List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions

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Countries by carbon dioxide emissions via the burning of fossil fuels (blue the highest).
Countries by carbon dioxide emissions (2006)

This is a list of sovereign states by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below corresponds to emissions in 2006. The data itself were collected in 2007 by the CDIAC for United Nations. The data consider only carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, but not emissions from deforestation, and fossil fuel exporters, etc. The top 10 countries in the world emit 67.2% of the world total. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Other powerful greenhouse gases are not included in this data, including methane.

Some dependencies and territories whose independence has not been generally recognized are also included, as they are in source data. Certain entities are mentioned here for purposes of comparison. These are indicated in italics and are not counted in the ordering of sovereign states. (See also: carbon cycle) On 6 October 2009, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new data set for 2007 emissions that listed about 140 countries.[7]

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[edit] List of countries by 2006 emissions

Rank Country Annual CO2 emissions
(in thousands of metric tons)		 Percentage of total emissions[8]
-  World 28,431,741 100.0 %
1  China 6,103,493 21.5 %
2  United States[9] 5,752,289 20.2 %
-  European Union[10] 3,914,359 13.8 %
3  Russia 1,564,669 5.5 %
4  India 1,510,351 5.3 %
5  Japan 1,293,409 4.6 %
6  Germany 805,090 2.8 %
7  United Kingdom 568,520 2.0 %
8  Canada 544,680 1.9 %
9  South Korea 475,248 1.7 %
10  Italy[11] 474,148 1.7 %
11  Iran 466,976 1.6 %
12  Mexico 436,150 1.6 %
13  South Africa 414,649 1.5 %
14  France[12] 383,148 1.4 %
15  Saudi Arabia 381,564 1.3 %
16  Australia 372,013 1.3 %
17  Brazil 352,524 1.2 %
18  Spain 352,235 1.2 %
19  Indonesia 333,483 1.2 %
20  Ukraine 319,158 1.1 %
21  Poland 318,219 1.1 %
22  Thailand 272,521 1.0 %
23  Turkey 269,452 1.0 %
24  Kazakhstan 193,508 0.7 %
25  Malaysia 187,865 0.7 %
26  Argentina 173,536 0.6 %
27  Venezuela 171,593 0.6 %
28  Netherlands 168,513 0.6 %
29  Egypt 166,800 0.6 %
30  Pakistan 142,659 0.5 %
31  United Arab Emirates 139,553 0.5 %
32  Algeria 132,715 0.5 %
33  Uzbekistan 115,672 0.4 %
34  Czech Republic 116,991 0.4 %
35  Belgium 107,199 0.4 %
36  Vietnam 106,132 0.4 %
37  Romania 98,490 0.4 %
99  Nigeria 97,262 0.1 %
39  Greece 96,382 0.3 %
40  Iraq 92,572 0.3 %
41  Kuwait 86,599 0.3 %
42  North Korea 79,111 0.3 %
43  Austria 71,834 0.3 %
44  Israel 70,440 0.3 %
45  Belarus 68,849 0.2 %
46  Syria 68,460 0.2 %
47  Philippines 68,328 0.2 %
48  Finland 66,693 0.2 %
49  Colombia 63,422 0.2 %
50  Chile 60,100 0.2 %
51  Portugal 60,001 0.2 %
52  Hungary 57,644 0.2 %
53  Singapore 56,217 0.2 %
54  Libya 55,495 0.2 %
55  Denmark 53,944 0.2 %
56  Serbia and Montenegro 53,266 0.2 %
57  Sweden 50,875 0.2 %
58  Bulgaria 48,085 0.2 %
59  Qatar 46,193 0.2 %
60  Morocco 45,316 0.2 %
61  Turkmenistan 44,103 0.2 %
62  Ireland 43,806 0.2 %
63  Switzerland 41,826 0.2 %
64  Bangladesh 41,609 0.2 %
65  Oman 41,378 0.2 %
66  Norway 40,220 0.2 %
67  Hong Kong 39,039 0.1 %
68  Peru 38,643 0.1 %
69  Slovakia 37,459 0.1 %
70  Azerbaijan 35,050 0.1 %
71  Trinidad and Tobago 33,601 0.1 %
72  Ecuador 31,328 0.1 %
73  New Zealand 30,488 0.1 %
74  Cuba 29,627 0.1 %
75  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,438 0.1 %
76  Croatia 23,683 0.1 %
77  Tunisia 23,126 0.1 %
78  Bahrain 21,292 0.1 %
79  Yemen 21,201 0.1 %
80  Jordan 20,724 0.1 %
