ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

   
   
 
   
   
   
 
 

Climate change

   
last update:September 2007
                     

CO2 emissions

   
   
   
 
                     
latest year available
CO2
emissions
% change
since 1990
 

CO2
emissions
per capita

CO2
emissions
per km2
         
 
mio. tonnes
 
%
 
tonne / person
 
tonne / km2
 
Afghanistan
2004
0.69
 
-73.5
 
0.03
 
1.06
 
Albania
2004
3.67
 
-49.5
 
1.17
 
127.79
 
Algeria
2004
194.00
 
151.8
 
5.99
 
81.45
 
Angola
2004
7.90
 
69.9
 
0.51
 
6.33
 
Antigua and Barbuda
2004
0.41
 
37.8
 
5.06
 
937.31
 
Argentina
2004
141.79
 
29.1
 
3.70
 
50.99
 
Armenia
2004
3.65
 
...
 
1.21
 
122.41
 
Aruba
2004
2.16
 
17.1
 
21.32
 
11976.51
 
Australia
2004
381.80
 
36.7
 
19.00
 
49.32
 
Austria
2004
77.08
 
24.5
 
9.40
 
919.14
 
Azerbaijan
2004
31.37
 
...
 
3.78
 
362.18
 
Bahamas
2004
2.01
 
3.0
 
6.29
 
144.77
 
Bahrain
2004
16.95
 
44.6
 
23.87
 
24422.50
 
Bangladesh
2004
37.17
 
141.8
 
0.25
 
258.09
 
Barbados
2004
1.27
 
17.7
 
4.36
 
2950.08
 
Belarus
2004
54.92
 
-46.1
 
5.60
 
264.55
 
Belgium
2004
126.91
 
6.6
 
12.20
 
4157.09
 
Belize
2004
0.79
 
154.1
 
2.94
 
34.48
 
Benin
2004
2.39
 
233.8
 
0.29
 
21.19
 
Bermuda
2004
0.55
 
-6.8
 
8.60
 
10376.26
 
Bhutan
2004
0.41
 
222.9
 
0.66
1
8.81
 
Bolivia
2004
6.97
 
26.7
 
0.77
 
6.35
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004
15.60
 
...
 
3.99
 
304.63
 
Botswana
2004
4.30
 
98.1
 
2.37
 
7.39
 
Brazil
2004
331.79
 
58.2
 
1.80
 
38.97
 
British Virgin Islands
2004
0.08
 
76.9
 
3.88
 
558.44
 
Brunei Darussalam
2004
8.81
 
51.3
 
24.09
 
1528.20
 
Bulgaria
2004
53.10
 
-37.7
 
6.80
 
478.72
 
Burkina Faso
2004
1.10
 
10.3
 
0.08
 
4.00
 
Burundi
2004
0.22
 
13.2
 
0.03
 
7.90
 
Cambodia
2004
0.54
 
18.7
 
0.04
 
2.96
 
Cameroon
2004
3.84
 
139.0
 
0.22
 
8.07
 
Canada
2004
593.09
 
28.8
 
18.50
 
59.48
 
Cape Verde
2004
0.27
 
212.5
 
0.56
 
68.18
 
Cayman Islands
2004
0.31
 
25.0
 
6.97
 
1180.43
 
Central African Republic
2004
0.25
 
27.8
 
0.06
 
0.41
 
Chad
2004
0.12
 
-12.8
 
0.01
 
0.10
 
Chile
2004
62.42
 
75.1
 
3.87
 
82.55
 
China
2004
5010.17
 
108.7
 
3.84
 
522.06
 
China, Hong Kong SAR
2004
37.41
 
42.8
 
5.36
 
34040.69
 
China, Macao SAR
2004
2.21
 
115.0
 
4.72
 
84888.49
 
Colombia
2004
53.63
 
-7.7
 
1.21
 
47.09
 
Comoros
2004
0.09
 
33.3
 
0.11
 
39.37
 
Congo
2004
3.54
 
201.9
 
1.00
 
10.36
 
Cook Islands
2004
0.03
 
33.3
 
2.04
 
124.28
 
Costa Rica
2004
6.40
 
119.5
 
1.51
 
125.34
 
Cote d'Ivoire
2004
5.16
 
-4.2
 
0.28
 
16.01
 
Croatia
2004
22.55
 
-2.1
 
5.10
 
398.87
 
Cuba
2004
25.82
 
-19.5
 
2.30
 
232.89
 
Cyprus
2004
6.75
 
45.2
 
8.16
 
729.61
 
Czech Republic
2004
127.30
 
-22.9
 
12.50
 
1614.10
 
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2004
2.10
 
-47.0
 
0.04
 
0.90
 
Denmark
2004
55.40
 
2.5
 
10.20
 
1285.45
 
Djibouti
2004
0.37
 
4.2
 
0.46
 
15.80
 
Dominica
2004
0.11
 
81.2
 
1.56
 
141.57
 
Dominican Republic
2004
19.64
 
105.2
 
2.11
 
403.53
 
Ecuador
2004
29.27
 
74.9
 
2.27
 
103.22
 
Egypt
2004
158.24
 
109.6
 
2.21
 
158.01
 
El Salvador
2004
6.17
 
135.6
 
0.94
 
293.08
 
Equatorial Guinea
2004
5.43
 
4525.0
 
11.47
 
193.44
 
Eritrea
2004
0.76
 
...
 
