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Country
 		 Grade
(A-E)		 Rank
 		 World Economics Emissions Index Carbon
Emissions
(Total MtCO2e)		 Methane
Emissions
(Total MtCO2e)		 Carbon
Emissions
(Per Cap MtCO2e)		 Methane
Emissions
(Per Cap MtCO2e)		 Air
Quality
(PM2.5)		 Water
Access
(%)
China E 1 0.0 114,724 12,131 7.9 0.8 38.2 94
United States E 2 47.0 50,073 7,557 15.0 2.3 7.2 100
India E 3 60.6 27,097 6,688 1.9 0.5 50.2 91
Russia E 4 63.7 17,555 6,945 12.0 4.8 8.9 97
Brazil E 5 79.6 4,889 4,430 2.3 2.1 10.9 99
Indonesia E 6 81.2 6,193 3,897 2.2 1.4 19.3 92
Pakistan E 7 92.0 2,295 1,689 1.0 0.8 50.1 90
Mexico E 8 92.3 4,072 1,433 3.1 1.1 17.8 100
Saudi Arabia E 9 92.4 6,724 1,138 19.0 3.2 57.2 100
Australia E 10 92.6 3,912 1,380 15.2 5.4 8.9 100
Canada E 11 93.3 5,456 1,039 14.3 2.7 6.4 99
Nigeria E 12 93.5 1,370 1,438 0.7 0.7 55.6 78
Argentina E 13 93.8 1,865 1,309 4.1 2.9 12.0 57
Japan E 14 94.2 10,674 277 8.5 0.2 10.8 99
South Africa E 15 94.7 4,359 823 7.3 1.4 19.8 94
Germany E 16 95.0 6,748 495 8.0 0.6 10.7 100
Vietnam E 17 95.2 3,260 825 3.3 0.8 20.9 97
Algeria E 18 95.3 1,763 959 4.0 2.2 22.7 94
Bangladesh E 19 95.7 932 948 0.6 0.6 46.0 98
Egypt E 20 95.7 2,496 782 2.4 0.8 63.2 99
Thailand E 21 95.8 2,785 713 4.0 1.0 24.6 100
Turkey E 22 96.0 4,462 493 5.3 0.6 26.5 97
Turkmenistan E 23 96.2 830 828 13.6 13.5 26.4 100
Ethiopia E 24 96.3 178 884 0.2 0.8 21.8 50
France E 25 96.3 3,060 582 4.7 0.9 10.5 100
Korea, Rep. E 26 96.4 6,161 226 12.0 0.4 24.0 100
United Kingdom E 27 96.4 3,468 512 5.1 0.8 9.5 100
Colombia E 28 96.4 917 784 1.8 1.5 14.0 98
Myanmar E 29 96.6 363 778 0.7 1.4 27.2 84
Philippines E 30 96.6 1,443 666 1.3 0.6 22.5 94
Italy E 31 96.7 3,287 447 5.4 0.7 14.2 100
Kazakhstan E 32 96.7 2,767 501 14.6 2.6 26.5 95
United Arab Emirates D 33 97.0 2,041 510 20.4 5.1 41.8 100
Libya D 34 97.0 745 651 10.7 9.4 29.8 100
Uzbekistan D 35 97.2 1,216 546 3.6 1.6 41.0 98
Malaysia D 36 97.3 2,560 397 7.8 1.2 21.5 97
Poland D 37 97.4 3,286 287 8.7 0.8 18.8 100
Spain D 38 97.4 2,337 388 5.0 0.8 9.3 100
Sudan D 39 97.5 210 579 0.5 1.3 21.4 60
Chad D 40 97.7 19 563 0.1 3.3 41.2 46
Ukraine D 41 97.8 2,018 322 4.6 0.7 13.5 94
Tanzania D 42 97.9 130 498 0.2 0.8 15.4 61
Congo, Dem. Rep D 43 98.0 26 490 0.0 0.5 31.6 46
Angola D 44 98.1 214 441 0.6 1.3 27.2 98
Kenya D 45 98.3 199 385 0.4 0.7 12.5 62
Peru D 46 98.4 563 334 1.7 1.0 29.1 93
New Zealand D 47 98.5 338 317 7.0 6.5 8.6 100
Bolivia D 48 98.5 233 343 2.0 2.9 25.2 93
Kuwait D 49 98.5 1,061 254 24.5 5.9 64.1 100
Ecuador D 50 98.7 413 279 2.3 1.6 16.6 95
