Objective net zero carbon emissions 2050

On the 12th of December 2015 during the COP21 in Paris, 196 nations agreed to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Are they on path to accomplish it?

Explore the data for 2024

A country sits below target when its 2015–2024 trend, extended to 2050, stays under the straight line to net zero.

Country CO2 emissions mio of tons Trend of CO2 emissions regression, mio of tons Target CO2 emissions mio of tons Difference between Trend and Target mio of tons Difference in percent of Target
Afghanistan 10.83 10.69 6.97 3.72 53.40%
Albania 4.44 4.91 3.50 1.41 40.30%
Algeria 198.20 197.23 119.10 78.14 65.60%
Andorra 0.42 0.43 0.35 0.08 23.30%
Angola 22.33 17.08 20.43 -3.35 -16.40%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.67 0.67 0.43 0.24 54.80%
Argentina 171.06 172.16 142.49 29.68 20.80%
Armenia 7.43 7.54 4.06 3.47 85.50%
Australia 386.73 398.51 297.58 100.93 33.90%
Austria 56.37 61.71 49.29 12.42 25.20%
Azerbaijan 39.83 40.26 25.76 14.50 56.30%
Bahamas 3.07 2.92 1.66 1.26 76.00%
Bahrain 39.00 38.82 24.16 14.66 60.70%
Bangladesh 108.32 110.23 57.16 53.07 92.90%
Barbados 1.37 1.34 0.99 0.35 35.40%
Belarus 55.82 59.06 43.70 15.36 35.20%
Belgium 85.46 87.82 75.27 12.55 16.70%
Belize 0.80 0.73 0.51 0.22 43.90%
Benin 6.07 5.99 3.95 2.04 51.70%
Bhutan 1.66 1.65 1.07 0.58 54.40%
Bolivia 28.71 25.17 14.78 10.39 70.30%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.43 23.02 13.71 9.30 67.80%
Botswana 7.46 8.37 4.02 4.35 108.00%
Brazil 483.01 444.25 392.36 51.89 13.20%
Brunei 12.05 13.55 5.15 8.40 163.20%
Bulgaria 31.62 35.59 35.75 -0.16 -0.40%
Burkina Faso 6.51 7.16 2.78 4.38 157.30%
Burundi 0.92 1.01 0.26 0.75 283.30%
Cambodia 21.88 25.70 6.08 19.61 322.50%
Cameroon 9.63 9.63 7.32 2.32 31.60%
Canada 533.34 542.12 418.23 123.89 29.60%
Cape Verde 0.59 0.64 0.37 0.27 74.10%
Central African Republic 0.39 0.44 0.14 0.29 203.80%
Chad 2.83 2.70 1.75 0.95 54.60%
Chile 78.73 84.71 60.75 23.96 39.40%
China 12289.04 11946.02 7323.12 4622.91 63.10%
Colombia 92.66 93.77 67.62 26.15 38.70%
Comoros 0.55 0.57 0.13 0.44 326.20%
Congo 8.84 8.72 4.19 4.53 108.20%
Cook Islands 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.02 31.70%
Costa Rica 8.76 8.34 5.46 2.88 52.70%
Cote d'Ivoire 14.83 14.96 7.10 7.86 110.70%
Croatia 18.46 17.98 13.22 4.77 36.10%
Cuba 24.44 19.29 21.61 -2.32 -10.70%
Cyprus 7.30 7.41 5.16 2.25 43.60%
Czechia 75.62 88.78 77.99 10.79 13.80%
Democratic Republic of Congo 5.90 5.33 2.43 2.90 119.10%
Denmark 28.37 28.18 26.08 2.10 8.00%
Djibouti 0.56 0.51 0.38 0.13 34.70%
Dominica 0.17 0.16 0.13 0.03 19.20%
Dominican Republic 33.13 32.22 17.08 15.14 88.70%
East Timor 0.67 0.70 0.44 0.26 59.90%
Ecuador 45.98 39.04 30.68 8.36 27.30%
Egypt 258.37 267.91 168.37 99.54 59.10%
El Salvador 8.97 7.74 4.93 2.81 57.10%
Equatorial Guinea 7.01 6.75 5.21 1.54 29.70%
