An atlas of pollution: the world in carbon dioxide emissions
Latest data published by the US Energy Information Administration
provides a unique picture of economic growth – and decline.
China has sped ahead of the US, as shown by this map, which resizes
each country according to CO2 emissions. And, for the first time,
world emissions have gone down
Key
1 China
7,711
%
Emissions ranking and country
Change in emissions, 2008 to 2009
28
Kazakhstan
185
Regional emissions in 2009
Europe
4,310m
Down 6.9%
9.8%
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
7 Canada
541
9.6%
68
Norway
39.6
10 UK
520
52 Belarus
60.6
7.0%
101
19 Spain
330
8.4%
86
17 Italy
408
55 Portugal
56.5
81
9.3%
139
74
Puerto
Rico
33.3
on
2008
169
88
149
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
on
2008
96
30
Venezuela
162
1.4%
37 Algeria
114
71
Morocco
36.5
210
146
188
201
195
105
129
94
211
171
98
208
194
181
187
Central &
South America
1,273m
Up 3.6%
192
160
190
64
Trinidad
& Tobago
47.8
13.3%
58 Serbia
52.3
109
124
66
Bulgaria
44.5
Only three years earlier, in 2006, China was in
second place, and until recently had been very
close to US emissions. But from 2008 to 2009,
rapid growth has matched the country’s 9-10%
growth in GDP.
Since 2000 the country’s CO2 emissions have
risen by 170.6%
24 Turkey
253
7.3%
39 Greece
100
174
Africa
1,122m
Down 3.1%
143
186
185
164
180
117
177
163
115
158
157
151
168
162
91
104
141 134
206
on
2008
216
125 126
107
196
on
2008
3.5%
199
46 Nigeria
77.7
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
27 Egypt
192
57 Libya
55.0
176
112
97
152
189 178 114
78
165
Angola 145
144 100
24.0
131 128
148
89
3.7%
82
159
12 South Africa
450
0.3%
35 Chile
119
74.1%
Biggest %
increase
6.7%
48 Israel
70.5
138
127
11 Saudi Arabia
470
142
200
29
Argentina
167
World
30,452m
Down 0.1%
Thailand
Turkey
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Venezuela
Singapore
Malaysia
Pakistan
Belgium
Chile
Uzbekistan
Algeria
Iraq
Greece
Vietnam
Czech Republic
Hong Kong
Kuwait
Romania
215
0.2%
202
123
31 Singapore
161
16 Indonesia
413
0.1%
197
153
172
92
170
217
Asia & Oceania
13,264m
Up 7.5%
26 United
Arab Emirates
193
182
203
140
2.4%
183
51 Qatar
66.5
204
209
207
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
15 Australia
418
on
2008
1.8%
69 New
Zealand
39.1
1.2%
tonnes
of CO2 in 2009
Detailed data
Full list of each country’s CO2 emissions and
movement in the world emissions league table
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
79
Yemen
22.9 63 Oman
49.0
214
156
32 Malaysia
148
75
Bahrain
31.1
137
106
India overtook Russia in 2009
43 Kuwait
84.9
198
167
133
0.1%
8.7%
110
193
13.3
-7.0
8.7
-7.4
-9.7
-7.0
-9.6
1.2
3.2
-7.8
3.2
-6.7
-1.9
-0.3
-1.8
2.4
-9.3
-7.4
-8.4
-3.7
-3.0
-28.2
3 India
1,602
47
Philippines
72.4
4.9%
23 Thailand
253
3.2%
3.2%
7,711
5,425
1,602
1,572
1,098
766
541
528
527
520
470
450
444
420
418
413
408
397
330
291
286
255
9 Iran
527
42
Hong Kong
86.0
40 Vietnam
98.8
166
93
56
Bangladesh
55.1
38 Iraq
104
53 Syria
56.9
161
14 Brazil
420
135 191
116
205
77
Ecuador
28.7
147
3.2%
132
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
3.7%
0.4%
155
173
90
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
20 Taiwan
291
102
Middle East
1,714m
Up 3.3%
80
Tunisia
22.9
6.2%
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
49
Colombia
70.1
70
Peru
38.2
China
US
India
Russia
Japan
Germany
Canada
South Korea
Iran
UK
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Mexico
Brazil
Australia
Indonesia
Italy
France
Spain
Taiwan
Poland
Ukraine
7,711
million tonnes
33 Pakistan
140
76
213
Cuba
30.4 150
83
95
113
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1 China
122
119
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
72 Azerbaijan
36.2
Biggest % drop
in emissions
5.3%
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
5 Japan
1,098
73
Slovakia
35.8
84
179
1.9%
1.2%
108
61
44 Romania
Hungary
80.5
50.0
154
13 Mexico
444
9.4%
111
50 Austria
69.2
130
North
America
6,411m
Down 6.9%
45
North Korea
79.5
36
Uzbekistan
115
28.2%
7.0%
65
Switz.
45.8
7.4%
99
22 Ukraine
255
3.7%
41 Czech Rep
95.3
18 France
397
8 South Korea
528
on
2008
9.7%
121
21 Poland
286
6 Germany
766
11.2%
120 118
7.4%
87
0.2%
34 Belgium
137
tonnes of CO2
in 2009
62
Denmark
49.6
25 Netherlands
249
UK had been ranked
8th for emissions
in 2008
US emissions are down for the second year in
succession – after almost uninterrupted year
on year increases since these records began in
1980. The decline has matched the country’s
economic woes which have seen it only just
emerge from recession.
Since 2000 the country’s CO2 emissions have
fallen by 7.5%
103
59
Finland
52.2
7.8%
67
Ireland
40.3
212
60
Sweden
50.6
54
Turkmenistan
56.8
4 Russia
1,572
85
136
175
5,425
million tonnes
on
2008
184
2 US
Eurasia
2,358m
Down 9.2%
Million tonnes of CO2 emitted in 2009
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
253
253
249
193
192
185
167
162
161
148
140
137
119
115
114
104
100
98.8
95.3
86.0
84.9
80.5
-0.1
-7.3
-0.2
-1.2
3.5
9.8
-3.2
-1.4
-0.1
-0.2
0.4
-11.2
74.1
-9.4
6.2
3.7
-5.3
-4.9
-3.8
10.3
6.3
-16.6
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
North Korea
Nigeria
Philippines
Israel
Colombia
Austria
Qatar
Belarus
Syria
Turkmenistan
Portugal
Bangladesh
Libya
Serbia
Finland
Sweden
Hungary
Denmark
Oman
Trinidad and Tobago
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
79.5
77.7
72.4
70.5
70.1
69.2
66.5
60.6
56.9
56.8
56.5
55.1
55.0
52.3
52.2
50.6
50.0
49.6
49.0
47.8
45.8
44.5
14.3
-22.4
-2.9
4.8
7.9
-2.5
4.8
-9.5
6.1
-1.2
1.5
9.4
-3.9
-3.2
-4.9
-7.7
-10.7
-8.6
9.9
-4.1
1.0
-11.9
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
Ireland
Norway
New Zealand
Peru
Morocco
Azerbaijan
Slovakia
Puerto Rico
Bahrain
Cuba
Ecuador
Angola
Yemen
Tunisia
Croatia
Jordan
Dominican Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Estonia
Slovenia
Lithuania
Panama
on
2008
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
40.3
39.6
39.1
38.2
36.5
36.2
35.8
33.3
31.1
30.4
28.7
24.0
22.9
22.9
21.5
20.0
19.9
18.3
17.5
17.4
15.8
15.5
-11.2
-0.3
-1.1
4.0
-2.2
-8.9
-4.5
-3.2
1.6
4.7
1.7
1.8
13.5
5.7
-4.7
2.4
2.1
-15.9
-11.8
0.5
-12.8
1.7
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
Lebanon
Bolivia
Sudan
Sri Lanka
Burma
US Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles
Kenya
Guatemala
Armenia
Zimbabwe
Luxembourg
Cyprus
Latvia
Ghana
Honduras
Brunei
Cameroon
Mongolia
Macedonia
Uruguay
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
14.8
13.9
13.0
12.8
12.5
12.5
12.1
11.6
11.5
11.3
11.2
10.6
10.6
9.4
8.5
8.1
7.9
7.6
7.5
7.4
7.3
7.2
3.6
-2.7
7.0
1.7
-9.5
-3.5
-4.6
-4.1
2.4
-1.4
1.5
18.6
-11.2
-3.5
8.1
9.6
-2.4
-27.1
-1.9
-3.8
-20.1
-10.2
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Moldova
Ethiopia
Costa Rica
Tanzania
IvoryCoast
Congo
Senegal
Tajikistan
El Salvador
Kyrgyzstan
Georgia
Bahamas