Qatar D 51 98.7 957 222 32.7 7.6 59.0 100
Paraguay D 52 98.7 86 304 1.2 4.2 12.3 100
Netherlands D 53 98.8 1,410 155 8.2 0.9 10.7 100
Zambia D 54 98.8 77 272 0.4 1.4 16.9 65
Oman D 55 98.8 810 213 15.5 4.1 34.9 92
Mozambique D 56 98.8 71 280 0.2 0.9 16.5 63
Niger D 57 98.8 27 294 0.1 1.2 50.2 47
Nepal D 58 98.9 142 249 0.5 0.8 36.4 90
Uganda D 59 98.9 58 254 0.1 0.5 31.3 56
Romania D 60 99.0 793 166 4.2 0.9 13.3 100
Mali D 61 99.0 42 244 0.2 1.2 38.6 83
Mongolia D 62 99.0 503 194 15.1 5.8 41.3 86
Belarus C 63 99.0 596 171 6.3 1.8 15.5 97
Chile C 64 99.1 854 119 4.5 0.6 20.5 100
Cambodia C 65 99.1 190 200 1.1 1.2 17.8 71
Czech Republic C 66 99.1 971 125 9.1 1.2 14.3 100
Uruguay C 67 99.1 67 209 1.9 6.0 8.5 100
Bahrain C 68 99.1 390 185 22.3 10.6 51.8 100
Ireland C 69 99.2 376 156 7.5 3.1 8.2 97
Afghanistan C 70 99.2 119 171 0.3 0.4 62.5 75
Azerbaijan C 71 99.2 385 149 3.8 1.5 24.6 96
Morocco C 72 99.2 706 123 1.9 0.3 13.4 90
Guinea C 73 99.3 48 171 0.4 1.3 37.6 64
Madagascar C 74 99.3 43 171 0.2 0.6 16.0 53
Belgium C 75 99.3 957 81 8.2 0.7 11.3 100
Serbia C 76 99.3 309 144 3.6 1.7 21.7 95
Cameroon C 77 99.3 93 169 0.3 0.6 56.4 66
Burkina Faso C 78 99.3 57 168 0.3 0.8 40.7 47
Central African Republic C 79 99.3 2 162 0.0 3.3 27.2 37
Ghana C 80 99.4 213 114 0.7 0.4 46.0 86
Greece C 81 99.4 563 90 5.4 0.9 14.6 100
Austria C 82 99.4 646 71 7.2 0.8 11.5 100
Zimbabwe C 83 99.4 113 131 0.8 0.9 13.1 63
Portugal C 84 99.4 408 112 4.0 1.1 7.3 100
Israel C 85 99.4 545 95 6.2 1.1 19.5 100
Guatemala C 86 99.4 203 115 1.1 0.6 20.8 94
Bulgaria C 87 99.5 426 68 6.2 1.0 17.3 99
Dominican Republic C 88 99.5 289 95 2.6 0.9 7.6 97
Papua New Guinea C 89 99.5 85 113 0.9 1.2 8.9 45
Senegal C 90 99.5 136 119 0.8 0.7 38.2 85
Hungary C 91 99.5 484 69 5.0 0.7 14.2 100
Yemen, Rep. C 92 99.5 125 110 0.4 0.4 41.6 61
Denmark C 93 99.6 296 78 5.1 1.3 9.7 100
Finland B 94 99.6 376 47 6.8 0.8 5.5 100
Sri Lanka B 95 99.6 208 82 1.0 0.4 23.9 92
Congo, Rep. B 96 99.6 75 100 1.3 1.8 29.5 74
Trinidad and Tobago B 97 99.6 361 70 25.7 5.0 35.7 99
Norway B 98 99.6 409 46 7.5 0.9 6.3 100
Honduras B 99 99.6 109 81 1.1 0.8 18.9 96
Laos B 100 99.6 208 85 2.8 1.2 21.2 85
Jordan B 101 99.6 256 68 2.5 0.7 25.9 99
Nicaragua B 102 99.6 51 97 0.8 1.5 16.0 82
Cote d'Ivoire B 103 99.6 117 76 0.4 0.3 40.4 71
Tunisia B 104 99.6 316 70 2.7 0.6 10.3 98
Switzerland B 105 99.6 349 51 4.0 0.6 9.0 100
Mauritania B 106 99.7 41 74 0.9 1.6 42.0 72
Georgia B 107 99.7 110 56 2.8 1.4 19.1 97
Singapore B 108 99.7 325 44 5.5 0.8 13.3 100
Tajikistan B 109 99.7 103 59 1.1 0.6 53.7 82
