Environment > Pollution > Greenhouse gas emissions > Perfluorcarbons (PFCs) > Emissions (CO2 equivalent): Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Carbon dioxide equivalent of perfluorocarbons emissions over 100 years. These numbers do not represent total PFCs emissions, but rather the total amount of CO2 that would have to be emitted to have the same global warming potential (GWP) as the total amount of PFCs emitted over 100 years. A 100 year time scale is used since PFCs have a shorter atmospheric lifetime than CO2. The GWP of a greenhouse gas is useful in determining a country's overall impact on climate change.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	5,660.73	2010
2	Japan	3,405.25	2010
3	European Union	3,379.59	2010
4	Russia	2,677.57	2010
5	Canada	1,607.52	2010
6	Italy	1,330.83	2010
7	Turkey	404.62	2006
8	France	382.91	2010
9	Germany	308.54	2010
10	Spain	303.33	2010
11	Australia	243.76	2010
12	United Kingdom	220.47	2010
13	Netherlands	208.86	2010
14	Norway	205.12	2010
15	Sweden	158.21	2010
16	Iceland	145.63	2010
17	Greece	101.61	2010
18	Poland	86.4	2010
19	Belgium	84.77	2010
20	Austria	69.85	2010
21	New Zealand	40.81	2010
22	Ireland	37.02	2010
23	Switzerland	36.51	2010
24	Czech Republic	29.43	2010
25	Ukraine	22.98	2010
26	Slovakia	21.15	2010
27	Slovenia	13.68	2010
28	Denmark	13.27	2010
29	Romania	7.93	2010
30	Finland	0.75	2010
31	Hungary	0.609	2010
32	Luxembourg	0.198	2010
33	Liechtenstein	0.0731	2010
34	Bulgaria	0.0414	2010
35	Estonia	0.0385	2008
36	Croatia	0.0291	2010
37	Monaco	0.0158	2009
38	Portugal	0.000262	2010
39	Malta	6.19e-05	2010

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