List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita

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This is a list of countries ranked by greenhouse-gas emissions per capita in 2000. It is based on data for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon and sulfur hexafluoride emissions compiled by the World Resources Institute^[1] (WRI) from a variety of sources, including CDIAC and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Bunker-fuel emissions are not included.

Two sets of per capita emissions are given, one with an estimate of the effects of land-use change (for example, cutting down forests) and one without. The former is based on regional estimates in Houghton (2003)^[2]. Difficulties with determining rates of deforestation and the magnitude of carbon stocks held by the remaining forests and with distributing regional carbon fluxes among individual countries mean that the land-use change components have a large margin of error, perhaps as large as +/-150% in some cases. They are included here because, although difficult to quantify accurately at a country level, land-use change is a significant contributor to global warming. The WRI estimates that it accounted for almost a fifth of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2000.

[edit] List of countries by emissions

Per capita GHG emissions in 2000, including land-use change

Per capita GHG emissions in 2000, not including land-use change

GHG emissions by country in 2000, including land-use change

Per capita responsibility for current atmospheric CO₂ level, including land-use change

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in 2000
Rank with land-use change	Rank without land-use change	Country	Tonnes of CO₂e with land-use change	Tonnes of CO₂e without land-use change
1	51	Belize¹¹	93.9	8.4
2	1	Qatar	54.7	54.7
3	76	Guyana	52.5	5.6
4	64	Malaysia	37.2	6.8
5	2	United Arab Emirates¹	36.8	36.8
6	3	Kuwait	30.4	30.4
7	154	Papua New Guinea²	29.2	1.7
8	4	Brunei¹	25.9	25.9
9	5	Australia	25.9	25.6
10	6	Antigua & Barbuda¹	25.3	25.3
11	119	Zambia	24.6	2.6
12	9	Canada	24.3	22.2
13	8	Bahrain	23.9	23.9
14	7	USA³	22.9	24.3
15	10	Trinidad & Tobago¹	22.1	22.1
16	11	Luxembourg¹	21.2	21.2
17	102	Panama	19.7	3.6
18	12	New Zealand	19.3	18.5
19	14	Estonia	18.2	16.6
20	68	Botswana	17.8	6.5
21	13	Ireland	16.8	17.3
22	15	Saudi Arabia	16.5	16.5
23	41	Venezuela	15.8	9.9
24	123	Indonesia	14.9	2.4
25	89	Bolivia	14.8	4.7
26	90	Equatorial Guinea	14.5	4.6
27	16	Belgium¹	14.3	14.3
28	17	Turkmenistan¹	14.2	14.2
29	18	Singapore	14.1	14.1
30	19	Czech Republic	13.9	13.9
31	173	Liberia	13.9	1.0
32	20	Netherlands⁴	13.5	13.5
33	22	Russia	13.5	13.1
34	121	Nicaragua	13.4	2.5
35	21	Finland	13.1	13.3
36	23	Oman	12.9	12.9
37	24	Palau¹	12.8	12.8
38	87	Brazil	12.8	4.9
39	25	Denmark⁵	12.5	12.5
40	26	Germany	12.3	12.3
41	30	Mongolia	11.8	11.6
42	28	Israel	11.8	11.8
43	29	Nauru¹	11.7	11.7
44	27	Norway	11.4	12.1
45	32	South Korea	11.1	11.0
46	33	Kazakhstan¹	11.0	11.0
47	34	UK	11.0	11.0
48	36	Libya	10.8	10.6
49	31	Greece	10.8	11.0
50	35	Japan	10.7	10.7
51	151	Myanmar	10.7	1.7
52	37	Taiwan	10.6	10.6
53	38	Cyprus	10.3	10.2
54	43	Slovenia	10.2	9.7
55	73	Cambodia	10.2	5.8
56	39	Austria	10.0	10.1
57	40	Iceland¹	10.0	10.0
58	115	Peru	9.9	2.7
59	69	Paraguay	9.9	6.1
60	42	Ukraine¹	9.8	9.8
61	44	Poland	9.6	9.6
62	45	South Africa	9.5	9.5
63	53	Argentina	9.3	7.8
64	49	Slovakia	9.3	8.7
65	46	Spain⁶	9.2	9.4
66	47	Italy⁷	9.2	9.2
67	56	Central African Republic	9.0	6.7
68	48	France⁸	8.7	8.8
69	50	Surinam	8.6	8.6
70	52	Belarus	8.6	8.0
71	78	Gabon	8.4	5.5
72	104	Ecuador	8.2	3.4
73	125	Cameroon	7.6	2.4
74	57	Iran	7.6	7.5
75	136	Côte d'Ivoire	7.5	2.0
76	58	Sweden	7.5	7.5
77	60	Seychelles^1,2	7.4	7.4
78	126	Guatemala	7.4	2.4
79	55	Bulgaria	7.4	7.7
80	61	Serbia & Montenegro	7.4	7.4
81	59	Hungary	7.4	7.4
82	174	Congo, Dem. Rep.	7.4	1.0
83	62	Uzbekistan¹	7.3	7.3
84	54	Portugal⁹	7.2	7.8
85	63	Switzerland¹⁰	7.1	7.2
86	65	Azerbaijan	6.8	6.8
87	79	Angola	6.7	5.4
88	57	Bahamas	6.6	6.6
89	162	Benin	6.5	1.4
