Top CO2 emitting countries
The annual CO2 emission worldwide is estimated to be around 29 billion metric tons. China with 6.5 billion metric tons annual emission of CO2 is on top. The top 10 emitters are as follows:
Rank | Country | Annual CO2 emissions | Percentage of global total |
1 | China | 6,538,367.00 | 22.30% |
2 | United States | 5,830,381.00 | 19.91% |
– | European Union | 4,177,817.86 | 14.04% |
3 | India | 1,612,362.00 | 5.50% |
4 | Russia | 1,537,357.00 | 5.24% |
5 | Japan | 1,254,543.00 | 4.28% |
6 | Germany | 787,936.00 | 2.69% |
7 | Canada | 557,340.00 | 1.90% |
8 | United Kingdom | 539,617.00 | 1.84% |
9 | South Korea | 503,321.00 | 1.72% |
10 | Iran | 495,987.00 | 1.69% |
Highest Per Capita CO2 emission
Qatar tops the list of the nations with Highest per capita CO2 emission in the world. The following table shows the highest per capita CO2 emission countries of the world.
Country | Emission |
Qatar | 56.2 |
United Arab Emirates | 32.8 |
Kuwait | 31.2 |
Bahrain | 28.8 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 25.3 |
Luxembourg | 24.5 |
Netherlands Antilles | 22.8 |
Aruba | 22.3 |
United States | 19 |
Australia | 18.1 |
Source : USEIA, 2006 |
