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Country Rankings by Cumulative (1751-2010) CO2 Emissions and 2010 CO2 Emissions

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Peter Burgess

Country Rankings by Cumulative (1751-2010) CO2 Emissions and 2010 CO2 Emissions If you know some history about the country which you're interested in, you will understand more about the country's cumulative emissions. For example, in the case of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, and Serbia: Period COUNTRY CO2 emissions (1000 metric tons of CO2) 1880-1991 YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) 3,250,075 1992-2005 YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) 643,252 2006-2010 MONTENEGRO 11,780 2006-2010 SERBIA 249,795 Then, here are the statistics. Total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels and cement production Unit: thousand metric tons of CO2 Rank Cumulative emissions (1751-2010) 2010 emissions Country (period) CO2 Country CO2 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1800-2010) 355,263,451 CHINA (MAINLAND) 8,280,544 2 CHINA (MAINLAND) (1899-2010) 132,468,155 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 5,428,895 3 USSR (1830-1991) 112,821,745 INDIA 2,007,284 4 UNITED KINGDOM (1751-2010) 73,492,772 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1,739,443 5 JAPAN (1950-2010) 48,542,156 JAPAN 1,169,819 6 GERMANY (1792-1946, 1991-2010) 43,846,517 GERMANY 744,813 7 INDIA (1858-2010) 37,594,857 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 571,174 8 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) (1802-2010) 34,591,818 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 567,133 9 RUSSIAN FEDERATION (1992-2010) 31,586,661 CANADA 498,755 10 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (1945-1990) 27,451,215 UNITED KINGDOM 493,127 11 CANADA (1785-2010) 27,151,590 SAUDI ARABIA 464,125 12 POLAND (1800-2010) 24,327,602 SOUTH AFRICA 459,772 13 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) (1860-2010) 20,689,181 MEXICO 443,334 14 SOUTH AFRICA (1884-2010) 16,417,251 INDONESIA 433,657 15 MEXICO (1891-2010) 15,157,817 BRAZIL 419,433 16 AUSTRALIA (1851-2010) 14,325,565 ITALY (INCLUDING SAN MARINO) 405,996 17 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (1902-2010) 12,375,948 AUSTRALIA 372,795 18 FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1945-1990) 12,178,928 FRANCE (INCLUDING MONACO) 360,996 19 SPAIN (1830-2010) 11,927,048 POLAND 317,011 20 REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010) 11,664,634 UKRAINE 304,571 21 BELGIUM (1802-2010) 11,307,606 TURKEY 297,774 22 CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1860-1991) 11,242,790 THAILAND 295,055 23 BRAZIL (1901-2010) 10,930,916 SPAIN 269,468 24 NETHERLANDS (1846-2010) 10,067,266 TAIWAN 260,322 25 SAUDI ARABIA (1935-2010) 9,698,931 KAZAKHSTAN 248,538 26 INDONESIA (1889-2010) 8,802,362 MALAYSIA 216,638 27 ROMANIA (1857-2010) 7,664,982 EGYPT 204,619 28 UKRAINE (1992-2010) 7,024,591 VENEZUELA 201,593 29 TURKEY (1865-2010) 6,687,046 NETHERLANDS 181,938 30 ARGENTINA (1887-2010) 6,572,174 ARGENTINA 180,373 31 VENEZUELA (1904, 1908, 1913-2010) 6,415,251 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 167,468 32 TAIWAN (1896-2010) 6,260,831 PAKISTAN 161,272 33 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (1945-2010) 6,183,740 VIET NAM 150,115 34 THAILAND (1931-2010) 5,070,995 ALGERIA 123,381 35 AUSTRIA (1807, 1819-2010) 4,761,591 IRAQ 114,579 36 HUNGARY (1831-2010) 4,482,002 CZECH REPUBLIC 111,666 37 SWEDEN (1834, 1839-2010) 4,462,981 BELGIUM 108,863 38 EGYPT (1911-2010) 4,127,909 UZBEKISTAN 104,363 39 JAPAN (EXCLUDING THE RUYUKU ISLANDS) (1868-1949) 4,015,008 KUWAIT 93,624 40 DENMARK (1843-2010) 3,609,657 GREECE 86,651 41 MALAYSIA (1970-2010) 3,464,170 PHILIPPINES 81,528 42 KAZAKHSTAN (1992-2010) 3,394,503 NIGERIA 78,850 43 BULGARIA (1879-2010) 3,337,301 ROMANIA 78,685 44 YUGOSLAVIA (FORMER SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC) (1880, 1885, 1890-1991) 3,250,075 COLOMBIA 75,622 45 ALGERIA (1900-2010) 3,171,687 CHILE 72,203 46 GREECE (1867-2010) 3,083,406 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 71,569 47 PAKISTAN (1972-2010) 2,980,299 ISRAEL 70,602 48 IRAQ (1924-2010) 2,867,010 QATAR 70,477 49 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (1959-2010) 2,780,355 AUSTRIA 66,846 50 NIGERIA (1915-2010) 2,714,931 BELARUS 62,174 51 FINLAND (1860-2010) 2,645,616 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 61,811 52 SWITZERLAND (1858-2010) 2,561,548 FINLAND 61,797 53 COLOMBIA (1921-2010) 2,546,829 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH 58,990 54 CZECH REPUBLIC (1992-2010) 2,330,997 PERU 57,535 55 PHILIPPINES (1907-2010) 2,239,455 OMAN 57,158 56 UZBEKISTAN (1992-2010) 2,180,076 NORWAY 57,143 57 NORWAY (1829-2010) 2,144,457 BANGLADESH 56,110 58 CHILE (1895-2010) 2,104,012 TURKMENISTAN 53,014 59 PORTUGAL (1870-2010) 2,068,817 SWEDEN 52,475 60 VIET NAM (1892-1945, 1970-2010) 1,940,068 PORTUGAL 52,321 61 KUWAIT (1946-2010) 1,924,986 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 50,643 62 ISRAEL (1930-2010) 1,814,804 MOROCCO 50,570 63 IRELAND (1850, 1880, 1881, 1910, 1913-2010) 1,788,268 HUNGARY 50,544 64 NETHERLAND ANTILLES AND ARUBA (1926-1985) 1,751,000 DENMARK 46,268 65 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYAH (1950-2010) 1,616,865 SERBIA 45,927 66 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (1931-2010) 1,525,857 AZERBAIJAN 45,696 67 SINGAPORE (1957-2010) 1,510,592 BULGARIA 44,645 68 NEW ZEALAND (1878-2010) 1,495,745 IRELAND 39,969 69 PERU (1884-2010) 1,447,912 SWITZERLAND 38,727 70 CUBA (1941-2010) 1,410,886 CUBA 38,335 71 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA (1938-2010) 1,173,835 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 36,261 72 BELARUS (1992-2010) 1,158,896 SLOVAKIA 36,067 73 MOROCCO(1928-2010) 1,155,972 ECUADOR 32,611 74 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1908-2010) 1,134,598 NEW ZEALAND 31,527 75 QATAR (1949-2010) 1,115,926 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 31,102 76 ECUADOR (1917-2010) 810,995 ANGOLA 30,394 77 BANGLADESH (1972-2010) 806,646 TUNISIA 25,858 78 TURKMENISTAN (1992-2010) 748,275 BAHRAIN 24,184 79 SLOVAKIA (1992-2010) 747,107 YEMEN 21,835 80 AZERBAIJAN (1992-2010) 703,829 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 20,948 81 OMAN (1964-2010) 659,016 CROATIA 20,868 82 YUGOSLAVIA (MONTENEGRO & SERBIA) (1992-2005) 643,252 JORDAN 20,805 83 LUXEMBOURG (1945-2010) 638,467 LEBANON 20,388 84 TUNISIA (1866-2010) 625,027 ESTONIA 18,325 85 ZIMBABWE (1903-2010) 610,542 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA 15,445 86 BAHRAIN (1933-2010) 591,331 SLOVENIA 15,316 87 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (1947-2010) 528,999 SUDAN 14,162 88 LEBANON (1931-2010) 498,143 LITHUANIA 13,550 89 KUWAITI OIL FIRES (1991) 477,950 SINGAPORE 13,510 90 JORDAN (1950-2010) 461,043 SRI LANKA 12,700 91 CROATIA (1992-2010) 391,413 KENYA 12,418 92 ANGOLA (1950-2010) 390,185 MONGOLIA 11,502 93 JAMAICA (1950-2010) 381,519 GUATEMALA 11,110 94 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) (1928-2010) 374,132 MACEDONIA 10,864 95 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (1992-2010) 359,105 LUXEMBOURG 10,820 96 MONGOLIA (1950-2010) 343,221 PANAMA 9,626 97 EAST & WEST PAKISTAN (1946-1971) 337,322 ZIMBABWE 9,421 98 PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA (1928-2010) 331,580 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 9,153 99 ESTONIA (1928-1939, 1992-2010) 324,299 GHANA 8,992 100 YEMEN (1990-2010) 322,310 MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) 8,988 101 KENYA (1950-2010) 318,198 AFGHANISTAN 8,230 102 URUGUAY (1932-2010) 303,754 HONDURAS 8,102 103 SRI LANKA (1950-2010) 303,593 COSTA RICA 7,764 104 GUATEMALA (1941-2010) 290,790 CYPRUS 7,702 105 BRUNEI (DARUSSALAM) 288,940 LATVIA 7,611 106 SLOVENIA (1992-2010) 286,642 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 7,229 107 LITHUANIA (1992-2010) 283,205 JAMAICA 7,153 108 SUDAN (1950-2010) 279,662 SENEGAL 7,054 109 COTE D IVOIRE (1958-2010) 253,764 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 6,841 110 SERBIA (2006-2010) 249,795 URUGUAY 6,640 111 ALBANIA (1933-2010) 238,352 ETHIOPIA 6,489 112 GHANA (1950-2010) 222,871 KYRGYZSTAN 6,394 113 CYPRUS (1950-2010) 214,538 EL SALVADOR 6,244 114 MACEDONIA (1992-2010) 214,212 GEORGIA 6,236 115 PANAMA (1948-2010) 203,777 COTE D IVOIRE 5,800 116 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) (1920-2010) 182,110 BOTSWANA 5,229 117 COSTA RICA (1950-2010) 180,135 BENIN 5,185 118 EL SALVADOR (1950-2010) 170,542 PARAGUAY 5,071 119 HONDURAS (1950-2010) 165,013 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 4,851 120 UNITED KOREA (1905-1944) 162,067 NETHERLAND ANTILLES 4,723 121 GABON (1959-2010) 159,817 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 4,676 122 LATVIA (1928-1939, 1992-2010) 158,421 NICARAGUA 4,544 123 SENEGAL (1958-2010) 151,577 REUNION 4,364 124 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON (1950-2010) 149,814 ALBANIA 4,280 125 ETHIOPIA (1941-2010) 141,753 ARMENIA 4,217 126 BAHAMAS (1950-2010) 140,764 CAMBODIA 4,177 127 ZAMBIA (1964-2010) 139,488 MAURITIUS 4,115 128 PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (1890-1969) 138,243 NEW CALEDONIA 3,917 129 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (1992-2010) 137,982 UGANDA 3,781 130 NETHERLAND ANTILLES (1986-2010) 132,801 NEPAL 3,752 131 FORMER DEMOCRATIC YEMEN (1950-1990) 130,020 NAMIBIA 3,173 132 UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (1970-2010) 127,792 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3,133 133 NICARAGUA (1942-2010) 127,616 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FORMERLY ZAIRE) 3,038 134 RHODESIA-NYASALAND (1950-1963) 126,451 MOZAMBIQUE 2,880 135 MOZAMBIQUE (1927-2010) 117,100 TAJIKISTAN 2,858 136 PARAGUAY (1950-2010) 113,260 MALTA 2,587 137 KYRGYZSTAN (1992-2010) 110,017 MONTENEGRO 2,580 138 GEORGIA (1992-2010) 107,137 GABON 2,572 139 PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1950-2010) 103,110 BAHAMAS 2,462 140 NEW CALEDONIA (1950-2010) 102,858 ZAMBIA 2,426 141 ICELAND (1936, 1937, 1940-2010) 100,802 SURINAME 2,382 142 BOTSWANA (1972-2010) 98,208 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 2,363 143 AFGHANISTAN (1949-2010) 97,541 ARUBA 2,319 144 SURINAME (1950-2010) 95,998 MARTINIQUE 2,279 145 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (1955-1969) 90,322 MAURITANIA 2,213 146 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM (1955-1969) 82,294 HAITI 2,118 147 MALTA (1950-2010) 80,260 CONGO 2,026 148 REUNION (1950-2010) 77,311 MADAGASCAR 2,012 149 GUYANA (1950-2010) 75,805 ICELAND 1,960 150 MAURITIUS (1950-2010) 75,167 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1,872 151 ARMENIA (1992-2010) 70,767 GUADELOUPE 1,737 152 MARTINIQUE (1950-2010) 68,759 GUYANA 1,700 153 MAURITANIA (1959-2010) 65,340 BURKINA FASO 1,682 154 NEPAL (1950-2010) 65,171 TOGO 1,539 155 MADAGASCAR (1933-2010) 64,259 BARBADOS 1,502 156 FEDERATION OF MALAYA-SINGAPORE (1950-1956) 64,156 NIGER 1,411 157 UGANDA (1950-2010) 63,251 FIJI 1,290 158 BENIN (1958-2010) 57,608 MALAWI 1,238 159 TAJIKISTAN (1992-2010) 55,300 GUINEA 1,235 160 CAMBODIA (1955-2010) 55,073 MALDIVES 1,074 161 CONGO (1959-2010) 52,097 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA 1,030 162 GUADELOUPE (1950-2010) 51,643 SWAZILAND 1,022 163 EQUATORIAL GUINEA (1950-2010) 51,603 FRENCH POLYNESIA 883 164 GUINEA (1950-2010) 51,185 LIBERIA 799 165 HAITI (1950-2010) 51,050 FAEROE ISLANDS 711 166 ARUBA (1986-2010) 44,729 SEYCHELLES 704 167 BARBADOS (1928-2010) 42,490 FRENCH GUIANA 700 168 LIBERIA (1950-2010) 41,622 SIERRA LEONE 689 169 MACAU SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA (1954-2010) 41,072 GREENLAND 634 170 NAMIBIA (1990-2010) 39,595 MALI 623 171 TOGO (1950-2010) 38,122 SOMALIA 608 172 FIJI (1950-2010) 37,723 RWANDA 594 173 FORMER YEMEN (1950-1990) 37,137 CAYMAN ISLANDS 590 174 NIGER (1958-2010) 32,575 DJIBOUTI 539 175 MALAWI (1964-2010) 32,036 ANDORRA 517 176 BURKINA FASO (1958-2010) 30,131 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 513 177 SIERRA LEONE (1950-2010) 28,284 ERITREA 513 178 LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1955-2010) 27,771 BERMUDA 476 179 SWAZILAND (1950-2010) 26,888 BHUTAN 476 180 GREENLAND (1950-2010) 26,203 GAMBIA 473 181 FAEROE ISLANDS (1950-2010) 25,136 CHAD 469 182 FRENCH POLYNESIA (1955-2010) 23,227 GIBRALTAR 458 183 FRENCH GUIANA (1950-2010) 22,575 BELIZE 421 184 BERMUDA (1950-2010) 22,099 SAINT LUCIA 403 185 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (1997-2010) 21,916 CAPE VERDE 355 186 RWANDA (1962-2010) 21,498 BURUNDI 308 187 RYUKYU ISLANDS (1952-1972) 20,901 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 264 188 SOMALIA (1950-2010) 20,574 GRENADA 260 189 MALI (1959-2010) 19,911 ST. KITTS-NEVIS 249 190 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (1957-2010) 18,127 GUINEA BISSAU 238 191 TANGANYIKA (1950-1969) 17,299 WESTERN SAHARA 238 192 DJIBOUTI (1950-2010) 16,126 PALAU 216 193 FORMER PANAMA CANAL ZONE (1950-1979) 14,763 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 209 194 FRENCH INDO-CHINA (1928-1954) 14,063 SOLOMON ISLANDS 202 195 BELIZE (1950-2010) 13,682 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) 183 196 MALDIVES (1971-2010) 12,356 SAMOA 161 197 CAYMAN ISLANDS (1956-2010) 12,128 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 161 198 SEYCHELLES (1963-2010) 11,938 TONGA 158 199 MONTENEGRO (2006-2010) 11,780 COMOROS 139 200 FRENCH WEST AFRICA (1949-1957) 9,769 DOMINICA 136 201 CHAD (1959-2010) 9,509 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 117 202 ERITREA (1939-1944, 1994-2010) 9,318 VANUATU 117 203 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1959-2010) 9,234 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 103 204 SAINT LUCIA (1950-2010) 9,146 MARSHALL ISLANDS 103 205 GIBRALTAR (1950-2010) 9,098 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE 99 206 GAMBIA (1950-2010) 9,073 NAURU 84 207 BURUNDI (1962-2010) 9,018 MONTSERRAT 77 208 SARAWAK (1924, 1948, 1950-1969) 8,779 COOK ISLANDS 70 209 ANDORRA (1995-2010) 8,197 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 70 210 GUINEA BISSAU (1950-2010) 7,999 ANGUILLA 66 211 WESTERN SAHARA (1970-2010) 7,786 KIRIBATI 62 212 BHUTAN (1970-2010) 7,625 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) 59 213 CAPE VERDE (1950-2010) 6,489 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS 29 214 SOLOMON ISLANDS (1952-2010) 6,002 LESOTHO 18 215 GRENADA (1950-2010) 5,507 SAINT HELENA 11 216 SAMOA (1950-2010) 4,994 NIUE 7 217 NAURU (1964-2010) 4,914 218 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) (1950-2010) 4,547 219 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (1950-2010) 4,478 220 PACIFIC ISLANDS (PALAU) (1955-1991) 4,430 221 ST. KITTS-NEVIS (1981-2010) 3,818 222 TONGA (1950-2010) 3,763 223 SABAH (1950-1969) 3,356 224 VANUATU (1962-2010) 3,283 225 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (1950-2010) 3,063 226 PALAU (1992-2010) 3,012 227 COMOROS (1959-2010) 2,950 228 DOMINICA (1951-2010) 2,939 229 FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA (1950-1958) 2,660 230 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (1962-2010) 2,206 231 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE (1951-2010) 2,162 232 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (1997-2010) 1,645 233 MONTSERRAT (1962-2010) 1,645 234 MARSHALL ISLANDS (1990-2010) 1,609 235 TIMOR-LESTE (FORMERLY EAST TIMOR) (2002-2010) 1,594 236 KIRIBATI (1961-2010) 1,444 237 CHRISTMAS ISLAND (1970-1983) 1,330 238 COOK ISLANDS (1969-2010) 1,319 239 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (1995-2010) 1,297 240 RWANDA-URUNDI (1950-1961) 627 241 ST. KITTS-NEVIS-ANGUILLA (1957-1980) 623 242 ANGUILLA (1997-2010) 605 243 ZANZIBAR (1950-1969) 594 244 SAINT HELENA (1968, 1981-2010) 267 245 WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS (2001-2010) 260 246 PUERTO RICO (1920) 209 247 NIUE (1970-2010) 183 248 LEEWARD ISLANDS (1950-1956) 180 249 ANTARCTIC FISHERIES (1987-2007) 154 250 LESOTHO (2007-2010) 70 Note: Original carbon contents of CO2 emissions were multiplied by a conversion factor (= 44.0095/12.0107) to make CO2-equivalent numbers. Source: Boden, T., Marland, G., Andres, B., & Marland, G. (2013). National CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2010. Oak Ridge, TN: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. [Data at http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2013] Posted by Hun Park at 2:44 PM No comments: