ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

  
 
             
   
 
 
             

GHGs

 
 
last update: August 2009
 
   
 
 
             

Greenhouse gas emissions (absolute values)

   
 
 
             
                             
   

latest
year available
Total GHG
emissions
  
GHG from
Energy
 
GHG from
Energy of
which: from
Transport
  
GHG from
Industrial processes
  
GHG from
Agriculture
  
GHG from
Waste
  
 
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
  
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
  
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent

mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent

  
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
Albania 1994
5.53
 
3.11
 
0.80
0.21
1.88
 
0.34
Algeria 1994
91.76
  
70.08
  
13.95
4.77
12.21
  
4.72
Antigua and Barbuda 1990
0.39
  
0.29
  
0.08
...
0.02
  
0.08
Argentina 2000
282.00
  
131.96
  
40.24
11.11
124.92
  
14.01
Armenia 1990
25.31
  
23.11
  
3.64
0.63
1.04
  
0.54
Australia 2006
536.07
  
400.93
  
79.08
28.40
90.11
  
16.62
Austria 2006
91.09
  
69.85
  
23.12
10.77
7.89
  
2.20
Azerbaijan 1994
43.17
  
4.51
  
...
...
3.68
  
1.76
Bahamas 1994
2.20
  
1.87
  
...
...
0.02
  
...
Bahrain 1994
19.60
  
15.20
  
1.30
2.02
0.05
  
2.33
Bangladesh 1994
45.93
  
15.21
  
2.54
1.28
28.12
  
1.31
Barbados 1997
4.06
  
2.03
  
0.25
0.17
0.07
  
1.79
Belarus 2006
81.00
  
57.63
  
5.62
4.23
13.95
  
5.12
Belgium 2006
136.97
  
110.86
  
26.10
14.46
10.18
  
1.22
Belize 1994
6.34
  
0.61
  
0.31
0.00
0.27
  
5.46
Benin 1995
39.35
  
1.00
  
0.40
0.10
37.96
  
0.30
Bhutan 1994
1.29
  
0.10
  
0.04
0.13
1.06
  
...
Bolivia 2000
21.46
  
8.07
  
3.19
0.61
11.54
  
1.24
Botswana 1994
9.29
  
3.84
  
0.80
0.21
5.07
  
0.17
Brazil 1994
658.65
  
247.59
  
95.12
21.12
369.31
  
20.68
Bulgaria 2006
71.34
  
52.20
  
8.72
6.79
4.72
  
7.57
Burkina Faso 1994
5.97
  
0.91
  
0.32
...
4.71
  
0.35
Burundi 1998
2.00
  
0.80
  
0.09
0.00
1.09
  
0.10
Cambodia 1994
12.76
  
1.88
  
0.83
0.05
10.56
  
0.27
Cameroon 1994
165.73
  
3.24
  
1.35
58.52
102.23
  
1.73
Canada 2006
720.63
  
583.10
  
192.12
54.44
61.84
  
20.93
Cape Verde 1995
0.29
  
0.22
  
0.00
...
0.04
  
0.03
Central African Republic 1994
37.74
  
18.93
  
0.12
...
16.24
  
2.57
Chad 1993
8.02
  
0.31
  
...
...
7.30
  
0.41
Chile 1994
54.89
  
37.34
  
13.08
2.16
13.41
  
1.98
China 1994
4 057.62
  
3 007.78
  
165.57
282.63
605.09
  
162.12
Colombia 1994
137.49
  
62.26
  
19.22
5.30
61.45
  
8.48
Comoros 1994
0.52
  
0.07
  
...
...
0.44
  
0.01
Congo 1994
1.38
  
0.85
  
0.37
0.04
0.34
  
0.15
Cook Islands 1994
0.08
  
0.03
  
0.02
...
0.01
  
0.04
Costa Rica 1996
10.79
  
4.18
  
2.66
0.57
5.17
  
0.87
Cote d'Ivoire 1994
24.73
  
12.44
  
...
0.00
3.45
  
8.84
Croatia 2006
30.83
  
22.55
  
6.23
4.00
3.51
  
0.59
Cuba 1996
40.19
  
26.58
  
...
1.22
10.27
  
2.06
Czech Republic 2006
148.20
  
121.78
  
18.20
14.79
7.64
  
3.48
Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1994
44.64
  
3.71
  
1.04
0.02
34.85
  
6.06
Denmark 2006
71.91
  
56.90
  
13.58
2.50
9.61
  
1.33
Djibouti 1994
0.51
  
0.28
  
0.13
...
0.21
  
0.03
Dominica 1994
0.15
  
0.08
  
0.04
...
0.01
  
0.06
Dominican Republic 1994
20.44
  
14.79
  
4.62
0.64
2.49
  
2.52
Ecuador 1990
30.77
  
19.89
  
9.08
1.15
8.39
  
1.34
Egypt 1990
116.74
  
82.76
  
21.16
10.28
18.01
  
5.69
El Salvador 1994
11.72
  
4.57
  
1.82
0.49
5.78
  
0.88
Eritrea 2000
0.76
  
0.60
  
0.20
...
...
  
