Countries by carbon dioxide emissions via the burning of fossil fuels (blue the highest).
China CO2 emission in millions of metric tons from 1980 to 2009.
This is a list of sovereign states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below corresponds to emissions in 2008. The data was collected by the CDIAC for the United Nations. The data only considers carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture, but not emissions from land use such as deforestation. The top 10 countries in the world emit 67.07% of the world total.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Other powerful, more potent 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 the 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 2010, the International Energy Agency released its own data set (calculated using slightly different methods than CDIAC) for 2008 emissions that listed about 140 countries.[7]
[edit] List of countries by 2008 emissions
Rank |
Country |
Annual CO2 emissions[8][9]
(in thousands of metric tonnes) |
Percentage of global total |
|
World |
29,888,121 |
100% |
1 |
China[10] |
7,031,916 |
23.33% |
2 |
United States |
5,461,014 |
18.11% |
- |
European Union (27) |
4,177,817.86[11] |
14.04% |
3 |
India |
1,742,698 |
5.78% |
4 |
Russia |
1,708,653 |
5.67% |
5 |
Japan |
1,208,163 |
4.01% |
6 |
Germany |
786,660 |
2.61% |
7 |
Canada |
544,091 |
1.80% |
8 |
Iran |
538,404 |
1.79% |
9 |
United Kingdom |
522,856 |
1.73% |
10 |
South Korea |
509,170 |
1.69% |
11 |
Mexico |
475,834 |
1.58% |
12 |
Italy[12] |
445,119 |
1.48% |
13 |
South Africa |
435,878 |
1.45% |
14 |
Saudi Arabia |
433,557 |
1.44% |
15 |
Indonesia |
406,029 |
1.35% |
16 |
Australia |
399,219 |
1.32% |
17 |
Brazil |
393,220 |
1.30% |
18 |
France[13] |
376,986 |
1.25% |
19 |
Spain |
329,286 |
1.09% |
20 |
Ukraine |
323,532 |
1.07% |
21 |
Poland |
316,066 |
1.05% |
22 |
Thailand |
285,733 |
0.95% |
23 |
Turkey |
283,980 |
0.94% |
24 |
Taiwan |
258,599[14] |
0.86% |
25 |
Kazakhstan |
236,954 |
0.79% |
26 |
Egypt |
210,321 |
0.70% |
27 |
Malaysia |
208,267 |
0.69% |
28 |
Argentina |
192,378 |
0.64% |
29 |
Netherlands |
173,750 |
0.58% |
30 |
Venezuela |
169,533 |
0.56% |
31 |
Pakistan |
163,178 |
0.54% |
32 |
United Arab Emirates |
155,066 |
0.51% |
33 |
Vietnam |
127,384 |
0.42% |
34 |
Uzbekistan |
124,905 |
0.41% |
35 |
Czech Republic |
116,996 |
0.39% |
36 |
Algeria |
111,304 |
0.37% |
37 |
Belgium |
104,880 |
0.35% |
38 |
Iraq |
102,936 |
0.34% |
39 |
Greece |
97,814 |
0.32% |
40 |
Nigeria |
95,756 |
0.32% |
41 |
Romania |
94,660 |
0.31% |
42 |
Philippines |
83,157 |
0.28% |
43 |
North Korea |
78,371 |
0.26% |
44 |
Kuwait |
76,743 |
0.25% |
45 |
Chile |
73,109 |
0.24% |
46 |
Syria |
71,598 |
0.24% |
47 |
Qatar |
68,478 |
0.23% |
48 |
Austria |
67,726 |
0.22% |
49 |
Colombia |
67,700 |
0.22% |
50 |
Belarus |
62,816 |
0.21% |
51 |
Libya |
58,331 |
0.19% |
52 |
Finland |
56,512 |
0.19% |
53 |
Portugal |
56,310 |
0.19% |
54 |
Hungary |
54,638 |
0.18% |
55 |
Bulgaria |
50,539 |
0.17% |
56 |
Norway |
49,920 |
0.17% |
57 |
Serbia |
49,934 |
0.17% |
