GHG growth rate adjusted by per capita emissions

Average annual growth rate in greenhouse gas emissions over the last decade adjusted to account for declines in GDP and for how close countries are to a target of zero emissions per capita.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Timor-Leste 1 71.8 43.6
Estonia 2 69.6 46.6
United Kingdom 3 61.6 5.7
Greece 4 60.8 19.0
Malta 5 59.8 13.2
Cuba 6 59.6 17.2
Zimbabwe 7 59.0 16.6
Jamaica 8 58.1 6.6
Vanuatu 9 57.9 25.3
Denmark 10 56.9 -0.4
Finland 10 56.9 10.3
Albania 12 56.3 16.7
Barbados 13 55.4 11.4
Ukraine 14 55.3 10.1
Solomon Islands 15 54.1 16.2
Switzerland 16 53.7 4.1
France 17 53.6 1.2
Germany 18 53.4 11.1
Sweden 19 53.1 -1.7
Angola 20 52.9 12.1
Japan 21 52.8 14.1
Portugal 22 51.9 1.1
Fiji 23 51.0 -2.5
Spain 24 50.7 -0.9
Ecuador 25 50.3 18.2
Eswatini 26 49.6 -6.8
Lesotho 27 49.3 7.5
Dominica 28 48.8 4.1
Samoa 29 48.6 10.5
Luxembourg 30 48.4 10.6
Slovenia 30 48.4 -0.9
Haiti 32 48.0 10.4
Italy 32 48.0 2.4
Netherlands 34 47.9 4.8
Gabon 35 47.8 2.0
Nigeria 35 47.8 4.9
Equatorial Guinea 37 47.7 20.0
Croatia 38 47.5 -0.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 38 47.5 2.1
Central African Republic 40 47.1 -5.3
Jordan 40 47.1 13.6
Sierra Leone 42 46.8 15.3
Afghanistan 43 46.7 34.4
Djibouti 44 46.5 0.0
Latvia 44 46.5 0.2
Romania 46 46.4 -11.8
Belgium 47 46.2 -3.2
Costa Rica 48 45.9 3.9
Kyrgyzstan 48 45.9 26.4
Myanmar 50 45.7 3.7
Saint Lucia 51 45.6 9.6
Dem. Rep. Congo 52 45.5 7.6
Venezuela 52 45.5 13.5
South Africa 54 45.0 9.7
El Salvador 55 44.9 -11.8
Sri Lanka 56 44.8 7.7
Madagascar 57 44.7 0.7
Austria 58 44.5 -4.4
Brazil 59 44.4 12.8
Eritrea 60 43.9 -0.1
Lithuania 60 43.9 0.1
Guinea-Bissau 62 43.6 4.4
Micronesia 63 43.5 1.3
North Macedonia 63 43.5 -8.0
Sudan 65 43.4 1.9
Zambia 65 43.4 4.3
Czech Republic 67 43.3 -2.7
Thailand 68 43.2 11.7
Burundi 69 43.0 8.8
Cabo Verde 69 43.0 -0.9
Slovakia 69 43.0 -9.8
Mexico 72 42.8 3.6
Bahamas 73 42.7 6.5
Mozambique 74 42.6 15.2
Moldova 75 42.4 -7.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 76 42.1 10.9
Bulgaria 77 41.9 -7.2
Cameroon 77 41.9 -3.5
Marshall Islands 79 41.8 6.0
Gambia 80 41.5 10.3
Honduras 81 41.4 4.6
Rwanda 82 41.1 -0.9
Cote d'Ivoire 83 41.0 2.7
Hungary 83 41.0 -19.6
Israel 83 41.0 8.5
Tunisia 83 41.0 3.9
Egypt 87 40.9 2.9
Mauritius 87 40.9 10.4
Bolivia 89 40.7 11.7
Colombia 90 40.6 6.2
Panama 91 40.4 13.4
Uganda 91 40.4 15.9
Kiribati 93 40.3 -3.5
Liberia 93 40.3 9.8
Norway 93 40.3 3.3
Peru 93 40.3 10.7
Poland 97 39.9 -1.9
Cyprus 98 39.6 -6.1
Nicaragua 99 39.5 2.7
Serbia 100 39.4 -20.6
Argentina 101 39.1 -1.8
Antigua and Barbuda 102 39.0 -0.5
Dominican Republic 103 38.9 1.5
Montenegro 104 38.8 -4.1
Georgia 105 38.7 7.1
Sao Tome and Principe 106 38.6 8.4
Uzbekistan 106 38.6 -8.2
Belarus 108 38.4 14.9
Armenia 109 38.1 -0.3
Chile 109 38.1 5.2
Tanzania 109 38.1 5.3
Lebanon 112 37.7 17.5
South Korea 113 37.6 17.7
Papua New Guinea 114 37.0 -16.6
Suriname 114 37.0 28.0
Ireland 116 36.9 -10.1
Morocco 117 36.6 0.2
Iceland 118 35.8 5.4
Bangladesh 119 35.5 1.4
United States of America 119 35.5 0.6
Paraguay 121 35.4 10.4
New Zealand 122 35.2 4.2
India 123 34.9 8.3
Taiwan 124 34.8 -5.4
Algeria 125 34.7 3.0
Senegal 125 34.7 1.8
Belize 127 34.3 0.3
Ethiopia 128 34.0 4.1
Burkina Faso 129 33.7 -1.2
Guatemala 130 33.3 -5.8
Republic of Congo 131 33.2 -10.5
Canada 132 33.1 4.4
Azerbaijan 133 33.0 -4.2
Pakistan 133 33.0 -7.2
Nepal 135 32.9 -1.6
Philippines 136 32.8 -2.8
Bhutan 137 32.6 9.0
Togo 138 32.1 -6.0
Singapore 139 32.0 10.2
Mauritania 140 31.5 -4.8
Guinea 141 31.4 4.7
Uruguay 141 31.4 -1.0
China 143 31.1 18.8
Kazakhstan 143 31.1 15.7
Namibia 143 31.1 -3.3
Turkiye 146 30.8 6.1
Iran 147 30.4 3.1
Tonga 147 30.4 -20.9
Australia 149 30.2 9.4
Grenada 150 29.9 -0.6
Indonesia 151 29.6 3.9
Russia 151 29.6 -1.0
Kenya 153 29.3 0.2
Malaysia 154 29.2 6.6
Comoros 155 26.9 -8.8
Niger 155 26.9 -2.2
Turkmenistan 157 26.4 12.4
Benin 158 26.2 -6.3
Ghana 159 25.9 2.6
Iraq 160 25.5 11.9
Mali 161 25.3 -7.9
Guyana 162 24.0 -4.3
Maldives 163 23.5 12.9
Cambodia 164 21.4 -15.7
Trinidad and Tobago 165 21.3 17.4
Seychelles 166 19.8 -18.2
Chad 167 18.9 -4.8
Oman 167 18.9 18.9
Saudi Arabia 169 18.8 14.3
Botswana 170 18.7 -7.9
Malawi 171 17.7 -15.2
Tajikistan 172 16.2 -32.1
Viet Nam 173 12.0 -15.0
United Arab Emirates 174 11.3 11.3
Mongolia 175 8.8 8.8
Brunei Darussalam 176 5.0 -4.7
Bahrain 177 1.5 1.5
Kuwait 178 1.0 -12.9
Laos 179 0.0 -23.5
Qatar 179 0.0 0.0