List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita

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List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita

This is a list of sovereign states and territories by per capita greenhouse gas emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission. The following table lists the 1970, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 annual per capita GHG[n 1] emissions estimates (in metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year). The data include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from all sources, including agriculture and land use change. They are measured in carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.[n 2]

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Per capita annual GHG emissions, including agriculture and land use change, measured in carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.[1]
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Global map of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including agriculture and land use change, measured in carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.[2]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th assessment report finds that the "Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)" sector on average, accounted for 13–21% of global total anthropogenic GHG emissions in the period 2010–2019.[3] Land use change drivers net AFOLU CO2 emission fluxes, with deforestation being responsible for 45% of total AFOLU emissions. In addition to being a net carbon sink and source of GHG emissions, land plays an important role in climate through albedo effects, evapotranspiration, and aerosol loading through emissions of volatile organic compounds.[3] The IPCC report finds that the LULUCF sector offers significant near-term mitigation potential while providing food, wood and other renewable resources as well as biodiversity conservation. Mitigation measures in forests and other natural ecosystems provide the largest share of the LULUCF mitigation potential between 2020 and 2050. Among various LULUCF activities, reducing deforestation has the largest potential to reduce anthropogenic GHG emissions, followed by carbon sequestration in agriculture and ecosystem restoration including afforestation and reforestation.[3] Land use change emissions can be negative.[n 3][5]

According to Science for Policy report in 2024 by the Joint Research Centre (JRC – the European Commission’s science and knowledge service) and International Energy Agency (IEA), global per-capita GHG emissions in 2023 increased by 0.9% to reach 6.59 tCO2eq/cap, a value still 0.9% lower than in 2019 (6.65 tCO2eq/cap), but have increased by about 7.3% from 6.14 tCO2eq/cap to 6.59 tCO2eq/cap between 1990 and 2023.[6]

However, the main disadvantage of measuring total national emissions is that it does not take population size into account. China has the largest CO2 and GHG emissions in the world, but also the second largest population. Some argue that for a fair comparison, emissions should be analyzed in terms of the amount of CO2 and GHG per capita.[7]

Considering GHG per capita emissions in 2023, China's levels (11.11) are almost two-thirds those of the United States (17.61) and almost a sixth of those of Palau (65,29) – the country with the highest emissions of GHG per capita in 2023.[6]

Measures of territorial-based emissions, also known as production-based emissions, do not account for emissions embedded in global trade, where emissions may be imported or exported in the form of traded goods, as it only reports emissions emitted within geographical boundaries. Accordingly, a proportion of the CO2 produced and reported in Asia and Africa is for the production of goods consumed in Europe and North America.[8]

According to the review of the scientific literature conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon dioxide is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas by warming contribution.[9] The European Union is at the forefront of international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus safeguard the planet's climate. Greenhouse gases (GHG) – primarily carbon dioxide but also others, including methane and chlorofluorocarbons – trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to global warming. Higher temperatures then act on the climate, with varying effects. For example, dry regions might become drier while, at the poles, the ice caps are melting, causing higher sea levels. In 2016, the global average temperature was already 1.1 °C above pre-industrial levels.[10]

GHG emissions

Per capita GHG emissions by country/territory

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The data in the following table is extracted from EDGAR – Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research.[6] Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

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GHG emissions per capita (kgCO2eq/year)
Country/Territory/Region/GroupGHG emissions per capita % of Global AverageChange
(1990=100%)
1970199020002010202020212022202320232023
kgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eqkgCO2eq % %
 Aruba621.593539.583828.665196.584529.964964.504986.945199.0578.844%46.88% Negative increase
 Afghanistan1387.501025.51692.54935.21700.21710.36719.31724.7410.991%−29.33% Positive decrease
 Angola2803.672624.194076.622978.331878.921900.311920.971874.9028.433%−28.55% Positive decrease
 Anguilla523.98948.241615.381969.021703.661681.621671.231638.1724.843%72.76% Negative increase
 Albania3824.443502.462299.752737.002708.112851.652650.842603.8939.488%−25.66% Positive decrease
 Curaçao104950.6119385.7844558.2330081.0513114.8514234.2714664.3615253.88231.325%−21.31% Positive decrease
 United Arab Emirates126395.5342735.5537159.5925356.1925407.0525859.4026601.0326290.68398.698%−38.48% Positive decrease
 Argentina9156.887754.327778.728040.677631.498006.588091.757829.33118.732%0.97% Negative increase
 Armenia5018.526871.491935.892434.323400.723629.723525.353687.0855.915%−46.34% Positive decrease
 Antigua and Barbuda2360.283692.732693.613664.183247.213500.463479.163597.7454.560%−2.57% Positive decrease
 Australia24529.2727010.4528664.4327332.7923016.2822595.9221887.5421753.71329.895%−19.46% Positive decrease
 Austria9554.0910416.5910349.6310574.808798.859172.168548.748248.10125.082%−20.82% Positive decrease
 Azerbaijan6315.809366.854906.684975.895418.405598.415757.546061.0891.916%−35.29% Positive decrease
 Burundi576.03534.07455.36472.29505.61555.45551.97540.218.192%1.15% Negative increase
 Belgium17337.0914045.8314705.2112764.229967.1310262.469587.549053.55137.297%−35.54% Positive decrease
 Benin818.09774.72875.931263.731456.141286.641299.971273.0219.305%64.32% Negative increase
 Burkina Faso1150.291274.881213.011532.841378.951565.081539.201516.6523.000%18.96% Negative increase
 Bangladesh1911.761225.131109.671315.341481.721570.911607.631608.3724.391%31.28% Negative increase
 Bulgaria10757.2811699.427807.578418.617717.848710.099385.247855.80119.133%−32.85% Positive decrease
 Bahrain86507.2858609.9456553.2338919.2937216.3036346.1935095.7235251.03534.582%−39.85% Positive decrease
 Bahamas9208.735098.544223.074412.784402.234753.224728.304916.7574.562%−3.57% Positive decrease
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4362.607350.395257.517613.378702.968670.878677.108459.85128.294%15.09% Negative increase
 Belarus9918.2113695.308054.9410020.459408.029438.679256.049005.94136.575%−34.24% Positive decrease
 Belize2241.782519.492031.642497.932093.792143.422153.162186.1033.152%−13.23% Positive decrease
 Bermuda3083.894625.902774.225306.375674.205992.936010.836313.9795.751%36.49% Negative increase
 Bolivia5994.774320.353523.964126.504159.414450.674506.614585.4369.538%6.14% Negative increase
 Brazil3665.354496.605128.465739.335685.886013.215993.885965.8090.471%32.67% Negative increase
 Barbados2094.873302.683111.993650.643006.893296.663304.983422.3051.899%3.62% Negative increase
 Brunei21447.7522773.4025582.8225797.3728286.7627466.1726183.5326430.31400.816%16.06% Negative increase
 Bhutan2354.242333.402487.532839.833669.763776.033772.113780.3257.329%62.01% Negative increase
 Botswana4859.916664.826113.134916.664348.414699.894965.035012.9276.021%−24.79% Positive decrease
 Central African Republic890.612567.672435.482445.702539.672513.802537.862382.3636.128%−7.22% Positive decrease
 Canada21738.9821013.2223112.2521207.2818932.7319203.3519487.6119391.50294.072%−7.72% Positive decrease
 Switzerland and  Liechtenstein8318.168189.827477.487023.285187.955352.364956.504911.4274.482%−40.03% Positive decrease
 Chile5272.154393.975531.746043.176717.556734.256693.076440.5997.672%46.58% Negative increase
 China2467.423306.234085.678283.0110177.1910623.6110587.4511113.30168.533%236.13% Negative increase
 Ivory Coast1215.88837.55986.99957.891127.191175.211169.861141.9717.318%36.35% Negative increase
 Cameroon1135.962547.661988.471516.711493.761461.251447.601408.5421.361%−44.71% Positive decrease
 Democratic Republic of the Congo555.78735.49568.98481.45567.49565.71583.80571.588.668%−22.29% Positive decrease
 Congo1767.874448.506710.985010.384401.313964.783965.083862.1558.569%−13.18% Positive decrease
