China is the top country by CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption in the world. As of 2016, CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption in China was 6.95 million kt that accounts for 50.42% of the world's CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Russian Federation, and Japan) account for 77.36% of it. The world's total CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption was estimated at 13.8 million kt in 2016.

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Carbon dioxide emissions from solid fuel consumption refer mainly to emissions from use of coal as an energy source.

CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption (kt)

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Australia74,355.8143,002.0189,976.3202,733.8206,294.4199,070.4195,443.8174,835.2163,449.2169,199.0172,598.4
Brunei Darussalam0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cambodia33.00.00.00.051.358.762.3205.4957.12,317.52,684.2
China666,411.21,978,302.52,398,390.34,428,012.56,574,171.97,315,771.37,470,918.47,499,587.17,431,146.27,272,926.16,951,652.9
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.69,053.3107,864.864,227.569,856.445,166.431,129.232,629.021,774.625,405.019,094.121,690.3
Fiji0.062.344.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Hong Kong SAR, China62.318,126.014,473.625,485.723,608.128,085.627,649.229,471.730,876.125,394.025,394.0
Indonesia432.76,952.642,016.588,642.4129,426.8184,743.5192,183.879,401.641,488.4153,478.6213,852.1
Japan229,451.5290,008.4367,261.1419,603.8438,848.2409,761.6425,166.6462,793.7447,319.0447,473.0433,780.4
Kiribati0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Korea, Rep.23,300.194,850.6160,236.9187,112.3279,656.4304,900.0292,498.3296,047.9308,618.4308,270.0309,945.8
Lao PDR0.03.740.3135.7638.1751.7784.71,136.81,191.85,155.813,846.6
Macao SAR, China14.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Malaysia62.35,416.27,880.426,131.055,382.755,588.159,918.858,037.657,912.966,372.771,777.9
Marshall Islands0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mongolia1,980.27,312.06,138.66,817.011,188.018,217.731,422.539,820.026,035.719,710.122,101.0
Myanmar583.1275.01,360.5586.71,232.11,664.81,705.21,144.11,158.8927.81,210.1
Nauru0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
New Zealand4,979.84,569.14,433.48,518.45,192.55,680.26,439.35,665.55,507.85,379.54,532.4
Palau0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Papua New Guinea0.03.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Philippines84.33,608.316,314.518,789.728,254.231,041.232,471.340,058.342,764.646,457.245,991.5
Samoa0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Singapore11.077.00.011.025.725.7102.71,136.81,675.81,752.81,833.5
Solomon Islands0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Thailand462.013,600.930,109.741,228.156,189.462,951.463,354.866,273.760,916.264,671.259,148.7
Timor-Leste0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tonga0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Tuvalu0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Vanuatu0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Vietnam7,293.711,067.020,733.239,489.947,502.359,599.852,309.856,321.570,575.183,259.281,187.4
Albania891.12,500.969.773.3429.0535.4627.1550.1700.4227.414.7
Andorra0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Armenia0.00.03.77.37.33.70.03.73.7
Austria17,814.315,713.113,901.615,295.113,039.913,252.512,310.112,530.111,415.412,266.111,393.4
Azerbaijan0.00.022.018.314.711.07.311.03.7
Belarus3,513.02,273.52,273.52,317.52,944.63,146.33,256.32,929.93,157.3
Belgium49,038.838,250.529,086.618,657.713,886.912,915.211,752.712,394.511,804.111,481.410,557.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina9,717.611,859.115,885.418,500.017,249.617,099.214,561.713,501.916,164.1
Bulgaria33,153.335,932.925,170.326,761.826,710.432,042.227,425.523,197.425,008.925,907.422,339.4
Croatia1,609.82,629.22,581.62,676.92,398.22,563.22,456.92,299.22,471.6
Cyprus0.0256.7128.3139.369.733.00.00.011.014.70.0
Czechia86,471.579,020.272,683.670,996.867,036.466,028.061,935.663,182.463,915.8
Denmark9,365.523,010.415,207.014,198.614,448.012,269.89,361.911,437.49,134.56,549.37,187.3
Estonia11,408.012,596.114,921.015,434.414,418.616,805.916,134.814,781.714,404.0
Finland8,639.520,245.519,761.519,248.127,091.823,193.818,008.620,087.817,216.615,896.417,649.3
France146,093.374,957.155,584.452,823.145,221.438,661.242,702.246,508.634,539.5
Georgia58.7179.7799.41,078.11,180.81,206.41,136.81,081.81,012.1
Germany328,060.8315,967.1306,465.9301,618.1309,597.5316,190.7308,387.4308,486.4298,574.5
Greece5,705.931,741.635,588.235,298.531,011.831,136.532,122.927,564.826,413.422,130.317,238.6
Hungary46,200.524,095.915,144.711,998.410,847.011,030.310,638.09,339.88,800.89,295.88,870.5
Iceland3.7242.0370.4377.7341.0344.7352.0370.4330.0352.0374.0
Ireland8,155.413,179.210,113.610,608.68,071.17,550.49,002.57,818.07,686.08,423.18,060.1
