Do rich countries necessarily have high GHG emissions?
|
Rank |
Country |
GHG emissions per capita tonnes of CO2 equivalent |
GPD/capita |
GHG/1,000
USD GDP |
Quadrant |
|
1 |
Liechtenstein |
6.76 |
101,654 |
0.067 |
I |
|
2 |
France |
3.07 |
32,984 |
0.093 |
I |
|
3 |
Monaco |
3.98 |
32,984 |
0.121 |
I |
|
4 |
Switzerland |
7.19 |
49,367 |
0.146 |
III |
|
5 |
Luxembourg |
12.07 |
69,423 |
0.174 |
III |
|
6 |
Sweden |
7.76 |
38,457 |
0.202 |
III |
|
7 |
Norway |
11.88 |
54,383 |
0.218 |
III |
|
8 |
Iceland |
10.68 |
41,913 |
0.255 |
III |
|
9 |
Tuvalu |
0.59 |
2,141 |
0.276 |
II |
|
10 |
Japan |
10.22 |
36,501 |
0.280 |
III |
|
11 |
Denmark |
12.66 |
44,593 |
0.284 |
III |
|
12 |
Austria |
10.22 |
35,777 |
0.286 |
III |
|
13 |
United Kingdom |
10.54 |
35,718 |
0.295 |
III |
|
14 |
Netherlands |
11.07 |
35,683 |
0.310 |
III |
|
15 |
Italy |
9.49 |
28,913 |
0.328 |
III |
|
16 |
Canada |
11.07 |
31,031 |
0.357 |
III |
|
17 |
Germany |
12.17 |
33,162 |
0.367 |
III |
|
18 |
Seychelles |
3.42 |
8,874 |
0.385 |
II |
|
19 |
Ireland |
17.48 |
44,521 |
0.393 |
III |
|
20 |
Cape Verde |
0.77 |
1,947 |
0.395 |
II |
|
21 |
Spain |
9.65 |
24,386 |
0.396 |
III |
|
22 |
Saint Kitts and
Nevis |
3.81 |
9,269 |
0.411 |
II |
|
23 |
Belgium |
14.43 |
33,879 |
0.426 |
III |
|
24 |
Finland |
15.67 |
35,515 |
0.441 |
III |
|
25 |
Cook Islands |
4.24 |
8,945 |
0.474 |
II |
|
26 |
Costa Rica |
2.07 |
4,325 |
0.479 |
II |
|
27 |
Malta |
7.13 |
14,074 |
0.507 |
III |
|
28 |
Portugal |
8.15 |
16,063 |
0.507 |
III |
|
29 |
Congo |
0.58 |
1,129 |
0.514 |
II |
|
30 |
Bahamas |
7.9 |
15,099 |
0.523 |
III |
|
31 |
Mauritius |
2.78 |
5,123 |
0.543 |
II |
|
32 |
United States |
23.35 |
39,650 |
0.589 |
III |
|
33 |
Slovenia |
10.16 |
16,359 |
0.621 |
III |
|
34 |
Greece |
11.93 |
18,492 |
0.645 |
III |
|
35 |
Israel |
12.45 |
18,651 |
0.668 |
III |
|
36 |
Albania |
1.72 |
2,554 |
0.673 |
II |
|
37 |
Antigua and
Barbuda |
6.15 |
8,595 |
0.716 |
II |
|
38 |
Mexico |
4.67 |
6,397 |
0.730 |
II |
|
39 |
Lithuania |
4.96 |
6,391 |
0.776 |
II |
|
40 |
Latvia |
4.62 |
5,876 |
0.786 |
II |
|
41 |
Hungary |
7.8 |
9,908 |
0.787 |
III |
|
42 |
Guatemala |
1.7 |
2,157 |
0.788 |
II |
|
43 |
New Zealand |
19.37 |
24,499 |
0.791 |
III |
|
44 |
Nauru |
3.42 |
4,322 |
0.791 |
II |
|
45 |
Croatia |
6.29 |
7,557 |
0.832 |
II |
|
46 |
Australia |
26.51 |
31,598 |
0.839 |
III |
|
47 |
Bangladesh |
0.38 |
443 |
0.858 |
II |
|
48 |
Dominican
Republic |
2.72 |
2,706 |
1.005 |
II |
|
49 |
Tunisia |
2.85 |
2,815 |
1.012 |
II |
|
50 |
Morocco |
1.68 |
1,589 |
1.057 |
II |
|
51 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
3.56 |
3,357 |
1.060 |
II |
|
52 |
Peru |
2.63 |
2,439 |
1.078 |
II |
|
53 |
Panama |
4.61 |
4,269 |
1.080 |
II |
|
54 |
Micronesia |
2.33 |
2,072 |
1.125 |
II |
|
55 |
Cuba |
3.65 |
3,059 |
1.193 |
II |
|
56 |
Slovakia |
9.59 |
7,607 |
1.261 |
IV |
|
57 |
Vanuatu |
1.79 |
1,405 |
1.274 |
II |
|
58 |
Swaziland |
2.87 |
2,231 |
1.286 |
II |
|
59 |
Botswana |
6.15 |
4,771 |
1.289 |
II |
|
60 |
Czech Republic |
13.82 |
10,462 |
1.321 |
III |
|
61 |
Namibia |
3.56 |
2,661 |
1.338 |
II |
|
62 |
Algeria |
3.38 |
2,497 |
1.354 |
II |
|
63 |
Ecuador |
3.14 |
2,302 |
1.364 |
II |
|
64 |
Trinidad and
Tobago |
12.07 |
8,772 |
1.376 |
IV |
|
65 |
Saint Lucia |
6.45 |
4,506 |
1.431 |
II |
|
66 |
Malaysia |
6.87 |
4,731 |
1.452 |
II |
|
67 |
Barbados |
15.34 |
10,538 |
1.456 |
III |
|
68 |
Dominica |
5.07 |
3,466 |
1.463 |
II |
|
69 |
Philippines |
1.55 |
1,059 |
1.464 |
II |
|
70 |
Haiti |
0.69 |
471 |
1.465 |
II |
|
71 |
Chile |
9.07 |
5,838 |
1.554 |
IV |
|
72 |
Thailand |
3.94 |
2,519 |
1.564 |
II |
|
73 |
Poland |
9.85 |
6,265 |
1.572 |
IV |
|
74 |
Colombia |
3.64 |
2,130 |
1.709 |
II |
|
75 |
Indonesia |
1.76 |
1,022 |
1.722 |
II |
|
76 |
Samoa |
3.42 |
1,968 |
1.738 |
II |
|
77 |
Burkina Faso |
0.61 |
348 |
1.753 |
II |
|
78 |
Sri Lanka |
1.64 |
935 |
1.754 |
II |
|
79 |
Estonia |
14.58 |
8,227 |
1.772 |
IV |
|
80 |
Senegal |
1.22 |
672 |
1.815 |
II |
|
81 |
Kenya |
0.81 |
443 |
1.828 |
II |
|
82 |
Yemen |
1.18 |
643 |
1.835 |
II |
|
83 |
Ghana |
0.77 |
403 |
1.911 |
II |
|
84 |
Bhutan |
0.72 |
368 |
1.957 |
II |
|
85 |
Argentina |
7.87 |
3,988 |
1.973 |
IV |
|
86 |
Comoros |
0.89 |
427 |
2.084 |
II |
|
87 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
1.93 |
908 |
2.126 |
II |
|
88 |
Lebanon |
12.07 |
5,634 |
2.142 |
IV |
|
89 |
Honduras |
2.45 |
1,046 |
2.342 |
II |
|
90 |
Romania |
8.07 |
3,358 |
2.403 |
IV |
|
91 |
Tajikistan |
0.72 |
297 |
2.424 |
II |
|
92 |
Mali |
0.94 |
377 |
2.493 |
II |
|
93 |
Bulgaria |
7.84 |
3,137 |
2.499 |
IV |
|
94 |
Iran (Islamic
Republic of) |
6.28 |
2,401 |
2.616 |
II |
|
95 |
Uruguay |
10.2 |
3,842 |
2.655 |
IV |
|
96 |
Nicaragua |
2.18 |
820 |
2.659 |
II |
|
97 |
Jordan |
5.43 |
1,945 |
2.792 |
II |
|
98 |
The FYR. of
Macedonia |
7.54 |
2,593 |
2.908 |
IV |
|
99 |
Guinea |
1.24 |
421 |
2.945 |
II |
|
100 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0.35 |
115 |
3.043 |
II |
|
101 |
Bolivia |
2.85 |
935 |
3.048 |
II |
|
102 |
Chad |
1.3 |
426 |
3.052 |
II |
|
103 |
Russian
Federation |
12.54 |
4,047 |
3.099 |
IV |
|
104 |
Niger |
0.64 |
199 |
3.216 |
II |
|
105 |
Georgia |
3.81 |
1,132 |
3.366 |
II |
|
106 |
Belarus |
8.07 |
2,335 |
3.456 |
IV |
|
107 |
Burundi |
0.33 |
93 |
3.548 |
II |
|
108 |
Republic of
Moldova |
2.44 |
615 |
3.967 |
II |
|
109 |
Lao People's
Dem. Rep. |
1.71 |
419 |
4.081 |
II |
|
110 |
Cambodia |
1.3 |
316 |
4.114 |
II |
|
111 |
Guyana |
4.3 |
1,037 |
4.147 |
II |
|
112 |
Togo |
1.55 |
348 |
4.454 |
II |
|
113 |
Mauritania |
1.88 |
416 |
4.519 |
II |
|
114 |
Kazakhstan |
13.14 |
2,746 |
4.785 |
IV |
|
115 |
El Salvador |
11.07 |
2,301 |
4.811 |
IV |
|
116 |
Turkmenistan |
12.74 |
2,596 |
4.908 |
IV |
|
117 |
Grenada |
19.18 |
3,872 |
4.954 |
IV |
|
118 |
Lesotho |
4.07 |
764 |
5.327 |
II |
|
119 |
Azerbaijan |
5.56 |
991 |
5.610 |
II |
|
120 |
Armenia |
7.14 |
1,195 |
5.975 |
IV |
|
121 |
Zimbabwe |
2.4 |
351 |
6.838 |
II |
|
122 |
Djibouti |
6.07 |
852 |
7.124 |
II |
|
123 |
Ukraine |
9.89 |
1,384 |
7.146 |
IV |
|
124 |
Egypt |
9.07 |
1,222 |
7.422 |
IV |
|
125 |
Uganda |
2.17 |
280 |
7.750 |
II |
|
126 |
Ethiopia |
0.85 |
106 |
8.019 |
II |
|
127 |
Belize |
31.2 |
3,594 |
8.681 |
IV |
|
128 |
Papua New
Guinea |
9.07 |
824 |
11.007 |
IV |
|
129 |
Mongolia |
6.49 |
486 |
13.354 |
II |
|
130 |
Benin |
7.26 |
500 |
14.520 |
IV |
|
131 |
Kyrgyzstan |
6.07 |
416 |
14.591 |
II |
|
132 |
Jamaica |
47.52 |
3,225 |
14.735 |
IV |
|
133 |
Uzbekistan |
6.89 |
450 |
15.311 |
II |
|
134 |
Paraguay |
30.21 |
1,168 |
25.865 |
IV |
|