ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

    
         
   
   
   
         
 

Climate change:

    
   
 
last update: November 2007
   
   
   
         

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/
person
  
%
mio. tonnes of CO2 equivalent
tonnes of CO2
equivalent/
person
%
Albania  
1994
2.14
0.66
  
...
0.29
0.09
...
Algeria  
1994
18.77
0.69
  
...
9.13
0.33
...
Antigua and Barbuda  
1990
0.10
1.55
  
0.0
0.00
0.03
0.0
Argentina  
1997
87.58
2.45
  
15.2
60.73
1.70
-1.6
Armenia  
1990
3.21
0.91
  
0.0
0.09
0.03
0.0
Australia  
2004
117.87
5.91
  
-1.4
24.20
1.21
30.0
Austria  
2004
7.41
0.91
  
-19.2
5.28
0.65
-15.4
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
2.94
5.19
  
...
0.04
0.07
...
Bangladesh  
1994
25.01
0.21
  
...
4.46
0.04
...
Barbados  
1997
1.81
6.86
  
9.3
0.05
0.18
0.0
Belarus  
2004
12.65
1.29
  
-16.4
6.72
0.68
-34.7
Belgium  
2004
7.92
0.76
  
-26.8
11.21
1.08
-6.7
Belize  
1994
5.57
26.78
  
...
0.17
0.82
...
Benin  
1995
38.01
6.95
  
...
0.53
0.10
...
Bhutan  
1994
0.40
0.23
  
...
0.66
0.37
...
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
1.51
  
6.4
166.87
1.05
12.4
Bulgaria  
2004
9.77
1.26
  
-47.8
4.40
0.56
-57.9
Burkina Faso  
1994
4.70
0.47
  
...
0.37
0.04
...
Burundi  
1998
0.94
0.15
  
...
0.91
0.15
...
Cambodia  
1994
7.77
0.70
  
...
3.67
0.33
...
Cameroon  
1994
17.71
1.36
  
...
145.25
11.12
...
Canada  
2004
110.23
3.45
  
34.6
43.98
1.38
-2.5
Cape Verde  
1995
0.07
0.18
  
...
0.01
0.02
...
Central African Republic  
1994
11.84
3.62
  
...
26.29
8.04
...
Chad  
1993
6.94
1.09
  
...
0.77
0.12
...
Chile  
1994
10.12
0.72
  
...
7.39
0.53
...
China  
1994
720.03
0.60
  
...
263.81
0.22
...
Colombia  
1994
48.22
1.27
  
8.2
28.35
0.75
15.0
Comoros  
1994
0.05
0.09
  
...
0.39
0.66
...
Congo  
1994
0.58
0.21
  
...
0.12
0.04
...
Cook Islands  
1994
0.01
0.58
  
...
0.04
1.95
...
Costa Rica  
1996
3.68
1.03
  
16.5
2.27
0.64
1121.5
Cote d'Ivoire  
1994
18.68
1.33
  
...
1.70
0.12
...
Croatia  
2004
3.01
0.66
  
-6.7
3.68
0.81
-6.2
Cuba  
1996
6.58
0.60
  
-38.4
7.03
0.64
-59.7
Czech Republic  
2004
10.83
1.06
  
-41.6
8.31
0.81
-34.0
Dem. Rep. of the Congo  
1994
40.64
0.94
  
...
2.56
0.06
...
Denmark  
2004
5.79
1.07
  
1.5
7.63
1.41
-28.1
Djibouti  
1994
0.24
0.42
  
...
0.00
0.00
...
Dominica  
1994
0.06
0.85
  
...
0.01
0.16
...
Dominican Republic  
1994
4.66
0.62
  
53.3
0.78
0.10
-7.4
Ecuador  
1990
10.57
1.03
  
0.0
0.17
0.02
0.0
Egypt  
1990
22.17
0.40
  
0.0
10.63
0.19
0.0
El Salvador  
1994
3.11
0.56
  
...
4.09
0.74
...
Estonia  
2004
1.73
1.29
  
-60.4
0.36
0.27
-64.4
Ethiopia  
1995
37.46
0.65
  
-0.3
7.44
0.13
140.0
Fiji  
1994
0.54
0.72
  
...
0.03
0.04
...
Finland  
2004
4.69
0.90
  
-25.7
6.90
1.32
-13.1
France  
2004
58.84
0.98
  
-14.4
71.20
1.18
-23.6
Gabon  
1994
1.17
1.08
  
...
0.95
0.88
...
Gambia  
1993
3.99
3.84
  
...
0.07
0.06
...
Georgia*  
2002
   
2.42
0.47
  
-67.6
 1,2   
0.98
0.19
-59.8
Germany  
2004
51.44
0.62
  
-48.4
63.86
0.77
-24.3
Ghana  
1996
8.67
0.48
  
20.1
0.92
0.05
13.8
Greece  
2004
8.41
0.76
  
-7.8
13.16
1.19
-6.8
Grenada  
1994
1.47
17.55
  
...
0.00
0.01
...
Guatemala  
1990
4.09
0.47
  
0.0
6.41
0.73
0.0
Guinea  
1994
3.25
0.46
  
...
0.23
0.03
...
Guyana  
1998
1.01
1.34
  
50.0
0.31
0.41
0.0
Haiti  
1994
2.65
0.36
  
...
2.33
0.32
...
Honduras  
1995
5.76
1.02
  
...
0.98
0.17
...
Hungary  
2004
9.14
0.90
  
-23.4
13.89
1.37
-26.6
Iceland  
2004
0.47
1.61
  
14.3
0.32
1.10
-10.5
India  
1994
379.60
0.42
  
...
55.30
0.06
...
Indonesia  
1994
126.88
0.65
  
19.6
18.17
0.09
1.0
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  
1994
53.14
0.87
  
