What countries produce the highest amount of carbon dioxide in the world?
1 Answer
Mar 25, 2016
In order of greatest production: China, the US, the European Union (multiple countries), India, Russia, and Japan.
Explanation:
The countries/regions that emit the most CO2 are China, the US, the European Union (multiple countries), India, Russia, and Japan.
A 2015 Trends in Global CO2 Emissions report from the Netherlands' Environmental Assessment Agency includes this helpful figure on recent data:
The World Resources Institute has a very useful website where greenhouse gas emissions from 2012 are given for the top ten emitters and data within each country is further broken down into industry.
The website Global Carbon Atlas also has some interesting infographics where you can display emission data in tables, using a map, over time, and so forth.
