 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Czechia | 8.43 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Chile | 8.17 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 8.1 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 7.26 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 7.19 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 6.87 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 6.67 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 52 | Greece | 5.46 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 5.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 4.98 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.9% | flat |
| 55 | Tunisia | 4.72 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.59 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Nigeria | 4.46 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 4.15 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 59 | Denmark | 3.7 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Venezuela | 3.62 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 61 | Portugal | 3.44 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 62 | Bolivia | 3.35 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 3.33 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 64 | New Zealand | 3.29 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 65 | Georgia | 3.16 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Jordan | 2.98 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Syria | 2.97 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 2.95 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 2.59 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 2.58 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 71 | Yemen | 2.55 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Israel | 2.5 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 2.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 2.3 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Nepal | 2.12 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Kenya | 2.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 2.07 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.04 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 1.97 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Myanmar | 1.94 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 1.89 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Hong Kong | 1.83 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 83 | Cambodia | 1.66 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 1.66 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 1.47 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Guatemala | 1.39 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 1.38 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Sudan | 1.37 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Lithuania | 1.33 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Latvia | 1.27 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 1.24 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 93 | Libya | 1.2 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Kuwait | 1.17 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 1.14 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 1.09 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 1.08 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 1.02 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 99 | Uruguay | 0.9998 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 100 | Tanzania | 0.9175 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.8141 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8072 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Singapore | 0.7827 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.7746 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.7595 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 106 | Cameroon | 0.7574 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 0.7557 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.7391 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 159.4% | rising |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 0.7224 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Mali | 0.6755 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 164.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Uganda | 0.675 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 0.662 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Senegal | 0.6541 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 82.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Honduras | 0.6354 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6052 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 116 | Suriname | 0.5905 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Iceland | 0.562 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 0.5519 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 0.5374 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Burkina Faso | 0.5354 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 0.5188 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.4793 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Mauritania | 0.4733 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Zambia | 0.4714 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 68.4% | flat |
| 125 | Qatar | 0.4706 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Guinea | 0.4636 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.4358 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 357.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 0.4305 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3901 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 130 | Greenland | 0.3418 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 0.328 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.2824 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.272 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Malawi | 0.2689 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.2639 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Maldives | 0.2545 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 0.2417 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 138 | Benin | 0.2307 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Guyana | 0.2257 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 140 | Niger | 0.2248 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 315.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 0.2243 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Macao | 0.2163 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 143 | Paraguay | 0.1999 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 144 | Fiji | 0.1976 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 0.1833 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0.1806 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Gabon | 0.1629 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Togo | 0.1614 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 0.1395 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.1346 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.132 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1278 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Bahamas | 0.1172 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Palau | 0.105 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0.1025 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Seychelles | 0.0902 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 158 | East Timor | 0.0895 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Somalia | 0.0858 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Burundi | 0.0855 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 145.0% | rising |
| 161 | Laos | 0.0836 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 798.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Brunei | 0.0796 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Congo | 0.0796 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 164 | Djibouti | 0.0724 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Bhutan | 0.0709 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 0.0695 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Liberia | 0.0689 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.065 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 591.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0541 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Gambia | 0.0502 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.0501 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 172 | Samoa | 0.0473 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 0.0458 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 197.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Aruba | 0.0446 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 0.0425 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 0.0386 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0348 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 0.0336 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 121.1% | falling |
| 179 | Belize | 0.0307 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 0.0298 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0286 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 182 | Eswatini | 0.0265 Mt CO2e | 2024 | down 79.6% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 0.0246 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Tonga | 0.023 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 185 | Bermuda | 0.0214 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0184 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0152 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 188 | Grenada | 0.0141 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Kiribati | 0.0108 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0108 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0106 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 192 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0074 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Dominica | 0.0067 Mt CO2e | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3,254 Mt CO2e
- IDA & IBRD total 1,930 Mt CO2e
- IBRD only 1,814 Mt CO2e
- High income 1,638 Mt CO2e
- Low & middle income 1,627 Mt CO2e
- Middle income 1,601 Mt CO2e
- OECD members 1,447 Mt CO2e
- Post-demographic dividend 1,304 Mt CO2e
- Upper middle income 1,241 Mt CO2e
- Late-demographic dividend 1,124 Mt CO2e
- Europe & Central Asia 984.65 Mt CO2e
- East Asia & Pacific 877.13 Mt CO2e
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).