...
21.64
0.35
...
Ireland  
2004
13.29
3.26
  
0.5
9.24
2.27
-5.7
Israel*  
2000
9.23
1.53
  
...
2.23
0.37
…
Italy  
2004
41.82
0.72
  
0.7
44.40
0.77
8.0
Jamaica  
1994
1.22
0.50
  
...
106.44
43.45
...
Japan  
2004
24.42
0.19
  
-26.8
25.79
0.20
-21.2
Jordan  
1994
8.47
2.09
  
...
0.08
0.02
...
Kazakhstan  
1994
39.93
2.39
  
2.2
0.04
0.00
-93.9
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
1.03
  
0.0
12.01
0.60
0.0
Korea, Republic of  
1990
28.60
0.67
  
0.0
4.35
0.10
0.0
Kyrgyzstan  
2000
3.09
0.63
  
-47.5
0.28
0.06
-77.7
Lao People's Dem. Rep.  
1990
6.41
1.55
  
0.0
0.04
0.01
0.0
Latvia  
2004
1.80
0.78
  
-48.3
1.44
0.62
-62.3
Lebanon  
1994
1.13
0.37
  
...
0.97
0.32
...
Lesotho  
1994
0.97
0.58
  
...
0.21
0.13
...
Liechtenstein  
2004
0.01
0.40
  
38.5
0.01
0.41
-2.8
Lithuania  
2004
3.25
0.94
  
-59.1
3.55
1.03
-12.8
Luxembourg  
2004
0.45
0.99
  
-9.0
0.22
0.49
24.1
Madagascar  
1994
7.76
0.58
  
...
13.03
0.97
...
Malawi  
1994
3.95
0.40
  
-44.0
2.41
0.24
619.1
Malaysia  
1994
46.85
2.36
  
...
0.13
0.01
...
Mali  
1995
7.16
0.69
  
...
0.55
0.05
...
Malta  
2000
0.39
0.99
  
27.4
0.02
0.04
-5.9
Mauritania  
1995
3.26
1.42
  
...
0.02
0.01
...
Mauritius*  
2002
   
0.25
0.20
  
203.1
   
0.47
0.39
…
Mexico  
1990
71.41
0.86
  
0.0
3.03
0.04
0.0
Micronesia, Federated States of  
1994
0.01
0.07
  
...
0.00
0.03
...
Monaco  
2004
0.00
0.02
  
...
0.00
0.09
90.6
Mongolia  
1998
6.84
2.79
  
21.4
0.03
0.01
0.0
Morocco  
1994
7.33
0.28
  
...
8.68
0.33
...
Mozambique  
1994
5.66
0.37
  
13.5
0.95
0.06
32.3
Namibia  
1994
3.55
2.22
  
...
0.23
0.14
...
Nauru  
1994
0.01
0.67
  
...
0.00
...
...
Nepal  
1994
19.92
0.97
  
...
9.64
0.47
...
Netherlands  
2004
17.30
1.07
  
-32.0
17.75
1.09
-16.4
New Zealand  
2004
27.09
6.79
  
5.9
13.26
3.32
27.2
Nicaragua  
1994
4.13
0.96
  
...
0.79
0.18
...
Niger  
1990
3.44
0.45
  
0.0
0.82
0.11
0.0
Nigeria  
1994
124.15
1.28
  
...
3.65
0.04
...
Niue  
1994
0.01
6.46
  
...
0.01
5.54
...
Norway  
2004
4.80
1.04
  
0.9
4.59
1.00
-2.4
Pakistan  
1994
60.71
0.50
  
...
11.44
0.09
...
Palau  
1994
0.03
1.91
  
...
0.01
0.42
...
Panama  
1994
3.58
1.37
  
...
2.79
1.07
...
Papua New Guinea  
1994
0.09
0.02
  
...
3.78
0.83
...
Paraguay  
1994
63.42
13.48
  
260.7
73.23
15.56
97.3
Peru  
1994
13.40
0.57
  
...
13.53
0.58
...
Philippines  
1994
28.93
0.43
  
...
14.00
0.21
...
Poland  
2004
39.02
1.01
  
-33.7
30.00
0.78
54.4
Portugal  
2004
12.26
1.17
  
9.1
6.23
0.60
16.2
Republic of Moldova  
1998
2.26
0.52
  
-44.4
0.13
0.03
-85.4
Romania  
2004
26.94
1.24
  
-39.4
10.81
0.50
