Tracking Carbon Emissions
A footprint comparison of total carbon dioxide emissions by nation and per capita shows there’s plenty of room for smaller countries to reduce their carbon footprints. By Stanford Kay
Total Carbon Emissions by Nation
Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Nation
Tajikistan Gambia Niger Djibouti Mauritania Mozambique South Swaziland Guinea-Bissau Korea Burkina Faso Lesotho Taiwan India Saint Helena Macau Burundi Central African Republic Sao Tome and Principe Cambodia Somalia Zambia Mongolia Chad Benin North South Vietnam Guinea Ghana Korea Kenya Suriname Singapore Africa Ethiopia Senegal Azerbaijan Cameroon Turkmenistan Sierra Leone Tanzania Angola Comoros Cote d’Ivoire Namibia Morocco Hong Mali Congo (Brazzaville) Zimbabwe Liberia Kong Malawi Tunisia Malaysia Egypt Togo Madagascar Mauritius Nigeria Western Sahara Botswana Rwanda Algeria Thailand Gabon Libya Bangladesh Cape Verde Congo Seychelles Eritrea Burma (Kinshasa) Equatorial Guinea Uganda China Maldives Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Japan Laos Sri Lanka Timor-Leste (East Timor) Indonesia French Polynesia Nepal Kazakhstan Papua New Guinea Pakistan American Samoa Bhutan Philippines Brunei New Zealand Uzbekistan New Caledonia Reunion Fiji Sudan Iraq Lebanon Nauru Guam Argentina Kuwait United Iran Cyprus Tonga Arab Australia Montserrat Israel Cook Islands Emirates Venezuela Jordan Bahrain U.S. Pacific Islands Oman Solomon Islands Syria Chile Uruguay BoliviaQatar Palestine Faroe Islands Yemen Saudi Wake Island Brazil Colombia Arabia Samoa Ecuador Peru Ukraine Paraguay Guyana Poland Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) France French Guiana Croatia United Finland Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kingdom
Spain
Honduras Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Nicaragua Panama Guatemala
Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Germany Slovenia
Netherlands
Greenland Malta
Turks and Caicos Islands
Sweden Austria Switzerland
China’s total emissions lead the world, but when diluted by its huge population, its ranking drops down the per capita list.
Qatar Turkey
Saudi Arabia Israel
United States
Iran
Finland
Oman Czech Republic
Norway Germany
Bulgaria Cyprus
Mexico
Canada
Dominican Republic Cuba Puerto Rico
Barbados
United States
Gibraltar
Malta Belgium Armenia
Ireland
Austria
Luxembourg
Hungary Former Serbia and Montenegro Macedonia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Slovakia Russia
Lithuania
Moldova Greece Iceland
Portugal
Ukraine
Albania
Estonia
Yemen SwitzerLatvia land
Netherlands
Italy
Djibouti
Belarus Estonia Poland Hungary
Tiny Gibraltar tops the per capita list due to its need to import most manufactured goods— a reality also seen in many small island nations.
Serbia Portugal Slovakia Lithuania Belarus Czech Belgium Republic Ireland Latvia
Lebanon Iraq Greece Syria
Croatia
Denmark Norway
Jordan
Kuwait
Slovenia
The United States is no. 2 for total emissions but Americans shrink down to a respectable rank in line with other industrialized citizens.
Russia
Brunei
Bahrain
Denmark
Bahamas, The Guadeloupe Cayman Islands Virgin Islands, U.S. Haiti Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Netherlands Antilles Bermuda Martinique Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Grenada Saint Lucia Virgin Islands, British Saint Vincent/Grenadines Turks and Caicos Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Dominica
Mexico
Saint Pierre Saint Kitt and Miquelon and Nevis Canada
Romania
Armenia
Turkey
Colombia Vanuatu Kiribati Venezuela Brazil Paraguay Bolivia Ecuador Argentina Uruguay New New Caledonia Zealand Costa Rica Suriname Peru Guyana Tonga Nicaragua Cook Chile Guatemala Fiji Islands Belize Panama Guam Nauru French Honduras Polynesia El Salvador American Samoa Australia Nepal Singapore Samoa Bhutan Kyrgyzstan Maldives Bangladesh Antigua Sri Lanka Saint Vincent/Grenadines Montserrat and Burma(Myanmar) Timor-Leste Mongolia Barbuda (East Timor) Cuba Thailand Puerto Afghanistan Grenada Rico India Kazakhstan Cambodia North Azerbaijan Barbados Korea Indonesia Uzbekistan Hong Japan Vietnam Virgin Laos Kong Malaysia Jamaica Islands, U.S. Korea, Bermuda Turkmenistan South Dominican Cayman Pakistan Republic China Philippines Islands Virgin Islands British Taiwan Haiti Aruba Netherlands Arab The Antilles Macau United Emirates Bahamas Dominica Trinidad Tajikistan and Tobago Saint Lucia U.S. Pacific Islands Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Former Serbia and Montenegro
Moldova
Congo (Kinshasa) Saint Helena Chad Sweden Botswana Tunisia France Mali Gambia, The Uganda Malawi United Mauritania Burundi Kingdom Albania Zimbabwe Spain Algeria Sierra Leone Central African Republic Guinea W. Sahara Macedonia Sudan Italy Rwanda Morocco Gabon Madagascar Equatorial Burkina Faso Iceland Seychelles Guinea Niger Somalia Mauritius Benin South Swaziland Egypt Zambia Senegal Ghana Africa Comoros LibyaNamibia Angola Togo Tonga Cape Verde Mozambique Eritrea Ethiopia Sao Tome and Principe Guinea-Bissau Congo (Brazzaville) Kenya Liberia Lesotho Cote d'Ivoire (IvoryCoast) Tanzania Cameroon Nigeria Georgia
Greenland
KEY AFRICA
ASIA
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MIDDLE EAST
CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA
OCEANIA
SOUTH AMERICA
NOTE: BASED ON 2007 DATA. SOURCES: U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION