ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

   
   
 
               

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

     
last update: July 2010
 

CO2 emissions in 2007

   
   
   
 
                     
 
 
CO2
emissions
% change
since 1990
CO2
emissions
per capita
CO2
emissions
per km2
 
 
 
 
mio. tonnes
%
tonnes
tonnes
 
Afghanistan
0.71
 
-73.3
 
0.03
 
1.10
 
Albania
4.24
 
-43.3
 
1.35
 
147.59
 
Algeria
140.12
 
77.6
 
4.14
 
58.83
 
Andorra
0.54
 
...
 
6.48
 
1 151.71
 
Angola
24.76
 
459.0
 
1.41
 
19.86
 
Anguilla
0.05
 
...
 
3.52
 
560.44
 
Antigua and Barbuda
0.44
 
44.9
 
5.09
 
986.43
 
Argentina
183.73
 
63.1
 
4.65
 
66.08
 
Armenia
5.06
 
...
 
1.65
 
170.02
 
Aruba
2.40
 
30.3
 
23.02
 
13 322.22
 
Australia
396.28
 
42.6
 
19.00
 
51.52
 
Austria
74.18
 
19.5
 
8.93
 
884.41
 
Azerbaijan
31.77
 
...
 
3.68
 
366.92
 
Bahamas
2.15
 
10.1
 
6.44
 
154.13
 
Bahrain
22.46
 
89.0
 
29.58
 
29 952.00
 
Bangladesh
43.75
 
181.7
 
0.28
 
303.83
 
Barbados
1.35
 
25.3
 
5.29
 
3 130.23
 
Belarus
56.58
 
-44.6
 
5.82
 
272.56
 
Belgium
114.54
 
-3.4
 
10.88
 
3 752.12
 
Belize
0.43
 
36.2
 
1.44
 
18.51
 
Benin
3.88
 
442.1
 
0.46
 
34.42
 
Bermuda
0.51
 
-14.2
 
7.95
 
9 500.00
 
Bhutan
0.58
 
352.3
 
0.86
 
15.08
 
Bolivia
13.19
 
139.6
 
1.38
 
12.01
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
29.02
 
...
 
7.68
 
566.77
 
Botswana
5.00
 
130.2
 
2.64
 
8.59
 
Brazil
368.32
 
76.3
 
1.94
 
43.26
 
British Virgin Islands
0.10
 
106.2
 
4.39
 
655.63
 
Brunei Darussalam
7.61
 
18.4
 
19.80
 
1 319.17
 
Bulgaria
58.89
 
-31.7
 
7.71
 
531.12
 
Burkina Faso
1.69
 
188.6
 
0.12
 
6.18
 
Burundi
0.18
 
-40.8
 
0.02
 
6.47
 
Cambodia
4.44
 
884.7
 
0.31
 
24.53
 
Cameroon
6.17
 
254.9
 
0.33
 
12.97
 
Canada
590.20
 
29.5
 
17.91
 
59.11
 
Cape Verde
0.31
 
250.0
 
0.63
 
76.37
 
Cayman Islands
0.54
 
113.0
 
9.80
 
2 041.67
 
Central African Republic
0.25
 
27.8
 
0.06
 
0.41
 
Chad
0.38
 
161.9
 
0.04
 
0.30
 
Chile
71.71
 
105.4
 
4.31
 
94.84
 
China
6 538.37
 
165.7
 
4.92
 
681.30
 
China, Hong Kong SAR
39.96
 
44.5
 
5.75
 
36 198.37
 
China, Macao SAR
1.55
 
51.0
 
3.03
 
53 620.69
 
Colombia
63.44
 
10.6
 
1.43
 
55.56
 
Comoros
0.12
 
57.1
 
0.19
 
54.14
 
Congo
1.59
 
33.7
 
0.45
 
4.64
 
Cook Islands
0.07
 
200.0
 
3.38
 
279.66
 
Costa Rica
8.12
 
174.7
 
1.82
 
158.88
 
Cote d'Ivoire
6.38
 
10.1
 
0.32
 
19.80
 
Croatia
24.86
 
7.6
 
5.61
 
439.35
 
Cuba
27.06
 
-18.9
 
2.41
 
246.21
 
Cyprus
8.20
 
76.2
 
9.60
 
886.28
 
Czech Republic
130.00
 
-20.9
 
12.66
 
1 648.34
 
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2.44
 
-40.0
 
0.04
 
1.04
 
Denmark
54.59
1
0.9
1
9.83
1
1 266.86
1
Djibouti
0.49
 
22.0
 
0.58
 
21.03
 
Dominica
0.12
 
105.1
 
1.80
 
161.12
 
Dominican Republic
20.76
 
116.9
 
2.12
 
426.52
 
Ecuador
29.99
 
78.1
 
2.25
 
116.98
 
Egypt
184.66
 
143.2
 
2.31
 
184.29
 
El Salvador
6.70
 
155.9
 
1.10
 
318.43
 
Equatorial Guinea
4.80
 
3 866.9
 
7.47
 
171.12
 
Eritrea
0.58
 
...
 