 Cook Islands1286.602845.004113.495194.957798.388387.858809.649077.54137.661%219.07% Negative increase
 Colombia3839.733929.823800.213761.333912.824114.134185.284370.6866.281%11.22% Negative increase
 Comoros964.49800.88769.87762.07887.86871.16835.38822.6412.475%2.72% Negative increase
 Cape Verde844.91624.351213.061904.382097.012113.092166.172094.4231.762%235.46% Negative increase
 Costa Rica3122.083110.142789.932982.932849.243083.023105.303185.3348.305%2.42% Negative increase
 Cuba5254.845848.564381.074179.333437.723378.503323.793423.7351.921%−41.46% Positive decrease
 Cayman Islands3918.085161.053612.864913.965256.085680.635707.175911.1889.643%14.53% Negative increase
 Cyprus4673.457066.658614.528502.417728.107906.578232.338380.40127.089%18.59% Negative increase
 Czech Republic22449.6019338.0415406.9813793.6911094.6611607.3311656.4110766.62163.276%−44.32% Positive decrease
 Germany16873.8815620.5812705.9311651.269084.039486.489225.888258.76125.244%−47.13% Positive decrease
 Djibouti6154.263123.782600.342357.312084.642118.752064.122048.4231.064%−34.42% Positive decrease
 Dominica453.151120.781651.731965.011795.191871.821901.061933.1529.316%72.48% Negative increase
 Denmark16295.6913430.5413025.3611379.747514.027723.147397.947131.18108.144%−46.9% Positive decrease
 Dominican Republic2132.802404.923288.783465.643871.774119.094098.594234.1464.211%76.06% Negative increase
 Algeria3930.505230.335077.455119.955564.595775.565903.695683.8886.196%8.67% Negative increase
 Ecuador2247.923716.783607.304526.693723.343906.293969.904082.7961.916%9.85% Negative increase
 Egypt1719.672571.962804.583473.122979.983174.133132.463107.4547.124%20.82% Negative increase
 Eritrea2253.691501.621600.381260.041159.061148.851121.501103.1916.730%−26.53% Positive decrease
 Western Sahara2890.151857.691790.631287.491002.941062.651087.671069.9916.226%−42.4% Positive decrease
 Spain and  Andorra5605.407574.819696.028020.006250.386643.756567.436152.2493.299%−18.78% Positive decrease
 Estonia18734.1028406.6114778.4318837.0111157.5711783.8012040.4711143.50168.991%−60.77% Positive decrease
 Ethiopia1857.381307.031079.201363.841507.581428.311413.061408.2521.356%7.74% Negative increase
 Finland12564.8314455.5314211.2415169.999434.769369.118584.727711.36116.943%−46.65% Positive decrease
 Fiji2789.023031.563520.163640.023342.913377.523535.033610.4054.752%19.09% Negative increase
 Falkland Islands77832.1482849.3453686.2257504.2856311.1756769.6356854.7557463.78871.438%−30.64% Positive decrease
 France and  Monaco12521.699357.559063.208104.986061.236511.826287.305805.5988.042%−37.96% Positive decrease
 Faroe Islands1149.99976.75973.64960.401016.131019.99992.29994.1215.076%1.78% Negative increase
 Gabon11538.2621421.2922664.0612783.829185.098581.548827.489374.54142.165%−56.24% Positive decrease
 United Kingdom15369.3813301.2311722.359328.875934.636198.535973.225545.1984.093%−58.31% Positive decrease
 Georgia6389.977739.002401.532835.444449.434674.964830.984933.7474.820%−36.25% Positive decrease
 Ghana815.45709.78806.27972.971475.731497.751505.561477.6022.408%108.18% Negative increase
 Gibraltar2866.935419.5011491.1014905.0518919.0119131.6119955.1220353.50308.661%275.56% Negative increase
 Guinea1186.621291.101286.431713.911915.001912.921931.671928.5229.246%49.37% Negative increase
 Guadeloupe1289.082417.112057.502875.003139.723143.283144.033263.9049.497%35.03% Negative increase
 The Gambia1569.781035.021022.021161.21838.55778.55790.39756.7311.476%−26.89% Positive decrease
 Guinea-Bissau1067.141635.761613.821683.401445.281430.711430.851398.0821.202%−14.53% Positive decrease
 Equatorial Guinea407.84433.3119551.1315755.326639.885939.835458.644519.1668.533%942.93% Negative increase
 Greece5213.899665.4110864.659745.776458.446597.376623.916290.6295.397%−34.92% Positive decrease
 Grenada552.67963.371019.581617.871621.431752.741732.321805.4727.380%87.41% Negative increase
 Greenland1231.261102.801057.4512641.0210426.1310755.8711242.1811355.52172.206%929.7% Negative increase
 Guatemala1492.351414.441859.631928.762194.252315.412277.582325.8135.271%64.43% Negative increase
 French Guiana2345.643162.161996.341994.811789.651774.691736.131758.8626.673%−44.38% Positive decrease
 Guyana7116.595059.316242.266518.839314.459255.3810369.5110200.48154.690%101.62% Negative increase
