List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita

Per capita GHG emissions in 2005, including land-use change
Per capita GHG emissions in 2000, not including land-use change
GHG emissions by country in 2005, including land-use change
Per capita responsibility for current atmospheric CO2 level, including land-use change

This is a list of countries ranked by greenhouse-gas emissions per capita in 2000. It is based on data for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon and sulfur hexafluoride emissions compiled by the World Resources Institute[1] (WRI) from a variety of sources, including CDIAC and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Bunker-fuel emissions are not included.

Two sets of per capita emissions are given, one with an estimate of the effects of land-use change (for example, cutting down forests) and one without. The former is based on regional estimates in Houghton (2003).[2] Difficulties with determining rates of deforestation and the magnitude of carbon stocks held by the remaining forests and with distributing regional carbon fluxes among individual countries mean that the land-use change components have a large margin of error, perhaps as large as +/-150% in some cases.

They are included here because, although difficult to quantify accurately at a country level, land-use change is a significant contributor to global warming. The WRI estimates that it accounted for almost a fifth of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2000. For 2005 the data for a large number of countries only includes CO2 emissions (see note 12.)

List of countries by emissions

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in 2000
Country Year 2000 Tonnes of CO2e
with land-use
change
Year 2000 Tonnes of CO2e
without land-use
change
Year 2005 Tonnes of CO2e
without land-use
change
Belize11,1293.98.42.8
Qatar1254.754.755.5
Guyana1252.55.62
Malaysia1237.26.85.7
United Arab Emirates136.836.838.8
Kuwait30.430.435
Papua New Guinea2,12,29.21.70.7
Brunei1,1225.925.913.9
Australia25.925.626.9
Antigua & Barbuda1,1225.325.35.1
Zambia1224.62.60.2
Canada24.322.222.6
Bahrain 1223.923.925.4
United States322.924.323.5
Trinidad & Tobago1,1222.122.119.6
Luxembourg121.221.227.5
Panama1219.73.61.9
New Zealand19.318.518.8
Estonia18.216.614.4
Botswana1217.86.52.3
Ireland16.817.316.7
Saudi Arabia16.516.516.2
Venezuela15.89.910
Indonesia14.92.42.7
Equatorial Guinea1214.54.66.7
Belgium114.314.313.2
Turkmenistan114.214.218.9
Singapore14.114.111.3
Czech Republic13.913.913.7
Liberia 1213.910.1
Netherlands413.513.513.8
Russia13.513.113.7
Nicaragua 1213.42.50.8
Finland13.113.313
Oman 1212.912.912
Palau1,1212.812.85.7
Brazil12.84.95.4
Denmark512.512.511.5
Germany12.312.311.9
Mongolia11.811.611.9
Israel11.811.811.5
Nauru1,1211.711.711
Norway11.412.111.2
South Korea11.11111.4
Kazakhstan1111112.7
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland111110.6
Libya1210.810.68.3
Greece10.81111.5
Japan10.710.710.5
Myanmar10.71.72.2
Taiwan1210.610.611.8
Cyprus1210.310.210.5
Slovenia10.29.710.1
Cambodia10.25.81.6
Austria1010.111.5
Iceland1101011.1
Peru9.92.72.8
Paraguay129.96.10.6
Ukraine19.89.810.3
Poland9.69.69.8
South Africa9.59.59
Argentina9.37.88.2
Slovakia9.38.79.3
Spain69.29.410.1
Italy79.29.29.7
Central African Republic1296.70.1
France88.78.89
Suriname128.68.65.3
Belarus8.688.5
Gabon128.45.53.7
Ecuador8.23.43.3
Bolivia8.13.56.9
Cameroon127.62.40.4
Iran7.67.58.2