Sweden B 110 99.7 358 47 3.5 0.5 6.0 100
Gabon B 111 99.7 57 62 2.5 2.7 26.3 85
Panama B 112 99.7 130 51 3.0 1.2 11.8 94
Slovak Republic B 113 99.7 353 44 6.5 0.8 15.9 100
Haiti B 114 99.8 29 54 0.3 0.5 9.7 67
Benin B 115 99.8 78 41 0.6 0.3 31.5 65
Lebanon B 116 99.8 250 34 3.7 0.5 24.2 93
Namibia B 117 99.8 40 39 1.6 1.5 11.8 84
Croatia B 118 99.8 177 37 4.3 0.9 15.3
Moldova B 119 99.8 56 50 1.4 1.3 12.4 91
Lithuania B 120 99.8 139 29 5.2 1.1 10.4 98
Kyrgyzstan B 121 99.8 93 49 1.4 0.7 37.6 92
Costa Rica B 122 99.8 78 48 1.5 0.9 14.7 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina B 123 99.8 136 36 4.2 1.1 26.2 96
Malawi B 124 99.8 15 43 0.1 0.2 18.6 70
Sierra Leone A 125 99.8 13 39 0.2 0.5 39.4 64
El Salvador A 126 99.8 72 35 1.1 0.5 22.2 98
Albania A 127 99.9 46 29 1.6 1.0 16.3 95
Mauritius A 128 99.9 45 20 3.5 1.5 10.5 100
Togo A 129 99.9 23 30 0.3 0.4 25.2 69
Guinea-Bissau A 130 99.9 4 14 0.2 0.7 34.9 59
Latvia A 131 99.9 73 19 3.9 1.0 12.0 99
Luxembourg A 132 99.9 84 6 13.2 0.9 8.9 100
Botswana A 133 99.9 65 21 2.7 0.9 12.8 92
Gambia A 134 99.9 7 14 0.3 0.6 39.1 81
Hong Kong A 135 99.9 317 0 4.2 100
Suriname A 136 99.9 28 14 4.7 2.5 12.2 98
Cyprus A 137 99.9 76 8 6.2 0.6 14.5 100
North Macedonia A 138 99.9 69 24 3.3 1.1 98
Rwanda A 139 99.9 18 20 0.1 0.2 35.7 60
Eswatini A 140 99.9 11 14 0.9 1.2 15.1 71
Guyana A 141 99.9 31 18 3.9 2.3 11.1 96
Estonia A 142 99.9 104 11 7.9 0.8 6.4 100
Armenia A 143 99.9 68 23 2.3 0.8 34.1 100
Jamaica A 144 99.9 77 8 2.6 0.3 14.8 91
Burundi A 145 99.9 7 15 0.1 0.1 28.0 62
Slovenia A 146 99.9 126 17 6.1 0.8 14.1 100
Comoros A 147 100.0 3 3 0.3 0.3 14.4
Bahamas, The A 148 100.0 24 2 6.0 0.6 5.2
Cabo Verde A 149 100.0 7 1 1.2 0.2 31.1 89
Malta A 150 100.0 17 2 3.9 0.4 12.9 100
Lesotho A 151 100.0 23 11 1.1 0.5 17.6 72
Brunei Darussalam A 152 100.0 105 0 23.7 6.9 100
Bhutan A 153 100.0 15 5 2.0 0.6 26.1 97
Iceland A 154 100.0 34 5 9.8 1.5 5.8 100
Liberia A 155 100.0 12 5 0.2 0.1 35.8 75



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Total Carbon and Methane expressed in Millions of MtCO2e

Source: World Economics, World Health Organisation, United Nations and World Bank

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Key:
Emissions Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
          0 = High emissions, 100 = Low emissions.

Grade definitions:
         A: Very low emissions
         B: Low emissions
         C: Moderate emissions
         D: High emissions
         E: Very high emissions






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