 Hong Kong2999.216779.627000.256707.245368.635326.664975.315226.7779.264%−22.9% Positive decrease
 Honduras2135.501841.251753.922238.352091.882178.012206.902255.0334.198%22.47% Negative increase
 Croatia6449.457002.875648.606350.596083.656198.076141.656180.7593.731%−11.74% Positive decrease
 Haiti1319.431031.801129.121189.561187.311167.061162.581162.6917.632%12.69% Negative increase
 Hungary8786.959322.847581.316818.106843.327000.126729.096403.2397.105%−31.32% Positive decrease
 Indonesia1796.772188.632660.933224.383858.383918.734155.094287.4465.019%95.9% Negative increase
 India1432.161589.491752.482232.062482.382633.322761.212900.4243.985%82.48% Negative increase
 Ireland13424.6216039.7919348.9314403.2112123.2712447.3412168.1911577.60175.574%−27.82% Positive decrease
 Iran7740.445917.457743.6510300.2210639.0311050.3211302.3311643.08176.567%96.76% Negative increase
 Iraq10470.229847.137143.446845.997989.387880.198352.308084.34122.599%−17.9% Positive decrease
 Iceland15723.2417298.6113949.8315522.1412233.4212597.6412560.5311885.86180.249%−31.29% Positive decrease
 Israel and  State of Palestine18282.616334.057473.907226.485566.355484.995541.975364.1481.347%−15.31% Positive decrease
 Italy,  San Marino and  Holy See7359.428957.349486.968460.666248.036888.826839.876359.0996.436%−3.564% Positive decrease
 Jamaica4920.043794.044492.813168.622459.372648.942618.382787.8842.278%−26.52% Positive decrease
 Jordan2083.433408.393865.303641.382969.483051.543058.473189.5848.370%−6.42% Positive decrease
 Japan9685.7210578.7010907.8510301.099239.489371.028811.478310.95126.035%−21.44% Positive decrease
 Kazakhstan20417.5720980.0111762.0619385.4616000.4217049.8016774.7216601.03251.754%−20.87% Positive decrease
 Kenya2020.901638.721312.611898.692026.891858.501859.541881.2928.530%14.8% Negative increase
 Kyrgyzstan7742.537631.502217.012601.623174.613351.683316.893320.8250.360%−56.49% Positive decrease
 Cambodia3657.212196.521869.502282.982782.412842.352772.712805.5742.546%27.73% Negative increase
 Kiribati540.95461.20620.78839.84947.97974.101003.111017.0015.423%120.51% Negative increase
 Saint Kitts and Nevis1302.631466.302072.942820.062491.592730.072852.653008.1745.619%105.15% Negative increase
 South Korea3094.697573.4311364.8213399.8013378.9013751.9712897.7912583.64190.831%66.16% Negative increase
 Kuwait106373.4524072.7442938.8542017.1934635.7836184.4937399.6837447.76567.895%55.56% Negative increase
 Laos2568.121884.271833.622363.844812.295341.295446.455645.8985.620%199.63% Negative increase
 Lebanon2946.632871.485613.655740.254732.353981.124079.524266.3564.699%48.58% Negative increase
 Liberia1107.21815.72723.25805.71853.43843.89851.07824.6712.506%1.1% Negative increase
 Libya64281.6819621.8017127.8817185.099663.9813357.0013044.0013912.95210.990%−29.09% Positive decrease
 Saint Lucia738.231064.241359.961670.802188.872357.732360.492465.9437.396%131.71% Negative increase
 Sri Lanka1528.241217.121390.811540.721887.521918.731776.711806.4727.395%48.42% Negative increase
 Lesotho1844.761321.931423.861363.411045.901074.831114.111080.0816.379%−18.29% Positive decrease
 Lithuania9439.4912637.505265.937275.107951.237920.837356.307350.27111.467%−41.84% Positive decrease
 Luxembourg60371.9633830.6222457.8824023.1614631.1715070.4713127.8912537.37190.129%−62.94% Positive decrease
 Latvia7264.6310164.084274.895942.826153.726327.755962.075948.6990.212%−41.47% Positive decrease
 Macao1349.352927.773597.853352.494555.504389.324501.604573.3369.354%56.21% Negative increase
 Morocco1390.551706.711963.542486.292783.272914.382807.702781.9742.189%63% Negative increase
 Moldova6504.288566.302349.842805.143064.123297.283245.983405.1851.640%−60.25% Positive decrease
 Madagascar3080.142062.431639.451337.961145.831161.381141.171107.3116.792%−46.31% Positive decrease
 Maldives181.17608.152508.483219.275889.666091.606327.326446.6697.764%960.05% Negative increase
 Mexico3951.635158.465564.775710.914809.754952.975023.375148.1178.071%−0.2% Positive decrease
 North Macedonia7134.877216.045608.105670.294929.494902.085266.295440.2182.501%−24.61% Positive decrease
 Mali1969.051485.871501.611772.992144.162174.312083.862052.2331.122%38.12% Negative increase
 Malta2469.066834.075907.757117.364554.984554.834844.754654.1570.580%−31.9% Positive decrease