Côte d'Ivoire127.520.4
Sweden7.57.57.4
Seychelles1,2,127.47.47
Guatemala127.42.40.9
Bulgaria7.47.78.6
Serbia & Montenegro127.47.44.8
Hungary7.47.48.3
Congo, Dem. Rep.7.411.6
Uzbekistan1,127.37.36.9
Portugal97.27.87.9
Switzerland107.17.27.3
Azerbaijan6.86.85.6
Angola126.75.41.3
Bahamas126.66.66.5
Benin126.51.40.3
Zimbabwe126.52.70.8
Laos6.41.93.1
Mexico6.45.46.1
Nepal6.31.31.5
Colombia6.33.83.9
Namibia126.35.11.4
Chile6.35.35.1
Malta126.16.16.5
Congo, Rep.2,1263.21.4
Madagascar1262.30.2
Croatia5.966.9
Jamaica125.94.83.8
Macedonia15.85.85.2
Barbados1,125.85.84.5
Latvia5.744.6
Mauritania1,125.65.60.6
Turkey5.65.35.5
Romania5.55.56.1
Lithuania5.44.55.7
Costa Rica125.42.81.5
Lebanon5.35.24.4
North Korea5.25.15
Thailand5.14.35.6
Jordan4.94.94.2
Honduras124.721.1
Sudan124.63.70.3
Bosnia & Herzegovina124.54.54.3
Algeria4.24.24.2
Iraq4.24.24.6
Sierra Leone124.21.20.2
Syria12442.7
China3.93.95.5
Tunisia123.73.32.3
Dominican Republic123.53.51.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis1,123.33.32.8
Nigeria3.31.62.1
Fiji2,123.33.12
Guinea123.220.2
Mauritius1,123.23.22.7
Cuba123.142.2
Togo123.11.50.2
Vanuatu1232.90.4
Philippines31.71.7
Malawi1230.60.1
Mali122.92.20
Chad122.92.40
Sri Lanka122.81.30.7
Uganda2.71.11.1
Dominica1,122.72.71.6
Saint Lucia1,122.72.72.2
Egypt2.62.63
Niue1,2,122.62.61.7
Ghana122.61.20.4
Moldova12.52.53.2
Grenada1,122.52.52.2
El Salvador122.41.81
Guinea-Bissau122.41.60.2
Tanzania122.41.90.1
Djibouti122.42.40.5
Pakistan2.32.11.5
Samoa2,122.32.20.8
Tonga122.32.31.2
Morocco122.22.11.6
Senegal2.21.81.8
Albania2.21.92.9
Georgia12.22.22
Armenia12.12.12.5
St. Vincent & Grenadines1,12221.6
Kenya1221.60.3
Maldives1,121.91.92.4
Kyrgyzstan1.91.91.9
Burkina Faso121.91.90.1
India1.81.91.7
Cook Islands2,121.81.72.9
Bhutan121.71.70.6
Yemen121.61.60.9
Tajikistan11.61.60.5
Mozambique121.61.10.1
Rwanda121.60.70.1
Burundi121.60.40
Lesotho121.51.50.1
Swaziland121.53.20.8
Eritrea1,121.41.40.1
Haiti121.41.20.2
Solomon Islands121.10.80.4
Vietnam1.11.72.1
Cape Verde1,121.11.10.6
Niger121.110.1
Ethiopia1.10.91
São Tomé and Príncipe12110.7
Afghanistan120.90.60
The Gambia120.91.10.2
Bangladesh0.90.90.9
Comoros1,120.70.70.1
Kiribati1120.60.60.3
Uruguay110.37.612.7
Asia4.53.4
Europe10.610.5
Middle East & North Africa5.75.6
Sub-Saharan Africa4.52.3
North America23.124.1
Central America & Caribbean6.34.5
South America11.15.3
Oceania24.219.1

1Compatible land-use change data not available for 2000

²Compatible PFC, HFC and SF6 data not available for 2000.

³Includes Puerto Rico, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. The WRI is ambiguous about which components are included for these additional territories. The non-land-use CO2 data includes all three; CH4, N2O, PFC, HFC and SF6 data are included for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands but not for Guam; land-use change may or may not be included for any of the three.

4Not including the Netherlands Antilles.

5Not including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.

6Including the Canary Islands.

7Including San Marino and the Vatican City.

8Including Monaco; not including Overseas Departments or French Polynesia.

9Including the Azores and Madeira.

10Including Liechtenstein.

11Average annual forest cover change as percentage of national total 1990-2000: Belize -2.3%, Uruguay +5.0%. Source: FAO.[3]

12 CH4, N2O, PFC, HFC and SF6 data not available for 2005.

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