Estonia 8.31 10.33 11.72 -1.40 -11.90%
Eswatini 1.04 1.16 0.63 0.53 83.30%
Ethiopia 17.84 19.79 9.33 10.46 112.10%
European Union (27) 2426.17 2572.88 2299.07 273.81 11.90%
Faroe Islands 0.73 0.81 0.45 0.36 80.00%
Fiji 1.45 1.32 1.09 0.24 21.80%
Finland 29.77 35.35 32.83 2.53 7.70%
France 264.16 280.65 246.73 33.93 13.80%
Gabon 5.40 5.38 4.29 1.09 25.40%
Gambia 0.80 0.80 0.43 0.37 86.00%
Georgia 11.78 11.64 7.27 4.36 60.00%
Germany 572.32 601.16 594.90 6.27 1.10%
Ghana 21.02 20.26 10.82 9.44 87.20%
Greece 53.36 52.01 55.66 -3.65 -6.50%
Grenada 0.38 0.37 0.19 0.18 91.60%
Guatemala 19.88 21.00 11.48 9.52 83.00%
Guinea 4.03 5.21 1.82 3.39 185.80%
Guinea-Bissau 0.34 0.37 0.11 0.26 225.20%
Guyana 4.51 4.16 1.46 2.70 185.10%
Haiti 2.97 3.50 1.97 1.53 77.40%
Honduras 12.85 11.08 8.10 2.99 36.90%
Hungary 40.02 45.96 34.59 11.36 32.80%
Iceland 3.80 3.58 2.63 0.95 36.10%
India 3193.48 3048.65 1657.92 1390.73 83.90%
Indonesia 812.22 755.11 409.43 345.67 84.40%
Iraq 233.64 234.56 105.88 128.68 121.50%
Ireland 33.31 35.35 28.76 6.59 22.90%
Israel 52.64 55.15 46.75 8.39 18.00%
Italy 301.93 309.48 268.35 41.12 15.30%
Jamaica 8.40 8.02 5.92 2.10 35.50%
Japan 961.87 963.84 906.27 57.57 6.40%
Jordan 23.22 21.68 19.17 2.51 13.10%
Kazakhstan 287.01 281.42 225.12 56.29 25.00%
Kenya 21.23 22.06 11.30 10.76 95.20%
Kiribati 0.07 0.08 0.04 0.03 74.50%
Kuwait 129.52 116.87 69.32 47.55 68.60%
Kyrgyzstan 11.77 10.25 7.63 2.63 34.50%
Laos 24.40 29.87 6.82 23.05 337.80%
Latvia 6.46 6.95 5.39 1.55 28.80%
Lebanon 15.65 18.40 19.11 -0.71 -3.70%
Lesotho 2.57 2.64 1.52 1.12 73.60%
Liberia 0.86 0.84 0.52 0.32 60.90%
Liechtenstein 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.01 7.30%
Lithuania 12.54 13.30 9.69 3.61 37.20%
Luxembourg 7.04 7.59 6.93 0.65 9.40%
Madagascar 4.53 4.71 2.32 2.39 103.10%
Malawi 1.88 2.13 0.78 1.35 172.80%
Malaysia 290.22 292.44 175.27 117.17 66.90%
Maldives 2.31 2.39 0.95 1.44 150.90%
Mali 6.98 8.14 2.53 5.62 222.50%
Malta 1.73 1.56 1.26 0.30 23.80%
Marshall Islands 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.04 42.20%
Mauritania 5.24 5.62 2.23 3.38 151.80%
Mauritius 4.67 4.47 3.13 1.35 43.00%
Mexico 460.99 442.19 356.15 86.04 24.20%
Micronesia 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.04 36.60%
Moldova 5.33 5.66 3.55 2.10 59.20%
Mongolia 44.69 53.37 17.29 36.08 208.60%
Montenegro 2.38 2.43 1.66 0.76 46.00%
Morocco 69.06 71.85 43.46 28.39 65.30%
Mozambique 8.61 8.74 5.00 3.74 74.80%
Myanmar 31.60 36.76 16.25 20.51 126.20%
Namibia 3.47 3.67 2.52 1.15 45.50%
Nauru 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.02 38.00%
Nepal 18.78 21.51 5.13 16.38 319.30%
Netherlands 114.78 123.69 121.80 1.89 1.60%
New Zealand 32.48 32.74 26.60 6.14 23.10%
Nicaragua 5.63 5.11 4.02 1.09 27.10%
Niger 3.17 3.01 1.63 1.37 84.10%
Nigeria 135.82 138.16 82.10 56.06 68.30%
