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 		 Grade
(A-E)		 Rank
Order		 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
(%)
Canada A 1 96.9 5,456 1,005 14.3 2.6 6.4 99
Iceland A 2 96.3 34 5 9.8 1.4 5.8 100
Finland A 3 96.2 376 45 6.8 0.8 5.5 100
Norway A 4 95.9 409 44 7.5 0.8 6.3 99
Sweden A 5 95.6 358 47 3.5 0.5 6.0 100
Estonia A 6 93.7 104 11 7.9 0.8 6.4 100
Switzerland A 7 92.0 349 51 4.0 0.6 9.0 97
Austria A 8 90.9 646 70 7.2 0.8 11.5 99
Denmark A 9 90.9 296 77 5.1 1.3 9.7 100
Latvia A 10 90.9 73 19 3.9 1.0 12.0 97
Lithuania A 11 90.7 139 29 5.2 1.1 10.4 95
Luxembourg A 12 90.7 84 6 13.2 0.9 8.9 100
Ireland A 13 89.8 376 152 7.5 3.1 8.2 96
New Zealand A 14 89.5 338 308 7.0 6.3 8.6 100
United Kingdom A 15 89.4 3,468 512 5.1 0.8 9.5 100
Belgium A 16 89.3 957 80 8.2 0.7 11.3 100
Netherlands A 17 89.3 1,410 149 8.2 0.9 10.7 100
Taiwan A 18 89.1 2,829 0 11.9 0.0 23.3 0
Slovak Republic A 19 88.7 353 44 6.5 0.8 15.9 99
Slovenia A 20 88.6 126 17 6.1 0.8 14.1 98
Germany A 21 88.4 6,748 470 8.0 0.6 10.7 100
Belarus A 22 88.2 596 172 6.3 1.8 15.5 93
France A 23 87.7 3,060 569 4.7 0.9 10.5 100
Hungary A 24 87.7 484 68 5.0 0.7 14.2 100
Spain A 25 86.9 2,337 393 5.0 0.8 9.3 100
Portugal A 26 86.3 408 113 4.0 1.1 7.3 95
Chile A 27 86.2 854 119 4.5 0.6 20.5 99
Japan A 28 86.1 10,674 252 8.5 0.2 10.8 99
Ukraine A 29 86.0 2,018 322 4.6 0.7 13.5 88
Uruguay B 30 85.6 67 205 1.9 5.9 8.5 100
Bulgaria B 31 85.5 426 70 6.2 1.0 17.3 96
Greece B 32 85.4 563 91 5.4 0.9 14.6 99
Romania B 33 84.8 793 163 4.2 0.9 13.3 82
Poland B 34 84.6 3,286 295 8.7 0.8 18.8 89
Croatia B 35 84.1 177 37 4.3 0.9 15.3 85
Italy B 36 83.9 3,287 447 5.4 0.7 14.2 93
Moldova B 37 83.6 56 50 1.4 1.3 12.4 75
North Macedonia B 38 83.5 69 24 3.3 1.1 0.0 80
Malta B 39 83.2 17 2 3.9 0.4 12.9 100
Cyprus B 40 82.9 76 8 6.2 0.6 14.5 100
Korea, Rep. B 41 82.1 6,161 215 12.0 0.4 24.0 99
Kazakhstan B 42 82.0 2,767 707 14.6 3.7 26.5 89
Mauritius B 43 82.0 45 20 3.5 1.6 10.5 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina B 44 81.5 136 37 4.2 1.1 26.2 87
Türkiye B 45 80.9 4,462 510 5.3 0.6 26.5 97
Botswana B 46 80.7 65 35 2.7 1.5 12.8 92
Australia B 47 80.6 3,912 1,372 15.2 5.3 8.9 100
Georgia B 48 80.5 110 55 2.8 1.4 19.1 69
Israel B 49 80.3 545 93 6.2 1.1 19.5 100
