We calculate the CO2 growth rate indicator as the average annual rate of CO2 emissions over the years 2010–2019. We then adjust for economic trends to isolate change due to policy effort rather than economic fluctuation. A score of 100 indicates a country is cutting emissions by ≥7.59% per year, and a score of 0 indicates that a country has among the worst (≥95th-percentile) rates of emissions growth in the world. Data are drawn from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Adjusted emissions growth rate for carbon dioxide
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 100.00 | 37.40 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 97.50 | 47.80 |
| Finland | 3 | 88.70 | 50.50 |
| Malta | 4 | 87.50 | 54.60 |
| Sweden | 5 | 87.20 | 36.50 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 83.90 | 83.90 |
| Djibouti | 7 | 82.10 | 52.20 |
| Cuba | 8 | 78.80 | 31.40 |
| Barbados | 9 | 76.10 | 41.90 |
| North Macedonia | 10 | 74.80 | 4.00 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 71.60 | 19.90 |
| Luxembourg | 12 | 70.30 | 53.90 |
| Slovenia | 13 | 67.20 | 24.10 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 67.10 | 16.00 |
| France | 15 | 66.10 | 17.20 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 65.70 | 17.10 |
| Italy | 17 | 64.60 | 19.40 |
| Germany | 18 | 64.30 | 6.80 |
| Latvia | 19 | 64.00 | 22.80 |
| Czech Republic | 20 | 63.60 | 14.70 |
| Japan | 21 | 63.00 | 17.90 |
| Eswatini | 22 | 62.90 | -12.00 |
| Romania | 23 | 61.40 | 17.80 |
| Singapore | 24 | 60.80 | 6.20 |
| Bulgaria | 25 | 60.00 | 12.90 |
| Australia | 26 | 59.40 | 20.10 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 27 | 58.90 | 58.90 |
| Bahamas | 28 | 58.40 | NA |
| Slovakia | 29 | 58.20 | 6.50 |
| United States of America | 30 | 57.80 | 11.20 |
| Mexico | 31 | 57.00 | 22.10 |
| Croatia | 32 | 56.10 | 23.20 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 33 | 55.90 | 55.90 |
| Israel | 34 | 55.80 | 13.50 |
| Greece | 34 | 55.80 | 14.70 |
| Belgium | 36 | 55.50 | -8.70 |
| Estonia | 37 | 55.00 | 16.20 |
| Montenegro | 38 | 54.70 | 27.30 |
| South Africa | 39 | 54.60 | 22.40 |
| Venezuela | 40 | 54.50 | -12.90 |
| Austria | 41 | 54.30 | 16.10 |
| Solomon Islands | 41 | 54.30 | 31.20 |
| Ireland | 43 | 53.10 | 9.20 |
| Spain | 44 | 52.70 | 23.20 |
| Poland | 45 | 52.20 | 1.90 |
| Argentina | 46 | 51.80 | 21.60 |
| Tunisia | 46 | 51.80 | 21.60 |
| Uzbekistan | 48 | 51.60 | 1.90 |
| Cyprus | 49 | 51.00 | 15.10 |
| Bahrain | 50 | 50.90 | 22.90 |
| Belarus | 51 | 50.60 | 8.20 |
| Dominica | 52 | 50.50 | 50.50 |
| Central African Republic | 53 | 50.40 | -3.40 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53 | 50.40 | 41.20 |
| Gabon | 55 | 50.30 | -14.80 |
| Hungary | 56 | 49.60 | -2.10 |
| Jordan | 56 | 49.60 | 33.00 |
| Norway | 58 | 49.30 | 6.70 |
| Iceland | 59 | 49.10 | 16.70 |
| Portugal | 60 | 48.90 | -0.40 |
| Jamaica | 61 | 48.50 | 7.10 |
| Russia | 62 | 47.70 | 6.10 |
| Serbia | 63 | 47.30 | 22.30 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 47.10 | 19.70 |
| Kazakhstan | 65 | 45.70 | 43.30 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 66 | 45.20 | 4.40 |
| Lithuania | 67 | 44.80 | -0.90 |
| Saint Lucia | 68 | 44.50 | -1.70 |
| Republic of Congo | 69 | 43.80 | -1.00 |
| Lebanon | 69 | 43.80 | -13.90 |
| Lesotho | 71 | 43.50 | 4.00 |
| Brazil | 72 | 42.90 | 2.60 |
| Albania | 73 | 42.30 | 37.40 |
| New Zealand | 74 | 42.20 | -5.30 |
| Uruguay | 74 | 42.20 | -3.30 |
| South Korea | 76 | 42.00 | 9.40 |
| United Arab Emirates | 76 | 42.00 | 27.20 |
| Thailand | 78 | 41.60 | 22.20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 79 | 41.40 | 41.40 |
| Ecuador | 80 | 41.20 | 24.30 |