81  Dominican Republic 20,357 0.1 %
82  Estonia 17,523 0.1 %
83  Lebanon 15,330 0.1 %
84  Slovenia 15,173 0.1 %
85  Lithuania 14,190 0.1 %
86  Jamaica 12,151 <0.1 %
87  Kenya 12,151 <0.1 %
88  Sri Lanka 11,876 <0.1 %
89  Guatemala 11,766 <0.1 %
90  Bolivia 6,973 <0.1 %
91  Luxembourg 11,277 <0.1 %
92  Zimbabwe 11,081 <0.1 %
93  Macedonia 10,875 <0.1 %
94  Sudan 10,813 <0.1 %
95  Angola 10,582 <0.1 %
96  Myanmar 10,025 <0.1 %
97  Mongolia 9,442 <0.1 %
98  Ghana 9240 <0.1 %
38  Costa Rica 7,854 0.3 %
100  Moldova 7,821 <0.1 %
101  Cyprus 7,788 <0.1 %
102  Latvia 7,462 <0.1 %
103  Honduras 7,194 <0.1 %
104  Côte d'Ivoire 6,882 <0.1 %
105  Uruguay 6,864 <0.1 %
106  El Salvador 6,461 <0.1 %
107  Panama 6,428 <0.1 %
108  Tajikistan 6,391 <0.1 %
109  Ethiopia 6,006 <0.1 %
110  Brunei 5,911 <0.1 %
111  Kyrgyzstan 5,566 <0.1 %
112  Georgia 5,518 <0.1 %
113  Botswana 4,770 <0.1 %
114  Tanzania 5,372 <0.1 %
115  Papua New Guinea 4,620 <0.1 %
116  Armenia 4,371 <0.1 %
117  Equatorial Guinea 4,356 <0.1 %
118  Nicaragua 4,334 <0.1 %
119  Netherlands Antilles 4,312 <0.1 %
120  Albania 4,301 <0.1 %
121  Senegal 4,261 <0.1 %
122  Cambodia 4,074 <0.1 %
123  Paraguay 3,986 <0.1 %
124  Mauritius 3,850 <0.1 %
125  Cameroon 3,645 <0.1 %
126 Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 3,241 <0.1 %
127  Benin 3,109 <0.1 %
128  Palestinian Authority 2,985 <0.1 %
129  New Caledonia 2,941 <0.1 %
130  Madagascar 2,834 <0.1 %
131  Namibia 2.831 <0.1 %
132  Uganda 2,706 <0.1 %
133  Malta 2,548 <0.1 %
134  Réunion 2,523 <0.1 %
135  Zambia 2,471 <0.1 %
136  Suriname 2,438 <0.1 %
137  Aruba 2,310 <0.1 %
138  Macau 2,237 <0.1 %
139  Iceland 2,215 <0.1 %
140  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,200 <0.1 %
141  Guadeloupe 2,141 <0.1 %
142  Bahamas 2138 <0.1 %
143  Gabon 2,057 <0.1 %
144  Mozambique 2,039 <0.1 %
145  Martinique 1,870 <0.1 %
146  Haiti 1,811 <0.1 %
147  Mauritania 1,665 <0.1 %
148  Fiji 1610 <0.1 %
149  Guyana 1,507 <0.1 %
150  Republic of the Congo 1,463 <0.1 %
151  Laos 1,426 <0.1 %
152  Guinea 1,360 <0.1 %
153  Barbados 1,338 <0.1 %
154  Togo 1,221 <0.1 %
155  Malawi 1,049 <0.1 %
156  Swaziland 1,016 <0.1 %
157  Sierra Leone 994 <0.1 %
158  Niger 935 <0.1 %
159  French Guiana 876 <0.1 %
160  Maldives 869 <0.1 %
161  French Polynesia 821 <0.1 %
162  Belize 818 <0.1 %
163  Rwanda 796 <0.1 %
164  Burkina Faso 788 <0.1 %
165  Liberia 785 <0.1 %
166  Seychelles 744 <0.1 %
167  Afghanistan 697 <0.1 %
168  Faroe Islands 678 <0.1 %
169  Mali 568 <0.1 %
170  Bermuda 565 <0.1 %
171  Greenland 565 <0.1 %
172  Eritrea 554 <0.1 %
173  Cayman Islands 517 <0.1 %
174  Djibouti 488 <0.1 %
175  Antigua and Barbuda 425 <0.1 %
176  Chad 396 <0.1 %
177  Gibraltar 385 <0.1 %
178  Bhutan 381 <0.1 %
179  Saint Lucia 367 <0.1 %
180  Gambia 334 <0.1 %
181  Cape Verde 308 <0.1 %
182  Guinea-Bissau 279 <0.1 %
183  Central African Republic 249 <0.1 %
184  Grenada 242 <0.1 %
185  Western Sahara (SADR) 238 <0.1 %
186  Burundi 198 <0.1 %
187  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 198 <0.1 %
188  Solomon Islands 180 <0.1 %
189  Timor-Leste 176 <0.1 %
190  Somalia 172 <0.1 %
191  Samoa 158 <0.1 %
192  Nauru 143 <0.1 %
193  Saint Kitts and Nevis 136 <0.1 %
194  Tonga 132 <0.1 %
195  Dominica 117 <0.1 %
196  Palau 117 <0.1 %
197  São Tomé and Príncipe 103 <0.1 %
198  British Virgin Islands 99 <0.1 %
199  Marshall Islands 92 <0.1 %
200  Vanuatu 92 <0.1 %
201  Comoros 88 <0.1 %
202  Montserrat 70 <0.1 %
203  Cook Islands 66 <0.1 %
204  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66 <0.1 %
205  Anguilla 51 <0.1 %
206  Falkland Islands 51 <0.1 %
207  Kiribati 29 <0.1 %
208  Wallis and Futuna 29 <0.1 %
209  Saint Helena 11 <0.1 %
210  Niue 4 <0.1 %

[edit] See also

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "China now no. 1 in CO2 emissions; USA in second position". Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. http://www.mnp.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/moreinfo/Chinanowno1inCO2emissionsUSAinsecondposition.html. Retrieved 2007-06-22. 
  2. ^ "China Overtakes U.S. as No. 1 Emitter of Carbon Dioxide". Sci-Tech Today. 2006-06-21. http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/China-No--1-Emitter-of-Carbon-Dioxide/story.xhtml?story_id=111006822NEU. 
  3. ^ "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise in China". NPR. 2008-03-14. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88251868. 
  4. ^ "China CO2 Emissions Growing Faster Than Anticipated". National Geographic. 2008-03-18. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080318-china-warming.html. 
  5. ^ "Forecasting the Path of China’s CO2 Emissions Using Province Level Information". Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UCB. CUDARE Working Paper 97. 2008-03-14. http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=are_ucb. 
  6. ^ "China Passes U.S., Leads World in Power Sector Carbon Emissions - CGD". Center for Global Development. 2008-08-27. http://www.cgdev.org/content/article/detail/16578/. 
  7. ^ CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion - Highlights, International Energy Agency website, retrieved 2009-10-31.
  8. ^ Human Produced carbon dioxide only, total carbon dioxide in atmosphere is 2,700,000,000 thousand tons (See also: Carbon cycle)
  9. ^ Including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands
  10. ^ Including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Gibraltar
  11. ^ Including San Marino
  12. ^ Including Monaco

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