Namibia B 50 80.3 40 54 1.6 2.1 11.8 84
Russia B 51 80.3 17,555 6,274 12.0 4.3 8.9 76
Albania B 52 80.2 46 27 1.6 1.0 16.3 71
Kyrgyzstan B 53 79.8 93 49 1.4 0.7 37.6 77
Serbia B 54 79.7 309 148 3.6 1.7 21.7 75
Guyana B 55 79.4 31 19 3.9 2.4 11.1 96
Panama B 56 79.1 130 51 3.0 1.2 11.8 94
Armenia B 57 79.0 68 23 2.3 0.8 34.1 82
South Africa B 58 78.9 4,359 733 7.3 1.2 19.8 94
Bhutan B 59 78.7 15 5 2.0 0.6 26.1 73
Singapore C 60 78.5 325 45 5.5 0.8 13.3 100
Morocco C 61 78.4 706 123 1.9 0.3 13.4 75
Tunisia C 62 77.9 316 67 2.7 0.6 10.3 74
Jamaica C 63 77.4 77 8 2.6 0.3 14.8 91
Turkmenistan C 64 76.9 830 1,266 13.6 20.7 26.4 95
Bolivia C 65 76.7 233 312 2.0 2.6 25.2 93
Angola C 66 76.4 214 404 0.6 1.2 27.2 98
Azerbaijan C 67 76.4 385 159 3.8 1.6 24.6 72
El Salvador C 68 76.4 72 33 1.1 0.5 22.2 98
Eswatini C 69 76.1 11 13 0.9 1.2 15.1 71
Comoros C 70 76.0 3 2 0.3 0.3 14.4 0
Costa Rica C 71 75.6 78 47 1.5 0.9 14.7 81
Jordan C 72 75.6 256 67 2.5 0.7 25.9 86
Libya C 73 75.3 745 244 10.7 3.5 29.8 100
Argentina C 74 74.8 1,865 1,323 4.1 2.9 12.0 57
Haiti C 75 74.3 29 53 0.3 0.5 9.7 67
Malaysia C 76 74.3 2,560 380 7.8 1.2 21.5 94
Zimbabwe C 77 74.1 113 122 0.8 0.8 13.1 63
Ecuador C 78 73.8 413 279 2.3 1.6 16.6 67
Thailand C 79 73.5 2,785 783 4.0 1.1 24.6 100
Colombia C 80 73.1 917 779 1.8 1.5 14.0 74
Paraguay C 81 73.1 86 308 1.2 4.3 12.3 64
Zambia C 82 73.0 77 265 0.4 1.4 16.9 65
Gabon C 83 72.2 57 77 2.5 3.4 26.3 85
Kenya C 84 71.6 199 385 0.4 0.7 12.5 62
Uzbekistan C 85 71.5 1,216 533 3.6 1.6 41.0 80
Mozambique C 86 71.3 71 251 0.2 0.8 16.5 63
Lesotho C 87 71.1 23 10 1.1 0.5 17.6 28
Mongolia C 88 71.0 503 184 15.1 5.5 41.3 39
Honduras D 89 70.8 109 84 1.1 0.8 18.9 65
Dominican Republic D 90 70.5 289 93 2.6 0.9 7.6 45
Lebanon D 91 70.5 250 35 3.7 0.5 24.2 48
Suriname D 92 70.3 28 14 4.7 2.4 12.2 56
Papua New Guinea D 93 70.1 85 110 0.9 1.2 8.9 45
Burundi D 94 69.9 7 13 0.1 0.1 28.0 62
Algeria D 95 69.7 1,763 879 4.0 2.0 22.7 71
Brazil D 96 69.6 4,889 4,622 2.3 2.2 10.9 87
United States D 97 69.6 50,073 7,524 15.0 2.3 7.2 98
Guinea D 98 69.0 48 173 0.4 1.3 37.6 92
Nicaragua D 99 69.0 51 98 0.8 1.5 16.0 56
Tajikistan D 100 69.0 103 57 1.1 0.6 53.7 55
Guatemala D 101 68.8 203 117 1.1 0.6 20.8 56
Oman D 102 68.7 810 203 15.5 3.9 34.9 91
Rwanda D 103 67.6 18 28 0.1 0.2 35.7 60
