ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

 
 
 
   
 
 
 

 

GHGs

 
last update: July 2010
   
 
 
 

Greenhouse gas emissions

   
 
 
 
                   
 

latest
year available

Total GHG
emissions
 
% change since
1990
 
GHG emissions
per capita
 
Total GHG
emissions
including
LULUCF/LUCF
 
 
 
mio. tonnes of CO2 equivalent
%
tonnes of CO2 equivalent
mio. tonnes of CO2 equivalent
 
Albania
1994
5.53
-22.4
1.74
7.06
 
Algeria
1994
91.76
...
3.31
100.34
 
Antigua and Barbuda
1990
0.39
6.28
0.29
 
Argentina
2000
282.00
22.0
7.63
238.70
 
Armenia
1990
25.31
7.14
24.70
 
Australia
2008
549.54
31.4
26.08
618.06
 
Austria
2008
86.64
10.8
10.39
69.30
 
Azerbaijan
1994
43.17
-29.0
5.62
42.09
Bahamas
1994
2.20
14.7
7.96
2.20
Bahrain
1994
19.60
...
34.90
19.60
Bangladesh
1994
45.93
...
0.37
53.76
Barbados
1997
4.06
23.8
15.89
4.05
Belarus
2008
91.11
-35.1
9.41
60.08
Belgium
2008
133.25
-7.1
12.58
131.98
Belize
1994
6.34
...
29.60
2.31
Benin
1995
39.35
...
6.87
-8.18
Bhutan
1994
1.29
...
2.52
-2.26
Bolivia
2004
43.67
185.0
4.85
91.71
Botswana
1994
9.29
...
6.15
-29.44
Brazil
1994
663.25
11.2
4.16
1 481.33
Bulgaria
2008
73.43
-37.4
9.67
62.40
Burkina Faso
1994
5.97
...
0.61
4.58
Burundi
1998
2.00
...
0.32
-1.00
Cambodia
1994
12.76
...
1.15
-5.15
Cameroon
1994
165.73
...
12.10
187.91
Canada
2008
734.42
24.1
22.08
721.59
Cape Verde
1995
0.29
...
0.74
0.22
Central African Republic
1994
37.74
...
11.61
-101.58
Chad
1993
8.02
...
1.20
-38.18
Chile
1994
54.89
...
3.87
45.69
China
1994
4 057.62
...
3.39
3 650.14
Colombia
1994
137.48
22.9
3.84
152.08
Comoros
1994
0.51
...
1.06
-0.38
Congo
2000
2.07
...
0.68
-80.00
Cook Islands
1994
0.08
...
4.34
-0.07
Costa Rica
2005
12.11
98.9
2.80
8.61
Cote d'Ivoire
2000
271.20
...
15.69
252.82
Croatia
2008
31.13
-0.9
7.04
24.65
Cuba
1996
40.19
-36.8
3.67
18.54
Czech Republic
2008
141.41
-27.5
13.70
136.63
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2003
46.00
...
0.83
-132.78
Denmark
2008
65.13
-7.3
11.93
66.60
Djibouti
1994
0.51
...
0.84
-0.09
Dominica
1994
0.15
...
2.22
-0.22
Dominican Republic
2000
26.43
109.1
2.99
7.64
Ecuador
1990
30.77
2.99
77.72
Egypt
1990
116.74
2.02
106.84
El Salvador
1994
11.72
...
2.07
15.66
Eritrea
2000
0.76
...
0.21
0.76
Estonia
2008
20.25
-50.4
15.10
10.52
Ethiopia
1995
47.75
11.0
0.84
37.87
Fiji
1994
1.39
...
1.83
-6.31
Finland
2008
70.13
-0.3
13.22
34.73
France
2008
531.80
-6.1
8.57
464.44
Gabon
1994
6.52
...
6.20
-494.35
Gambia
1993
4.26
...
4.23
-45.73
 
Georgia
2006
12.22
-73.1
2.77
12.22
 
Germany
2008
958.06
-22.2
11.65
988.25
 
Ghana
1996
13.14
17.8
0.74
-5.88
 
Greece
2008
126.89
22.8
11.39
123.71
 
Grenada
1994
1.61
...
16.17
1.51
 
Guatemala
1990
14.74
1.65
-24.80
 
Guinea
1994
5.06
...
0.70
-12.54
 
Guinea-Bissau
1994
1.69
...
1.49
- 11 286.71
 
Guyana
1998
3.07
40.7
4.05
- 27.80
 
Haiti
1994
5.10
...
0.66
6.06
 
Honduras
1995
10.83
...
1.94
15.46
 
Hungary
2008
73.14
-24.9
7.30
68.62
 
Iceland
2008
4.88
42.9
15.47
6.88
 
India
1994
1 214.25
...
1.30
1 228.54
 
Indonesia
1994
334.19
25.3
1.77
498.31
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1994
385.43
...
6.30
417.01
 