 Myanmar2633.521658.081805.342160.562210.242156.912123.832049.2431.077%23.59% Negative increase
 Mongolia12317.0711783.4310487.9514102.8820418.3820699.3720315.6525144.06381.309%113.38% Negative increase
 Mozambique1046.92667.36600.44607.65882.51960.621007.64966.4714.656%44.82% Negative increase
 Mauritania4916.823275.153372.373157.473345.623287.373266.173199.4748.520%−2.31% Positive decrease
 Martinique1117.272507.922143.852868.612330.622697.183029.533164.7347.993%26.19% Negative increase
 Mauritius995.931745.492735.553992.324369.914591.724671.414842.7673.440%177.44% Negative increase
 Malawi518.56622.22715.21754.25852.80883.41867.27894.3013.562%43.73% Negative increase
 Malaysia4193.555118.897071.669126.158964.799005.579367.529534.03144.583%86.25% Negative increase
 Namibia8288.244632.424391.454572.164174.184414.394553.914503.9168.302%−2.77% Positive decrease
New Caledonia New Caledonia12833.7411358.8411779.8114921.9324067.4820611.5721352.1122270.09337.726%96.06% Negative increase
 Niger2453.351343.231428.441419.581543.281565.151575.431569.5623.802%16.85% Negative increase
 Nigeria3254.472921.243312.742180.921849.321829.301753.161732.0226.266%−40.71% Positive decrease
 Nicaragua3743.992446.342587.772692.502982.913048.093089.193122.1847.348%27.63% Negative increase
 Netherlands13760.8014913.4514132.2713141.669923.6310140.329328.368701.06131.951%−41.66% Positive decrease
 Norway13922.2312872.1112641.3412806.5310484.9310528.3310310.8010120.82153.482%−21.37% Positive decrease
 Nepal2079.121621.551444.711472.761812.891811.111807.701821.1027.617%12.31% Negative increase
 New Zealand20249.4020972.8421059.0819383.7017536.3417346.1116962.7716994.92257.728%−18.97% Positive decrease
 Oman20504.7319291.6222954.2725126.3121984.4422743.4823348.7223427.03355.271%21.44% Negative increase
 Pakistan1723.941871.232016.612213.192523.482597.982483.752425.2936.779%29.61% Negative increase
 Panama4069.262851.463224.724098.953685.643958.884181.094755.6872.120%66.78% Negative increase
 Peru2860.902045.882246.932611.672432.502611.562707.412732.4641.438%33.56% Negative increase
 Philippines2436.141633.501773.361732.332090.642159.972165.842237.1533.926%36.95% Negative increase
 Palau188715.09155331.00116877.14107735.7459539.3163169.6363571.8665289.25990.111%−57.97% Positive decrease
 Papua New Guinea769.93942.571090.27919.681098.191036.421045.101040.1315.774%10.35% Negative increase
 Poland14837.2713512.2810761.5910881.159949.6110703.4410524.949668.69146.626%−28.45% Positive decrease
 Puerto Rico11604.146181.637334.614343.164018.554082.974085.754420.4767.036%−28.49% Positive decrease
 North Korea6853.238261.254415.284017.113743.933198.383288.653446.1752.261%−58.29% Positive decrease
 Portugal3402.445879.357810.386415.485622.495478.615539.775240.7279.475%−10.86% Positive decrease
 Paraguay4205.614937.344692.285862.286023.056076.295753.165691.0886.305%15.27% Negative increase
 French Polynesia1747.804777.973454.904081.984164.124321.014529.574659.5170.661%−2.48% Positive decrease
 Qatar214940.0955172.46101302.6152675.4350200.3250397.6150005.1552565.05797.149%−4.73% Positive decrease
 Réunion1115.291895.693176.563574.843230.163214.033195.533188.5448.354%68.2% Negative increase
 Romania8493.9610275.075909.295744.995713.046003.445778.505539.1184.001%−46.09% Positive decrease
 Russia13242.5420775.3714270.1115390.8016660.8817738.9718275.9318658.97282.963%−10.19% Positive decrease
 Rwanda1127.11770.02496.33559.26575.23574.58546.84536.738.139%−30.3% Positive decrease
 Saudi Arabia13787.5714487.7316866.5221991.9721119.8821302.2321984.4522173.94336.268%53.05% Negative increase
 Serbia and  Montenegro5319.068421.826518.797552.637653.627466.297445.897275.92110.339%−13.61% Positive decrease
 Sudan and  South Sudan2778.572360.682826.492815.992461.182331.132267.772231.5033.841%−5.47% Positive decrease
 Senegal1824.121316.221372.771502.511567.821605.961588.001550.1523.508%17.77% Negative increase
 Singapore3590.9811203.7414625.8311440.4211469.0611827.1711895.2112216.76185.267%9.04% Negative increase
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1169.362404.022785.533512.954621.654848.155184.565317.7680.644%121.2% Negative increase
 Solomon Islands949.29983.651002.661105.871005.271021.731043.911053.8315.981%7.13% Negative increase
 Sierra Leone1090.76932.68784.67879.73824.22910.32826.96812.2812.318%−12.91% Positive decrease