Italy32,907.755,551.447,619.762,533.453,739.960,259.861,675.351,363.749,621.8
Kazakhstan74,894.8107,318.4131,219.9143,720.7143,904.1142,426.3140,721.1130,075.8134,127.9
Kyrgyz Republic1,866.52,321.22,684.22,867.64,019.03,579.04,506.74,341.73,483.7
Latvia498.7311.7410.7418.0348.4300.7227.4176.0154.0
Liechtenstein0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Lithuania377.7766.4803.1916.8898.41,026.8869.1693.1704.1
Luxembourg9,493.94,294.1476.7333.7286.0220.0205.4179.7201.7187.0201.7
North Macedonia8,826.58,008.75,229.15,823.25,529.84,561.74,319.73,751.33,417.6
Moldova366.7286.0326.4333.7414.4553.7352.0370.4271.4
Montenegro1,664.81,624.51,675.81,507.11,455.81,419.11,496.11,184.4
Netherlands18,819.029,889.725,416.028,023.225,309.627,410.830,168.429,658.733,259.740,619.437,836.1
Norway3,590.03,274.63,982.42,948.32,907.93,208.63,098.62,940.93,223.33,113.32,874.9
Poland261,699.1307,555.0219,147.3211,164.2213,529.4211,893.9197,005.9206,584.1191,395.4187,838.4191,399.1
Portugal3,010.610,355.614,363.612,772.26,303.68,379.111,133.010,051.210,164.912,357.810,795.6
Romania32,742.647,876.429,167.334,792.527,462.232,236.629,853.022,563.122,464.023,362.520,773.6
Russian Federation1,181,819.11,235,885.3464,322.9433,637.4394,580.2400,502.4456,845.9421,646.3404,847.8453,090.9441,708.5
Serbia30,846.834,304.830,139.131,312.524,645.930,593.831,092.5
Slovak Republic16,307.116,332.815,196.014,374.613,457.913,410.213,289.212,753.813,164.5
Slovenia5,152.16,054.25,606.85,760.95,551.85,284.14,140.04,231.73,850.4
Spain36,409.673,556.479,680.278,103.431,033.847,385.058,290.641,638.843,461.350,237.938,928.9
Sweden6,993.011,015.79,295.89,900.99,519.59,493.98,305.88,426.88,005.18,045.47,854.7
Switzerland2,156.21,356.8513.4553.7550.1513.4465.7476.7546.4502.4443.7
Tajikistan44.0168.7337.4370.4704.1876.41,481.51,760.22,233.2
Turkiye17,495.365,874.087,215.987,586.3122,690.5130,717.5133,288.1126,364.8138,862.0132,983.8148,099.1
Turkmenistan0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ukraine146,529.7140,794.5135,202.3139,082.0159,771.2148,990.2117,608.0102,859.4106,002.0
United Kingdom353,190.8236,125.5137,380.5143,372.4116,280.6114,769.8145,642.2141,208.8114,509.490,435.645,012.4
Uzbekistan4,921.14,429.75,155.85,419.85,474.85,691.26,149.65,533.56,094.6
Antigua and Barbuda0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Argentina3,289.33,072.91,657.53,271.03,993.44,726.85,012.84,235.44,176.74,008.03,010.6
Barbados0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Belize0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Bolivia3.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Brazil8,910.835,749.651,250.052,815.858,543.764,165.262,944.168,840.673,666.474,469.467,318.8
Chile4,767.110,715.014,253.610,260.316,538.220,865.223,494.525,416.024,400.227,183.527,018.5
Colombia5,812.213,894.310,234.610,241.913,483.613,795.311,551.113,131.514,624.019,160.119,471.8
Costa Rica0.00.00.0128.3231.0341.0297.0304.4304.4275.0300.7
Cuba172.3550.184.377.077.011.014.736.73.722.07.3
Dominica0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Dominican Republic3.725.7245.71,265.11,851.82,515.61,987.52,442.23,197.62,893.32,874.9
Ecuador0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
El Salvador0.00.03.73.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Grenada0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guatemala0.00.0572.11,562.11,287.11,290.81,514.52,280.92,471.63,538.74,158.4
Guyana0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Haiti0.033.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Honduras0.00.0359.4487.7557.4663.7707.7689.4568.4300.7436.4
Jamaica3.7139.3190.7154.0113.7212.7194.4234.7275.0260.4194.4
Mexico6,772.915,907.426,721.446,845.951,096.056,086.849,262.550,017.948,983.844,150.747,660.0
Nicaragua0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Panama0.091.7157.7806.70.0630.7858.1905.7935.1938.8832.4
Paraguay0.00.00.00.00.03.73.70.00.011.03.7
Peru465.7542.71,972.83,421.33,304.03,131.62,900.63,373.63,050.93,091.33,216.0
St. Kitts and Nevis0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
St. Lucia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Suriname80.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Bahamas, The0.03.73.77.33.73.73.73.73.73.73.7
Trinidad and Tobago0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Uruguay58.73.73.73.73.73.77.37.37.37.311.0
Venezuela, RB924.11,217.4476.7135.7755.4777.4799.4795.7748.1517.0469.4
Algeria971.82,944.61,969.22,365.21,217.41,048.81,037.8726.1546.4502.40.0
Bahrain0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Djibouti0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Egypt, Arab Rep.1,228.43,362.63,146.33,069.34,129.01,701.51,804.21,701.51,496.11,345.81,353.1
Iran, Islamic Rep.1,261.42,695.25,331.86,090.95,452.85,317.24,132.74,121.73,593.74,305.13,454.3
Iraq3.73.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Israel18.39,959.628,224.927,847.228,092.929,024.332,603.326,736.124,880.625,107.920,850.6
Jordan0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0832.41,316.5682.1854.4
Kuwait0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Lebanon11.00.0502.4502.4564.7627.1627.1502.4627.1634.4645.4
Libya0.014.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Malta3.7678.40.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Morocco1,210.14,224.410,036.614,095.913,234.211,474.011,470.411,221.015,313.416,857.216,248.5
Oman0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Qatar0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Saudi Arabia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Syrian Arab Republic3.70.011.011.011.011.03.73.73.73.73.7
Tunisia363.0264.0278.70.055.044.00.00.00.00.00.0
United Arab Emirates0.00.00.0550.12,478.91,675.85,243.86,710.67,484.36,501.66,985.6
West Bank and Gaza0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Yemen, Rep.0.00.00.00.0451.0462.0473.0495.0495.0355.7322.7
Canada58,862.793,867.9122,188.1113,402.086,970.277,612.175,529.269,137.674,990.270,670.465,863.0
United States1,169,046.91,781,828.32,070,963.92,123,574.41,911,717.11,828,806.21,626,050.51,652,500.51,650,322.31,452,832.41,323,424.0
Afghanistan436.4278.73.7106.32,299.24,305.13,667.03,942.04,378.43,975.04,829.4
Bangladesh4,880.81,070.81,254.11,606.13,076.62,838.33,425.03,751.33,509.38,613.86,226.6
Bhutan0.047.7176.099.077.095.3139.3194.4253.0212.7311.7
India136,669.1405,430.9633,701.6798,071.21,093,532.41,210,839.71,363,548.31,326,152.21,487,808.21,488,152.91,516,605.2
Maldives0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nepal25.7179.7979.1938.81,103.81,114.8832.41,041.41,837.22,115.92,614.6
Pakistan4,880.88,536.88,195.716,204.517,440.317,179.914,708.313,670.618,859.419,292.124,682.6
Sri Lanka58.73.73.7231.0227.41,133.11,921.52,020.53,883.45,221.85,529.8
Angola47.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Benin0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0187.0110.0319.0
Botswana1,749.22,053.52,141.51,991.21,430.12,328.52,775.93,846.72,900.63,575.3
Burkina Faso0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Burundi0.014.77.37.318.311.029.322.014.77.314.7
Cabo Verde0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cameroon3.73.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Central African Republic0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Chad0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Comoros0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Congo, Rep.0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Cote d'Ivoire0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Congo, Dem. Rep.788.4891.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Equatorial Guinea0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Eritrea0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ethiopia0.00.00.00.0132.0451.0594.1773.71,074.41,092.81,173.4
Gabon0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ghana84.37.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guinea0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Guinea-Bissau0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Kenya220.0403.4176.0333.7627.11,015.8909.41,004.81,246.81,323.81,305.5
Lesotho1,140.41,470.51,598.81,752.81,778.51,804.21,833.51,859.21,708.81,708.8
Liberia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Madagascar55.033.025.744.0106.3407.0696.71,129.41,019.41,052.41,052.4
Malawi117.3179.7168.7157.7168.7245.7216.4220.0201.7227.4216.4
Mali0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mauritania33.014.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Mauritius0.0198.0594.1850.71,573.11,507.11,587.81,672.21,738.21,686.81,716.2
Mozambique1,543.8154.00.00.025.7124.740.336.7825.1429.051.3
Namibia40.37.351.3278.769.7275.0106.369.777.0139.3
Niger0.0223.7227.4256.7330.0370.4385.0341.0399.7333.7359.4
Nigeria172.3165.07.322.0102.784.3128.3117.3121.0124.7121.0
Rwanda0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Sao Tome and Principe0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Senegal0.00.00.0370.4674.7942.4817.7821.41,133.11,422.81,730.8
Seychelles0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Sierra Leone0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Somalia0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
South Africa123,995.9265,314.8338,159.7377,026.3407,253.4400,810.4398,342.5392,644.0412,746.5386,773.2399,604.0
South Sudan0.00.00.00.00.0
Sudan3.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Eswatini366.7425.4535.4381.4370.4374.0520.7799.4179.7231.0322.7
Tanzania11.011.0209.080.70.0216.4209.0227.4652.7682.1733.4
Gambia, The0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Togo0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Uganda0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Zambia2,438.6832.4289.7315.4381.4267.7348.4458.4484.0484.0854.4
Zimbabwe6,556.613,428.610,131.98,481.85,643.55,859.93,439.67,066.37,737.48,041.77,070.0