World's biggest polluters

[rpm]

The world's greatest powers, ranked by their absolute and per-capita greenhouse-gas emissions, measured in tons of carbon dioxide (CO2, the main greenhouse gas) per year.

Absolute emissions:
Rank Country Emissions (million tons CO2)
1 China 6,027
2 United States 5,769
3 Russia 1,587
4 India 1,324
5 Japan 1,236
6 Germany 798
7 Canada 572
8 Britain 523
9 South Korea 488
10 Mexico 437
11 Indonesia 377
12 France 369
13 Brazil 347
14 South Africa 345
15 Argentina 162
16 Pakistan 138

Per-capita emissions:
Rank Country Emissions (tons CO2/capita)
1 United States 19.1
2 Canada 17.37
3 Russia 11.21
4 South Korea 10.09
5 Germany 9.71
6 Japan 9.68
7 Britain 8.6
8 South Africa 7.27
9 France 5.81
10 China 4.57
World average 4.38
11 Mexico 4.14
12 Argentina 4.12
13 Brazil 1.81
14 Indonesia 1.67
15 India 1.18
16 Pakistan 0.85

Source: International Energy Agency, www.iea.org, figures for 2007

 

[Albereth]

I wonder what the ranking would be if you did it, say, per GDP?

 

[BCO]

Go South Africa!! Oh wait, what?

 

[Boomstomp]

Go South Africa!! Oh wait, what?

lol

 

[krycor]

And this why we doomed. The top few, in particular US, refuse to reduce their load even by the same magnitude others will. If the movie scenario The day after tomorrow were to happen i'd not feel sorry for them.

 

[Morgoth]

ok people lets try and keep up with the USA please...