58 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
49,772 |
0.17% |
59 |
Sweden |
49,050 |
0.16% |
60 |
Morocco |
47,906 |
0.16% |
61 |
Turkmenistan |
47,840 |
0.16% |
62 |
Azerbaijan |
47,139 |
0.16% |
63 |
Bangladesh |
46,527 |
0.15% |
64 |
Denmark |
46,025 |
0.15% |
65 |
Oman |
45,749 |
0.15% |
66 |
Ireland |
43,604 |
0.14% |
67 |
Peru |
40,535 |
0.13% |
68 |
Switzerland |
40,392 |
0.13% |
69 |
Hong Kong |
38,573 |
0.13% |
70 |
Israel |
37,664 |
0.12% |
71 |
Slovakia |
37,557 |
0.12% |
72 |
New Zealand |
33,095 |
0.11% |
73 |
Singapore |
32,295 |
0.11% |
74 |
Cuba |
31,419 |
0.10% |
75 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
31,276 |
0.10% |
76 |
Ecuador |
26,826 |
0.09% |
77 |
Tunisia |
25,013 |
0.08% |
78 |
Angola |
24,371 |
0.08% |
79 |
Yemen |
23,384 |
0.08% |
80 |
Croatia |
23,304 |
0.08% |
81 |
Bahrain |
22,479 |
0.07% |
82 |
Dominican Republic |
21,617 |
0.07% |
83 |
Jordan |
21,382 |
0.07% |
84 |
Estonia |
18,291 |
0.06% |
85 |
Slovenia |
17,158 |
0.06% |
86 |
Lebanon |
17,099 |
0.06% |
87 |
Lithuania |
15,130 |
0.05% |
88 |
Sudan |
14,052 |
0.05% |
89 |
Bolivia |
12,835 |
0.04% |
90 |
Myanmar |
12,776 |
0.04% |
91 |
Jamaica |
12,204 |
0.04% |
92 |
Guatemala |
11,914 |
0.04% |
93 |
Macedonia |
11,815 |
0.04% |
94 |
Sri Lanka |
11,764 |
0.04% |
95 |
Mongolia |
10,895 |
0.04% |
96 |
Brunei |
10,594 |
0.04% |
97 |
Luxembourg |
10,502 |
0.03% |
98 |
Kenya |
10,392 |
0.03% |
99 |
Zimbabwe |
9,076 |
0.03% |
100 |
Honduras |
8,672 |
0.03% |
101 |
Ghana |
8,592 |
0.03% |
102 |
Cyprus |
8,328 |
0.03% |
103 |
Uruguay |
8,328 |
0.03% |
104 |
Costa Rica |
8,016 |
0.03% |
105 |
Latvia |
7,591 |
0.03% |
106 |
Ethiopia |
7,107 |
0.02% |
107 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
7,015 |
0.02% |
108 |
Panama |
6,912 |
0.02% |
109 |
Tanzania |
6,465 |
0.02% |
110 |
Netherlands Antilles |
6,219 |
0.02% |
111 |
Kyrgyzstan |
6,208 |
0.02% |
112 |
El Salvador |
6,113 |
0.02% |
113 |
Armenia |
5,548 |
0.02% |
114 |
Cameroon |
5,302 |
0.02% |
115 |
Georgia |
5,203 |
0.02% |
116 |
Senegal |
4,976 |
0.02% |
117 |
Botswana |
4,840 |
0.02% |
118 |
Equatorial Guinea |
4,815 |
0.02% |
119 |
Moldova |
4,774 |
0.02% |
120 |
Cambodia |
4,602 |
0.02% |
121 |
Nicaragua |
4,331 |
0.01% |
123 |
Albania |
4,117 |
0.01% |
124 |
Paraguay |
4,118 |
0.01% |
125 |
Benin |
4,067 |
0.01% |
126 |
Namibia |
3,968 |
0.01% |
127 |
Mauritius |
3,953 |
0.01% |
128 |
Uganda |
3,748 |
0.01% |
129 |
Nepal |
3,542 |
0.01% |
130 |
New Caledonia |
3,150 |
0.01% |
131 |
Tajikistan |
3,146 |
0.01% |
132 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2,816 |
0.01% |
133 |
Réunion |
2,816 |
0.01% |
134 |
Malta |
2,560 |
0.01% |
135 |
Gabon |
2,472 |
0.01% |
136 |
Suriname |
2,439 |
0.01% |
137 |
Haiti |
2,435 |
0.01% |
138 |
Mozambique |
2,314 |
0.01% |
139 |
Aruba |
2,288 |
0.01% |
140 |
Iceland |
2,230 |
0.01% |
141 |
Guadeloupe |
2,200 |
0.01% |
142 |
Bahamas |
2,156 |
0.01% |
143 |
Papua New Guinea |
2,109 |
0.01% |
144 |
Palestinian territories |
2,057 |
0.01% |
145 |
Mauritania |
1,999 |
0.01% |
146 |
Montenegro |
1,951 |
0.01% |
147 |
Republic of the Congo |