0.17
 
6.42
 
Estonia
2004
19.23
 
-49.5
 
14.30
 
426.44
 
Ethiopia
2004
7.98
 
169.1
 
0.10
 
7.23
 
Faeroe Islands
2004
0.66
 
7.1
 
13.78
 
473.75
 
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2004
0.04
 
20.0
 
14.82
 
3.61
 
Fiji
2004
1.07
 
31.5
 
1.30
 
58.58
 
Finland
2004
69.12
 
21.8
 
13.20
 
204.40
 
France
2004
417.35
 
5.6
 
6.90
 
756.76
 
French Guiana
2004
1.00
 
25.1
 
5.38
 
11.16
 
French Polynesia
2004
0.67
 
9.6
 
2.66
 
167.73
 
Gabon
2004
1.37
 
-77.1
 
1.08
 
5.12
 
Gambia
2004
0.29
 
50.0
 
0.18
 
25.32
 
Georgia
2004
3.91
 
...
 
0.87
 
56.13
 
Germany
2004
885.85
 
-14.0
 
10.70
 
2481.23
 
Ghana
2004
7.19
 
90.8
 
0.33
 
30.14
 
Gibraltar
2004
0.37
 
500.0
 
12.97
 
62326.76
 
Greece
2004
110.28
 
30.8
 
10.00
 
835.73
 
Greenland
2004
0.57
 
3.3
 
10.00
 
0.26
 
Grenada
2004
0.22
 
78.8
 
2.07
 
628.81
 
Guadeloupe
2004
1.73
 
35.1
 
3.99
 
1017.10
 
Guatemala
2004
12.22
 
140.1
 
0.99
 
112.22
 
Guinea
2004
1.34
 
32.2
 
0.15
 
5.44
 
Guinea-Bissau
2004
0.27
 
29.8
 
0.18
 
7.51
 
Guyana
2004
1.44
 
27.5
 
1.95
 
6.72
 
Haiti
2004
1.76
 
76.8
 
0.19
 
63.28
 
Honduras
2004
7.61
 
193.8
 
1.14
 
67.94
 
Hungary
2004
59.99
 
-17.7
 
5.90
 
644.88
 
Iceland
2004
2.28
 
9.5
 
7.80
 
22.16
 
India
2004
1342.96
 
96.9
 
1.20
 
408.54
 
Indonesia
2004
378.25
 
76.8
 
1.69
 
198.60
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2004
433.57
 
98.5
 
6.31
 
263.06
 
Iraq
2004
81.65
 
68.2
 
2.97
 
186.28
 
Ireland
2004
45.27
 
39.0
 
11.10
 
644.15
 
Israel
2004
71.25
 
114.9
 
10.84
 
3217.29
 
Italy
2004
489.59
 
12.7
 
8.50
 
1624.83
 
Jamaica
2004
10.59
 
33.0
 
3.97
 
963.69
 
Japan
2004
1285.81
 
12.4
 
10.10
 
3402.77
 
Jordan
2004
16.47
 
61.6
 
3.07
 
184.29
 
Kazakhstan
2004
200.28
 
...
 
13.26
 
73.50
 
Kenya
2004
10.59
 
81.7
 
0.31
 
18.24
 
Kiribati
2004
0.03
 
33.3
 
0.32
 
40.40
 
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
2004
79.11
 
-67.7
 
3.36
 
656.32
 
Korea, Republic of
2004
465.64
 
93.0
 
9.77
 
4678.04
 
Kuwait
2004
99.36
1
128.8
 
37.97
1
5576.58
 
Kyrgyzstan
2004
5.73
 
...
 