0.15
Estonia 2006
18.88
  
16.31
  
2.43
0.66
1.20
  
0.71
Ethiopia 1995
47.74
  
7.57
  
...
0.34
38.50
  
1.34
Fiji 1994
1.39
  
0.78
  
0.53
0.05
0.49
  
0.08
Finland 2006
80.29
  
66.00
  
14.36
6.12
5.56
  
2.50
France 2006
546.53
  
395.75
  
139.93
40.57
95.35
  
13.56
Gabon 1994
6.52
  
6.36
  
0.55
0.06
...
  
0.09
Gambia 1993
4.26
  
0.25
 1, 2
0.11
...
0.89
  
3.10
Georgia 1997
12.89
  
7.52
  
...
0.50
2.66
  
1.52
Germany 2006
1 004.79
  
818.90
  
162.01
108.18
63.54
  
12.99
Ghana 1996
13.14
  
7.06
  
...
0.27
5.29
  
0.52
Greece 2006
133.11
  
104.68
  
24.13
13.09
11.64
  
3.54
Grenada 1994
1.61
  
0.14
  
0.05
...
0.00
  
1.47
Guatemala 1990
14.74
  
4.58
  
2.13
0.55
8.83
  
0.78
Guinea 1994
5.06
  
2.04
  
0.63
0.14
2.53
  
0.34
Guinea-Bissau 1994
1.69
  
0.18
  
0.00
0.00
1.47
  
0.04
Guyana 1998
3.07
  
1.77
  
0.30
...
1.28
  
0.02
Haiti 1994
5.13
  
0.42
  
0.10
...
4.09
  
0.40
Honduras 1995
10.83
  
3.98
  
2.27
0.51
3.38
  
2.94
Hungary 2006
78.62
  
59.86
  
12.68
5.89
8.41
  
4.12
Iceland 2006
4.23
  
2.16
  
0.98
1.34
0.51
  
0.21
India 1994
1 214.25
  
743.82
  
80.29
102.71
344.48
  
23.23
Indonesia 1994
334.19
  
222.10
  
47.34
19.14
84.51
  
8.44
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1994
385.43
  
321.36
  
60.61
25.48
30.30
  
8.30
Ireland 2006
69.76
  
46.14
  
13.72
3.26
18.45
  
1.83
Israel 2005
73.41
  
63.02
  
14.21
2.29
3.18
  
4.92
Italy 2006
567.92
  
473.68
  
133.20
36.78
36.64
  
18.67
Jamaica 1994
116.31
  
8.23
  
1.27
0.38
107.32
  
0.38
Japan 2006
1 340.08
  
1 194.70
  
250.04
72.93
27.37
  
44.81
Jordan 1994
21.94
  
11.80
  
2.85
1.70
0.56
  
7.89
Kazakhstan 2004
210.21
  
173.18
  
8.47
13.22
18.94
  
4.87
Kenya 1994
21.47
  
8.06
  
...
0.99
12.10
  
0.32
Kiribati 1994
0.03
  
0.02
  
...
...
0.00
  
0.01
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1990
201.93
  
178.95
  
3.51
9.85
11.65
  
1.48
Korea, Republic of 2001
542.89
  
453.17
  
89.68
57.84
16.12
  
15.76
Kyrgyzstan 2000
15.05
  
11.33
  
4.06
0.24
2.19
  
0.93
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 1990
6.87
  
0.93
  
...
...
5.70
  
0.24
Latvia 2006
11.62
  
8.54
  
3.45
0.25
2.00
  
0.76
Lebanon 1994
15.70
  
11.78
  
3.99
1.92
1.10
  
0.90
Lesotho 1994
1.82
  
0.83
  
0.22
...
0.94
  
0.05
Liechtenstein 2006
0.27
  
0.24
  
0.08
0.00
0.02
  
0.00
Lithuania 2006
23.22
  
13.37
  
4.51
3.95
4.28
  
1.53
Luxembourg 2006
13.32
  
11.81
  
7.29
0.75
0.69
  
0.05
Madagascar 1994
21.93
  
1.92
  
0.62
0.00
19.80
  
0.21
Malawi 1994
7.07
  
3.72
  
...
0.06
3.20
  
0.09
Malaysia 1994
136.68
  
97.86
  
...
4.97
6.93
  
26.91
Maldives 1994
0.15
  
0.13
  
...
...
...
  
0.02
Mali 1995
8.67
  
0.97
  
...
0.01
7.57
  
0.12
Malta 2000
2.85
  
2.45
  
0.50
0.00
0.09
  
0.31
Mauritania 1995
4.33
  
1.15
  
0.30
0.00
2.94
  
0.23
Mauritius 1995
2.06
  
1.76
  
0.65
0.09
0.14
  
0.07
Mexico 2002
548.50
  
389.50
  
114.39
47.27
46.15
  
65.58
Micronesia, Federated States of 1994
0.25
  
0.24
  
0.00
0.00
0.00
  
0.00
Monaco 2006
0.09
  
0.09
  
0.03
0.00
0.00
  
0.00
Mongolia 1998
15.90
  
9.37
  
2.12
0.10
6.34
  
0.09
Morocco 1994
44.37
  
26.86
  
5.84
3.16
12.09
  
2.28
Mozambique 1994
8.19
  
1.86
  
0.85
0.05
4.59
  
1.69
Namibia 1994
5.60
  
1.92
  
0.91
0.00
3.61
  
0.07
Nauru 1994
0.04
  
0.03
  
...
...
0.00
  
0.00
Nepal 1994
31.19
  
3.27
  
0.46
0.17
27.20
  
0.56
Netherlands 2006
207.48
  
167.09
  
36.15
15.66
18.18
  
6.33
New Zealand 2006
77.87
  
34.07
  
14.41
4.23
37.67
  
1.86
Nicaragua 1994
7.65
  
2.69
  
0.84
0.35
4.27
  
0.34
Niger 1990
4.86
  
0.93
  
0.23
0.01
3.89
  
0.03
Nigeria 1994
242.63
  
146.36
  
36.86
1.76
50.50
  
44.00
Niue 1994
4.42
  
4.42
  
1.42
...
0.00
  
0.00
Norway 2006
53.51
  
38.40
  
14.99
9.23
4.21
  
1.50
Pakistan 1994
160.60
  
83.27
  
18.68
11.27
61.94
  
4.12
Palau 2000
0.09
  
...
  
...
0.00
0.09
  
...
Panama 1994
10.69
  
3.90
  
1.49
0.41
4.73
  
1.65
Papua New Guinea 1994
5.01
  
0.95
  
...
0.19
3.87
  
...
Paraguay 1994
140.46
  
3.27
  
2.73
0.73
136.30
  
0.16
Peru 1994
57.58
  
22.15
  
7.97
9.90
22.81
  
2.72
Philippines 1994
100.87
  
50.04
  
15.89
10.60
33.13
  
7.09
Poland 2006
400.46
  
329.84
  
38.62
27.22
34.29
  
8.40
Portugal 2006
82.74
  
59.24
  
19.90
7.92
8.43
  
6.80
Republic of Moldova 1998
10.51
  
7.55
  
1.57
1.23
1.25
  
0.50
Romania 2006
156.68
  
105.43
  
12.35
20.81
20.19
  
10.04
Russian Federation 2006
2 190.24
  
1 786.91
  
191.07
198.30
131.48
  
73.02
Rwanda 2002
2.38
  
1.15
  
...
0.05
0.96
  
0.22
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1994
0.16
  
0.07
  
0.03
...
0.04
  
0.05
Saint Lucia 1994
0.89
  
0.27
  
0.11
...
0.03
  
0.59
Samoa 1994
0.56
  
0.10
  
0.07
...
0.43
  
0.03
Sao Tome and Principe 1998
0.12
  
0.10
  
0.03
...
0.01
  
0.01
Saudi Arabia 1990
165.27
  
129.50
  
40.18
11.08
11.35
  
13.33
Senegal 1995
9.57
  
3.92
  
1.28
0.38
3.00
  
2.28
Seychelles 1995
0.26
  
0.18
  
0.06
...
0.03
  
0.05
Singapore 1994
26.86
  
26.65
  
4.10
...
...
  
0.21
Slovakia 2006
48.90
  
37.19
  
6.00
5.94
3.16
  
2.53
Slovenia 2006
20.59
  
16.57
  
4.80
1.24
2.03
  
0.70
Solomon Islands 1994
0.29
  
0.29
  
0.19
...
...
  
...
South Africa 1994
379.84
  
297.57
  
43.52
30.39
35.46
  
16.43
Spain 2006
433.34
  
338.28
  
108.62
35.09
46.18
  
12.27
Sri Lanka 1995
29.13
  
6.77
  
3.17
0.27
11.46
  
10.62
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1997
0.41
  
0.11
  
0.04
...
0.26
  
0.04
Sudan 1995
54.24
  
7.79
  
1.92
0.17
45.27
  
1.00
Suriname 2003
3.34
  
2.40
  
0.35
0.06
0.85
  
0.02
Swaziland 1994
2.64
  
1.06
  
0.44
...
1.23
  
0.35
Sweden 2006
65.75
  
48.74
  
20.19
6.15
8.50
  
2.05
Switzerland 2006
53.21
  
43.92
  
16.01
3.06
5.29
  
0.70
Tajikistan 1998
4.29
  
1.58
  
0.53
0.34
2.23
  
0.14
Thailand 1994
223.98
  
129.87
  
39.92
15.98
77.39
  
0.74
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 1998
15.07
  
11.20
  
1.18
1.06
1.58
  
1.23
Togo 1998
6.28
  
1.45
  
...
0.36
4.47
  
0.01
Tonga 1994
0.23
  
0.08
  
0.05
...
0.06
  
0.09
Trinidad and Tobago 1990
16.01
  
9.93
  
1.49
5.12
0.34
  
0.62
Tunisia 1994
25.14
  
15.25
  
3.41
2.84
6.02
  
1.03
Turkey 2006
331.76
  
258.21
  
44.39
27.13
16.37
  
30.06
Turkmenistan 1994
52.31
  
48.92
  
2.92
0.84
2.33
  
0.22
Tuvalu 1994
0.01
  
0.00
  
...
...
0.00
  
...
Uganda 1994
41.55
  
3.91
  
0.68
0.04
37.50
  
0.09
Ukraine 2006
443.18
  
305.11
  
43.89
97.17
30.45
  
10.12
United Arab Emirates 1994
130.44
  
70.18
  
17.90
3.46
54.46
  
2.34
United Kingdom 2006
655.79
  
562.86
  
136.71
26.80
44.12
  
22.01
United Rep. of Tanzania 1994
39.24
  
6.89
  
1.67
0.37
29.73
  
2.25
United States 2006
7 017.32
  
6 076.90
  
1 868.47
320.90
454.14
  
160.99
Uruguay 2000
29.73
  
5.18
  
2.53
1.11
22.02
  
1.43
Uzbekistan 1994
153.89
  
127.85
  
9.01
4.94
17.84
  
3.26
Vanuatu 1994
0.30
  
0.06
  
0.05
...
0.23
  
...
Venezuela 1999
192.19
  
143.56
  
33.99
9.21
32.96
  
6.47
Viet Nam 1994
84.45
  
25.63
  
3.66
3.81
52.45
  
2.57
Yemen 1995
17.87
  
10.13
  
3.85
0.55
6.30
  
0.89
Zambia 1994
32.77
  
17.41
  
1.22
0.33
13.62
  
1.41
Zimbabwe 1994
27.59
  
16.76
  
2.05
4.59
5.72
  
0.53
                     
 

 

Sources:

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat (see: http://unfccc.int).

Definitions & Technical notes:

GHG from Energy: all emissions related to the production and use of energy in any sectors of the economy and households. It includes emissions from fuel combustion as well as fugitive fuels. This variable corresponds to IPCC category 1.

GHG from Energy, of which: from Transport: from Transport: emissions from the combustion and evaporation of fuel for all transport activity, regardless of the sector, specified by subsectors as civil aviation, road transportation, railways, navigation and other transportation. This variable corresponds to IPCC category 1A3.

GHG from Industrial Processes: emissions from processes such as chemical industry, metal industry, production and use of mineral products and other industries. This variable corresponds to IPCC category 2.

GHG from Agriculture: all emissions from enteric fermentation, manure management, rice cultivation, agricultural soils, field burning of agricultural residues, prescribed burning of savannas and other agricultural activities. This variable corresponds to IPCC category 4.

GHG from Waste: total emissions from solid waste disposal on land, wastewater handling, waste incineration and any other waste management activity. This variable corresponds to IPCC category 6.

Data Quality:

Countries should report their greenhouse gas emissions to UNFCCC according to the IPCC Guidelines. The quality of data is regularly checked by UNFCCC for the Annex 1 parties to the Convention that report annually. Non-Annex 1 countries do not report on a regular basis and their data are not subject to the same thorough checking. Data quality depends on the quality of statistics underlying the calculations or estimates and is usually the best for energy related emissions; for other sources, the data should be used with caution when comparing countries.

 


United Nations Statistics Division - Environment Statistics