1,936 |
0.01% |
148 |
Martinique |
1,918 |
0.01% |
149 |
Madagascar |
1,911 |
0.01% |
150 |
Zambia |
1,889 |
0.01% |
151 |
Burkina Faso |
1,856 |
0.01% |
152 |
Laos |
1,533 |
0.01% |
153 |
Guyana |
1,525 |
0.01% |
154 |
Togo |
1,419 |
< 0.01% |
155 |
Guinea |
1,393 |
< 0.01% |
156 |
Barbados |
1,353 |
< 0.01% |
157 |
Macau |
1,335 |
< 0.01% |
158 |
Sierra Leone |
1,335 |
< 0.01% |
159 |
Fiji |
1,254 |
< 0.01% |
160 |
Malawi |
1,228 |
< 0.01% |
161 |
Swaziland |
1,093 |
< 0.01% |
162 |
Maldives |
920 |
< 0.01% |
163 |
French Guiana |
913 |
< 0.01% |
164 |
French Polynesia |
891 |
< 0.01% |
165 |
Niger |
851 |
< 0.01% |
166 |
Afghanistan |
814 |
< 0.01% |
167 |
Bhutan |
733 |
< 0.01% |
168 |
Faroe Islands |
708 |
< 0.01% |
169 |
Rwanda |
704 |
< 0.01% |
170 |
Seychelles |
682 |
< 0.01% |
171 |
Somalia |
649 |
< 0.01% |
172 |
Liberia |
609 |
< 0.01% |
173 |
Mali |
594 |
< 0.01% |
174 |
Greenland |
576 |
< 0.01% |
175 |
Cayman Islands |
557 |
< 0.01% |
176 |
Andorra |
539 |
< 0.01% |
177 |
Djibouti |
524 |
< 0.01% |
178 |
Chad |
495 |
< 0.01% |
179 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
447 |
< 0.01% |
180 |
Belize |
425 |
< 0.01% |
181 |
Gibraltar |
422 |
< 0.01% |
182 |
Eritrea |
414 |
< 0.01% |
183 |
Gambia |
411 |
< 0.01% |
184 |
Saint Lucia |
396 |
< 0.01% |
185 |
Bermuda |
389 |
< 0.01% |
186 |
Cape Verde |
308 |
< 0.01% |
187 |
Guinea-Bissau |
282 |
< 0.01% |
188 |
Central African Republic |
260 |
< 0.01% |
189 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
249 |
< 0.01% |
190 |
Grenada |
246 |
< 0.01% |
191 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
238 |
< 0.01% |
192 |
Palau |
213 |
< 0.01% |
193 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
202 |
< 0.01% |
194 |
Solomon Islands |
198 |
< 0.01% |
195 |
Timor-Leste |
191 |
< 0.01% |
196 |
Burundi |
180 |
< 0.01% |
197 |
Tonga |
176 |
< 0.01% |
198 |
Samoa |
161 |
< 0.01% |
199 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
158 |
< 0.01% |
200 |
Nauru |
143 |
< 0.01% |
201 |
Dominica |
128 |
< 0.01% |
202 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
128 |
< 0.01% |
203 |
Comoros |
125 |
< 0.01% |
204 |
British Virgin Islands |
103 |
< 0.01% |
205 |
Marshall Islands |
99 |
< 0.01% |
206 |
Vanuatu |
92 |
< 0.01% |
207 |
Montserrat |
77 |
< 0.01% |
208 |
Cook Islands |
70 |
< 0.01% |
209 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
66 |
< 0.01% |
210 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
62 |
< 0.01% |
211 |
Anguilla |
59 |
< 0.01% |
212 |
Falkland Islands |
59 |
< 0.01% |
213 |
Kiribati |
29 |
< 0.01% |
214 |
Wallis and Futuna |
22 |
< 0.01% |
215 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
11 |
< 0.01% |
216 |
Niue |
4 |
< 0.01% |
[edit] See also
USGS - Volcano Hazards Program Information - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php "Volcanoes release more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year."
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
The contents of this article comes from the latest figures from the millennium indicators as of 2009-07-14: