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Global Worst CO2 Emissions from fossil fuel use by Country
Global Worst CO2 Emissions from fossil fuel use by Country
The 2014 "Dirty Globe" Award
Rank |
Country |
tons/km2 |
1 |
China, Macao SAR |
80,859.03 |
2 |
Gibraltar |
68,775.05 |
3 |
Singapore |
66,452.93 |
4 |
China, Hong Kong SAR |
45,214.66 |
5 |
Bahrain |
26,826.43 |
6 |
EU28 |
20,692.38 |
7 |
Bermuda |
10,374.59 |
8 |
Qatar |
7,660.17 |
9 |
China, Taiwan Province of |
7,644.43 |
10 |
Malta |
7,636.18 |
11 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
6,629.79 |
12 |
Netherlands Antilles |
6,470.72 |
13 |
Republic of Korea |
6,087.87 |
14 |
Kuwait |
5,530.78 |
15 |
Luxembourg |
4,012.59 |
16 |
Netherlands |
3,805.84 |
17 |
Japan |
3,383.89 |
18 |
Maldives |
3,263.35 |
19 |
Belgium |
3,184.35 |
20 |
Barbados |
3,096.82 |
21 |
Israel |
2,935.63 |
22 |
Montserrat |
2,917.44 |
23 |
United Arab Emirates |
2,404.93 |
24 |
Germany |
2,147.86 |
25 |
Martinique |
2,072.35 |
26 |
Lebanon |
2,019.52 |
27 |
United Kingdom |
1,713.11 |
28 |
Aruba |
1,704.93 |
29 |
Mauritius |
1,603.15 |
30 |
Czech Republic |
1,415.75 |
31 |
Grenada |
1,369.46 |
32 |
Cayman Islands |
1,329.85 |
33 |
Guadeloupe |
1,318.42 |
34 |
Brunei Darussalam |
1,285.71 |
35 |
Seychelles |
1,185.23 |
36 |
Italy |
1,120.50 |
37 |
China |
1,098.34 |
38 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1,006.78 |
39 |
Switzerland |
974.43 |
40 |
Poland |
953.47 |
41 |
Denmark |
932.77 |
42 |
Saint Lucia |
893.26 |
43 |
Austria |
832.24 |
44 |
Slovenia |
822.42 |
45 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
799.85 |
46 |
Cyprus |
782.30 |
47 |
Jamaica |
754.97 |
48 |
India |
712.34 |
49 |
Slovakia |
707.34 |
50 |
Malaysia |
689.66 |
51 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
667.45 |
52 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
578.90 |
53 |
Viet Nam |
571.76 |
54 |
British Virgin Islands |
559.79 |
55 |
United States of America |
541.18 |
56 |
Greece |
538.52 |
57 |
Thailand |
530.05 |
58 |
Portugal |
523.31 |
59 |
France |
502.86 |
60 |
Democratic People s Republic of Korea |
496.59 |
61 |
Dominican Republic |
483.93 |
62 |
Spain |
477.55 |
63 |
Hungary |
470.11 |
64 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
461.76 |
65 |
Bulgaria |
461.25 |
66 |
Réunion |
454.79 |
67 |
Turkey |
450.75 |
68 |
Bangladesh |
450.44 |
69 |
Estonia |
428.77 |
70 |
Ukraine |
412.70 |
71 |
Ireland |
410.31 |
72 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
375.08 |
73 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
369.12 |
74 |
Azerbaijan |
366.37 |
75 |
Croatia |
365.36 |
76 |
El Salvador |
340.30 |
77 |
Romania |
328.40 |
78 |
Belarus |
326.29 |
79 |
Philippines |
323.13 |
80 |
South Africa |
321.63 |
81 |
Iraq |
318.68 |
82 |
Bahamas |
304.94 |
83 |
Anguilla |
289.02 |
84 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
284.49 |
85 |
Cuba |
275.22 |
86 |
Uzbekistan |
273.11 |
87 |
Tonga |
272.92 |
88 |
Sri Lanka |
253.74 |
89 |
Jordan |
249.56 |
90 |
Oman |
240.03 |
91 |
Indonesia |
237.84 |
92 |
Mexico |
231.31 |
93 |
Saudi Arabia |
230.18 |
94 |
Republic of Moldova |
229.43 |
95 |
Egypt |
222.79 |
96 |
Dominica |
221.99 |
97 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
213.01 |
98 |
French Polynesia |
190.27 |
99 |
Lithuania |
189.12 |
100 |
Pakistan |
179.28 |
101 |
Finland |
161.91 |
102 |
Ecuador |
151.74 |
103 |
Armenia |
149.85 |
104 |
Costa Rica |
149.54 |
105 |
Tunisia |
148.39 |
106 |
Turkmenistan |
143.65 |
107 |
Albania |
140.25 |
108 |
Panama |
137.92 |
109 |
New Zealand |
127.25 |
110 |
Cook Islands |
122.62 |
111 |
Latvia |
116.60 |
112 |
Norway |
115.21 |
113 |
Guatemala |
109.78 |
114 |
Saint Helena |
108.19 |
115 |
Chile |
103.99 |
116 |
Russian Federation |
103.31 |
117 |
Nigeria |
101.62 |
118 |
American Samoa |
100.50 |
119 |
New Caledonia |
100.21 |
120 |
Sweden |
98.41 |
121 |
Georgia |
94.17 |
122 |
Kazakhstan |
86.70 |
123 |
Morocco |
85.32 |
124 |
Haiti |
82.44 |
125 |
Honduras |
75.09 |
126 |
Equatorial Guinea |
74.73 |
127 |
Fiji |
73.60 |
128 |
Argentina |
71.59 |
129 |
Palau |
70.62 |
130 |
World |
69.93 |