0.12
 
4.92
 
Estonia
19.09
 
-48.8
 
14.22
 
422.16
 
Ethiopia
6.51
 
115.6
 
0.08
 
5.90
 
Faeroe Islands
0.70
 
11.9
 
14.12
 
500.36
 
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
0.06
 
59.5
 
19.68
 
4.85
 
Fiji
1.46
 
78.4
 
1.74
 
79.85
 
Finland
66.10
 
16.8
 
12.51
 
195.33
 
France
401.01
 
0.8
 
6.50
 
727.12
 
French Guiana
0.89
 
10.0
 
4.17
 
9.94
 
French Polynesia
0.81
 
27.9
 
3.08
 
201.75
 
Gabon
2.04
 
-66.6
 
1.43
 
7.60
 
Gambia
0.40
 
107.3
 
0.25
 
35.06
 
Georgia
6.03
 
...
 
1.38
 
86.54
 
Germany
841.15
 
-18.8
 
10.22
 
2 355.42
 
Ghana
9.81
 
149.5
 
0.43
 
41.12
 
Gibraltar
0.41
 
328.4
 
13.13
 
67 833.33
 
Greece
113.57
 
36.6
 
10.22
 
860.63
 
Greenland
0.52
 
-6.5
 
9.09
 
0.24
 
Grenada
0.24
 
100.0
 
2.35
 
703.49
 
Guadeloupe
2.16
 
67.2
 
4.69
 
1 269.21
 
Guatemala
12.93
 
154.2
 
0.97
 
118.74
 
Guinea
1.39
 
31.6
 
0.14
 
5.65
 
Guinea-Bissau
0.29
 
13.0
 
0.19
 
7.92
 
Guyana
1.51
 
32.2
 
1.97
 
7.01
 
Haiti
2.40
 
141.2
 
0.25
 
86.41
 
Honduras
8.83
 
240.7
 
1.23
 
78.53
 
Hungary
57.75
 
-20.3
 
5.76
 
620.80
 
Iceland
3.29
 
52.3
 
10.67
 
31.93
 
India
1 610.00
 
133.1
 
1.38
 
489.77
 
Indonesia
397.00
 
164.7
 
1.77
 
213.40
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
495.99
 
118.5
 
6.85
 
304.52
 
Iraq
100.00
 
90.3
 
3.40
 
228.15
 
Ireland
47.50
 
46.6
 
10.91
 
675.92
 
Israel
66.74
 
99.0
 
9.63
 
3 023.70
 
Italy
475.30
 
9.3
 
8.01
 
1 577.32
 
Jamaica
13.96
 
75.3
 
5.18
 
1 270.55
 
Japan
1 303.78
 
14.0
 
10.23
 
3 449.80
 
Jordan
21.45
 
106.2
 
3.61
 
240.11
 
Kazakhstan
227.39
 
...
 
14.76
 
83.45
 
Kenya
11.24
 
93.0
 
0.30
 
19.36
 
Kiribati
0.03
 
50.0
 
0.35
 
45.45
 
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
70.71
 
-71.1
 
2.98
 
586.63
 
Korea, Republic of
503.32
 
108.2
 
10.49
 
5 049.47
 
Kuwait
86.14
 
111.4
 
30.21
 
4 834.72
 
Kyrgyzstan
6.08
 
...
 
