Pollution by Country 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction CO2 Emissions by Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Introduction

Pollution occurs when contaminants are introduced into nature that cause harm to the environment. There is no single chemical or gas that causes pollution, rather it is a collection of thousands of substances. Pollution not only affects the environment, but can be dangerous to people, either causing or worsening health problems and even lead to death; additionally, it can damage agricultural products and ruin food supplies.

Determining a particular actor who is responsible for specific pollution is difficult, if not near-impossible; however, chronic polluters are often easier to find. For example, greenhouse gasses, such as CO2, are emitted from industrial facilities; moreover, less wealthy countries will often not have the means to pay for better infrastructure to prevent and remove pollution. One other consideration when looking at pollution by country is whether one is measuring total emissions or emissions per capita.

Learn more about pollution by country in the map and charts.

#	Country	CO2 Emissions	Air Pollution
1	People's Republic of China	10,667.89 Mt	30.6 μg/m³
2	United States of America	4,712.77 Mt	8.9 μg/m³
3	India	2,441.79 Mt	53.3 μg/m³
4	Russia	1,577.14 Mt	11.2 μg/m³
5	Japan	1,030.78 Mt	9.1 μg/m³
6	Iran	745.04 Mt	32.5 μg/m³
7	Germany	644.31 Mt	11 μg/m³
8	Saudi Arabia	625.51 Mt	41.5 μg/m³
9	South Korea	597.61 Mt	18.3 μg/m³
10	Indonesia	589.5 Mt	30.4 μg/m³
11	Canada	535.82 Mt	7.4 μg/m³
12	Brazil	467.38 Mt	12.2 μg/m³
13	South Africa	451.96 Mt	23.4 μg/m³
14	Turkey	392.79 Mt	21.1 μg/m³
15	Australia	391.89 Mt	4.2 μg/m³
16	Mexico	356.97 Mt	19.5 μg/m³
17	United Kingdom	329.58 Mt	8.9 μg/m³
18	Italy	303.82 Mt	18.9 μg/m³
19	Poland	299.59 Mt	16.3 μg/m³
20	Kazakhstan	291.34 Mt	23 μg/m³
21	France	276.63 Mt	11.5 μg/m³
22	Malaysia	272.61 Mt	17.7 μg/m³
23	Thailand	257.77 Mt	18.1 μg/m³
24	Vietnam	254.3 Mt	27.2 μg/m³
25	Pakistan	234.75 Mt	70.9 μg/m³
26	Ukraine	213.46 Mt	9.7 μg/m³
27	Iraq	210.83 Mt	80.1 μg/m³
28	Spain	208.91 Mt	10.9 μg/m³
29	Argentina	156.98 Mt	7.7 μg/m³
30	Algeria	155 Mt	17.8 μg/m³
31	United Arab Emirates	150.27 Mt	45.9 μg/m³
32	Netherlands	138.1 Mt	11 μg/m³
33	Philippines	136.02 Mt	14.9 μg/m³
34	Nigeria	125.46 Mt	36.9 μg/m³
35	Uzbekistan	112.78 Mt	33.5 μg/m³
36	Qatar	106.66 Mt	42.5 μg/m³
37	Bangladesh	92.84 Mt	65.8 μg/m³
38	Colombia	89.1 Mt	15.7 μg/m³
39	Kuwait	88.94 Mt	55.8 μg/m³
40	Mongolia	88.44 Mt	29.5 μg/m³
41	Czech Republic	87.97 Mt	13.4 μg/m³
42	Venezuela	84.61 Mt
43	Belgium	83.75 Mt	10.8 μg/m³
44	Chile	81.17 Mt	22.2 μg/m³
45	Turkmenistan	75.34 Mt	21.6 μg/m³
46	Romania	71.47 Mt	17.2 μg/m³
47	Morocco	64.54 Mt
48	Oman	62.16 Mt
49	Austria	60.63 Mt	10.6 μg/m³
50	Belarus	57.45 Mt
51	Israel	56.35 Mt	18.8 μg/m³
52	Greece	52.24 Mt	19 μg/m³
53	Libya	50.72 Mt
54	Hungary	48.28 Mt	12.6 μg/m³
55	Singapore	45.5 Mt	13.3 μg/m³
56	Peru	44.71 Mt	23.5 μg/m³
57	Serbia	43.14 Mt	24.7 μg/m³
58	Norway	41.28 Mt	7 μg/m³
59	Portugal	40.39 Mt	8.1 μg/m³
60	Finland	39.29 Mt	5 μg/m³
61	Sweden	38.63 Mt	6.2 μg/m³
62	Azerbaijan	37.72 Mt	18.9 μg/m³
63	Bulgaria	37.44 Mt	18.3 μg/m³
64	Myanmar	36.33 Mt	24.3 μg/m³
65	Trinidad and Tobago	35.51 Mt	5.1 μg/m³
66	Bahrain	34.96 Mt	66.6 μg/m³
67	Laos	33.85 Mt	27.6 μg/m³
68	New Zealand	33.48 Mt	4.8 μg/m³
69	Ireland	33.35 Mt	7.5 μg/m³
70	Switzerland	32.3 Mt	10 μg/m³
71	Ecuador	30.93 Mt
72	Slovakia	30.73 Mt	14.5 μg/m³
73	Syria	30.53 Mt	20 μg/m³
74	North Korea	29.31 Mt
75	Tunisia	28.13 Mt
76	Dominican Republic	27.77 Mt
77	Denmark	26.19 Mt	8.6 μg/m³
78	Lebanon	25.97 Mt
79	Jordan	25.49 Mt
80	Angola	22.2 Mt	8.8 μg/m³
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.42 Mt
82	Sri Lanka	21.11 Mt	20.7 μg/m³
83	Bolivia	20.7 Mt	7.3 μg/m³
84	Cuba	20.15 Mt
85	Guatemala	18.94 Mt	18.6 μg/m³
86	Sudan	18.86 Mt	44.6 μg/m³
87	Croatia	16.98 Mt	23.5 μg/m³
88	Nepal	16.96 Mt	40.1 μg/m³
89	Kenya	16.15 Mt	11.5 μg/m³
90	Ghana	16 Mt	30.2 μg/m³
91	Cambodia	15.33 Mt	8.3 μg/m³
92	Ethiopia	14.66 Mt	31.3 μg/m³
93	Lithuania	13.8 Mt	13.2 μg/m³
94	Slovenia	12.56 Mt	15.1 μg/m³
95	Afghanistan	12.16 Mt
96	Kyrgyzstan	11.51 Mt	31.1 μg/m³
97	Tanzania	10.94 Mt
98	Panama	10.78 Mt	9 μg/m³
99	Zimbabwe	10.53 Mt
100	Estonia	10.45 Mt	4.9 μg/m³
101	Senegal	10.45 Mt	20.4 μg/m³
102	Equatorial Guinea	10.27 Mt
103	Brunei	10.16 Mt
104	Georgia	9.97 Mt	17 μg/m³
105	Yemen	9.77 Mt
106	Honduras	9.66 Mt	10.2 μg/m³
107	Tajikistan	9.45 Mt	46 μg/m³
108	Luxembourg	8.17 Mt	7.4 μg/m³
109	Costa Rica	7.91 Mt	7.9 μg/m³
110	Paraguay	7.57 Mt
111	Jamaica	7.43 Mt
112	Republic of Macedonia	7.15 Mt
113	Cameroon	6.89 Mt
114	Latvia	6.77 Mt	10.1 μg/m³
115	Benin	6.7 Mt
116	Papua New Guinea	6.65 Mt
117	Mozambique	6.57 Mt
118	Zambia	6.57 Mt	24.6 μg/m³
119	Botswana	6.52 Mt
120	Cyprus	6.5 Mt	15.6 μg/m³
121	El Salvador	6.12 Mt	14.2 μg/m³
122	Armenia	5.89 Mt	31.4 μg/m³
123	Uruguay	5.84 Mt	11.3 μg/m³
124	Moldova	5.15 Mt	22.6 μg/m³
125	Nicaragua	5.07 Mt	8.9 μg/m³
126	Uganda	4.89 Mt	39.6 μg/m³
127	Albania	4.53 Mt	14.5 μg/m³
128	Gabon	4.3 Mt	25 μg/m³
129	Mauritius	3.98 Mt
130	Burkina Faso	3.97 Mt	63 μg/m³
131	Namibia	3.88 Mt
132	Madagascar	3.68 Mt	23.7 μg/m³
133	Guinea	3.39 Mt
134	Mali	3.39 Mt
135	Mauritania	3.38 Mt
136	Republic of the Congo	3.12 Mt
137	Iceland	2.94 Mt	3.4 μg/m³
138	Haiti	2.92 Mt
139	Palestine	2.9 Mt
140	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.48 Mt	15.5 μg/m³
141	The Bahamas	2.34 Mt
142	Montenegro	2.31 Mt	15.7 μg/m³
143	Suriname	2.22 Mt	7 μg/m³
144	Guyana	2.21 Mt	12.6 μg/m³
145	Togo	2.19 Mt
146	Lesotho	2.18 Mt
147	Bhutan	1.93 Mt
148	Maldives	1.8 Mt	10.9 μg/m³
149	Niger	1.69 Mt
150	Malta	1.59 Mt	11.7 μg/m³
151	Malawi	1.4 Mt
152	Fiji	1.39 Mt
153	South Sudan	1.18 Mt
154	Barbados	1.09 Mt
155	Rwanda	1.03 Mt	44 μg/m³
156	Liberia	1.01 Mt
157	Eswatini	0.96 Mt
158	Chad	0.91 Mt	89.7 μg/m³
159	Sierra Leone	0.88 Mt
160	Eritrea	0.83 Mt
161	Burundi	0.7 Mt
162	Belize	0.58 Mt	5.6 μg/m³
163	Somalia	0.56 Mt
164	East Timor	0.53 Mt
165	The Gambia	0.5 Mt
166	Seychelles	0.49 Mt
167	Andorra	0.47 Mt	5.4 μg/m³
168	Saint Lucia	0.44 Mt
169	Antigua and Barbuda	0.43 Mt
170	Djibouti	0.35 Mt
171	Solomon Islands	0.3 Mt
172	Grenada	0.29 Mt	3.8 μg/m³
173	Guinea-Bissau	0.29 Mt
174	Comoros	0.26 Mt
175	Palau	0.22 Mt
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.21 Mt
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.21 Mt
178	Central African Republic	0.19 Mt
179	Vanuatu	0.18 Mt
180	Federated States of Micronesia	0.15 Mt
181	Marshall Islands	0.15 Mt
182	Dominica	0.14 Mt
183	Liechtenstein	0.14 Mt	8.3 μg/m³
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.11 Mt
185	Nauru	0.06 Mt

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