ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

    
         
   
   
   
         
 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 
   
 
last update: July 2010
   
   
   
         

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
18.75
0.68
...
9.30
0.34
...
Antigua and Barbuda
1990
0.10
1.60
…
0.00
0.03
…
Argentina
2000
84.85
2.30
10.5
67.50
1.83
30.3
Armenia
1990
3.21
0.91
…
0.09
0.03
…
Australia
2008
115.69
5.49
-0.2
26.82
1.27
41.6
Austria
2008
5.72
0.69
-31.2
5.68
0.68
-8.3
Azerbaijan
1994
9.29
1.21
-38.8
0.66
0.09
-26.3
Bahamas
1994
0.02
0.08
0.0
0.31
1.12
...
Bahrain
1994
2.95
5.24
...
0.04
0.07
...
Bangladesh
1994
25.01
0.20
...
4.46
0.04
...
Barbados
1997
1.81
7.08
8.8
0.05
0.19
0.0
Belarus
2008
14.76
1.52
-4.2
15.95
1.65
-24.7
Belgium
2008
6.51
0.61
-35.0
7.55
0.71
-30.5
Belize
1994
5.57
26.01
...
0.17
0.80
...
Benin
1995
38.02
6.64
...
0.53
0.09
...
Bhutan
1994
0.40
0.79
...
0.66
1.29
...
Bolivia
2004
11.97
1.33
28.0
1.39
0.15
140.5
Botswana
1994
4.24
2.80
...
2.04
1.35
...
Brazil
1994
238.72
1.50
6.4
166.56
1.05
12.3
Bulgaria
2008
11.24
1.48
-44.1
4.64
0.61
-57.7
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
2008
98.57
2.96
33.5
52.15
1.57
4.1
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
0.06
0.11
...
0.39
0.80
...
Congo
2000
0.50
0.17
...
0.27
0.09
...
Cook Islands
1994
0.01
0.57
...
0.04
2.01
...
Costa Rica
2005
3.53
0.82
11.9
2.59
0.60
1 302.5
Cote d'Ivoire
2000
25.15
1.46
...
185.68
10.74
...
Croatia
2008
3.37
0.76
-2.0
3.47
0.78
-11.4
Cuba
1996
6.64
0.61
-37.8
7.04
0.64
-59.7
Czech Republic
2008
11.54
1.12
-37.5
7.79
0.75
-36.7
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2003
37.29
0.67
...
6.06
0.11
...
Denmark
2008
5.59
1.02
1.0
6.77
1.24
-35.9
Djibouti
1994
0.24
0.39
...
0.00
0.00
...
Dominica
1994
0.06
0.91
...
0.01
0.19
...
Dominican Republic
2000
4.84
0.55
59.1
3.18
0.36
279.4
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
2008
1.61
1.20
-40.8
1.13
0.84
-43.3
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
2008
4.24
0.80
-32.6
6.70
1.26
-8.8
France
2008
54.44
0.88
-17.4
65.44
1.05
-29.1
Gabon
1994
1.17
1.11
...
0.95
0.90
...
Gambia
1993
4.01
3.99
...
0.07
0.07
...
Georgia
2006
4.14
0.94
-42.2
2.20
0.50
-8.8
Germany
2008
47.74
0.58
-53.8
59.38
0.72
-25.7
Ghana
1996
8.42
0.48
16.6
0.92
0.05
12.8
Greece
2008
7.87
0.71
-12.6
7.10
0.64
-30.4
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
0.74
...
Guyana
1998
1.01
1.33
50.0
0.31
0.41
0.0
Haiti
1994
2.65
0.34
...
2.30
0.30
...
Honduras
1995
5.76
1.03
...
0.98
0.18
...
Hungary
2008
8.48
0.85
-25.1
7.50
0.75
-43.4
Iceland
2008
0.47
1.48
5.0
0.40
1.26
5.1
India
1994
379.60
0.41
...
55.30
0.06
...
Indonesia
1994
126.88
0.67
19.6
18.16
0.10
0.8
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1994
53.14
0.87
...
21.64
0.35
...
Ireland
2008
12.17
2.74
-10.4
7.19
1.62
-18.5
Israel
2005
5.65
0.84
...
2.74
0.41
...
Italy
2008
35.98
0.60
-13.4
29.43
0.49
-20.9
Jamaica
1994
1.22
0.50
...
106.54
43.58
...
Japan
2008
21.28
0.17
-33.3
22.46
0.18
-28.7
Jordan
2000
2.75
0.57
...
0.35
0.07
...
Kazakhstan
2008
41.46
2.67
-39.5
2.88
0.19
-41.9
Kenya
1994
15.54
0.58
...
0.42
0.02
...
Kiribati
1994
0.01
0.12
...
0.00
0.0
...
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1990
20.47
1.02
...
12.00
0.60
…
Korea, Republic of
2001
25.94
0.56
-9.3
15.50
0.33
256.6
Kyrgyzstan
2005
3.02
0.58
-50.4
0.15
0.03
-16.5
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
1990
6.41
1.52
...
0.04
0.01
…
Latvia
2008
1.97
0.87
-47.1
1.54
0.68
-59.5
Lebanon
1994
1.13
0.33
...
0.97
0.29
...
Lesotho
1994
0.97
0.57
...
0.21
0.13
...
Liechtenstein
2008
0.01
0.42
11.6
0.01
0.37
-0.7
Lithuania
2008
3.43
1.03
-46.1
5.72
1.72
-21.4
Luxembourg
2008
0.45
0.94
-3.8
0.46
0.97
-1.9
Madagascar
1994
7.76
0.61
...
13.03
1.02
...
