Top 10 emitting countries dumped a record amount of_CO2 in 2023

The 10 largest emitters of carbon dioxide from energy production discharged a record 24.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2023, according to the Energy Institute’s 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy. That collective figure was 582 million tons more than the 2022 total, and it came despite annual emissions cuts in five of the top 10 polluters globally. The three biggest energy polluters were China, the United States and India, which together accounted for more than 53% of all energy pollution last year. China alone unloaded a record 11.2 billion tons, marking a jump of 642 million tons in emissions from 2022, and its largest annual tonnage increase since 2011.

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