Niue 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 35.60%
North Korea 62.55 82.27 23.23 59.04 254.10%
North Macedonia 6.62 7.18 4.99 2.19 43.90%
Norway 37.18 38.67 33.82 4.86 14.40%
Oman 82.66 78.22 50.43 27.80 55.10%
Pakistan 179.80 248.23 107.64 140.59 130.60%
Palau 0.23 0.23 0.15 0.08 50.80%
Palestine 4.78 4.38 2.23 2.15 96.60%
Panama 12.66 10.59 7.91 2.67 33.80%
Papua New Guinea 8.35 8.88 4.69 4.19 89.30%
Paraguay 7.94 9.29 4.49 4.80 106.90%
Peru 70.25 66.72 36.55 30.17 82.50%
Philippines 174.88 170.12 82.49 87.63 106.20%
Poland 272.86 313.31 232.18 81.13 34.90%
Portugal 35.54 38.28 38.80 -0.52 -1.40%
Qatar 125.81 117.70 69.32 48.39 69.80%
Romania 68.55 72.29 57.98 14.31 24.70%
Russia 1780.52 1731.86 1214.75 517.10 42.60%
Rwanda 2.03 2.04 0.72 1.32 183.50%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.26 0.26 0.17 0.09 52.00%
Saint Lucia 0.54 0.52 0.36 0.17 47.20%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.26 0.24 0.17 0.07 37.70%
Samoa 0.25 0.26 0.17 0.09 51.30%
Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 0.15 0.10 0.05 45.40%
Saudi Arabia 692.13 706.71 463.95 242.76 52.30%
Senegal 14.09 14.18 7.31 6.86 93.80%
Serbia 42.02 44.57 32.61 11.96 36.70%
Seychelles 0.65 0.69 0.37 0.32 86.60%
Sierra Leone 1.43 1.40 0.81 0.59 73.40%
Singapore 53.92 50.32 36.70 13.63 37.10%
Slovakia 29.09 32.19 25.65 6.54 25.50%
Slovenia 12.75 13.31 10.15 3.16 31.10%
Solomon Islands 0.29 0.29 0.22 0.07 29.50%
Somalia 1.32 1.31 0.69 0.62 90.70%
South Africa 439.83 434.33 339.84 94.49 27.80%
South Korea 583.68 613.09 471.10 141.99 30.10%
South Sudan 1.70 1.49 1.42 0.07 5.00%
Spain 220.34 216.37 200.76 15.61 7.80%
Sri Lanka 20.83 21.73 14.25 7.48 52.50%
Sudan 17.79 23.53 10.58 12.94 122.30%
Suriname 2.99 2.69 2.02 0.68 33.60%
Sweden 38.10 36.28 32.17 4.10 12.80%
Switzerland 32.07 32.69 28.79 3.90 13.50%
Syria 31.78 32.83 23.11 9.72 42.00%
Tajikistan 10.74 11.76 3.94 7.82 198.30%
Tanzania 20.02 20.00 9.50 10.50 110.60%
Thailand 267.76 274.66 205.84 68.82 33.40%
Togo 2.75 2.99 1.34 1.65 123.70%
Tonga 0.15 0.17 0.08 0.10 121.40%
Trinidad and Tobago 34.58 31.63 33.83 -2.20 -6.50%
Tunisia 32.66 30.88 23.31 7.57 32.50%
Turkey 513.03 486.61 288.01 198.60 69.00%
Turkmenistan 81.01 85.86 46.87 39.00 83.20%
Tuvalu 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 130.30%
Uganda 6.33 6.78 3.36 3.42 101.70%
Ukraine 142.50 171.74 166.29 5.45 3.30%
United Arab Emirates 221.99 199.87 167.18 32.69 19.60%
United Kingdom 312.91 288.38 313.83 -25.44 -8.10%
United States 4904.12 4830.39 3988.03 842.36 21.10%
Uruguay 7.97 7.22 5.01 2.22 44.30%
Uzbekistan 139.23 125.60 76.79 48.81 63.60%
Vanuatu 0.20 0.22 0.10 0.12 124.30%
Venezuela 116.04 72.61 123.56 -50.95 -41.20%
Vietnam 370.93 381.54 158.52 223.02 140.70%
World 38598.58 37963.88 26299.76 11664.11 44.40%
Zambia 12.04 12.60 4.10 8.50 207.20%
Zimbabwe 13.70 10.38 8.93 1.46 16.30%