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Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 55.38 | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles | 32.44 | 2007 | ||
| 3 | Kuwait | 32.32 | 2007 | ||
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 31.03 | 2007 | ||
| 5 | Bahrain | 29.55 | 2007 | ||
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.86 | 2007 | ||
| 7 | Aruba | 23 | 2007 | ||
| 8 | Luxembourg | 22.57 | 2007 | ||
| 9 | Brunei | 19.75 | 2007 | ||
| 10 | United States | 19.34 | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Australia | 17.74 | 2007 | ||
| 12 | Canada | 16.89 | 2007 | ||
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 16.59 | 2007 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 16.02 | 2007 | |||
| 14 | Estonia | 15.25 | 2007 | ||
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 14.67 | 2007 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 14.59 | 2007 | |||
| 16 | Faroe Islands | 14.39 | 2007 | ||
| 17 | Oman | 13.68 | 2007 | ||
| 18 | Gibraltar | 13.12 | 2007 | ||
| 19 | Finland | 12.12 | 2007 | ||
| 20 | Czech Republic | 12.08 | 2007 | ||
| 21 | Singapore | 11.8 | 2007 | ||
| 22 | New Caledonia | 11.74 | 2007 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 11.16 | 2007 | |||
| 23 | Russia | 10.81 | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Netherlands | 10.57 | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Palau | 10.54 | 2007 | ||
| 26 | Ireland | 10.16 | 2007 | ||
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 10.06 | 2007 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 9.96 | 2007 | |||
| 28 | Japan | 9.81 | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Belgium | 9.69 | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Cyprus | 9.6 | 2007 | ||
| 31 | Germany | 9.57 | 2007 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 9.34 | 2007 | |||
| =32 | Israel | 9.29 | 2007 | ||
| =32 | Libya | 9.29 | 2007 | ||
| =34 | Greenland | 9.2 | 2007 | ||
| =34 | Turkmenistan | 9.2 | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Denmark | 9.15 | 2007 | ||
| 37 | Norway | 9.07 | 2007 | ||
| 38 | South Africa | 8.98 | 2007 | ||
| 39 | United Kingdom | 8.84 | 2007 | ||
| 40 | Greece | 8.76 | 2007 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 8.53 | 2007 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 8.39 | 2007 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 8.35 | 2007 | |||
| 41 | Poland | 8.32 | 2007 | ||
| 42 | Austria | 8.27 | 2007 | ||
| 43 | European Union | 8.05 | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Bermuda | 8.02 | 2007 | ||
| 45 | Spain | 8 | 2007 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 7.82 | 2007 | |||
| 46 | New Zealand | 7.72 | 2007 | ||
| =47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.68 | 2007 | ||
| =47 | Italy | 7.68 | 2007 | ||
| 49 | Iceland | 7.5 | 2007 | ||
| 50 | Slovenia | 7.48 | 2007 | ||
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.46 | 2007 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 7.46 | 2007 | |||
| 52 | Seychelles | 7.33 | 2007 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 7.32 | 2007 | |||
| 53 | Malaysia | 7.32 | 2007 | ||
| 54 | Belarus | 6.88 | 2007 | ||
| 55 | Slovakia | 6.85 | 2007 | ||
| 56 | Ukraine | 6.82 | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Bulgaria | 6.75 | 2007 | ||
| 58 | Malta | 6.66 | 2007 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 6.65 | 2007 | |||
| 59 | The Bahamas | 6.44 | 2007 | ||
| 60 | Venezuela | 6.02 | 2007 | ||
| 61 | France | 6 | 2007 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 5.97 | 2007 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 5.8 | 2007 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 5.74 | 2007 | |||
| 62 | Hungary | 5.61 | 2007 | ||
| 63 | Croatia | 5.6 | 2007 | ||
| 64 | Portugal | 5.47 | 2007 | ||
| 65 | Sweden | 5.38 | 2007 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 5.29 | 2007 | |||
| 66 | Barbados | 5.28 | 2007 | ||
| 67 | Jamaica | 5.21 | 2007 | ||
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.11 | 2007 | ||
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.09 | 2007 | ||
| 70 | Switzerland | 5.03 | 2007 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 4.98 | 2007 | |||
| 71 | China | 4.96 | 2007 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 4.91 | 2007 | |||
| 72 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.86 | 2007 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 4.79 | 2007 | |||
| 73 | Suriname | 4.77 | 2007 | ||
| 74 | Argentina | 4.65 | 2007 | ||
| 75 | Lithuania | 4.52 | 2007 | ||
| 76 | Mexico | 4.47 | 2007 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 4.42 | 2007 | |||
| 77 | Romania | 4.37 | 2007 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 4.32 | 2007 | |||
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 4.32 | 2007 | ||
| 79 | Chile | 4.31 | 2007 | ||
| =80 | Thailand | 4.14 | 2007 | ||
| =80 | Algeria | 4.14 | 2007 | ||
| 82 | Mongolia | 4.05 | 2007 | ||
| 83 | Turkey | 3.95 | 2007 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 3.93 | 2007 | |||
| 84 | Jordan | 3.78 | 2007 | ||
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 3.7 | 2007 | ||
| 86 | Syria | 3.48 | 2007 | ||
| 87 | Latvia | 3.44 | 2007 | ||
| 88 | Iraq | 3.34 | 2007 | ||
| 89 | Lebanon | 3.21 | 2007 | ||
| 90 | Mauritius | 3.08 | 2007 | ||
| 91 | French Polynesia | 3.07 | 2007 | ||
| 92 | Maldives | 2.99 | 2007 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 2.93 | 2007 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 2.9 | 2007 | |||
| 93 | Botswana | 2.64 | 2007 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 2.47 | 2007 | |||
| 94 | Cuba | 2.41 | 2007 | ||
| 95 | Grenada | 2.34 | 2007 | ||
| 96 | Tunisia | 2.33 | 2007 | ||
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 2.26 | 2007 | ||
| 98 | Ecuador | 2.25 | 2007 | ||
| 99 | Panama | 2.17 | 2007 | ||
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 | 2007 | ||
| 101 | Guyana | 1.97 | 2007 | ||
| 102 | Brazil | 1.94 | 2007 | ||
| 103 | Uruguay | 1.87 | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.85 | 2007 | ||
| 105 | Costa Rica | 1.82 | 2007 | ||
| 106 | Indonesia | 1.77 | 2007 | ||
| 107 | Fiji | 1.74 | 2007 | ||
| 108 | Tonga | 1.71 | 2007 | ||
| 109 | Marshall Islands | 1.7 | 2007 | ||
| 110 | Dominica | 1.66 | 2007 | ||
| 111 | Armenia | 1.64 | 2007 | ||
| 112 | Peru | 1.51 | 2007 | ||
| 113 | Morocco | 1.49 | 2007 | ||
| 114 | Namibia | 1.45 | 2007 | ||
| =115 | Colombia | 1.43 | 2007 | ||
| =115 | Gabon | 1.43 | 2007 | ||
| =115 | India | 1.43 | 2007 | ||
| 118 | Angola | 1.41 | 2007 | ||
| =119 | Georgia | 1.38 | 2007 | ||
| =119 | Bolivia | 1.38 | 2007 | ||
| 121 | Belize | 1.36 | 2007 | ||
| 122 | Albania | 1.35 | 2007 | ||
| 123 | Vietnam | 1.31 | 2007 | ||
| 124 | Moldova | 1.28 | 2007 | ||
| 125 | Honduras | 1.23 | 2007 | ||
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.16 | 2007 | ||
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.1 | 2007 | ||
| 128 | Tajikistan | 1.07 | 2007 | ||
| 129 | Guatemala | 0.97 | 2007 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 0.962 | 2007 | |||
| 130 | Pakistan | 0.96 | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Swaziland | 0.92 | 2007 | ||
| 132 | Samoa | 0.9 | 2007 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.875 | 2007 | |||
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.86 | 2007 | ||
| 134 | Nicaragua | 0.82 | 2007 | ||
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.81 | 2007 | ||
| 136 | Philippines | 0.8 | 2007 | ||
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.77 | 2007 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 0.712 | 2007 | |||
| 138 | Paraguay | 0.67 | 2007 | ||
| 139 | Nigeria | 0.64 | 2007 | ||
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.63 | 2007 | ||
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.62 | 2007 | ||
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 0.61 | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Djibouti | 0.58 | 2007 | ||
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 0.52 | 2007 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 0.509 | 2007 | |||
| =145 | Senegal | 0.46 | 2007 | ||
| =145 | Benin | 0.46 | 2007 | ||
| =147 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.45 | 2007 | ||
| =147 | Vanuatu | 0.45 | 2007 | ||
| 149 | Ghana | 0.43 | 2007 | ||
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.4 | 2007 | ||
| 151 | Kiribati | 0.35 | 2007 | ||
| 152 | Cameroon | 0.33 | 2007 | ||
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.32 | 2007 | ||
| 154 | Cambodia | 0.31 | 2007 | ||
| 155 | Kenya | 0.3 | 2007 | ||
| =156 | Bangladesh | 0.28 | 2007 | ||
| =156 | Sudan | 0.28 | 2007 | ||
| 158 | Burma | 0.27 | 2007 | ||
| =159 | Laos | 0.25 | 2007 | ||
| =159 | Haiti | 0.25 | 2007 | ||
| =161 | Sierra Leone | 0.24 | 2007 | ||
| =161 | The Gambia | 0.24 | 2007 | ||
| 163 | Zambia | 0.22 | 2007 | ||
| 164 | Togo | 0.21 | 2007 | ||
| =165 | Liberia | 0.19 | 2007 | ||
| =165 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.19 | 2007 | ||
| =165 | Comoros | 0.19 | 2007 | ||
| 168 | East Timor | 0.17 | 2007 | ||
| 169 | Tanzania | 0.15 | 2007 | ||
| 170 | Guinea | 0.14 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Madagascar | 0.12 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Nepal | 0.12 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Eritrea | 0.12 | 2007 | ||
| =171 | Mozambique | 0.12 | 2007 | ||
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 0.11 | 2007 | ||
| 176 | Uganda | 0.1 | 2007 | ||
| =177 | Ethiopia | 0.08 | 2007 | ||
| =177 | Rwanda | 0.08 | 2007 | ||
| =179 | Malawi | 0.07 | 2007 | ||
| =179 | Somalia | 0.07 | 2007 | ||
| =181 | Central African Republic | 0.06 | 2007 | ||
| =181 | Niger | 0.06 | 2007 | ||
| 183 | Mali | 0.05 | 2007 | ||
| =184 | Chad | 0.04 | 2007 | ||
| =184 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.04 | 2007 | ||
| 186 | Afghanistan | 0.03 | 2007 | ||
| 187 | Burundi | 0.02 | 2007 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Environment > Emissions > CO2 emissions > Metric tons per capita
- Qatar ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Hot countries in 2007.
- United States ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2007.
- Aruba ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Christian countries in 2007.
- South Africa ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007.
- Luxembourg ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Europe in 2007.
- Australia ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2007.
- Trinidad and Tobago ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2007.
- Kuwait ranked second for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2007.
- Russia ranked second for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2007.
- Iraq ranked first for emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita amongst Failed states in 2007.