Papua New Guinea
Albania
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Mauritius
Botswana
Nicaragua
Gibraltar
Namibia
Paraguay
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
7.1
6.9
6.8
6.7
6.6
6.3
6.2
6.1
5.9
5.7
5.3
5.2
4.8
4.6
4.6
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.1
4.0
-4.1
7.1
-4.4
7.1
2.2
3.8
1.8
-10.4
0.0
-0.4
-4.9
3.1
6.7
3.8
-2.1
-3.2
-1.0
7.7
-2.9
-3.8
3.7
3.7
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
Cambodia
Benin
Nepal
Iceland
Palestine
Madagascar
Malta
New Caledonia
Togo
Reunion
Mauritania
Zambia
Congo, Dem Rep
Martinique
Macau
Mozambique
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Suriname
Uganda
Fiji
Montenegro
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
3.9
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.9
1.9
-6.1
4.3
3.8
-7.4
4.3
13.4
-2.5
0.0
5.6
0.0
5.3
18.8
-2.6
6.3
1.3
4.6
-5.1
2.9
4.0
-3.0
-6.2
4.3
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
Djibouti
Guam
Guyana
Burkina Faso
Seychelles
Barbados
Swaziland
Niger
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Malawi
Laos
Wake Island
French Guiana
Aruba
French Polynesia
Belize
Maldives
Somalia
Afghanistan
Faroe Islands
Eritrea
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
1.8
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.94
0.92
0.90
0.83
0.80
0.77
3.4
-3.5
0.0
2.1
6.1
-4.0
17.0
3.5
-1.2
5.9
4.6
1.1
-4.3
6.1
4.2
7.7
-5.4
3.4
3.4
-2.9
6.4
6.4
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
Mali
Rwanda
Bermuda
Liberia
Antigua and Barbuda
American Samoa
East Timor
Greenland
Guinea-Bissau
Gambia
Cayman Islands
Saint Lucia
Burundi
Cape Verde
Bhutan
Western Sahara
Antarctica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Grenada
Central African Republic
Solomon Islands
US Pacific Islands
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
0.74
0.74
0.71
0.69
0.69
0.67
0.63
0.61
0.46
0.44
0.43
0.41
0.37
0.34
0.33
0.32
0.31
0.30
0.30
0.29
0.29
0.29
6.4
0.0
4.2
2.2
4.4
2.2
8.7
-4.8
0.0
15.4
-11.8
0.0
4.0
4.5
-11.1
0.0
17.6
11.1
4.8
-13.0
25.0
0.0
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
Chad
Lesotho
Saint Vincent/Grenadines
Nauru
Tonga
Cook Islands
Comoros
Sao Tome and Principe
Vanuatu
British Virgin Islands
Samoa
Montserrat
Dominica
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Turks and Caicos Islands
Falkland Islands
Kiribati
Saint Helena
Niue
Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 08—09
0.29
0.27
0.27
0.20
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.14
0.11
0.08
0.05
0.04
0.01
0.01
11.1
5.9
17.6
9.1
-23.1
66.7
25.0
11.1
25.0
25.0
-16.7
58.7
11.1
16.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.2
2.9
Table shows total carbon dioxide emissions
from the consumption of energy
GRAPHIC: MARK McCORMICK, PAUL SCRUTON.
SOURCE: EIA