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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States.
DEFINITION
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."
Environment Statistics > Emissions > CO2 emissions > metric tons per capita (1970) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Qatar :
67.93
1970
Environment in Qatar
# 2
United Arab Emirates :
67.82
1970
Environment in United Arab Emirates
# 3
Brunei :
63.25
1970
Environment in Brunei
# 4
Luxembourg :
40.42
1970
Environment in Luxembourg
# 5
Kuwait :
33.63
1970
Environment in Kuwait
# 6
New Caledonia :
22.15
1970
Environment in New Caledonia
# 7
United States :
21.5
1970
Environment in United States
# 8
Libya :
16.2
1970
Environment in Libya
# 9
Canada :
16
1970
Environment in Canada
# 10
Czech Republic :
15.59
1970
Environment in Czech Republic
# 11
Bahamas, The :
15.15
1970
Environment in Bahamas, The
# 12
Kazakhstan :
13.96
1970
Environment in Kazakhstan
# 13
Belgium :
13.02
1970
Environment in Belgium
# 14
Estonia :
12.84
1970
Environment in Estonia
# 15
Denmark :
12.6
1970
Environment in Denmark
# 16
Bahrain :
11.8
1970
Environment in Bahrain
# 17
Australia :
11.79
1970
Environment in Australia
# 18
United Kingdom :
11.73
1970
Environment in United Kingdom
# 19
Sweden :
11.48
1970
Environment in Sweden
# 20
Slovakia :
11.38
1970
Environment in Slovakia
# 21
Russia :
11.15
1970
Environment in Russia
# 22
Netherlands :
10.88
1970
Environment in Netherlands
# 23
Poland :
9.35
1970
Environment in Poland
# 24
Trinidad and Tobago :
9.26
1970
Environment in Trinidad and Tobago
# 25
Ukraine :
9.05
1970
Environment in Ukraine
# 26
Turkmenistan :
8.98
1970
Environment in Turkmenistan
# 27
Singapore :
8.77
1970
Environment in Singapore
# 28
Finland :
8.76
1970
Environment in Finland
# 29
France :
8.64
1970
Environment in France
# 30
Greenland :
8.21
1970
Environment in Greenland
# 31
Saudi Arabia :
7.88
1970
Environment in Saudi Arabia
# 32
Belarus :
7.64
1970
Environment in Belarus
# 33
Japan :
7.36
1970
Environment in Japan
# 34
Norway :
7.22
1970
Environment in Norway
# 35
Bulgaria :
7.21
1970
Environment in Bulgaria
# 36
Venezuela :
6.95
1970
Environment in Venezuela
# 37
Austria :
6.82
1970
Environment in Austria
# 38
Iceland :
6.81
1970
Environment in Iceland
# 39
South Africa :
6.78
1970
Environment in South Africa
# 40
Hungary :
6.77
1970
Environment in Hungary
# 41
Antigua and Barbuda :
6.67
1970
Environment in Antigua and Barbuda
# 42
Uzbekistan :
6.67
1970
Environment in Uzbekistan
# 43
Ireland :
6.58
1970
Environment in Ireland
# 44
Switzerland :
6.42
1970
Environment in Switzerland
# 45
Azerbaijan :
5.98
1970
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 46
Romania :
5.93
1970
Environment in Romania
# 47
Slovenia :
5.62
1970
Environment in Slovenia
# 48
Israel :
5.57
1970
Environment in Israel
# 49
Italy :
5.51
1970
Environment in Italy
# 50
Macedonia, Republic of :
5.4
1970
Environment in Macedonia, Republic of
# 51
Tajikistan :
5.07
1970
Environment in Tajikistan
# 52
New Zealand :
5.03
1970
Environment in New Zealand
# 53
Lithuania :
4.94
1970
Environment in Lithuania
# 54
Suriname :
4.32
1970
Environment in Suriname
# 55
Bermuda :
4.13
1970
Environment in Bermuda
# 56
Moldova :
4.09
1970
Environment in Moldova
# 57
Gabon :
3.93
1970
Environment in Gabon
# 58
Latvia :
3.93
1970
Environment in Latvia
# 59
Spain :
3.46
1970
Environment in Spain
# 60
Argentina :
3.44
1970
Environment in Argentina
# 61
Croatia :
3.01
1970
Environment in Croatia
# 62
Cyprus :
2.77
1970
Environment in Cyprus
# 63
Greece :
2.75
1970
Environment in Greece
# 64
Gibraltar :
2.74
1970
Environment in Gibraltar
# 65
Jamaica :
2.67
1970
Environment in Jamaica
# 66
Kyrgyzstan :
2.61
1970
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 67
Chile :
2.57
1970
Environment in Chile
# 68
Iraq :
2.34
1970
Environment in Iraq
# 69
Georgia :
2.28
1970
Environment in Georgia
# 70
Mongolia :
2.27
1970
Environment in Mongolia
# 71
Mexico :
2.25
1970
Environment in Mexico
# 72
Guyana :
2.23
1970
Environment in Guyana
# 73
Cuba :
2.14
1970
Environment in Cuba
# 74
Uruguay :
2.04
1970
Environment in Uruguay
# 75
Malta :
2.03
1970
Environment in Malta
# 76
Barbados :
1.8
1970
Environment in Barbados
# 77
Albania :
1.75
1970
Environment in Albania
# 78
French Polynesia :
1.75
1970
Environment in French Polynesia
# 79
Portugal :
1.69
1970
Environment in Portugal
# 80
Lebanon :
1.6
1970
Environment in Lebanon
# 81
Zimbabwe :
1.57
1970
Environment in Zimbabwe
# 82
Panama :
1.46
1970
Environment in Panama
# 83
Peru :
1.35
1970
Environment in Peru
# 84
Malaysia :
1.34
1970
Environment in Malaysia
# 85
Colombia :
1.33
1970
Environment in Colombia
# 86
Turkey :
1.18
1970
Environment in Turkey
# 87
Algeria :
1.1
1970
Environment in Algeria
# 88
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.04
1970
Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 89
Syria :
1.04
1970
Environment in Syria
# 90
Jordan :
1.03
1970
Environment in Jordan
# 91
Armenia :
1.02
1970
Environment in Armenia
# 92
Liberia :
1.01
1970
Environment in Liberia
# 93
Belize :
1.01
1970
Environment in Belize
# 94
Fiji :
1
1970
Environment in Fiji
# 95
Brazil :
0.98
1970
Environment in Brazil
# 96
China :
0.94
1970
Environment in China
# 97
Zambia :
0.91
1970
Environment in Zambia
# 98
Djibouti :
0.86
1970
Environment in Djibouti
# 99
Swaziland :
0.82
1970
Environment in Swaziland
# 100
Tunisia :
0.73
1970
Environment in Tunisia
# 101
Ecuador :
0.72
1970
Environment in Ecuador
# 102
Costa Rica :
0.69
1970
Environment in Costa Rica
# 103
Dominican Republic :
0.68
1970
Environment in Dominican Republic
# 104
Philippines :
0.68
1970
Environment in Philippines
# 105
Vietnam :
0.66
1970
Environment in Vietnam
# 106
Saint Lucia :
0.65
1970
Environment in Saint Lucia
# 107
Mauritius :
0.6
1970
Environment in Mauritius
# 108
Angola :
0.59
1970
Environment in Angola
# 109
Bolivia :
0.59
1970
Environment in Bolivia
# 110
Nicaragua :
0.58
1970
Environment in Nicaragua
# 111
Seychelles :
0.55
1970
Environment in Seychelles
# 112
Honduras :
0.52
1970
Environment in Honduras
# 113
Morocco :
0.48
1970
Environment in Morocco
# 114
Grenada :
0.47
1970
Environment in Grenada
# 115
Vanuatu :
0.47
1970
Environment in Vanuatu
# 116
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.47
1970
Environment in Côte d'Ivoire
# 117
Kiribati :
0.45
1970
Environment in Kiribati
# 118
Congo, Republic of the :
0.43
1970
Environment in Congo, Republic of the
# 119
Guatemala :
0.42
1970
Environment in Guatemala
# 120
Thailand :
0.41
1970
Environment in Thailand
# 121
Pakistan :
0.4
1970
Environment in Pakistan
# 122
El Salvador :
0.38
1970
Environment in El Salvador
# 123
Nigeria :
0.38
1970
Environment in Nigeria
# 124
Dominica :
0.37
1970
Environment in Dominica
# 125
Mauritania :
0.37
1970
Environment in Mauritania
# 126
India :
0.36
1970
Environment in India
# 127
Sierra Leone :
0.33
1970
Environment in Sierra Leone
# 128
Mozambique :
0.32
1970
Environment in Mozambique
# 129
Sudan :
0.32
1970
Environment in Sudan
# 130
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.32
1970
Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 131
Senegal :
0.31
1970
Environment in Senegal
# 132
Indonesia :
0.31
1970
Environment in Indonesia
# 133
Oman :
0.31
1970
Environment in Oman
# 134
Paraguay :
0.3
1970
Environment in Paraguay
# 135
Ghana :
0.3
1970
Environment in Ghana
# 136
Sri Lanka :
0.29
1970
Environment in Sri Lanka
# 137
Kenya :
0.27
1970
Environment in Kenya
# 138
Papua New Guinea :
0.27
1970
Environment in Papua New Guinea
# 139
Tonga :
0.26
1970
Environment in Tonga
# 140
Solomon Islands :
0.25
1970
Environment in Solomon Islands
# 141
Guinea :
0.21
1970
Environment in Guinea
# 142
Laos :
0.21
1970
Environment in Laos
# 143
Samoa :
0.21
1970
Environment in Samoa
# 144
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.2
1970
Environment in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 145
Cambodia :
0.17
1970
Environment in Cambodia
# 146
Burma :
0.17
1970
Environment in Burma
# 147
Uganda :
0.15
1970
Environment in Uganda
# 148
Madagascar :
0.15
1970
Environment in Madagascar
# 149
Afghanistan :
0.14
1970
Environment in Afghanistan
# 150
Cape Verde :
0.14
1970
Environment in Cape Verde
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
0.13
1970
Environment in Equatorial Guinea
# 152
Togo :
0.13
1970
Environment in Togo
# 153
Tanzania :
0.13
1970
Environment in Tanzania
# 154
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.13
1970
Environment in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 155
Guinea-Bissau :
0.12
1970
Environment in Guinea-Bissau
# 156
Gambia, The :
0.11
1970
Environment in Gambia, The
# 157
Central African Republic :
0.11
1970
Environment in Central African Republic
# 158
Benin :
0.1
1970
Environment in Benin
# 159
Malawi :
0.1
1970
Environment in Malawi
# 160
Cameroon :
0.09
1970
Environment in Cameroon
# 161
Haiti :
0.08
1970
Environment in Haiti
# 162
Somalia :
0.06
1970
Environment in Somalia
# 163
Ethiopia :
0.06
1970
Environment in Ethiopia
# 164
Niger :
0.05
1970
Environment in Niger
# 165
Chad :
0.03
1970
Environment in Chad
# 166
Mali :
0.03
1970
Environment in Mali
# 167
Burkina Faso :
0.03
1970
Environment in Burkina Faso
# 168
Rwanda :
0.02
1970
Environment in Rwanda
# 169
Nepal :
0.02
1970
Environment in Nepal
# 170
Burundi :
0.02
1970
Environment in Burundi
# 171
Bhutan :
0.01
1970
Environment in Bhutan
Weighted average:
4.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
8.61
DEFINITION: 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."
SOURCE: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States.
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