Air Quality - Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Most Polluted World Cities by PM
Particulate
matter,
μg/m³ (2004)
City
168 Cairo, Egypt
150 Delhi, India
128 Kolkata, India (Calcutta)
125 Tianjin, China
123 Chongqing, China
109 Kanpur, India
109 Lucknow, India
104 Jakarta, Indonesia
101 Shenyang, China
Total CO2 emissions
Countries with the highest CO2 emissions
Country Carbon dioxide emissions per
year (106 Tons) (2006)
Percentage of global total Avg. emission
per Km2 of its land (Tons)
China 6,103 21.5% 636
United States 5,752 20.2% 597
Russia 1,564 5.5% 91
India 1,510 5.3% 459
Japan 1,293 4.6% 3421
Germany 805 2.8% 2254
United Kingdom 568 2.0% 2338
Canada 544 1.9% 54
South Korea 475 1.7% 4758
Italy 474 1.7% 1573


Per capita CO2 emissions
Countries with the highest per capita CO2 emissions
Country Carbon dioxide emissions per year
(Tons per person) (2006)
Qatar 56.2
United Arab Emirates 32.8
Kuwait 31.2
Bahrain 28.8
Trinidad and Tobago 25.3
Luxembourg 24.5
Netherlands Antilles 22.8
Aruba 22.3
United States 19
Australia 18.1


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