ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

    
         
   
   
   
         
 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 
   
 
last update: August 2009
   
   
   
         

Emissions of other greenhouse gases
   
   
   
         
   
                           
 
latest year available
CH4
emissions
CH4
emissions
per capita
  
 % change since 1990
N2O emissions
N2O emissions per capita
 % change since 1990
 
 
 
mio. tonnes
of CO2
equivalent
tonnes of CO2
equivalent
  
%
mio. tonnes of CO2 equivalent
tonnes of
CO2
equivalent
%
Albania  
1994
2.14
0.67
  
...
0.29
0.09
...
Algeria  
1994
18.77
0.68
  
...
9.30
0.34
...
Antigua and Barbuda  
1990
0.10
1.58
  
...
0.00
0.03
...
Argentina  
2000
84.85
2.30
  
10.5
84.85
2.30
10.5
Armenia  
1990
3.21
0.91
  
...
0.09
0.03
...
Australia  
2006
116.23
5.63
  
1.4
23.65
1.15
30.6
Austria  
2006
6.94
0.84
  
-24.4
5.40
0.65
-14.3
Azerbaijan  
1994
9.28
1.21
  
-38.9
0.66
0.09
-26.6
Bahamas  
1994
0.02
0.08
  
0.0
0.31
1.12
...
Bahrain  
1994
2.95
5.25
  
...
0.04
0.07
...
Bangladesh  
1994
25.01
0.20
  
...
4.46
0.04
...
Barbados  
1997
1.81
7.11
  
9.3
0.05
0.20
0.0
Belarus  
2006
13.39
1.37
  
-11.5
8.37
0.86
-18.6
Belgium  
2006
7.09
0.68
  
-31.9
8.95
0.86
-16.9
Belize  
1994
5.57
26.01
  
...
0.17
0.80
...
Benin  
1995
38.01
6.64
  
...
0.53
0.09
...
Bhutan  
1994
0.40
0.79
  
...
0.66
1.29
...
Bolivia  
2000
12.77
1.53
  
36.5
0.92
0.11
58.6
Botswana  
1994
4.24
2.81
  
...
2.04
1.35
...
Brazil  
1994
238.73
1.50
  
6.4
166.56
1.05
12.3
Bulgaria  
2006
11.43
1.49
  
-42.7
4.23
0.55
-59.7
Burkina Faso  
1994
4.70
0.48
  
...
0.37
0.04
...
Burundi  
1998
0.94
0.15
  
...
0.91
0.14
...
Cambodia  
1994
7.77
0.70
  
...
3.67
0.33
...
Cameroon  
1994
17.71
1.29
  
...
145.25
10.61
...
Canada  
2006
101.86
3.12
  
37.0
47.73
1.46
-4.4
Cape Verde  
1995
0.07
0.17
  
...
0.01
0.02
...
Central African Republic  
1994
11.88
3.66
  
...
25.64
7.89
...
Chad  
1993
6.94
1.04
  
...
0.77
0.12
...
Chile  
1994
10.12
0.71
  
...
7.67
0.54
...
China  
1994
720.03
0.60
  
...
264.12
0.22
...
Colombia  
1994
48.22
1.35
  
28.5
28.34
0.79
15.0
Comoros  
1994
0.05
0.11
  
...
0.39
0.82
...
Congo  
1994
0.58
0.21
  
...
0.12
0.04
...
Cook Islands  
1994
0.01
0.60
  
...
0.04
2.00
...
Costa Rica  
1996
3.68
1.03
  
16.5
2.55
0.71
