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World carbon emissions: the league table of every country

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The world emits 48% more carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy now than it did in 1992 when the first Rio summit took place.

The new data shows the rise of Asia, big increases in emissions in Africa, how Europe has plateaued - and how Iran has shot up the league table.

China - the world's biggest emitter of CO2 - has increased by 240%, as
The new data, published by the US Energy Information Administration this week, is the most comprehensive carbon emissions data with statistics for over 200 countries around the world since 1980.

The world emitted 31.8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy in 2010 - up 6.7% on the year before. The figure is up by 48% on 1992, when the first Rio summit took place.

China - which only went into first place in 2006 - is racing ahead of the US, too. It emitted 8.3bn tonnes of CO2 in 2010 - up 240% on 1992, 15.5% on the previous year.

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Meanwhile, US emissions are up for the first time since recession hit in 2008, in a sign of how closely pollution is linked to economic success.

Here are some of the key facts:

• China now emits 48% more CO2 than the USA - and is responsible for a quarter of the world's emissions
• The UK's emissions are down 8% on 1992, and it has moved from 7th to 10th place since 1992
• In contrast, Iran has moved from 21st place to 8th place in 2010, overtaking the UK and Canada
• Gibraltar has the highest per capita emissions in the world - 135.3 tonnes per person per year, compared to 8.5 tonnes in the UK and 6.3 tonnes in China

There are other sources of emissions data too, if you want to compare - albeit not as up-to-date:

• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gathers the data on world carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This is only available up to 2008.
• the International Energy Agency (IEA) has global carbon emissions data up to 2009

The full data from the EIA is below. What can you do with it?

Data summary

 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption of Energy

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Rank, 2010
Country
Rank, 1992
Rank, 2009
Change in rank, 1992 to 2010
% change in emiss- ions, 1992 to 2010
Per person emiss- ions, 2010, tonnes
2010

