What is the meaning of CO2 emissions?
CO2 emissions are emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and cause the Earth‘s temperature to rise.
Why CO2 emission is a problem?
CO2 emissions are a problem because they contribute to climate change. Climate change is a problem because it can cause extreme weather events, which can lead to loss of life, damage to property, and displacement of people.
How do CO2 emissions affect the environment?
CO2 emissions affect the environment by contributing to climate change. Climate change is a problem because it can cause extreme weather events, which can lead to loss of life, damage to property, and displacement of people.
Why CO2 is increasing?
CO2 is increasing because of human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels releases CO2 into the atmosphere.
# | Country | CO2 Emissions (tons, 2016) |
1 Year Change |
Population (2016) |
Per capita |
Share of world |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 10,432,751,400 | -0.28% | 1,414,049,351 | 7.38 | 29.18% |
2 | United States | 5,011,686,600 | -2.01% | 323,015,995 | 15.52 | 14.02% |
3 | India | 2,533,638,100 | 4.71% | 1,324,517,249 | 1.91 | 7.09% |
4 | Russia | 1,661,899,300 | -2.13% | 145,275,383 | 11.44 | 4.65% |
5 | Japan | 1,239,592,060 | -1.21% | 127,763,265 | 9.70 | 3.47% |
6 | Germany | 775,752,190 | 1.28% | 82,193,768 | 9.44 | 2.17% |
7 | Canada | 675,918,610 | -1.00% | 36,382,944 | 18.58 | 1.89% |
8 | Iran | 642,560,030 | 2.22% | 79,563,989 | 8.08 | 1.80% |
9 | South Korea | 604,043,830 | 0.45% | 50,983,457 | 11.85 | 1.69% |
10 | Indonesia | 530,035,650 | 6.41% | 261,556,381 | 2.03 | 1.48% |
11 | Saudi Arabia | 517,079,407 | 0.92% | 32,443,447 | 15.94 | 1.45% |
12 | Brazil | 462,994,920 | -6.08% | 206,163,053 | 2.25 | 1.29% |
13 | Mexico | 441,412,750 | -2.13% | 123,333,376 | 3.58 | 1.23% |
14 | Australia | 414,988,700 | -0.98% | 24,262,712 | 17.10 | 1.16% |
15 | South Africa | 390,557,850 | -0.49% | 56,207,646 | 6.95 | 1.09% |
16 | Turkey | 368,122,740 | 5.25% | 79,827,871 | 4.61 | 1.03% |
17 | United Kingdom | 367,860,350 | -6.38% | 66,297,944 | 5.55 | 1.03% |
18 | Italy | 358,139,550 | 0.84% | 60,663,060 | 5.90 | 1.00% |
19 | France | 331,533,320 | 2.11% | 64,667,596 | 5.13 | 0.93% |
20 | Poland | 296,659,670 | 2.67% | 37,989,220 | 7.81 | 0.83% |
21 | Taiwan | 276,724,868 | 1.91% | 23,618,200 | 11.72 | 0.77% |
22 | Thailand | 271,040,160 | 1.55% | 68,971,308 | 3.93 | 0.76% |
23 | Malaysia | 266,251,542 | 6.54% | 30,684,654 | 8.68 | 0.74% |
24 | Spain | 251,892,320 | -3.12% | 46,634,140 | 5.40 | 0.70% |
25 | Ukraine | 233,220,080 | 8.03% | 44,713,702 | 5.22 | 0.65% |
26 | Kazakhstan | 231,919,540 | 1.64% | 17,830,901 | 13.01 | 0.65% |
27 | Egypt | 219,377,350 | 4.72% | 94,447,073 | 2.32 | 0.61% |
28 | United Arab Emirates | 218,788,684 | 4.43% | 9,360,980 | 23.37 | 0.61% |
29 | Vietnam | 206,042,140 | 0.09% | 93,640,422 | 2.20 | 0.58% |
30 | Argentina | 200,708,270 | 0.16% | 43,508,460 | 4.61 | 0.56% |
31 | Pakistan | 178,013,820 | 9.13% | 203,631,353 | 0.87 | 0.50% |
32 | Venezuela | 175,884,256 | -1.90% | 29,851,255 | 5.89 | 0.49% |
33 | Netherlands | 163,419,285 | 1.63% | 16,981,295 | 9.62 | 0.46% |
34 | Iraq | 162,646,160 | 1.22% | 36,610,632 | 4.44 | 0.45% |
35 | Algeria | 156,220,560 | 0.17% | 40,551,392 | 3.85 | 0.44% |
36 | Philippines | 126,922,662 | 12.37% | 103,663,816 | 1.22 | 0.35% |
37 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 111,825,428 | 1.39% | 10,618,857 | 10.53 | 0.31% |
38 | Uzbekistan | 109,347,340 | 1.60% | 31,441,751 | 3.48 | 0.31% |
39 | Kuwait | 101,492,225 | 1.36% | 3,956,875 | 25.65 | 0.28% |
40 | Qatar | 98,990,085 | 1.79% | 2,654,374 | 37.29 | 0.28% |
41 | Belgium | 94,722,813 | 1.53% | 11,354,420 | 8.34 | 0.26% |
42 | Oman | 87,835,773 | 2.09% | 4,479,219 | 19.61 | 0.25% |
43 | Nigeria | 82,634,214 | 0.70% | 185,960,241 | 0.44 | 0.23% |
44 | Chile | 81,258,525 | 5.33% | 18,209,068 | 4.46 | 0.23% |
45 | Turkmenistan | 79,279,216 | 0.63% | 5,662,368 | 14.00 | 0.22% |
46 | Romania | 78,770,824 | 1.69% | 19,796,285 | 3.98 | 0.22% |
47 | Colombia | 77,667,594 | -0.84% | 48,175,052 | 1.61 | 0.22% |
48 | Bangladesh | 74,476,230 | 4.50% | 157,977,153 | 0.47 | 0.21% |
49 | Austria | 73,764,112 | 1.54% | 8,747,301 | 8.43 | 0.21% |
50 | Greece | 67,840,662 | -3.47% | 10,615,185 | 6.39 | 0.19% |
51 | Israel | 65,201,588 | -0.38% | 8,108,985 | 8.04 | 0.18% |
52 | Belarus | 62,655,669 | 4.90% | 9,445,643 | 6.63 | 0.18% |
53 | North Korea | 58,708,734 | 19.49% | 25,307,665 | 2.32 | 0.16% |
54 | Morocco | 57,694,464 | 0.54% | 35,126,283 | 1.64 | 0.16% |
55 | Peru | 57,692,879 | 8.16% | 30,926,032 | 1.87 | 0.16% |
56 | Libya | 52,696,075 | 1.52% | 6,492,162 | 8.12 | 0.15% |
57 | Finland | 51,183,960 | 3.62% | 5,497,713 | 9.31 | 0.14% |
58 | Hungary | 51,018,899 | 2.16% | 9,752,975 | 5.23 | 0.14% |
59 | Bulgaria | 50,872,910 | -6.00% | 7,151,953 | 7.11 | 0.14% |
60 | Portugal | 50,142,844 | -2.36% | 10,325,538 | 4.86 | 0.14% |
61 | Singapore | 48,381,759 | 2.56% | 5,653,634 | 8.56 | 0.14% |
62 | Hong Kong | 47,066,386 | 1.23% | 7,243,542 | 6.50 | 0.13% |
63 | Sweden | 44,694,415 | 4.33% | 9,836,007 | 4.54 | 0.13% |
64 | Norway | 43,456,012 | 0.85% | 5,250,949 | 8.28 | 0.12% |
65 | Serbia | 41,168,059 | 2.27% | 8,853,963 | 4.65 | 0.12% |
66 | Ecuador | 40,065,690 | -4.85% | 16,491,116 | 2.43 | 0.11% |
67 | Switzerland | 39,666,930 | -2.30% | 8,379,917 | 4.73 | 0.11% |
68 | Ireland | 39,086,565 | 5.09% | 4,695,779 | 8.32 | 0.11% |
69 | Syria | 38,054,696 | 1.78% | 17,465,575 | 2.18 | 0.11% |
70 | Denmark | 38,007,645 | 5.23% | 5,711,349 | 6.65 | 0.11% |
71 | Slovakia | 36,817,242 | 1.74% | 5,442,003 | 6.77 | 0.10% |
72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34,974,263 | -5.92% | 1,377,560 | 25.39 | 0.10% |
73 | Azerbaijan | 33,614,235 | -0.41% | 9,736,043 | 3.45 | 0.09% |
74 | New Zealand | 33,276,202 | -0.14% | 4,659,265 | 7.14 | 0.09% |
75 | Angola | 30,566,933 | 3.13% | 28,842,489 | 1.06 | 0.09% |
76 | Cuba | 30,389,116 | 1.65% | 11,335,104 | 2.68 | 0.08% |
77 | Tunisia | 29,395,965 | 0.82% | 11,303,945 | 2.60 | 0.08% |
78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25,674,120 | 0.86% | 3,386,266 | 7.58 | 0.07% |
79 | Yemen | 25,647,990 | 1.62% | 27,168,208 | 0.94 | 0.07% |
80 | Bahrain | 24,458,384 | 2.50% | 1,425,792 | 17.15 | 0.07% |
81 | Dominican Republic | 23,466,740 | 2.88% | 10,397,741 | 2.26 | 0.07% |
82 | Jordan | 22,772,370 | 1.83% | 9,554,286 | 2.38 | 0.06% |
83 | Estonia | 22,402,414 | 1.01% | 1,316,510 | 17.02 | 0.06% |
84 | Lebanon | 21,863,288 | 1.95% | 6,714,281 | 3.26 | 0.06% |
85 | Bolivia | 19,463,728 | 2.03% | 11,031,814 | 1.76 | 0.05% |
86 | Croatia | 19,408,194 | 3.02% | 4,208,602 | 4.61 | 0.05% |
87 | Mongolia | 18,574,260 | 18.09% | 3,056,364 | 6.08 | 0.05% |
88 | Guatemala | 18,539,316 | 2.42% | 16,583,076 | 1.12 | 0.05% |
89 | Sri Lanka | 18,454,691 | 8.55% | 21,021,171 | 0.88 | 0.05% |
90 | Myanmar | 16,701,776 | 5.61% | 53,045,201 | 0.31 | 0.05% |
91 | Kenya | 16,334,919 | 3.60% | 49,051,534 | 0.33 | 0.05% |
92 | Montenegro | 16,249,039 | 2.27% | 627,264 | 25.90 | 0.05% |
93 | Slovenia | 14,722,601 | 2.35% | 2,074,210 | 7.10 | 0.04% |
94 | Ghana | 14,469,986 | 3.54% | 28,481,945 | 0.51 | 0.04% |
95 | Lithuania | 13,685,264 | 2.66% | 2,889,557 | 4.74 | 0.04% |
96 | Sudan | 13,294,106 | 4.18% | 39,847,439 | 0.33 | 0.04% |
97 | Panama | 11,599,764 | 2.37% | 4,037,078 | 2.87 | 0.03% |
98 | Ethiopia | 10,438,855 | 4.03% | 103,603,462 | 0.10 | 0.03% |
99 | Luxembourg | 10,144,632 | 3.45% | 579,264 | 17.51 | 0.03% |
100 | Zimbabwe | 10,062,628 | -4.17% | 14,030,331 | 0.72 | 0.03% |
Sources: https://www.worldometers.info/