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Fluorinated Gases

1.7 Gt CO₂e/yr · 2.6% of global tracked · ≈ 378 million cars/yr

The worst emitters in fluorinated gases — countries and companies, side-by-side, from Climate TRACE open data.

What is it? Synthetic gases used as refrigerants, propellants and insulators (HFCs, PFCs, SF₆).
Why does it emit? Tiny leaks have outsized warming power — these molecules trap thousands of times more heat than CO₂.
What's it equivalent to? That's about 378 million cars/yr a year.

Worst country in fluorinated gases

About this sector

Fluorinated Gases accounts for 1.7 Gt CO₂e a year — about 2.6% of all tracked global emissions. The league tables below rank both the countries where this sector is largest and the companies whose biggest attributed sector is fluorinated gases. Totals come from Climate TRACE’s open dataset and refresh whenever the pipeline runs.

1.7 GtAnnual total47Countries ranked0Companies ranked

Top countries in this sector

1China= 124M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share571 Mt CO₂e 2USA= 55.8M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share257 Mt CO₂e 3India= 18.3M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share84 Mt CO₂e 4Saudi Arabia= 16.1M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share74 Mt CO₂e 5Russia= 15.4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share70.9 Mt CO₂e 6Thailand= 10M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share46.1 Mt CO₂e 7UAE= 6.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share28.5 Mt CO₂e 8Mexico= 5.9M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share27 Mt CO₂e 9Japan= 5.7M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share26.4 Mt CO₂e 10South Korea= 5.5M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share25.1 Mt CO₂e

Show all countries (47)

11Iran= 5M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share23.2 Mt CO₂e 12Egypt= 4.6M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share21 Mt CO₂e 13Indonesia= 4.6M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share20.9 Mt CO₂e 14Kuwait= 4.5M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share20.7 Mt CO₂e 15Brazil= 4.5M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share20.5 Mt CO₂e 16South Africa= 4.4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share20.2 Mt CO₂e 17Argentina= 4.4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share20.1 Mt CO₂e 18Canada= 4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share18.3 Mt CO₂e 19Nigeria= 3.7M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share17.1 Mt CO₂e 20Italy= 3.6M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share16.5 Mt CO₂e 21Australia= 3.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share14.9 Mt CO₂e 22Pakistan= 2.9M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share13.5 Mt CO₂e 23Viet Nam= 2.7M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share12.5 Mt CO₂e 24UK= 2.5M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share11.4 Mt CO₂e 25Colombia= 2.4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share10.8 Mt CO₂e 26Venezuela= 2.3M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share10.6 Mt CO₂e 27Turkey= 2.3M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share10.4 Mt CO₂e 28Germany= 2.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share10.2 Mt CO₂e 29Taiwan= 2.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share10 Mt CO₂e 30Philippines= 1.8M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share8.4 Mt CO₂e 31France= 1.7M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share7.9 Mt CO₂e 32Libya= 1.4M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share6.2 Mt CO₂e 33Poland= 1.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share5.7 Mt CO₂e 34Iraq= 1.2M cars/yrFluorinated Gases share5.3 Mt CO₂e 35Kazakhstan= 974k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share4.5 Mt CO₂e 36Spain= 963k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share4.4 Mt CO₂e 37Qatar= 896k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share4.1 Mt CO₂e 38Algeria= 806k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share3.7 Mt CO₂e 39Bangladesh= 745k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share3.4 Mt CO₂e 40Malaysia= 585k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share2.7 Mt CO₂e 41Ukraine= 579k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share2.7 Mt CO₂e 42Sudan= 540k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share2.5 Mt CO₂e 43Oman= 355k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share1.6 Mt CO₂e 44Netherlands= 318k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share1.5 Mt CO₂e 45Turkmenistan= 74.3k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share341.6 kt CO₂e 46Uzbekistan= 67k cars/yrFluorinated Gases share308.3 kt CO₂e 47Ethiopia= 182 cars/yrFluorinated Gases share838 t CO₂e

Where this comes from

Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0