Malawi
1994
3.95
0.40
-44.0
2.41
0.24
625.2
Malaysia
1994
46.85
2.33
...
0.13
0.01
...
Maldives
1994
0.02
0.10
...
...
...
...
Mali
1995
7.16
0.75
...
0.55
0.06
...
Malta
2008
0.23
0.56
43.1
0.04
0.09
-3.5
Mauritania
2000
4.15
1.59
...
1.66
0.64
...
Mauritius
1995
0.10
0.09
...
0.22
0.20
...
Mexico
2002
142.92
1.40
34.1
12.03
0.12
16.1
Micronesia, Federated States of
1994
0.01
0.07
...
0.00
0.03
...
Monaco
2008
0.00
0.02
-9.7
0.00
0.09
80.3
Mongolia
1998
6.84
2.93
21.3
0.03
0.01
0.0
Morocco
1994
7.35
0.28
...
8.68
0.33
...
Mozambique
1994
5.66
0.37
13.5
0.98
0.06
37.0
Namibia
1994
3.55
2.24
...
0.23
0.15
...
Nauru
1994
0.01
0.74
...
0.00
0.0
...
Nepal
1994
19.92
0.94
...
9.64
0.46
...
Netherlands
2008
17.07
1.03
-33.2
11.76
0.71
-41.9
New Zealand
2008
25.82
6.10
1.4
11.91
2.82
21.8
Nicaragua
1994
4.13
0.91
...
0.79
0.17
...
Niger
2000
6.76
0.61
96.8
4.96
0.45
506.7
Nigeria
1994
124.16
1.15
...
3.66
0.03
...
Niue
1994
0.01
6.50
...
0.01
5.72
...
Norway
2008
4.31
0.90
-7.3
3.77
0.79
-20.2
Pakistan
1994
60.70
0.48
...
11.45
0.09
...
Palau
2000
0.03
1.58
...
0.06
3.22
...
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
13.39
0.57
...
13.53
0.58
...
Philippines
1994
28.93
0.42
...
14.00
0.20
...
Poland
2008
36.04
0.95
-21.8
31.70
0.83
-17.9
Portugal
2008
12.84
1.20
26.3
4.94
0.46
-10.7
Republic of Moldova
2005
2.88
0.77
-39.5
1.40
0.37
-58.1
Romania
2008
25.70
1.20
-36.6
15.84
0.74
-41.9
Russian Federation
2008
486.15
3.44
-15.5
111.05
0.79
-51.0
Rwanda
2002
1.26
0.15
...
0.81
0.09
...
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1994
0.06
1.40
...
0.03
0.80
...
Saint Lucia
1994
0.60
4.10
...
0.02
0.15
...
Samoa
1994
0.07
0.42
...
0.39
2.34
...
San Marino
2007
0.00
0.11
...
0.00
0.06
...
Sao Tome and Principe
1998
0.05
0.37
...
0.01
0.09
...
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
...
0.02
0.31
...
Slovakia
2008
4.73
0.88
-1.7
4.02
0.74
-35.6
Slovenia
2008
2.07
1.03
-6.0
1.16
0.57
-8.8
South Africa
1994
43.21
1.07
0.2
20.67
0.51
-11.3
Spain
2008
36.04
0.81
37.1
25.32
0.57
-7.1
Sri Lanka
1995
16.04
0.88
...
7.44
0.41
...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1997
0.06
0.60
3.7
0.24
2.22
-3.8
Sudan
1995
39.77
1.29
...
9.92
0.32
...
Suriname
2003
0.86
1.77
...
...
...
...
Swaziland
1994
1.35
1.42
...
0.41
0.44
...
Sweden
2008
5.09
0.55
-24.4
7.23
0.79
-15.9
Switzerland
2008
3.88
0.51
-16.9
3.27
0.43
-7.5
Tajikistan
2003
2.56
0.40
-30.7
2.17
0.34
-22.2
Thailand
1994
65.35
1.10
...
17.19
0.29
...
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
2002
1.62
0.80
-5.7
0.57
0.28
-54.6
Togo
1998
1.12
0.23
...
3.76
0.77
...
Tonga
1994
0.11
1.09
...
0.04
0.45
...
Trinidad and Tobago
1990
0.69
0.56
...
0.33
0.27
…
Tunisia
1994
3.78
0.43
...
4.26
0.48
...
Turkey
2008
54.29
0.73
62.1
11.57
0.16
0.0
Turkmenistan
1994
20.33
4.96
...
0.13
0.03
...
Tuvalu
1994
0.00
0.1
...
0.00
0.0
...
Uganda
1994
26.65
1.31
...
14.16
0.70
...
Ukraine
2008
72.32
1.57
-52.4
29.38
0.64
-50.5
United Arab Emirates
2000
20.96
6.47
...
6.17
1.91
...
United Kingdom
2008
48.90
0.80
-53.2
33.96
0.55
-47.9
United Rep. of Tanzania
1994
21.63
0.74
4.7
14.38
0.49
-4.7
United States
2008
555.70
1.78
-8.9
306.51
0.98
-3.8
Uruguay
2000
14.64
4.41
4.8
8.86
2.67
-10.1
Uzbekistan
2005
89.43
3.40
57.7
9.97
0.38
-22.8
Vanuatu
1994
0.24
1.40
...
0.01
0.05
...
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1999
61.92
2.59
...
16.14
0.67
...
Viet Nam
1994
48.89
0.68
...
10.18
0.14
...
Yemen
1994
2.69
0.18
...
...
...
...
Zambia
1993
10.70
1.24
...
...
...
...
Zimbabwe
1993
7.52
0.67
...
...
...
...
                         
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 emission per capita and N2O emissions per capita are 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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