 El Salvador1502.041370.661766.281869.421731.101858.911913.051984.0930.089%44.75% Negative increase
 Somalia5394.353456.873125.842486.742014.571944.451893.871846.3828.000%−46.59% Positive decrease
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon7596.3915680.673738.636767.006742.526448.236601.356653.39100.899%−57.57% Positive decrease
 São Tomé and Príncipe460.27723.04828.361123.421194.831178.681289.761302.3819.751%80.13% Negative increase
 Suriname5462.045720.125333.795406.516487.366425.756232.356324.4095.909%10.56% Negative increase
 Slovakia12695.6114227.769537.099221.467799.168582.388346.168220.23124.660%−42.22% Positive decrease
 Slovenia8848.2510678.9810267.3610785.078561.378631.648248.367689.19116.607%−28% Positive decrease
 Sweden14219.468765.138513.377265.175141.715293.024889.304761.8472.213%−45.67% Positive decrease
 Eswatini4108.253737.243065.872315.792102.852143.022183.152179.9533.059%−41.67% Positive decrease
 Seychelles2483.514488.2510166.8610871.3212690.0512797.3313420.5513801.12209.294%207.49% Negative increase
 Syria2463.345094.605176.784219.842142.192045.901964.531919.0029.102%−62.33% Positive decrease
 Turks and Caicos Islands798.87793.791361.732702.492606.852846.332770.572901.4444.000%265.52% Negative increase
 Chad2450.072879.963197.193934.245034.095100.015275.795372.1681.469%86.54% Negative increase
 Togo890.88873.16965.411138.211144.691178.751192.371180.1317.897%35.16% Negative increase
 Thailand3197.093835.904668.876079.276248.616179.506360.666331.1896.012%65.05% Negative increase
 Tajikistan4867.924165.881690.111553.422220.652193.002155.012141.0332.469%−48.61% Positive decrease
 Turkmenistan13128.9516641.3113217.2517464.9416544.9716076.5916102.1115734.05238.607%−5.45% Positive decrease
 East Timor1072.20689.861062.051925.341385.301357.991398.591362.6520.665%97.53% Negative increase
 Tonga795.682045.692134.772293.572811.862877.262958.393027.4945.912%47.99% Negative increase
 Trinidad and Tobago9617.8113013.8918509.2436199.6626502.2125650.7025219.2924755.27375.414%90.22% Negative increase
 Tunisia2069.712820.393260.963771.823376.993585.763498.733561.7954.015%26.29% Negative increase
 Turkey2862.824111.414968.225729.026958.427390.877043.657100.72107.682%72.71% Negative increase
 Taiwan3560.657221.6411877.7213574.7113299.5613726.6513203.1512850.49194.878%77.94% Negative increase
 Tanzania1430.861125.511133.451168.811327.081346.371314.851309.4319.858%16.34% Negative increase
 Uganda1154.14865.68807.841045.661063.871089.501056.481029.8715.618%18.97% Negative increase
 Ukraine12893.7518819.399306.518826.106598.376493.035017.965035.2576.360%−73.24% Positive decrease
 Uruguay10271.199406.2010298.6911503.6011136.8412142.4111981.7711801.05178.963%25.46% Negative increase
 United States27619.1824588.3425545.2821738.9617112.4517968.7117986.6617608.22267.029%−28.39% Positive decrease
 Uzbekistan6584.438039.286745.426743.295957.246250.346352.966231.3194.498%−22.49% Positive decrease
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines505.15716.99859.361405.561229.641308.861312.341358.3320.599%89.45% Negative increase
 Venezuela9190.228222.939074.708962.114109.944013.624240.504441.4367.354%−45.99% Positive decrease
 British Virgin Islands1609.101763.381925.133102.642435.152624.002636.432678.5040.619%51.9% Negative increase
 Vietnam2067.911530.912046.483327.165057.104940.904727.085185.0878.632%238.69% Negative increase
 Vanuatu3422.533221.382858.662866.522140.232145.882152.752148.1232.576%−33.32% Positive decrease
 Samoa1102.171814.312082.852519.672826.163055.113131.383167.3748.033%74.58% Negative increase
 Yemen871.501451.891814.052244.231087.051081.511050.641000.1215.167%−31.12% Positive decrease
 South Africa10557.2510835.759868.0611291.689225.119281.148884.378614.20130.634%−20.5% Positive decrease
 Zambia2985.991928.711408.131362.451463.901468.631507.141495.3622.677%−22.47% Positive decrease
 Zimbabwe4197.293373.042656.701951.071514.141599.031617.611648.7425.003%−51.12% Positive decrease
United Nations Global Average6487.576140.345888.426585.826330.146548.496533.776594.13100.000%7.39% Negative increase
 European Union11904.3711607.1110461.109614.187637.958062.237849.397264.10110.160%−37.42% Positive decrease
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Notes