Peru D 104 67.2 563 320 1.7 1.0 29.1 52
United Arab Emirates D 105 66.9 2,041 575 20.4 5.8 41.8 100
Liberia D 106 66.8 12 4 0.2 0.1 35.8 75
Vietnam D 107 66.8 3,260 805 3.3 0.8 20.9 58
Sudan D 108 66.2 210 570 0.5 1.3 21.4 60
Myanmar D 109 65.6 363 811 0.7 1.5 27.2 57
Mexico D 110 65.4 4,072 1,459 3.1 1.1 17.8 43
Mali D 111 64.7 42 238 0.2 1.1 38.6 83
Benin D 112 64.4 78 41 0.6 0.3 31.5 65
Bahrain D 113 64.1 390 181 22.3 10.4 51.8 99
Philippines D 114 63.8 1,443 666 1.3 0.6 22.5 48
Sri Lanka D 115 63.8 208 82 1.0 0.4 23.9 47
Madagascar D 116 63.7 43 199 0.2 0.7 16.0 22
Congo, Rep. D 117 63.0 75 105 1.3 1.9 29.5 46
Malawi D 118 62.2 15 47 0.1 0.2 18.6 18
Cambodia D 119 61.9 190 198 1.1 1.2 17.8 29
Egypt E 120 61.8 2,496 657 2.4 0.6 63.2 97
Mauritania E 121 61.8 41 71 0.9 1.5 42.0 72
Yemen, Rep. E 122 61.7 125 107 0.4 0.4 41.6 61
Saudi Arabia E 123 61.4 6,724 1,043 19.0 3.0 57.2 100
Tanzania E 124 61.0 130 510 0.2 0.8 15.4 11
Kuwait E 125 60.7 1,061 229 24.5 5.3 64.1 100
Qatar E 126 60.7 957 312 32.7 10.7 59.0 97
Nepal E 127 60.4 142 243 0.5 0.8 36.4 16
Laos E 128 60.3 208 102 2.8 1.4 21.2 18
Bangladesh E 129 58.4 932 898 0.6 0.5 46.0 59
Ethiopia E 130 58.3 178 978 0.2 0.8 21.8 13
Gambia E 131 58.0 7 14 0.3 0.6 39.1 48
Cameroon E 132 57.8 93 191 0.3 0.7 56.4 66
Cote d'Ivoire E 133 57.5 117 81 0.4 0.3 40.4 44
Uganda E 134 57.5 58 217 0.1 0.5 31.3 19
Togo E 135 57.2 23 31 0.3 0.4 25.2 19
Burkina Faso E 136 56.4 57 159 0.3 0.7 40.7 47
Indonesia E 137 56.0 6,193 3,455 2.2 1.3 19.3 30
Pakistan E 138 55.9 2,295 1,734 1.0 0.8 50.1 51
Ghana E 139 55.1 213 124 0.7 0.4 46.0 45
Central African Republic E 140 54.8 2 203 0.0 4.1 27.2 6
Afghanistan E 141 54.7 119 167 0.3 0.4 62.5 30
Congo, Dem. Rep E 142 54.7 26 517 0.0 0.6 31.6 12
Guinea-Bissau E 143 54.5 4 14 0.2 0.7 34.9 24
Niger E 144 54.1 27 297 0.1 1.2 50.2 47
Senegal E 145 53.2 136 122 0.8 0.7 38.2 27
Sierra Leone E 146 50.9 13 37 0.2 0.5 39.4 10
India E 147 49.3 27,097 7,106 1.9 0.5 50.2 91
Chad E 148 48.2 19 617 0.1 3.7 41.2 6
Nigeria E 149 46.3 1,370 1,564 0.7 0.7 55.6 29
China E 150 40.6 114,724 12,131 7.9 0.8 38.2 94



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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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