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

18 France
397
19 Spain
330

7.0%

40
Czech Rep
95.3

65
Switz.
45.8

49 Austria
69.2

8.4%

86

17 Italy
408

55 Portugal
56.5

139

1 China

7,711
million tonnes

73
Slovakia
35.8

13.3%
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 countrys 9-10%
growth in GDP.
Since 2000 the countrys CO2 emissions have
risen by 170.6%

109
124

66
Bulgaria
44.5

24 Turkey
253
7.3%

38 Greece
100

174

74
Puerto
Rico
33.3

129

169

88
149

tonnes of CO2
in 2009

on
2008

96

30
Venezuela
162
1.4%

36 Algeria
114

71
Morocco
36.5

210
146

188
201
195

105

113

Central &
South America
1,220m
Down 0.7%

94

211

171
119

208

194
181

187

98

192

160
190

64
Trinidad
& Tobago
47.8

Africa
1,122m
Down 3.1%

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

45 Nigeria
77.7

tonnes of CO2
in 2009

27 Egypt
192

57 Libya
55.0

143

186
185
164
180

Middle East
1,714m
Up 3.3%

80
Tunisia
22.9

6.2%

tonnes of CO2
in 2009

48
Colombia
70.1

176
112

97

135 191

9 Iran
527

152
189 178 114
78
165
Angola 145
144 100
24.0
131 128
148

89

3.7%

82

12 South Africa
450
6.7%

138

127

137

11 Saudi Arabia
470

142

200

29
Argentina
167

World
30,398m
Down 0.3%

3.2%
193

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

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
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

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

23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

Thailand
Turkey
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Egypt
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Venezuela
Singapore
Malaysia
Pakistan
Belgium
Uzbekistan
Algeria
Iraq
Greece
Vietnam
Czech Republic
Hong Kong
Kuwait
Romania
North Korea

215

0.2%

202
123

16 Indonesia
413

0.1%

197
153

92

170

217

Asia & Oceania

13,264m
Up 7.5%

26 United
Arab Emirates
193

182
203

140

2.4%
183

172

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 countrys CO2 emissions and
movement in the world emissions league table
Rank/
Country
change
on 2008

79
Yemen
22.9 63 Oman
49.0

214

156

32 Malaysia
148

3.2%
110

106

31 Singapore
161

50 Qatar
66.5

198

167

133

0.1%

75
Bahrain
31.1

132

Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 0809

23 Thailand
253

India overtook Russia in 2009

42 Kuwait
84.9

47 Israel
70.5

46
Philippines
72.4

4.9%

8.7%

37 Iraq
104

53 Syria
56.9

90

51 Chile
65.7

56
Bangladesh
55.1

3 India
1,602

41
Hong Kong
86.0

39 Vietnam
98.8

166

93

116

159

0.3%

147

3.2%

161

14 Brazil
420

0.4%

155
173

205

77
Ecuador
28.7
70
Peru
38.2

Rank/
Country
change
on 2008

3.7%

33 Pakistan
140

76
213
Cuba
30.4 150
83
95

on
2008

20 Taiwan
291

102

122

tonnes of CO2
in 2009

5 Japan
1,098

72 Azerbaijan
36.2

28.2%

5.3%

1.9%

1.2%

108

111

84

179

13 Mexico
444

9.4%

Biggest % drop
in emissions

58 Serbia
52.3

154

North
America
6,411m
Down 6.9%

44
North Korea
79.5

35
Uzbekistan
115

61
43 Romania
Hungary
80.5
50.0

81

9.3%

130

99

22 Ukraine
255

3.7%

3.8%

7.4%

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 countrys
economic woes which have seen it only just
emerge from recession.
Since 2000 the countrys 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 0809

253
253
249
193
192
185
167
162
161
148
140
137
115
114
104
100
98.8
95.3
86.0
84.9
80.5
79.5

-0.1
-7.3
-0.2
-1.2
3.5
9.8
-3.2
-1.4
-0.1
-0.2
0.4
-11.2
-9.4
6.2
3.7
-5.3
-4.9
-3.8
10.3
6.3
-16.6
14.3

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

Nigeria
Philippines
Israel
Colombia
Austria
Qatar
Chile
Belarus
Syria
Turkmenistan
Portugal
Bangladesh
Libya
Serbia
Finland
Sweden
Hungary
Denmark
Oman
Trinidad and Tobago
Switzerland
Bulgaria

Million Percent
tonnes change
2009 0809

77.7
72.4
70.5
70.1
69.2
66.5
65.7
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

-22.4
-2.9
4.8
7.9
-2.5
4.8
-3.8
-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 0809

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 0809

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 0809

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 0809

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 0809

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 0809

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 0809

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