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Environment Statistics > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 (most recent) by country

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   United States  28.2%
   Russia  7.4%
   Japan  5.9%
   India  5.5%
   Germany  4.1%
   United Kingdom  2.8%
   Canada  2.2%
   Italy  2.2%
   Korea, South  2%
   Mexico  1.9%
   Ukraine  1.9%
   France  1.8%
   Australia  1.8%
   South Africa  1.7%
   Poland  1.6%
   Iran  1.5%
   Brazil  1.5%
   Spain  1.4%
   Indonesia  1.2%
   Saudi Arabia  1.2%


Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   United States: 1,499,850 
# 2   Russia: 392,287 
# 3   Japan: 315,274 
# 4   India: 293,938 
# 5   Germany: 216,213 
# 6   United Kingdom: 147,199 
# 7   Canada: 119,713 
# 8   Italy: 115,371 
# 9   Korea, South: 107,399 
# 10   Mexico: 103,301 
# 11   Ukraine: 102,158 
# 12   France: 98,168 
# 13   Australia: 94,008 
# 14   South Africa: 91,316 
# 15   Poland: 85,805 
# 16   Iran: 82,269 
# 17   Brazil: 82,057 
# 18   Spain: 74,691 
# 19   Indonesia: 64,308 
# 20   Saudi Arabia: 64,249 
# 21   Korea, North: 56,946 
# 22   Taiwan: 55,333 
# 23   Thailand: 54,492 
# 24   Turkey: 54,174 
# 25   Argentina: 37,609 
# 26   Netherlands: 36,747 
# 27   Venezuela: 34,341 
# 28   Malaysia: 33,748 
# 29   Egypt: 33,730 
# 30   Uzbekistan: 31,825 
# 31   Kazakhstan: 30,796 
# 32   Czech Republic: 29,709 
# 33   Belgium: 28,504 
# 34   Pakistan: 26,984 
# 35   United Arab Emirates: 24,011 
# 36   Greece: 23,457 
# 37   Romania: 22,163 
# 38   Iraq: 20,262 
# 39   Philippines: 19,982 
# 40   Colombia: 17,369 
# 41   Chile: 17,062 
# 42   Austria: 16,748 
# 43   Israel: 16,683 
# 44   Portugal: 16,376 
# 45   Finland: 15,932 
# 46   Belarus: 15,729 
# 47   Hungary: 15,524 
# 48   Singapore: 14,809 
# 49   Syria: 14,563 
# 50   Qatar: 14,110 
# 51   Denmark: 13,553 
# 52   Kuwait: 13,092 
# 53   Sweden: 12,713 
# 54   Vietnam: 12,710 
# 55   Bulgaria: 11,487 
# 56   Hong Kong: 11,242 
# 57   Switzerland: 11,075 
# 58   Ireland: 11,030 
# 59   Nigeria: 11,023 
# 60   Norway: 10,565 
# 61   Slovakia: 10,541 
# 62   Morocco: 9,781 
# 63   Azerbaijan: 9,178 
# 64   Turkmenistan: 8,847 
# 65   New Zealand: 8,399 
# 66   Peru: 8,295 
# 67   Bangladesh: 6,945 
# 68   Cuba: 6,926 
# 69   Trinidad and Tobago: 6,847 
# 70   Dominican Republic: 6,352 
# 71   Ecuador: 6,350 
# 72   Croatia: 5,674 
# 73   Oman: 5,428 
# 74   Bahrain: 5,189 
# 75   Yemen: 4,983 
# 76   Zimbabwe: 4,810 
# 77   Tunisia: 4,771 
# 78   Lebanon: 4,616 
# 79   Estonia: 4,409 
# 80   Jordan: 3,977 
# 81   Slovenia: 3,937 
# 82   Lithuania: 3,614 
# 83   Virgin Islands: 3,577 
# 84   Cote d'Ivoire: 3,307 
# 85   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 3,105 
# 86   Bolivia: 3,068 
# 87   Angola: 2,803 
# 88   Jamaica: 2,788 
# 89   Puerto Rico: 2,757 
# 90   Guatemala: 2,640 
# 91   Burma: 2,511 
# 92   Kenya: 2,412 
# 93   Sri Lanka: 2,360 
# 94   Panama: 2,252 
# 95   Luxembourg: 2,190 
# 96   Mongolia: 2,060 
# 97   Latvia: 1,798 
# 98   Uruguay: 1,787 
# 99   Moldova: 1,773 
# 100   Costa Rica: 1,670 
# 101   Cyprus: 1,643 
# 102   El Salvador: 1,575 
# 103   Ghana: 1,522 
# 104   Ethiopia: 1,502 
# 105   Georgia: 1,467 
# 106   Tajikistan: 1,392 
# 107   Honduras: 1,372 
# 108   Kyrgyzstan: 1,287 
# 109   Cameroon: 1,281 
# 110   Paraguay: 1,236 
# 111   Guam: 1,111 
# 112   Botswana: 1,058 
# 113   Nicaragua: 1,025 
# 114   Senegal: 1,021 
# 115   Gabon: 970 
# 116   Malta: 934 
# 117   Nepal: 906 
# 118   Armenia: 840 
# 119   Mauritania: 829 
# 120   Sudan: 719 
# 121   Mauritius: 674 
# 122   Papua New Guinea: 662 
# 123   Reunion: 644 
# 124   Suriname: 587 
# 125   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 585 
# 126   Iceland: 564 
# 127   Martinique: 561 
# 128   Barbados: 555 
# 129   Aruba: 520 
# 130   Madagascar: 518 
# 131   Zambia: 493 
# 132   Bahamas, The: 490 
# 133   Guyana: 460 
# 134   New Caledonia: 455 
# 135   Guadeloupe: 442 
# 136   Macau: 414 
# 137   Albania: 413 
# 138   Haiti: 386 
# 139   Uganda: 374 
# 140   Mozambique: 364 
# 141   Togo: 362 
# 142   Guinea: 345 
# 143   Benin: 343 
# 144   Niger: 310 
# 145   Burkina Faso: 277 
# 146   Afghanistan: 263 
# 147   French Guiana: 251 
# 148   Malawi: 210 
# 149   Fiji: 198 
# 150   Cambodia: 184 
= 151   Equatorial Guinea: 177 
= 151   Faroe Islands: 177 
# 153   Belize: 169 
# 154   Eritrea: 159 
# 155   Rwanda: 154 
= 156   Sierra Leone: 148 
= 156   French Polynesia: 148 
# 158   Greenland: 147 
# 159   Mali: 136 
# 160   Maldives: 127 
# 161   Bermuda: 126 
# 162   Laos: 111 
# 163   Liberia: 109 
= 164   Swaziland: 105 
= 164   Bhutan: 105 
= 164   Djibouti: 105 
# 167   Antigua and Barbuda: 95 
# 168   Saint Lucia: 88 
# 169   American Samoa: 78 
# 170   Cayman Islands: 77 
# 171   Guinea-Bissau: 71 
# 172   Gambia, The: 69 
= 173   Burundi: 66 
= 173   Palau: 66 
# 175   Western Sahara: 65 
# 176   Seychelles: 59 
# 177   Grenada: 58 
# 178   Gibraltar: 48 
# 179   Solomon Islands: 45 
= 180   Cape Verde: 38 
= 180   Samoa: 38 
# 182   Nauru: 37 
# 183   Namibia: 35 
= 184   Tonga: 33 
= 184   Chad: 33 
# 186   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 28 
# 187   Sao Tome and Principe: 24 
= 188   Comoros: 22 
= 188   Dominica: 22 
= 188   Vanuatu: 22 
# 191   British Virgin Islands: 16 
# 192   Montserrat: 13 
# 193   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 10 
# 194   Cook Islands:
# 195   Kiribati:
# 196   Saint Helena:
# 197   Wake Island:
# 198   Niue:
# 199   Turks and Caicos Islands:
Total: 5,322,589  
Weighted average: 26,746.7  



DEFINITION: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).

SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication

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Outlier
21st July 2009
So I noticed that the header boldly reports this as carbon dioxide numbers, but down in fine print it specifically says metric tons of carbon (NOT C02). I find this to be a terrible misrepresentation of information, and an obvious bias in reporting.
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