  1. Greenhouse gases (GHG) constitute a group of gases contributing to global warming and climate change.
    The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 to curb global warming, nowadays covers seven greenhouse gases:
    • the non-fluorinated gases:
      • carbon dioxide (CO2),
      • methane (CH4),
      • nitrous oxide (N2O),
    • the fluorinated gases:
      • hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),
      • perfluorocarbons (PFCs),
      • sulphur hexafluoride (SF6),
      • nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).
    Converting them to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming.
  2. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas, but not the only one. To capture all greenhouse gas emissions, researchers express them in carbon dioxide-equivalents (CO2eq). This takes all greenhouse gases into account, not just CO2. To express all greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide-equivalents (CO2eq), each one is weighted by its "global warming potential" (GWP) value. GWP measures the amount of warming a gas creates compared to CO2. CO2 is given a GWP value of one. If a gas had a GWP of 10 then one kilogram of that gas would generate ten times the warming effect as one kilogram of CO2. Carbon dioxide-equivalents are calculated for each gas by multiplying the mass of emissions of a specific greenhouse gas by its GWP factor. This warming can be stated over different timescales. To calculate CO2eq over 100 years, we’d multiply each gas by its GWP over a 100-year timescale (GWP100). Total greenhouse gas emissions – measured in CO2eq – are then calculated by summing each gas’ CO2eq value.
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    Global Carbon Project (2022)[4]
    The rate of build-up of GHG in the atmosphere can be reduced by taking advantage of the fact that atmospheric CO2 can accumulate as carbon in vegetation and soils in terrestrial ecosystems. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas (GHG) from the atmosphere is referred to as a "sink". Human activities impact terrestrial sinks, through land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), consequently, the exchange of CO2 (carbon cycle) between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere is altered.[3]

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