SOURCE: US Energy Information Administration
  World total       48 4.6 31,780.36
  North America       12 14.5 6,605.67
176 Bermuda 173 175 -3 81 11.9 0.81
9 Canada 9 7 0 13 16.3 548.75
183 Greenland 170 183 -13 11 9.6 0.56
14 Mexico 14 13 0 42 4.0 445.28
205 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 184 212 -21 -34 25.7 0.15
2 United States 1 2 -1 10 18.1 5,610.11
  Central & South America       69 2.6 1,257.74
192 Antarctica 185 193 -7 40 NA 0.31
181 Antigua and Barbuda 174 181 -7 72 8.3 0.72
31 Argentina 30 30 -1 55 4.1 169.83
166 Aruba 161 168 -5 81 11.9 1.24
120 Bahamas 133 122 13 151 18.0 5.57
156 Barbados 142 158 -14 16 5.5 1.57
171 Belize 178 171 7 223 3.1 0.98
92 Bolivia 103 90 11 113 1.3 13.29
13 Brazil 19 15 6 91 2.3 453.87
200 Cayman Islands 179 187 -21 -10 5.4 0.27
49 Chile 61 51 12 118 4.1 68.76
46 Colombia 50 48 4 35 1.6 72.31
118 Costa Rica 114 113 -4 76 1.4 6.41
74 Cuba 63 76 -11 19 3.0 34.46
212 Dominica 204 211 -8 139 1.9 0.14
83 Dominican Republic 93 82 10 90 2.0 19.60
78 Ecuador 75 77 -3 33 1.7 24.43
117 El Salvador 119 119 2 101 1.1 6.48
213 Falkland Islands 208 214 -5 80 14.6 0.05
169 French Guiana 164 167 -5 77 5.9 1.12
187 Grenada 194 195 7 237 4.0 0.43
152 Guadeloupe 141 149 -11 51 4.7 2.10
93 Guatemala 110 93 17 198 1.0 12.97
157 Guyana 154 157 -3 72 2.0 1.52
158 Haiti 153 151 -5 65 0.2 1.46
106 Honduras 125 105 19 203 1.0 8.29
102 Jamaica 97 96 -5 8 3.2 9.22
145 Martinique 138 145 -7 89 6.5 2.77
210 Montserrat 207 209 -3 256 28.7 0.15
104 Netherlands Antilles 95 100 -9 -8 38.5 8.82
125 Nicaragua 130 129 5 106 0.8 4.82
88 Panama 88 89 0 26 4.5 15.46
128 Paraguay 131 130 3 89 0.7 4.39
67 Peru 73 70 6 108 1.4 41.88
75 Puerto Rico 69 74 -6 32 7.8 30.86
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 201 194 8 298 6.1 0.30
186 Saint Lucia 188 186 2 145 2.7 0.43
190 Saint Vincent/Grenadines 199 200 9 301 3.2 0.33
151 Suriname 139 152 -12 63 4.8 2.34
62 Trinidad and Tobago 76 64 14 187 40.6 49.93
215 Turks and Caicos Islands   213     1.7 0.04
112 Uruguay 109 109 -3 61 2.1 7.27
32 Venezuela 29 31 -3 42 5.8 158.44
96 Virgin Islands, U.S. 98 95 2 43 108.9 11.95
208 Virgin Islands, British 205 207 -3 173 5.9 0.15
  Europe       1 7.2 4,370.29
124 Albania 113 127 -11 29 1.6 4.89
48 Austria 49 49 1 22 8.5 69.46
34 Belgium 28 34 -6 2 12.2 127.19
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74 80 -8 6 4.4 20.14
66 Bulgaria 48 67 -18 -27 5.9 42.17
80 Croatia 78 81 -2 41 5.2 23.43
101 Cyprus 105 101 4 53 8.4 9.26
40 Czech Republic   40 -40   8.9 90.83
64 Denmark 44 62 -20 -25 8.3 45.96
179 Faroe Islands 165 178 -14 21 15.2 0.74
59 Finland 51 58 -8 10 10.4 54.40
  Former Czechoslovakia 24       -- --
  Former Serbia and Montenegro 55       -- --
  Former Yugoslavia         -- --
17 France 11 18 -6 3 6.2 395.20
6 Germany 5 6 -1 -11 9.6 793.66
  Germany, East         -- --
  Germany, West         -- --
130 Gibraltar 122 128 -8 26 135.3 3.91
39 Greece 39 39 0 17 8.7 92.99