90	116	Zimbabwe	6.5	2.7
91	142	Laos	6.4	1.9
92	80	Mexico	6.4	5.4
93	164	Nepal	6.3	1.3
94	100	Colombia	6.3	3.8
95	85	Namibia	6.3	5.1
96	81	Chile	6.3	5.3
97	70	Malta	6.1	6.1
98	109	Congo, Rep.²	6.0	3.2
99	128	Madagascar	6.0	2.3
100	71	Croatia	5.9	6.0
101	88	Jamaica	5.9	4.8
102	72	Macedonia¹	5.8	5.8
103	74	Barbados¹	5.8	5.8
104	96	Latvia	5.7	4.0
105	75	Mauritania¹	5.6	5.6
106	82	Turkey	5.6	5.3
107	77	Romania	5.5	5.5
108	92	Lithuania	5.4	4.5
109	112	Costa Rica	5.4	2.8
110	83	Lebanon	5.3	5.2
111	84	North Korea	5.2	5.1
112	93	Thailand	5.1	4.3
113	86	Jordan	4.9	4.9
114	138	Honduras	4.7	2.0
115	101	Sudan	4.6	3.7
116	91	Bosnia & Herzegovina	4.5	4.5
117	95	Algeria	4.2	4.2
118	94	Iraq	4.2	4.2
119	166	Sierra Leone	4.2	1.2
120	98	Syria	4.0	4.0
121	99	China	3.9	3.9
122	106	Tunisia	3.7	3.3
123	103	Dominican Republic	3.5	3.5
124	105	St Kitts & Nevis¹	3.3	3.3
125	155	Nigeria	3.3	1.6
126	110	Fiji²	3.3	3.1
127	139	Guinea	3.2	2.0
128	107	Mauritius¹	3.2	3.2
129	97	Cuba	3.1	4.0
130	161	Togo	3.1	1.5
131	111	Vanuatu	3.0	2.9
132	152	Philippines	3.0	1.7
133	182	Malawi	3.0	0.6
134	130	Mali	2.9	2.2
135	124	Chad	2.9	2.4
136	165	Sri Lanka	2.8	1.3
137	169	Uganda	2.7	1.1
138	113	Dominica¹	2.7	2.7
139	114	St Lucia¹	2.7	2.7
140	117	Egypt	2.6	2.6
141	118	Niue^1,2	2.6	2.6
142	167	Ghana	2.6	1.2
143	120	Moldova¹	2.5	2.5
144	122	Grenada¹	2.5	2.5
145	148	El Salvador	2.4	1.8
146	159	Guinea-Bissau	2.4	1.6
147	140	Tanzania	2.4	1.9
148	127	Djibouti	2.4	2.4
149	135	Pakistan	2.3	2.1
150	131	Samoa²	2.3	2.2
151	129	Tonga	2.3	2.3
152	134	Morocco	2.2	2.1
153	147	Senegal	2.2	1.8
154	144	Albania	2.2	1.9
155	132	Georgia¹	2.2	2.2
156	133	Armenia¹	2.1	2.1
157	137	St Vincent & Grenadines¹	2.0	2.0
158	158	Kenya	2.0	1.6
159	141	Maldives¹	1.9	1.9
160	143	Kyrgyzstan	1.9	1.9
161	145	Burkina Faso	1.9	1.9
162	146	India	1.8	1.9
163	149	Cook Islands²	1.8	1.7
164	150	Bhutan	1.7	1.7
165	157	Yemen	1.6	1.6
166	156	Tajikistan¹	1.6	1.6
167	170	Mozambique	1.6	1.1
168	181	Rwanda	1.6	0.7
169	185	Burundi	1.6	0.4
170	160	Lesotho	1.5	1.5
171	108	Swaziland	1.5	3.2
172	163	Eritrea¹	1.4	1.4
173	168	Haiti	1.4	1.2
174	179	Solomon Islands	1.1	0.8
175	153	Vietnam	1.1	1.7
176	172	Cape Verde¹	1.1	1.1
177	176	Niger	1.1	1.0
178	178	Ethiopia	1.1	0.9
179	175	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.0	1.0
180	183	Afghanistan	0.9	0.6
181	171	The Gambia	0.9	1.1
182	177	Bangladesh	0.9	0.9
183	180	Comoros¹	0.7	0.7
184	184	Kiribati¹	0.6	0.6
185	56	Uruguay¹¹	0.3	7.6
		Asia	4.5	3.4
		Europe	10.6	10.5
		Middle East & North Africa	5.7	5.6
		Sub-Saharan Africa	4.5	2.3
		North America	23.1	24.1
		Central America & Caribbean	6.3	4.5
		South America	11.1	5.3
		Oceania	24.2	19.1
		World	6.8	5.6

¹Compatible land-use change data not available.

²Compatible PFC, HFC and SF₆ data not available.

³Includes Puerto Rico, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. The WRI is ambiguous about which components are included for these additional territories. The non-land-use CO₂ data includes all three; CH₄, N₂O, PFC, HFC and SF₆ data are included for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands but not for Guam; land-use change may or may not be included for any of the three.

⁴Not including the Netherlands Antilles.

⁵Not including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.

⁶Including the Canary Islands.

⁷Including San Marino and the Vatican City.

⁸Including Monaco; not including Overseas Departments or French Polynesia.

⁹Including the Azores and Madeira.

¹⁰Including Liechtenstein.

¹¹Average annual forest cover change as percentage of national total 1990-2000: Belize -2.3%, Uruguay +5.0%. Source: FAO. ^[3]

[edit] References

[0] "WRI Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (registration required to access data)".

[1] "Houghton, R.A., 2003. Revised estimates of the annual net flux of carbon to the atmosphere from changes in land use and land management 1850-2000.".

[2] "FAO Global Forest Assessment Report 2000".

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