-34.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
1994
0.06
1.37
  
...
0.03
0.79
...
Saint Lucia  
1994
0.60
4.30
  
...
0.02
0.16
...
Samoa  
1994
0.07
0.42
  
...
0.39
2.38
...
Senegal  
1995
5.39
0.65
  
...
0.02
0.00
...
Seychelles  
1995
0.05
0.72
  
...
0.03
0.33
...
Slovakia  
2004
4.26
0.79
  
-33.7
4.07
0.75
-33.5
Slovenia  
2004
2.08
1.05
  
-8.2
1.28
0.65
3.6
South Africa  
1994
43.21
1.08
  
0.2
20.67
0.51
-11.3
Spain  
2004
36.63
0.86
  
33.4
31.57
0.74
13.7
Sri Lanka  
1995
16.02
0.90
  
...
7.44
0.42
...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
1997
0.06
0.55
  
0.0
0.24
2.07
-4.0
Sudan  
1995
39.82
1.42
  
...
9.92
0.35
...
Suriname  
2003
0.87
2.00
  
...
...
...
...
Swaziland  
1994
1.35
1.46
  
...
0.41
0.45
...
Sweden  
2004
5.75
0.64
  
-13.8
7.65
0.85
-10.4
Switzerland  
2004
3.68
0.51
  
-18.7
3.16
0.44
-10.9
Tajikistan  
1998
1.89
0.32
  
-41.4
0.53
0.09
-55.3
Thailand  
1994
65.33
1.14
  
...
17.19
0.30
...
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of   Macedonia  
1998
3.74
1.87
  
3.7
1.14
0.57
-23.6
Togo  
1998
1.13
0.27
  
...
3.72
0.87
...
Tonga  
1994
0.11
1.07
  
...
0.04
0.43
...
Trinidad and Tobago  
1990
1.17
0.96
  
0.0
0.24
0.20
0.0
Tunisia  
1994
3.78
0.43
  
...
4.26
0.48
...
Turkey  
2004
46.37
0.64
  
58.0
5.49
0.08
336.9
Turkmenistan  
1994
20.35
4.96
  
...
0.13
0.03
...
Tuvalu  
1994
0.00
...
  
...
0.00
...
...
Uganda  
1994
26.65
1.35
  
...
15.22
0.77
...
Ukraine  
2004
74.11
1.58
  
-51.0
22.28
0.47
-59.2
United Kingdom  
2004
51.82
0.87
  
-50.0
40.80
0.69
-40.3
United Rep. of Tanzania  
1994
21.64
0.72
  
-41.5
14.38
0.48
1164.6
United States  
2004
556.74
1.88
  
-9.9
379.87
1.29
-2.4
Uruguay  
1998
15.93
4.84
  
14.1
11.73
3.56
19.0
Uzbekistan  
1994
41.81
1.87
  
10.7
9.92
0.44
-8.6
Vanuatu  
1994
0.23
1.40
  
...
0.01
0.05
...
Venezuela  
1999
61.92
2.60
  
...
16.15
0.68
...
Viet Nam  
1994
48.89
0.68
  
...
10.17
0.14
...
Yemen  
1995
2.69
0.18
  
...
4.66
0.31
...
Zambia  
1994
10.70
1.17
  
...
19.47
2.13
...
Zimbabwe  
1994
7.52
0.65
  
...
2.98
0.26
...

 

Sources

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretatiat (see: http://unfccc.int).
UNSD/UNEP 2004 questionnaire on Environment statistics, Air section, marked with "*".

Footnotes:

  1. Data calculated according to methodology used in the former USSR and the IPCC Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, version 1-3 Hadley Centre, UK.
  2. Data does not include emissions from other fuel combustion.


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.

 

Data Quality:

UNFCCC has developed