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Ranked: Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Country (2021) (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No UK? I thought we'd be higher.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

65th, 5.2 tons per capita, just behind 5.5 that of Italy. you still could be proud thou /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for digging that up. It's pretty cool, but even Britain have a massive way to go, so disturbing that many are doing worse than us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

So, Qatar is at the top of the list - for what? Doe they count exported oil, or do they actually burn loads of their own oil locally for whatever reasons? Or is this due to refining stuff and gas flares?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We have data from the same source for 2022 already.:

Table with the data. It is large so

Entity	Code	Annual CO₂ emissions (per capita)
Qatar	QAT	37,601273
United Arab Emirates	ARE	25,833244
Bahrain	BHR	25,672274
Kuwait	KWT	25,578102
Brunei	BRN	23,950201
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	22,423758
Saudi Arabia	SAU	18,197495
New Caledonia	NCL	17,641167
Oman	OMN	15,730261
Australia	AUS	14,985412
United States	USA	14,949616
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM	14,352394
Canada	CAN	14,249212
Faroe Islands	FRO	14,084624
Kazakhstan	KAZ	13,979704
Palau	PLW	12,123921
Taiwan	TWN	11,630868
Luxembourg	LUX	11,618432
South Korea	KOR	11,598764
Russia	RUS	11,416899
Mongolia	MNG	11,150772
Turkmenistan	TKM	11,03418
North America		10,5346775
Greenland	GRL	10,473997
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	SPM	10,293288
High-income countries		10,136309
Oceania		9,85179
Iceland	ISL	9,499798
Czechia	CZE	9,3357525
Libya	LBY	9,242238
Curacao	CUW	9,189007
Singapore	SGP	8,911513
Europe (excl, EU-28)		8,817789
Anguilla	AIA	8,752724
Malaysia	MYS	8,576508
Japan	JPN	8,501681
Aruba	ABW	8,133404
Poland	POL	8,106886
China	CHN	7,992761
Germany	DEU	7,9837584
Europe (excl, EU-27)		7,886797
Iran	IRN	7,7993317
Estonia	EST	7,77628
Ireland	IRL	7,7211185
Belgium	BEL	7,6875386
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	7,636793
Norway	NOR	7,5093055
Netherlands	NLD	7,1372175
Bermuda	BMU	6,9370627
Austria	AUT	6,8781943
Europe		6,8578663
Bulgaria	BGR	6,8044534
South Africa	ZAF	6,7461643
Upper-middle-income countries		6,617815
Finland	FIN	6,5267396
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	6,4218745
New Zealand	NZL	6,212154
Israel	ISR	6,208912
European Union (27)		6,1743994
Belarus	BLR	6,1669006
Seychelles	SYC	6,1495123
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	6,1034565
Slovakia	SVK	6,051555
Serbia	SRB	6,024712
Slovenia	SVN	5,9979916
European Union (28)		5,983708
Suriname	SUR	5,8029985
Greece	GRC	5,7451057
Italy	ITA	5,726825
Cyprus	CYP	5,616782
Bahamas	BHS	5,1708703
Spain	ESP	5,1644425
Turkey	TUR	5,1052055
British Virgin Islands	VGB	5,0039577
Denmark	DNK	4,940161
Montserrat	MSR	4,8447766
Kosovo	OWID_KOS	4,830646
North America (excl, USA)		4,741475
United Kingdom	GBR	4,7201805
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	4,708081
World	OWID_WRL	4,658219
Andorra	AND	4,6171236
Asia		4,611434
Lithuania	LTU	4,606163
France	FRA	4,603891
Hungary	HUN	4,449911
Barbados	BRB	4,3772573
Guyana	GUY	4,3736935
Lebanon	LBN	4,3543963
Croatia	HRV	4,348515
Chile	CHL	4,3041654
Argentina	ARG	4,2378173
Nauru	NRU	4,1700416
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	BES	4,083284
Hong Kong	HKG	4,081913
Portugal	PRT	4,050785
Switzerland	CHE	4,0478554
Iraq	IRQ	4,024638
Asia (excl, China and India)		4,017375
Mexico	MEX	4,0153365
Cook Islands	COK	3,9950094
Algeria	DZA	3,9272263
Niue	NIU	3,8729508
Liechtenstein	LIE	3,8097827