131 |
Puerto Rico |
65.10 |
132 |
Colombia |
64.86 |
133 |
Djibouti |
62.17 |
134 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
59.96 |
135 |
Algeria |
59.40 |
136 |
Ghana |
58.99 |
137 |
Brazil |
58.84 |
138 |
Canada |
56.69 |
139 |
Comoros |
55.90 |
140 |
Australia |
53.22 |
141 |
Nauru |
52.77 |
142 |
Kiribati |
51.76 |
143 |
Rwanda |
50.95 |
144 |
Benin |
50.21 |
145 |
Samoa |
47.35 |
146 |
Uruguay |
46.05 |
147 |
Nepal |
44.18 |
148 |
Burundi |
44.10 |
149 |
Yemen |
42.71 |
150 |
Belize |
41.74 |
151 |
Senegal |
41.63 |
152 |
Peru |
40.43 |
153 |
Nicaragua |
38.29 |
154 |
Swaziland |
37.92 |
155 |
Togo |
37.58 |
156 |
Bhutan |
37.55 |
157 |
Iceland |
37.45 |
158 |
Kyrgyzstan |
36.86 |
159 |
Zimbabwe |
33.62 |
160 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
31.33 |
161 |
Libya |
28.76 |
162 |
Cambodia |
26.29 |
163 |
Cabo Verde |
25.82 |
164 |
Tajikistan |
25.49 |
165 |
Gambia |
24.26 |
166 |
Kenya |
24.23 |
167 |
Timor-Leste |
23.43 |
168 |
Guam |
22.76 |
169 |
Côte d Ivoire |
22.72 |
170 |
Tuvalu |
21.54 |
171 |
Uganda |
20.29 |
172 |
Angola |
20.06 |
173 |
Cameroon |
19.31 |
174 |
Gabon |
18.78 |
175 |
Sierra Leone |
17.68 |
176 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
16.20 |
177 |
Papua New Guinea |
15.38 |
178 |
French Guiana |
15.22 |
179 |
Malawi |
14.98 |
180 |
Congo |
14.82 |
181 |
Lao People s Democratic Republic |
14.25 |
182 |
Paraguay |
13.59 |
183 |
Myanmar |
13.49 |
184 |
Suriname |
13.19 |
185 |
Guyana |
12.83 |
186 |
Afghanistan |
12.06 |
187 |
Lesotho |
10.64 |
188 |
Botswana |
9.79 |
189 |
Solomon Islands |
9.72 |
190 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
9.59 |
191 |
Mongolia |
9.38 |
192 |
Sudan (former) |
9.15 |
193 |
Vanuatu |
9.07 |
194 |
Guinea-Bissau |
8.92 |
195 |
Burkina Faso |
8.91 |
196 |
Guinea |
8.29 |
197 |
Ethiopia |
8.02 |
198 |
Liberia |
7.25 |
199 |
Eritrea |
5.71 |
200 |
Mozambique |
5.47 |
201 |
Madagascar |
5.14 |
202 |
Zambia |
4.47 |
203 |
Namibia |
4.31 |
204 |
United States Virgin Islands |
4.30 |
205 |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
3.43 |
206 |
Mauritania |
2.40 |
207 |
Somalia |
2.00 |
208 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
1.78 |
209 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1.70 |
210 |
Niger |
1.62 |
211 |
Faroe Islands |
1.38 |
212 |
Mali |
1.32 |
213 |
Central African Republic |
1.18 |
214 |
Chad |
0.99 |
215 |
Western Sahara |
0.78 |
216 |
Greenland |
0.00 |
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production 2014
Emissions 2015 update with 2014 emissions of fossil fuel use and industrial process emissions (cement production, carbonate use of limestone and dolomite, non-energy use of fuels and other combustion)
Substance: CO2 country totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning) and excluding large-scale biomass burning (forest fires, etc.)
Unit: ton CO2 per km
2 per year
Date: 25/11/2015
Sources: EDGARv4.3, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), release version 4.3.
http://edgar.jrc.ec.europe.eu, 2015 forthcoming
The EDGARv4.3FT2014 emissions are calculated based on the energy balance statistics of IEA (2014) (Internet:
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/co2-emissions-from-fuel-combustion-2014_co2_fuel-2014-en)
BP (2013-2014) data of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2015 (Internet:
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/energy-economics/statisticalreview-of-world-energy.html)
Chinese coal consumption data of the China Statistical Abstract, October 2015 (Internet: http://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=C01).
References
1. Olivier, J.G.J., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Muntean, M. and Peters, J.A.H.W. (2015) Trends in global CO2 emissions: 2015 Report. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague; European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES). JRC98184, PBL1803, Internet: http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/news_docs/jrc-2015-trends-in-global-co2-emissions-2015-report-98184.pdf, November 2015
2. Wikipedia - List of countries and area.