1271.0
Cote d'Ivoire  
1994
18.68
1.29
  
...
1.70
0.12
...
Croatia  
2006
3.11
0.70
  
-8.3
3.59
0.81
-11.9
Cuba  
1996
6.58
0.60
  
-38.4
7.03
0.64
-59.7
Czech Republic  
2006
11.93
1.17
  
-35.7
7.38
0.72
-37.7
Dem. Rep. of the Congo  
1994
40.64
0.94
  
...
2.56
0.06
...
Denmark  
2006
5.55
1.02
  
-2.8
6.54
1.20
-38.4
Djibouti  
1994
0.24
0.39
  
...
0.00
0.00
...
Dominica  
1994
0.06
0.92
  
...
0.01
0.17
...
Dominican Republic  
1994
4.66
0.58
  
53.3
0.78
0.10
-7.4
Ecuador  
1990
10.57
1.03
  
...
0.17
0.02
...
Egypt  
1990
22.17
0.38
  
...
10.33
0.18
...
El Salvador  
1994
3.11
0.55
  
...
4.09
0.72
...
Eritrea  
2000
0.15
0.04
  
...
...
...
...
Estonia  
2006
2.00
1.48
  
-37.3
0.83
0.62
-59.4
Ethiopia  
1995
37.44
0.66
  
-0.4
7.44
0.13
140.0
Fiji  
1994
0.54
0.71
  
...
0.03
0.04
...
Finland  
2006
4.54
0.86
  
-28.2
6.85
1.30
-13.6
France  
2006
56.50
0.92
  
-17.8
64.97
1.06
-29.5
Gabon  
1994
1.17
1.11
  
...
0.95
0.90
...
Gambia  
1993
3.99
3.97
  
...
 1,2
0.07
0.07
...
Georgia  
1997
3.32
0.67
  
-53.7
1.33
0.27
-44.8
Germany  
2006
45.88
0.56
  
-53.8
62.93
0.76
-25.4
Ghana  
1996
8.42
0.48
  
16.6
0.92
0.05
13.8
Greece  
2006
8.40
0.76
  
-6.4
10.32
0.93
-14.0
Grenada  
1994
1.47
14.80
  
...
0.00
0.01
...
Guatemala  
1990
4.09
0.46
  
...
6.41
0.72
...
Guinea  
1994
3.25
0.45
  
...
0.23
0.03
...
Guinea-Bissau  
1994
0.67
0.59
  
...
0.85
0.75
...
Guyana  
1998
1.01
1.33
  
50.0
0.31
0.41
0.0
Haiti  
1994
2.65
0.34
  
...
2.33
0.30
...
Honduras  
1995
5.76
1.03
  
...
0.98
0.18
...
Hungary  
2006
7.81
0.78
  
-17.4
9.57
0.95
-36.7
Iceland  
2006
0.46
1.53
  
1.2
0.34
1.11
-6.9
India  
1994
379.60
0.41
  
...
55.30
0.06
...
Indonesia  
1994
126.88
0.67
  
19.6
18.17
0.10
1.0
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  
1994
53.14
0.87
  
...
21.64
0.35
...
Ireland  
2006
13.29
3.11
  
-1.3
8.43
1.97
-11.0
Israel  
2005
5.65
0.84
  
...
5.65
0.84
...
Italy  
2006
38.16
0.65
  
-8.3
35.12
0.60
-7.6
Jamaica  
1994
1.22
0.50
  
...
106.54
43.58
...
Japan  
2006
23.64
0.19
  
-29.2
25.56
0.20
-21.7
Jordan  
1994
8.47
2.06
  
...
0.08
0.02
...
Kazakhstan  
2004
30.48
2.02
  
-47.7
30.48
2.02
-47.7
Kenya  
1994
15.54
0.58
  
...
0.42
0.02
...
Kiribati  
1994
0.01
0.12
  
...
0.00
...
...
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.  
1990
20.47
1.02
  
...
12.01
0.60
...
Korea, Republic of  
2001
25.94
0.56
  
-9.3
15.50
0.33
256.3
Kyrgyzstan  
2000
3.09
0.62
  
-47.5
0.28
0.06
-77.7
Lao People's Dem. Rep.  
1990
6.41
1.52
  
...
0.04
0.01
...
Latvia  
2006
1.74
0.76
  
-50.2
1.58
0.69
-58.5
Lebanon  
1994
1.13
0.33
  
...
0.97
0.29
...
Lesotho  
1994
0.97
0.57
  
...
0.21
0.13
...
Liechtenstein  
2006
0.01
0.41
  
43.8
0.00
...
...
Lithuania  
2006
3.37
0.99
  
-45.1
5.22
1.54
-26.2
Luxembourg  
2006
0.46
0.99
  
-7.3
0.66
1.40
34.5
Madagascar  
1994
7.76
0.61
  
...
13.03
1.02
...
Malawi  
1994
3.95
0.40
  
-43.9
2.41
0.24
619.1
Malaysia  
1994
46.85
2.33
  
...
0.13
0.01
...
Maldives  
1994
0.02
0.08
  
...
...
...
...
Mali  
1995
7.16
0.75
  
...
0.55
0.06
...
Malta  
2000
0.39
0.99
  
27.4
0.02
0.04
-5.9
Mauritania  
1995
3.26
1.44
  
...
0.02
0.01
...
Mauritius  
1995
0.10
0.09
  
...
0.22
0.20
...
Mexico  
2002
142.92
1.40
  
34.1
142.92
1.40
34.1
Micronesia, Federated States of  
1994
0.01
0.07
  
...
0.00
0.03
...
Monaco  
2006
0.00
0.02
  
...
0.00
...
...
Mongolia  
1998
6.84
2.93
  
21.4
0.03
0.01
0.0
Morocco  
1994
7.35
0.28
  
...
8.68
0.33
...
Mozambique  
1994
5.66
0.37
  
13.5
5.66
0.37
13.5
Namibia  
1994
3.55
2.25
  
...
0.23
0.14
...
Nauru  
1994
0.01
0.71
  
...
0.00
...
...
Nepal  
1994
19.92
0.94
  
...
9.64
0.46
...
Netherlands  
2006
16.28
0.99
  
-36.0
16.94
1.03
-15.0
New Zealand  
2006
27.50
6.62
  
7.9
13.28
3.20
27.5
Nicaragua  
1994
4.13
0.91
  
...
0.79
0.17
...
Niger  
1990
3.44
0.43
  
...
0.82
0.10
...
Nigeria  
1994
124.15
1.15
  
...
3.65
0.03
...
Niue  
1994
0.01
6.50
  
...
0.01
5.57
...
Norway  
2006
4.41
0.94
  
-4.9
4.37
0.94
-7.0
Pakistan  
1994
60.71
0.48
  
...
11.45
0.09
...
Palau  
2000
0.03
1.56
  
...
0.06
3.11
...
Panama  
1994
3.58
1.37
  
...
2.79
1.07
...
Papua New Guinea  
1994
0.09
0.02
  
...
3.78
0.82
...
Paraguay  
1994
63.42
13.52
  
274.8
73.23
15.61
97.9
Peru  
1994
13.40
0.57
  
...
13.53
0.58
...
Philippines  
1994
28.93
0.42
  
...
14.00
0.20
...
Poland  
2006
37.21
0.98
  
-22.0
29.58
0.78
-20.4
Portugal  
2006
11.85
1.12
  
17.2
6.02
0.57
8.3
Republic of Moldova  
1998
2.26
0.53
  
-44.4
0.13
0.03
-85.4
Romania  
2006
29.06
1.35
  
-35.3
15.98
0.74
-44.2
Russian Federation  
2006
480.94
3.37
  
-16.8
100.67
0.71
-54.4
Rwanda  
2002
1.26
0.15
  
...
0.81
0.09
...
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
1994
0.06
1.39
  