61 Hungary 43 60 -18 -20 5.0 50.39
138 Iceland 132 135 -6 45 10.9 3.36
69 Ireland 64 68 -5 47 8.8 40.48
15 Italy 10 17 -5 0 7.2 416.37
98 Luxembourg 90 99 -8 -4 21.7 10.80
108 Macedonia, FYR 96 104 -12 -12 4.0 8.23
140 Malta 129 138 -11 31 7.7 3.11
154 Montenegro   153     2.9 1.94
25 Netherlands 22 25 -3 24 15.7 263.44
68 Norway 59 66 -9 17 8.9 41.80
21 Poland 12 20 -9 -7 7.9 303.70
60 Portugal 52 55 -8 8 4.8 51.43
45 Romania 27 43 -18 -40 3.6 78.43
63 Serbia   61     5.5 49.92
73 Slovakia   73     6.3 34.54
86 Slovenia 87 85 1 38 8.7 17.42
19 Spain 18 19 -1 31 6.8 316.43
54 Sweden 46 59 -8 6 6.9 62.74
65 Switzerland 54 65 -11 -1 5.9 45.55
24 Turkey 25 24 1 91 3.4 263.54
10 United Kingdom 7 10 -3 -8 8.5 532.44
  Eurasia       -24 8.7 2,454.13
97 Armenia 92 98 -5 4 3.9 11.56
72 Azerbaijan 45 72 -27 -42 4.2 35.12
50 Belarus 37 52 -13 -25 7.1 68.24
81 Estonia 65 86 -16 -20 15.9 20.56
  Former U.S.S.R.         -- --
122 Georgia 81 120 -41 -66 1.2 5.30
28 Kazakhstan 17 29 -11 -29 11.9 184.47
129 Kyrgyzstan 82 123 -47 -71 0.7 4.13
103 Latvia 86 103 -17 -29 4.1 9.07
87 Lithuania 70 87 -17 -31 4.5 15.98
110 Moldova 71 111 -39 -64 1.7 7.38
4 Russia 3 4 -1 -19 11.7 1,633.80
115 Tajikistan 100 116 -15 -16 0.9 6.68
55 Turkmenistan 72 54 17 203 12.6 62.05
23 Ukraine 8 22 -15 -48 6.1 275.51
36 Uzbekistan 34 35 -2 19 4.1 114.27
  Middle East       119 8.4 1,785.93
76 Bahrain 83 75 7 126 41.6 30.69
8 Iran 21 8 13 139 7.3 560.33
35 Iraq 47 37 12 105 4.0 118.31
47 Israel 57 46 10 68 9.6 70.32
84 Jordan 91 83 7 70 3.0 19.07
43 Kuwait 68 42 25 246 29.2 81.33
89 Lebanon 99 88 10 87 3.7 15.24
58 Oman 84 63 26 308 18.6 55.20
136 Palestine, Occupied Territory   137     0.8 3.38
51 Qatar 66 50 15 153 76.9 64.68
11 Saudi Arabia 20 12 9 103 18.6 478.41
53 Syria 60 53 7 78 2.8 63.10
26 United Arab Emirates 32 26 6 95 40.1 199.37
77 Yemen 89 78 12 117 1.1 26.50
  Africa       51 1.1 1,145.16
38 Algeria 38 36 0 35 3.2 110.90
79 Angola 101 79 22 222 1.9 24.20
133 Benin 158 134 25 377 0.4 3.65
131 Botswana 120 132 -11 20 1.9 3.84
160 Burkina Faso 167 159 7 147 0.1 1.44
184 Burundi 177 189 -7 67 0.1 0.53
111 Cameroon 116 108 5 105 0.4 7.36
201 Cape Verde 196 190 -5 154 0.5 0.27
202 Central African Republic 182 196 -20 -15 0.0 0.23
197 Chad 176 198 -21 -11 0.0 0.29
207 Comoros 202 206 -5 122 0.2 0.15
116 Congo 156 118 40 664 1.6 6.52
144 Congo, Dem Rep 111 144 -33 -35 0.0 2.80
119 Cote dIvoire 112 115 -7 54 0.3 5.94
150 Djibouti 135 155 -15 32 3.2 2.35
27 Egypt 36 27 9 110 2.4 196.55
123 Equatorial Guinea 195 121 72 3990 7.7 5.00
177 Eritrea   176     0.1 0.80
113 Ethiopia 115 112 2 85 0.1 6.74
126 Gabon 104 125 -22 -24 3.0 4.59
196 Gambia 187 185 -9 43 0.2 0.29
99 Ghana 117 106 18 210 0.4 10.58
161 Guinea 145 162 -16 18 0.1 1.39
185 Guinea-Bissau 181 184 -4 57 0.3 0.46
95 Kenya 102 97 7 87 0.3 12.25
198 Lesotho 190 201 -8 74 0.1 0.28
180 Liberia 175 180 -5 112 0.2 0.74
56 Libya 58 56 2 66 9.4 60.60
135 Madagascar 150 136 15 216 0.2 3.38
162 Malawi 162 164 0 105 0.1 1.36
