Indonesia climbed from tenth to fourth in CO2 from coal
Fossil CO2 emitted by burning coal, world rank, 2015 vs 2025 (2025 a preliminary estimate).
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Indonesia's CO2 from coal in 2025, up from 198 Mt in 2015: more than doubled.
Indonesia edged past Japan in 2022 and now trails only China, India and the United States.
Viet Nam's CO2 from coal over the same decade, 98 to 217 Mt and 16th to 9th: coal's growth has moved to Southeast Asia.
the numbers & method
| 2015 (Mt) | 2025 (Mt) | |
|---|---|---|
| China | 7,266 | 8,843 |
| India | 1,450 | 2,133 |
| United States | 1,450 | 757 |
| Japan | 460 | 386 |
| Russia | 417 | 361 |
| South Africa | 388 | 384 |
| Germany | 341 | 160 |
| Korea | 335 | 248 |
| Poland | 202 | 133 |
| Indonesia | 198 | 463 |
Claim types Fact · Estimate · Interpretation
Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget fossil CO2 emissions by country, dataset 2026v11 (Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23667912, 2026-10-26), CO2 from coal, million tonnes (Mt); read from the Global Carbon Project file on Zenodo via the progrss vault (GUIDELINES §4.11). 2025 values are the Global Carbon Project's preliminary estimates. 2015 → 2025, Mt: China 7,266.4 → 8,843.2; India 1,449.6 → 2,132.6; United States 1,449.6 → 756.8 (India 1,449.59 vs US 1,449.56 in 2015); Japan 460.2 → 386.2; Russia 417.0 → 361.1; South Africa 387.5 → 383.7; Germany 341.1 → 160.2; Korea 335.4 → 247.7; Poland 201.6 → 133.4; Indonesia 197.8 → 462.8. Indonesia by year: 2021 303.2 (7th), 2022 404.6 (4th, Japan 403.6), 2023 399.1, 2024 436.0, 2025 462.8. Viet Nam 97.9 (16th) → 216.5 (9th). World ranks are progrss calculations among the countries in the dataset (139 in 2015, 137 in 2025). The chart shows the ten biggest coal emitters of 2015 and ranks them among themselves; for Indonesia these equal its world ranks. In 2025 Germany was 12th and Poland 14th in the world. Interpretation in takeaway 3 (coal's growth moving to Southeast Asia) is progrss's reading of these figures; China still added the most CO2 from coal (+1,577 Mt).
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