Ireland
2008
67.44
23.0
15.20
65.97
 
Israel
2005
73.41
...
10.97
73.02
 
Italy
2008
541.49
4.7
9.08
454.19
 
Jamaica
1994
116.31
...
47.58
116.15
 
Japan
2008
1 281.82
1.0
10.07
1 203.01
 
Jordan
2000
19.40
...
4.00
20.14
 
Kazakhstan
2008
245.86
-27.3
15.84
245.22
 
Kenya
1994
21.47
...
0.80
-6.53
 
Kiribati
1994
0.03
...
0.37
0.03
 
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1990
201.92
10.02
187.30
 
Korea, Republic of
2001
542.89
87.6
11.62
508.25
 
Kyrgyzstan
2005
12.02
-60.3
2.30
11.33
 
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
1990
6.87
1.63
-97.44
 
Latvia
2008
11.90
-55.6
5.27
-16.97
 
Lebanon
1994
15.70
...
4.63
15.91
 
Lesotho
1994
1.82
...
1.07
3.08
 
Liechtenstein
2008
0.26
14.7
7.39
0.26
 
Lithuania
2008
24.33
-51.1
7.33
10.64
 
Luxembourg
2008
12.49
-4.8
26.00
12.22
 
Madagascar
1994
21.93
...
1.72
-217.04
 
Malawi
1994
7.07
-12.1
0.71
24.59
 
Malaysia
1994
136.68
...
6.81
75.60
 
Maldives
1994
0.15
...
0.63
0.15
 
Mali
1995
8.67
...
0.91
-1.08
 
Malta
2008
2.95
44.2
7.25
2.89
 
Mauritania
2000
6.94
...
2.67
5.62
 
Mauritius
1995
2.06
...
1.82
1.84
 
Mexico
2002
553.33
30.1
5.42
643.18
 
Micronesia, Federated States of
1994
0.25
...
2.32
0.25
 
Monaco
2008
0.10
-11.4
2.92
0.10
 
Mongolia
1998
15.93
-17.5
6.83
15.60
 
Morocco
1994
44.39
...
1.67
39.88
 
Mozambique
1994
8.22
21.2
0.53
15.97
 
Namibia
1994
5.60
...
3.54
-0.11
 
Nauru
1994
0.04
...
3.64
0.03
 
Nepal
1994
31.19
...
1.48
39.31
 
Netherlands
2008
206.91
-2.4
12.52
209.36
 
New Zealand
2008
74.66
22.8
17.65
48.48
 
Nicaragua
1994
7.65
...
1.68
-5.40
 
Niger
2000
13.63
180.8
1.24
-3.16
 
Nigeria
1994
242.63
...
2.25
347.64
 
Niue
1994
4.42
...
2 053.95
1
4.51
 
Norway
2008
53.71
8.0
11.27
25.15
 
Pakistan
1994
160.59
...
1.26
167.12
 
Palau
2000
0.09
...
4.80
0.09
 
Panama
1994
10.69
...
4.08
34.40
 
Papua New Guinea
1994
5.01
...
1.09
4.60
 
Paraguay
1994
140.46
149.9
29.94
159.96
 
Peru
1994
57.58
...
2.45
98.80
 
Philippines
1994
100.87
...
1.47
100.74
 
Poland
2008
395.56
-12.7
10.38
356.38
 
Portugal
2008
78.38
32.2
7.34
75.42
 
Republic of Moldova
2005
11.88
-72.3
3.16
10.50
 
Romania
2008
145.92
-39.7
6.83
109.50
 
Russian Federation
2008
2 229.57
-32.9
15.77
1 690.97
 
Rwanda
2002
2.38
...
0.28
-4.63
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1994
0.16
...
3.87
0.07
 
Saint Lucia
1994
0.89
...
6.09
0.54
 
Samoa
1994
0.56
...
3.36
0.48
 
San Marino
2007
0.24
...
7.67
0.23
 
Sao Tome and Principe
1998
0.12
...
0.90
-1.42
 
Saudi Arabia
1990
165.27
10.16
150.03
 
Senegal
1995
9.57
...
1.11
3.57
 
Seychelles
1995
0.26
...
3.39
-0.58
 
Singapore
1994
26.86
...
7.96
26.86
 
Slovakia
2008
48.83
-33.9
9.04
46.75
 
Slovenia
2008
21.28
15.2
10.56
12.75
 
Solomon Islands
1994
0.29
...
0.84
0.29
 
South Africa
1994
379.84
9.4
9.38
361.22
 
Spain
2008
405.74
42.3
9.12
353.97
 
Sri Lanka
1995
29.13
...
1.60
408.21
 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1997
0.41
4.6
3.80
0.28
 