174 Mali 172 177 -2 80 0.1 0.89
143 Mauritania 118 141 -25 -13 0.9 2.89
127 Mauritius 134 126 7 113 3.5 4.55
71 Morocco 67 71 -4 50 1.1 35.66
146 Mozambique 144 146 -2 129 0.1 2.73
132 Namibia 146 133 14 232 1.8 3.81
155 Niger 148 160 -7 60 0.1 1.80
44 Nigeria 35 44 -9 -14 0.5 80.51
142 Reunion 140 143 -2 112 3.9 2.96
175 Rwanda 159 179 -16 18 0.1 0.87
216 Saint Helena 210 216 -6 374 2.0 0.02
206 Sao Tome and Principe 200 205 -6 95 0.9 0.15
114 Senegal 124 117 10 129 0.5 6.68
165 Seychelles 169 169 4 146 14.1 1.25
163 Sierra Leone 157 161 -6 65 0.3 1.33
173 Somalia 168 173 -5 59 0.1 0.90
12 South Africa 13 11 1 45 9.5 465.10
91 Sudan and South Sudan 107 91 16 167 0.3 13.79
170 Swaziland 163 166 -7 72 0.8 1.11
109 Tanzania 126 114 17 194 0.2 7.57
139 Togo 160 142 21 338 0.5 3.17
85 Tunisia 85 84 0 46 1.8 18.72
153 Uganda 151 154 -2 109 0.1 2.01
191 Western Sahara 186 192 -5 42 0.6 0.31
149 Zambia 123 148 -26 -19 0.2 2.42
105 Zimbabwe 79 102 -26 -49 0.7 8.49
  Asia & Oceania       150 3.7 14,161.44
178 Afghanistan 137 174 -41 -55 0.0 0.79
182 American Samoa 166 182 -16 15 10.4 0.69
16 Australia 16 16 0 47 18.8 405.34
57 Bangladesh 80 57 23 244 0.4 56.74
199 Bhutan 193 191 -6 110 0.4 0.28
107 Brunei 121 110 14 163 20.9 8.27
94 Burma 108 94 14 177 0.2 12.80
134 Cambodia 171 131 37 619 0.2 3.59
1 China 2 1 1 240 6.3 8,320.96
194 Cook Islands 206 204 12 531 26.3 0.30
148 Fiji 152 150 4 179 2.9 2.50
167 French Polynesia 155 170 -12 40 4.2 1.22
159 Guam 128 156 -31 -42 8.0 1.45
  Hawaiian Trade Zone         -- --
42 Hong Kong 56 41 14 86 11.8 83.78
3 India 6 3 3 157 1.4 1,695.62
18 Indonesia 23 14 5 116 1.6 389.43
5 Japan 4 5 -1 8 9.2 1,164.47
214 Kiribati 209 215 -5 96 0.4 0.04
52 Korea, North 31 47 -21 -40 2.8 63.69
7 Korea, South 15 9 8 97 11.9 578.97
168 Laos 183 165 15 344 0.2 1.19
147 Macau 147 147 0 124 4.5 2.54
29 Malaysia 40 28 11 150 6.4 181.93
172 Maldives 197 172 25 802 2.3 0.92
100 Mongolia 94 107 -6 -5 3.1 9.44
203 Nauru 191 202 -12 37 23.7 0.22
137 Nepal 149 139 12 202 0.1 3.36
141 New Caledonia 136 140 -5 71 12.0 3.03
70 New Zealand 62 69 -8 32 9.3 39.58
217 Niue 211 217 -6 96 2.9 0.01
33 Pakistan 41 33 8 116 0.8 151.65
121 Papua New Guinea 127 124 6 106 0.9 5.31
41 Philippines 53 45 12 86 0.9 85.63
209 Samoa 192 208 -17 10 0.8 0.15
30 Singapore 42 32 12 153 36.6 172.19
189 Solomon Islands 189 199 0 108 0.6 0.36
90 Sri Lanka 106 92 16 150 0.7 14.09
20 Taiwan 26 21 6 132 13.3 305.38
22 Thailand 33 23 11 176 4.2 278.49
188 Timor-Leste (East Timor)   188     0.3 0.40
204 Tonga 198 203 -6 55 1.3 0.16
195 U.S. Pacific Islands 180 197 -15 -0 1.2 0.29
211 Vanuatu 203 210 -8 125 0.7 0.15
37 Vietnam 77 38 40 549 1.3 112.80
164 Wake Island 143 163 -21 2   1.29

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Original Article http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/datablog/2012/jun/21/world-carbon-emissions-league-table-country

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