| Canada | 81 | 40.80 | -0.60 |
| Grenada | 82 | 40.70 | 9.90 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 83 | 40.30 | 34.50 |
| China | 84 | 40.20 | 40.20 |
| Chile | 85 | 39.90 | 1.00 |
| Kuwait | 85 | 39.90 | 20.20 |
| Angola | 87 | 39.00 | -11.00 |
| Suriname | 88 | 37.80 | -45.50 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 89 | 37.40 | 18.80 |
| Nigeria | 89 | 37.40 | -13.80 |
| El Salvador | 91 | 36.60 | 1.60 |
| Mauritius | 92 | 35.70 | 22.00 |
| Morocco | 93 | 34.60 | 19.70 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 94 | 34.00 | 14.20 |
| Moldova | 95 | 33.90 | -14.80 |
| Egypt | 96 | 33.40 | 13.70 |
| Azerbaijan | 97 | 32.90 | -9.10 |
| Dominican Republic | 98 | 32.60 | -16.10 |
| Qatar | 99 | 32.50 | 17.40 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 | 32.30 | 18.70 |
| Seychelles | 101 | 31.50 | 12.10 |
| Costa Rica | 102 | 31.10 | 9.80 |
| Colombia | 103 | 30.80 | -18.20 |
| Malaysia | 104 | 30.70 | 26.00 |
| Panama | 104 | 30.70 | -3.40 |
| Cabo Verde | 106 | 29.70 | 29.70 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 29.60 | -8.40 |
| Marshall Islands | 108 | 29.50 | 4.20 |
| Turkmenistan | 108 | 29.50 | 18.10 |
| Zimbabwe | 110 | 29.30 | -24.50 |
| Armenia | 111 | 29.20 | 9.70 |
| Iran | 112 | 28.20 | 12.20 |
| Honduras | 113 | 28.10 | 22.70 |
| Peru | 114 | 27.60 | -13.70 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 27.40 | 13.40 |
| Belize | 116 | 27.30 | -7.00 |
| Malawi | 117 | 27.00 | -15.00 |
| Georgia | 118 | 26.70 | 4.10 |
| Nicaragua | 119 | 26.50 | -2.50 |
| Turkey | 119 | 26.50 | 1.00 |
| Guyana | 121 | 25.10 | -32.10 |
| Guinea | 122 | 23.50 | NA |
| Eritrea | 123 | 23.40 | -23.90 |
| Oman | 123 | 23.40 | 23.40 |
| Bolivia | 125 | 22.70 | -8.90 |
| Vanuatu | 126 | 21.70 | -49.30 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 127 | 20.50 | -13.50 |
| Algeria | 128 | 18.80 | -20.80 |
| Kenya | 129 | 18.70 | -46.00 |
| Namibia | 129 | 18.70 | -2.90 |
| Chad | 131 | 18.30 | 18.30 |
| Senegal | 132 | 18.20 | -3.20 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 133 | 18.10 | -6.40 |
| Gambia | 134 | 17.90 | -7.20 |
| Kiribati | 134 | 17.90 | 17.90 |
| India | 136 | 17.60 | -5.70 |
| Togo | 137 | 17.40 | -21.50 |
| Paraguay | 138 | 17.20 | -34.60 |
| Uganda | 139 | 15.40 | 15.40 |
| Micronesia | 140 | 14.10 | -34.50 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| Samoa | 141 | 13.10 | -18.70 |
| Sierra Leone | 143 | 12.70 | 12.70 |
| Guatemala | 144 | 12.20 | -11.80 |
| Ghana | 145 | 11.60 | -10.80 |
| Botswana | 146 | 10.70 | -20.90 |
| Tanzania | 147 | 10.60 | 10.60 |
| Bangladesh | 148 | 9.40 | 2.50 |
| Comoros | 149 | 9.00 | -8.00 |
| Benin | 150 | 8.80 | 8.80 |
| Pakistan | 150 | 8.80 | -7.20 |
| Sudan | 152 | 8.50 | 8.50 |
| Timor-Leste | 153 | 8.10 | -38.50 |
| Maldives | 154 | 7.80 | 7.80 |
| Niger | 155 | 5.40 | -46.40 |
| Mali | 155 | 5.40 | -14.90 |
| Haiti | 157 | 4.40 | 2.70 |
| Liberia | 158 | 4.20 | -24.20 |
| Burundi | 159 | 4.10 | -89.20 |
| Philippines | 160 | 2.80 | -45.60 |
| Mauritania | 161 | 2.40 | -12.00 |
| Tonga | 162 | 2.30 | -27.40 |
| Burkina Faso | 163 | 2.20 | -11.60 |
| Iraq | 164 | 1.90 | -45.50 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 165 | NA | -43.80 |
| Fiji | 165 | NA | -13.00 |
| Cambodia | 165 | NA | -5.80 |
| Ethiopia | 165 | NA | -1.80 |
| Laos | 165 | NA | NA |
| Nepal | 165 | NA | -57.50 |
| Madagascar | 165 | NA | -50.40 |
| Bhutan | 165 | NA | -48.80 |
| Rwanda | 165 | NA | -45.60 |
| Zambia | 165 | NA | -44.40 |
| Tajikistan | 165 | NA | -29.90 |
| Mongolia | 165 | NA | -22.70 |
| Sri Lanka | 165 | NA | -18.90 |
| Myanmar | 165 | NA | -17.00 |
| Mozambique | 165 | NA | NA |
| Viet Nam | 165 | NA | NA |