Thailand	THA	3,7762568
Romania	ROU	3,739777
Azerbaijan	AZE	3,6746833
Montenegro	MNE	3,6558185
Marshall Islands	MHL	3,6353714
North Macedonia	MKD	3,6245701
Sweden	SWE	3,6069093
Latvia	LVA	3,561689
Ukraine	UKR	3,5578535
Vietnam	VNM	3,4995174
Uzbekistan	UZB	3,4830604
Saint Helena	SHN	3,2986484
Mauritius	MUS	3,2697906
Maldives	MDV	3,2475724
Malta	MLT	3,1035979
Laos	LAO	3,0803475
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	3,0307202
Georgia	GEO	2,962545
Tunisia	TUN	2,879285
French Polynesia	PYF	2,8509297
Botswana	BWA	2,838951
Venezuela	VEN	2,7168686
Grenada	GRD	2,7133646
Panama	PAN	2,699258
Indonesia	IDN	2,6456614
Saint Lucia	LCA	2,6149206
South America		2,4865332
Gabon	GAB	2,3882635
Egypt	EGY	2,333106
Ecuador	ECU	2,3117273
Uruguay	URY	2,3060381
Armenia	ARM	2,3045583
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	2,2964725
Jamaica	JAM	2,2945588
Wallis and Futuna	WLF	2,2819076
Brazil	BRA	2,2454574
Dominica	DMA	2,1058853
Dominican Republic	DOM	2,1051137
Jordan	JOR	2,0301995
India	IND	1,9966822
North Korea	PRK	1,9513915
Colombia	COL	1,9223082
Cuba	CUB	1,8659163
Lower-middle-income countries		1,8575872
Morocco	MAR	1,8263615
Belize	BLZ	1,7894346
Peru	PER	1,7891879
Tonga	TON	1,7686282
Bolivia	BOL	1,7583066
Albania	ALB	1,7432004
Moldova	MDA	1,6565942
Namibia	NAM	1,5399038
Costa Rica	CRI	1,5226681
Macao	MAC	1,5127679
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	1,4251612
Lesotho	LSO	1,3594668
Bhutan	BTN	1,3489918
Paraguay	PRY	1,3299496
Micronesia (country)	FSM	1,3243006
Philippines	PHL	1,3014648
Syria	SYR	1,2490375
Congo	COG	1,2447897
El Salvador	SLV	1,2174718
Cambodia	KHM	1,1900775
Fiji	FJI	1,1550449
Samoa	WSM	1,1218625
Guatemala	GTM	1,0756185
Honduras	HND	1,0696708
Eswatini	SWZ	1,0527312
Tajikistan	TJK	1,0064901
Tuvalu	TUV	1,0004411
Africa		0,99422127
Cape Verde	CPV	0,9588915
Mauritania	MRT	0,957337
Pakistan	PAK	0,84893465
Nicaragua	NIC	0,79879653
Sri Lanka	LKA	0,7936504
Papua New Guinea	PNG	0,77131313
Senegal	SEN	0,6738352
Palestine	PSE	0,6660658
Myanmar	MMR	0,6445672
Vanuatu	VUT	0,6363055
Benin	BEN	0,631487
Ghana	GHA	0,6215505
Bangladesh	BGD	0,5964455
Nigeria	NGA	0,5891771
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	0,5816142
Zimbabwe	ZWE	0,542628
Kiribati	KIR	0,5184742
Nepal	NPL	0,5074035
East Timor	TLS	0,49869007
Comoros	COM	0,49327007
Sudan	SDN	0,4696261
Kenya	KEN	0,45998666
Angola	AGO	0,45155162
Zambia	ZMB	0,44570068
Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	0,41668788
Solomon Islands	SLB	0,41232163
Djibouti	DJI	0,40418932
Guinea	GIN	0,35742033
Cameroon	CMR	0,34292704
Yemen	YEM	0,33701748
Mali	MLI	0,31153768
Afghanistan	AFG	0,29536375
Togo	TGO	0,2910665
Low-income countries		0,28599972
Gambia	GMB	0,2847278
Burkina Faso	BFA	0,26295447
Mozambique	MOZ	0,24274588
Tanzania	TZA	0,23771806
Haiti	HTI	0,21119381
Eritrea	ERI	0,18914719
South Sudan	SSD	0,1680176
Liberia	LBR	0,1653753
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0,15518051
Ethiopia	ETH	0,15458965
Madagascar	MDG	0,14871116
Chad	TCD	0,13367727
Sierra Leone	SLE	0,13124847
Uganda	UGA	0,12744623
Niger	NER	0,116688
Rwanda	RWA	0,112346195
Malawi	MWI	0,10262384
Burundi	BDI	0,06194545
Central African Republic	CAF	0,040548485
Somalia	SOM	0,03676208
Democratic Republic of Congo	COD	0,036375992

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The US should be at the top of every list and here isn't in the top ten? This place really is going to shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Clearly we need to pump up our numbers. /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

yea, each american citizen secretly has an oil field in his backyard and 4wd cars and a herd of camels to move around just in case

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Romania is 87th... Not bad!