Sudan
1995
54.19
...
1.76
71.97
 
Suriname
2003
3.33
...
6.83
4.87
 
Swaziland
1994
7.54
...
7.95
4.29
 
Sweden
2008
63.96
-11.7
6.95
49.29
 
Switzerland
2008
53.22
0.5
7.06
53.44
 
Tajikistan
2003
7.50
-69.0
1.18
5.57
 
Thailand
1994
223.99
...
3.76
285.84
 
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
2002
12.23
-7.7
6.04
9.61
 
Togo
1998
6.28
...
1.28
34.41
 
Tonga
1994
0.23
...
2.36
-0.08
 
Trinidad and Tobago
1990
16.01
13.13
14.51
 
Tunisia
1994
25.14
...
2.85
23.37
 
Turkey
2008
366.50
96.0
4.96
285.92
 
Turkmenistan
1994
52.31
...
12.77
51.93
 
Tuvalu
1994
0.01
...
0.61
0.01
 
Uganda
1994
41.55
...
2.05
49.80
 
Ukraine
2008
427.80
-53.9
9.30
411.21
 
United Arab Emirates
2000
129.83
...
40.10
120.17
 
United Kingdom
2008
631.73
-18.5
10.32
629.79
 
United Rep. of Tanzania
1994
39.24
0.6
1.35
952.80
2
United States
2008
6 924.56
13.3
22.22
6 016.41
 
Uruguay
2000
29.73
7.5
8.95
17.19
 
Uzbekistan
2005
199.84
9.3
7.59
200.25
 
Vanuatu
1994
0.30
...
1.78
0.30
 
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1999
192.19
...
8.03
177.90
 
Viet Nam
1994
84.45
...
1.18
103.84
 
Yemen
1995
17.87
...
1.15
8.20
 
Zambia
1994
32.77
...
3.70
36.23
 
Zimbabwe
1994
27.59
...
2.40
-34.65
 
 
 
Sources:
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat (see: http://unfccc.int).
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, New York, 2009 (advanced Excel tables).
Footnotes:
  1. 1994 is considered as an uncharacteristically high in terms of GHG emissions. It was mainly influenced by large-scale extension of Niue's international airport runway, and the major construction and sealing of roads (230 km). The high per capita figure is also due to a very small population base.
  2. There was large increase in emissions due the conversion of the forest and grassland to pastures, cropland, or other managed uses, which can significantly change carbon stored in vegetation and soil.
 
Definitions & Technical notes:
Greenhouse gases (GHG) are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface, the atmosphere itself, and by clouds. This property causes the greenhouse effect. Water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. Moreover, there are a number of entirely human-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as the halocarbons and other chlorine- and bromine-containing substances, dealt with under the Montreal Protocol. Beside CO2, N2O and CH4, the Kyoto Protocol deals with the greenhouse gases sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs).
Total GHG emissions including LULUCF/LUCF refer to greenhouse gases emissions including emissions/removals from the forestry sector. The definition is different for Annex I and non-Annex I Parties. For Annex I Parties, the sector is called Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) whereas for non-Annex I Parties, it is called Land-use Change and Forestry (LUCF). These two definitions are close but not equivalent. Land use, land use change and forest may have an impact on the surface albedo, evapotranspiration, sources and sinks of greenhouse gases, or other properties of the climate system and may thus have a radioactive forcing and/or other impacts on climate, locally or globally.
Data on greenhouse gas emissions are usually estimated according to international methodologies on the basis of national statistics on energy, industrial and agricultural production, waste management and land use, etc.
The best known and most widely used methodology is the 1996 Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) (see http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gl/invs1.htm) which is the basis for reporting to the UNFCCC. The latest revision and update of this guideline is 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (see http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/index.htm).
GHG emissions per capita is calculated by UNSD.
For some non-Annex I countries, the GHG emissions data may be incomplete because they include only emissions from a few available sources and therefore do not represent the absolute total emissions of the country. For detailed information on emissions data and their completeness, please check the official submissions of GHG emissions/removals data by countries to the Climate Change Convention (http://unfccc.int/ghg_data/ghg_data_unfccc/data_sources/items/3816.php).
Data Quality:
Countries report their greenhouse gas emissions to UNFCCC according to the IPCC Guidelines. The quality of data is regularly checked through the UNFCCC review process for the Annex I Parties to the Convention that report the data annually. Non-Annex I countries do not report the data annually and their data are not subject to the same review procedures. Data quality depends on the quality of statistics underlying the calculations or estimates and is usually the best for energy related emissions; because of differences in completeness and quality of the estimates, the data should be used with caution when comparing countries.
                     

 


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