1.14
 
30.41
 
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
1.54
 
553.6
 
0.25
 
6.49
 
Latvia
8.61
 
-55.2
 
3.79
 
133.34
 
Lebanon
13.35
 
46.8
 
3.21
 
1 277.75
 
Liberia
0.68
 
39.5
 
0.19
 
6.06
 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
57.33
 
42.2
 
9.29
 
32.58
 
Liechtenstein
0.21
 
4.0
 
5.98
 
1 320.50
 
Lithuania
15.92
 
-55.9
 
4.74
 
243.73
 
Luxembourg
11.84
 
-2.4
 
24.93
 
4 580.06
 
Madagascar
2.25
 
128.4
 
0.12
 
3.84
 
Malawi
1.06
 
72.5
 
0.07
 
8.91
 
Malaysia
194.48
 
243.6
 
7.32
 
587.89
 
Maldives
0.90
 
483.1
 
2.99
 
2 993.33
 
Mali
0.58
 
37.2
 
0.05
 
0.47
 
Malta
2.73
 
25.3
 
6.71
 
8 639.24
 
Marshall Islands
0.10
 
106.2
 
1.67
 
546.96
 
Martinique
1.95
 
-5.9
 
4.85
 
1 766.79
 
Mauritania
1.95
 
-26.8
 
0.62
 
1.90
 
Mauritius
3.89
 
165.9
 
3.06
 
1 906.86
 
Mexico
471.46
 
31.9
 
4.39
 
240.00
 
Micronesia, Federated States of
0.06
 
...
 
0.56
 
88.32
 
Monaco
0.09
 
-12.6
 
2.82
 
46 030.01
 
Mongolia
10.58
 
5.4
 
4.05
 
6.77
 
Montserrat
0.08
 
133.3
 
13.11
 
754.90
 
Morocco
46.40
 
97.1
 
1.49
 
103.91
 
Mozambique
2.60
 
160.0
 
0.12
 
3.24
 
Myanmar
13.19
 
208.5
 
0.27
 
19.50
 
Namibia
3.04
 
43 271.4
 
1.45
 
3.68
 
Nauru
0.14
 
8.3
 
14.09
 
6 809.52
 
Nepal
3.42
 
440.2
 
0.12
 
23.27
 
Netherlands
172.66
 
8.4
 
10.49
 
4 622.14
 
Netherlands Antilles
6.24
 
0.4
 
32.47
 
7 797.50
 
New Caledonia
2.85
 
75.4
 
11.75
 
153.38
 
New Zealand
35.23
 
39.0
 
8.40
 
130.26
 
Nicaragua
4.59
 
73.6
 
0.82
 
35.21
 
Niger
0.91
 
-4.6
 
0.06
 
0.72
 
Nigeria
95.27
 
110.0
 
0.64
 
103.13
 
Niue
0.00
 
0.0
 
2.57
 
15.38
 
Norway
45.00
 
29.3
 
9.53
 
138.97
 
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2.33
 
...
 
0.58
 
386.21
 
Oman
37.32
 
260.5
 
13.69
 
120.58
 
Pakistan
156.39
 
128.1
 
0.90
 
196.45
 
Palau
0.21
 
-9.4
 
10.49
 
464.05
 
Panama
7.25
 
131.3
 
2.17
 
96.00
 
Papua New Guinea
3.37
 
57.1
 
0.52
 
7.27
 
Paraguay
4.13
 
82.6
 
0.67
 
10.16
 
Peru
42.99
 
103.1
 
1.51
 
33.45
 
Philippines
70.92
 
59.2
 
0.80
 
236.39
 
Poland
328.27
 
-11.0
 
8.61
 
1 049.86
 
Portugal
62.79
 
44.0
 
5.90
 
681.86
 
Qatar
63.05
 
435.5
 
55.43
 
5 442.26
 
Republic of Moldova
4.70
 
...
 
1.28
 
139.01
 
Réunion
2.80
 
92.8
 
3.48
 
1 115.54
 
Romania
110.88
 
-35.6
 
5.17
 
465.13
 
Russian Federation
1 579.82
 
-36.8
 
11.13
 
92.40
 
Rwanda
0.71
 
4.8
 
0.08
 
27.15
 
Saint Helena
0.01
 
57.1
 
2.40
 
35.71
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0.25
 
277.3
 
4.94
 
954.02
 
Saint Lucia
0.38
 
130.9
 
2.26
 
706.86
 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.07
 
-28.3
 
10.83
 
272.73
 
Samoa
0.16
 
28.8
 
0.90
 
56.87
 
Sao Tome and Principe
0.13
 
93.9
 
0.81
 
132.78
 
Saudi Arabia
402.45
 
87.1
 
16.31
 
187.21
 
Senegal
5.48
 
72.1
 
0.46
 
27.85
 
Serbia and Montenegro
53.59
 
...
 