1.11
 
28.65
 
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
2004
1.28
 
454.0
 
0.23
 
5.40
 
Latvia
2004
7.49
 
-59.8
 
3.20
 
115.87
 
Lebanon
2004
16.26
 
78.7
 
4.10
 
1563.81
 
Liberia
2004
0.47
 
0.8
 
0.14
 
4.21
 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2004
59.91
 
58.5
 
10.33
 
34.05
 
Liechtenstein
2004
0.24
 
18.8
 
7.00
 
1495.29
 
Lithuania
2004
13.35
 
-65.7
 
3.90
 
204.45
 
Luxembourg
2004
12.00
 
0.0
 
26.50
 
4639.28
 
Liberia
2004
0.47
 
0.8
 
0.14
 
4.21
 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2004
59.91
 
58.5
 
10.33
 
34.05
 
Liechtenstein
2004
0.24
 
18.8
 
7.00
 
1495.29
 
Lithuania
2004
13.35
 
-65.7
 
3.90
 
204.45
 
Luxembourg
2004
12.00
 
0.0
 
26.50
 
4639.28
 
Madagascar
2004
2.73
 
189.9
 
0.15
 
4.65
 
Malawi
2004
1.04
 
73.8
 
0.08
 
8.82
 
Malaysia
2004
177.58
 
221.1
 
7.05
 
538.38
 
Maldives
2004
0.73
 
371.4
 
2.50
 
2435.98
 
Mali
2004
0.56
 
33.9
 
0.05
 
0.46
 
Malta
2004
2.45
 
9.9
 
6.13
 
7761.84
 
Martinique
2004
1.29
 
-37.4
 
3.27
 
1171.08
 
Mauritania
2004
2.56
 
-3.1
 
0.89
 
2.49
 
Mauritius
2004
3.20
 
118.5
 
2.60
 
1567.16
 
Mexico
2004
438.02
 
5.9
 
4.24
 
223.69
 
Monaco
2004
0.10
 
-4.9
 
3.00
 
50078.21
 
Mongolia
2004
8.55
 
-14.4
 
3.35
 
5.47
 
Montenegro
2004
53.32
2
...
5.07
2
521.88
2
Montserrat
2004
0.06
 
88.9
 
11.65
 
611.05
 
Morocco
2004
41.17
 
75.2
 
1.37
 
92.19
 
Mozambique
2004
2.17
 
117.3
 
0.11
 
2.70
 
Myanmar
2004
9.76
 
128.7
 
0.21
 
14.43
 
Namibia
2004
2.47
 
33600.0
 
1.24
 
3.00
 
Nauru
2004
0.14
 
8.3
 
14.17
 
6808.81
 
Nepal
2004
3.04
 
382.6
 
0.11
 
20.68
 
Netherlands
2004
180.94
 
13.5
 
11.10
 
4357.16
 
Netherlands Antilles
2004
4.09
 
239.9
 
22.19
 
5109.88
 
New Caledonia
2004
2.58
 
59.8
 
11.18
 
138.76
 
New Zealand
2004
34.04
 
34.2
 
8.40
 
125.82
 
Nicaragua
2004
4.01
 
51.4
 
0.74
 
30.82
 
Niger
2004
1.21
 
15.7
 
0.09
 
0.96
 
Nigeria
2004
114.02
 
151.3
 
0.83
 
123.43
 
Niue
2004
0.00
 
0.0
 
2.19
 
14.10
 
Norway
2004
43.98
 
26.5
 
9.60
 
114.19
 
Oman
2004
30.90
 
200.8
 
12.47
 
99.84
 
Pakistan
2004
125.67
 
84.6
 
0.81
 
157.86
 
Palau
2004
0.24
 
1.6
 
11.90
 
519.19
 
Palestine
2004
0.65
 
...
 
0.18
 
107.80
 
Panama
2004
5.66
 
80.8
 
1.78
 
74.96
 
Papua New Guinea
2004
2.45
 
0.8
 
0.41
 
5.29
 
Paraguay
2004
4.18
 
84.8
 
0.72
 
10.28
 
Peru
2004
31.49
 
49.7
 
1.17
 
24.50
 
Philippines
2004
80.51
 
83.2
 
0.97
 
268.37
 
Poland
2004
316.70
 
-16.8
 
8.30
 
1012.84
 
Portugal
2004
65.70
 
51.5
 
6.30
 
714.32
 
Qatar
2004
52.90
 
334.0
 
69.22
 
4809.49
 
Republic of Moldova
2004
7.68
 
...
 
1.96
 
227.01
 
Réunion
2004
2.28
 
85.4
 
2.94
 
907.08
 
Romania
2004
116.36
 
-30.4
 
5.40
 
488.11
 
Russian Federation
2004
1617.94
 
-32.4
 
11.20
 
94.63
 
Rwanda
2004
0.57
 
8.3
 
0.06
 
21.72
 
Saint Helena
2004
0.01
 
50.0
 
1.74
 
35.71
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2004
0.12
 
88.9
 
2.57
 
477.60
 
Saint Lucia
2004
0.37
 
127.3
 
2.30
 
680.20
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2004
0.06
 
-32.0
 
9.83
 
257.55
 
Samoa
2004
0.15
 
20.6
 
0.82
 
53.10
 
Sao Tome and Principe
2004
0.09
 
38.9
 
0.61
95.08
 
Saudi Arabia
2004
308.39
21.0
 
13.38
 
143.46
 
Senegal
2004
4.99
59.3
 
0.44
 
25.38
 
Serbia
2004
53.32
2
...
 
5.07
2
521.88
2
Seychelles
2004
0.55
 
380.6
 
6.44
 
1200.61
 
Sierra Leone
2004
0.99
 
197.8
 
0.18
 
13.85
 
Singapore
2004
52.25
 
15.9
 
12.23
 
76503.40
 
Slovakia
2004
42.50
 
-29.8
 
7.90
 
866.72
 
Slovenia
2004
16.46
 
12.1
 
8.20
 
812.81
 
Solomon Islands
2004
0.18
 
9.1
 
0.38
 
6.09
 
Somalia
1995
0.01
 
-40.0
 
0.00
 
0.02
 
South Africa
2004
437.03
 
31.6
 
9.19
 
357.92