There are other sources of emissions data too, if you want to compare - albeit not as up-to-date: Gibraltar has the highest per capita emissions in the world - 135.3 tonnes per person per year, compared to 8.5 tonnes in the UK and 6.3 tonnes in China.GHG Protocol supplies the worlds most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards. China and the United States are the largest polluters in the world by far, having released 11.5 and 5.0 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2021, respectively. Share of global cumulative CO emissions from land-use change. Share of global cumulative CO emissions from gas. Share of global cumulative CO emissions from flaring. Share of global cumulative CO emissions from coal. In contrast, Iran has moved from 21st place to 8th place in 2010, overtaking the UK and Canada We set the standards to measure and manage emissions. Share of global cumulative CO emissions from cement.The UK's emissions are down 8% on 1992, and it has moved from 7th to 10th place since 1992 Global CO2 emissions exceed the sum of the individual country totals by the amount of CO2 resulting from fuels in bunkers, nonfuel uses of liquids that.China now emits 48% more CO2 than the USA - and is responsible for a quarter of the world's emissions.Meanwhile, US emissions are up for the first time since recession hit in 2008, in a sign of how closely pollution is linked to economic success. It emitted 8.3bn tonnes of CO2 in 2010 - up 240% on 1992, 15.5% on the previous year. The figure is up by 48% on 1992, when the first Rio summit took place.Ĭhina - which only went into first place in 2006 - is racing ahead of the US, too. The world emitted 31.8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy in 2010 - up 6.7% on the year before. The new data, published by the US Energy Information Administration this week, is the most comprehensive carbon emissions data with statistics for over 200 countries around the world since 1980. The new data shows the rise of Asia, big increases in emissions in Africa, how Europe has plateaued - and how Iran has shot up the league table.Ĭhina - the world's biggest emitter of CO2 - has increased by 240%, as The world emits 48% more carbon dioxide from the consumption of energy now than it did in 1992 when the first Rio summit took place.

Global carbon emissions by country