5.13
 
524.53
 
Seychelles
0.62
 
446.5
 
7.47
 
1 369.23
 
Sierra Leone
1.31
 
237.5
 
0.24
 
18.30
 
Singapore
54.19
 
15.4
 
12.08
 
76 855.77
 
Slovakia
38.14
 
-38.4
 
7.07
 
777.84
 
Slovenia
16.99
 
15.2
 
8.45
 
838.02
 
Solomon Islands
0.20
 
23.0
 
0.40
 
6.85
 
Somalia
0.60
 
3 238.9
 
0.07
 
0.94
 
South Africa
433.53
 
30.0
 
8.82
 
355.62
 
Spain
366.00
 
60.2
 
8.32
 
723.33
 
Sri Lanka
12.31
 
226.4
 
0.62
 
187.68
 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.20
 
149.4
 
1.85
 
519.28
 
Sudan
11.52
 
107.3
 
0.28
 
4.60
 
Suriname
2.44
 
34.7
 
4.78
 
14.89
 
Swaziland
1.06
 
149.4
 
0.92
 
61.05
 
Sweden
51.62
 
-8.3
 
5.64
 
116.96
 
Switzerland
43.64
 
-1.9
 
5.81
 
1 057.16
 
Syrian Arab Republic
69.89
 
86.6
 
3.41
 
377.43
 
Tajikistan
7.23
 
...
 
1.07
 
50.51
 
Thailand
277.51
 
189.6
 
4.14
 
540.83
 
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
11.28
 
...
 
5.53
 
438.53
 
Timor-Leste
0.18
 
...
 
0.17
 
12.30
 
Togo
1.32
 
70.0
 
0.21
 
23.18
 
Tonga
0.18
 
128.6
 
1.71
 
235.61
 
Trinidad and Tobago
37.04
 
118.4
 
27.88
 
7 219.69
 
Tunisia
23.87
 
79.9
 
2.37
 
145.89
 
Turkey
304.47
 
118.1
 
4.17
 
388.58
 
Turkmenistan
45.81
 
...
 
9.20
 
93.85
 
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.16
 
...
 
4.87
 
166.67
 
Uganda
3.20
 
291.8
 
0.10
 
13.30
 
Ukraine
340.15
 
-52.5
 
7.35
 
563.62
 
United Arab Emirates
135.54
 
147.3
 
31.06
 
1 621.29
 
United Kingdom
546.43
 
-7.6
 
8.97
 
2 249.59
 
United Rep. of Tanzania
6.04
 
154.5
 
0.15
 
6.39
 
United States
6 094.39
 
20.2
 
19.74
 
632.91
 
Uruguay
6.22
 
55.7
 
1.86
 
35.29
 
Uzbekistan
116.09
 
...
 
4.32
 
259.48
 
Vanuatu
0.10
 
47.1
 
0.45
 
8.45
 
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
165.55
 
35.5
 
5.99
 
181.51
 
Viet Nam
111.38
 
420.3
 
1.29
 
336.27
 
Wallis and Futuna Islands
0.03
 
...
 
1.92
 
204.23
 
Western Sahara
0.24
 
20.2
 
0.50
 
0.89
 
Yemen
21.98
 
129.0
 
0.99
 
41.62
 
Zambia
2.69
 
10.1
 
0.22
 
3.58
 
Zimbabwe
9.64
 
-37.9
 
0.77
 
24.66
 
                 
Sources:
UNSD Millennium Development Goals Indicators database (see http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx).
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, New York, 2009 (advanced Excel tables).
UNSD Demographic Yearbook.
Footnotes:
  1. For Denmark, the data cover the mainland of Denmark, Faeroe Islands and Greenland.
Definitions & Technical notes:
CO2 emission sources include emissions from energy industry, from transport, from fuel combustion in industry, services, households, etc. and industrial processes, such as the production of cement.
Changes in how land is used can also result in the emission of CO2, or in the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. However, as there is not yet an agreed method for estimating this, it is not included in the figures for CO2 emissions.
Burning of biomass such as wood and straw also emits CO2; however, unless there has been a change in land use, it is considered that CO2 emitted from biomass is removed from the air by new growth, and therefore it should not included in the total for CO2.
CO2 emissions per capita and CO2 emissions per km2 are calculated by UNSD.
Data Quality:
For Annex 1 countries, data originally come from UNFCCC. UNFCCC has developed standardised methods for calculating CO2 emissions, which are widely used. For non-Annex 1 countries, data are from estimates of CO2 emissions made by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) (see: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/). CDIAC acquires or compiles, quality assures, documents, archives, and distributes data and other information concerning carbon dioxide.
                 
 
United Nations Statistics Division - Environment Statistics