...
0.03
0.80
...
Saint Lucia  
1994
0.60
4.10
  
...
0.02
0.15
...
Samoa  
1994
0.07
0.41
  
...
0.39
2.35
...
Sao Tome and Principe  
1998
0.05
0.37
  
...
0.01
0.07
...
Saudi Arabia  
1990
16.53
1.02
  
...
10.48
0.64
...
Senegal  
1995
5.39
0.62
  
...
0.02
0.00
...
Seychelles  
1995
0.05
0.71
  
...
0.03
0.33
...
Slovakia  
2006
4.63
0.86
  
-14.2
4.04
0.75
-34.6
Slovenia  
2006
2.16
1.08
  
-4.5
1.31
0.65
4.2
South Africa  
1994
43.21
1.07
  
0.2
20.67
0.51
-11.3
Spain  
2006
37.52
0.86
  
33.8
30.08
0.69
8.3
Sri Lanka  
1995
16.02
0.88
  
...
7.44
0.41
...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
1997
0.06
0.59
  
0.0
0.24
2.21
-4.4
Sudan  
1995
39.82
1.29
  
...
9.92
0.32
...
Suriname  
2003
0.87
1.79
  
...
...
...
...
Swaziland  
1994
1.35
1.42
  
...
0.41
0.44
...
Sweden  
2006
5.51
0.60
  
-17.4
7.55
0.83
-11.6
Switzerland  
2006
3.54
0.47
  
-19.1
3.27
0.44
-9.7
Tajikistan  
1998
1.89
0.31
  
-41.4
0.53
0.09
-55.3
Thailand  
1994
65.35
1.10
  
...
17.19
0.29
...
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia  
1998
3.74
1.88
  
3.7
1.14
0.57
-23.6
Togo  
1998
1.13
0.23
  
...
3.76
0.77
...
Tonga  
1994
0.11
1.09
  
...
0.04
0.44
...
Trinidad and Tobago  
1990
0.69
0.57
  
...
0.33
0.27
...
Tunisia  
1994
3.78
0.43
  
...
4.26
0.48
...
Turkey  
2006
50.33
0.70
  
72.3
4.59
0.06
265.4
Turkmenistan  
1994
20.35
4.97
  
...
0.13
0.03
...
Tuvalu  
1994
0.00
...
  
...
0.00
...
...
Uganda  
1994
26.65
1.31
  
...
14.16
0.70
...
Ukraine  
2006
74.88
1.61
  
-50.6
23.65
0.51
-57.5
United Arab Emirates  
1994
11.63
5.06
  
...
55.12
23.97
...
United Kingdom  
2006
49.22
0.81
  
-52.5
38.34
0.63
-40.0
United Rep. of Tanzania  
1994
21.64
0.74
  
4.7
14.38
0.49
-4.7
United States  
2006
530.74
1.74
  
-11.8
363.57
1.19
-4.8
Uruguay  
2000
14.64
4.41
  
4.8
14.64
  
4.41
  
4.8
Uzbekistan  
1994
41.81
1.86
  
10.8
9.92
  
0.44
  
-8.6
Vanuatu  
1994
0.23
1.40
  
...
0.01
  
0.05
  
...
Venezuela  
1999
61.92
2.59
  
...
61.92
  
2.59
  
...
Viet Nam  
1994
48.89
0.68
  
...
10.17
  
0.14
  
...
Yemen  
1995
2.69
0.17
  
...
4.66
  
0.30
  
...
Zambia  
1994
10.70
1.21
  
...
19.47
  
2.20
  
...
Zimbabwe  
1994
7.52
0.65
  
...
2.98
  
0.26
  
...
   
 
 
 
   

 

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).


Definitions & Technical notes:

CH4 emissions: the major sources of CH4 are leakages during the production and transportation of natural gas and coal mining, livestock rearing, rice cultivation, and decomposition of waste in landfills. 

N2O emissions: the major sources of N2O are agriculture and industrial processes.

CH4 emissions per capita and N2O emissions per capita are calculated by UNSD.

Data Quality:

UNFCCC has developed standardised methods for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, which are widely used. However, estimation of emissions from sources other than energy are complex. So while trend figures are fairly good, absolute levels are less reliable.
United Nations Statistics Division - Environment Statistics