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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators


ATMOSPHERIC TRENDS

 

INDUSTRIAL CO2 EMISSIONS

 

EMISSIONS IN THOUSAND MTs

 

REGISTERED VEHICLES 1991

 

Total

Per Capita

In Metric Tons

CO2: Land Use Change 1991

 

Methane 1991

 

Chlorofluoro-
carbons
1991

 

In Thousands MTs

 

 

 

 

1981

1991

 

1981

1991

 

 

Antigua and Barbuda

106

289

 

1.8

4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

100,892

115,848

 

3.5

3.6

85,000

 

3,700

 

1.94

5,841,600

Bahamas

2,799

1,946

 

13.0

7.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbados

685

1,011

 

2.7

3.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivia

4,562

5,855

 

0.8

0.8

140,000

 

540

 

0.27

325,000

Brazil

168,295

215,601

 

1.4

1.4

1,100,000

 

9,900

 

4.36

13,204,930

Belize

183

264

 

1.2

1.4

980

 

4

 

 

4,800

Chile

24,600

32,525

 

2.2

2.4

33,000

 

380

 

0.29

1,030,000

Colombia

40,304

57,503

 

1.5

1.8

110,000

 

2,100

 

1.19

1,468,606

Costa Rica

2,246

3,250

 

1.0

1.1

14,000

 

130

 

0.11

263,880

Cuba

32,082

34,398

 

3.3

3.2

3,200

 

370

 

0.23

 

Dominica

37

59

 

0.5

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Rep

6,082

6,262

 

1.0

0.8

4,800

 

210

 

0.26

242,038

Ecuador

16,682

17,785

 

2.0

1.6

72,000

 

490

 

0.23

245,000

El Salvador

1,832

2,532

 

0.4

0.5

520

 

88

 

0.19

160,000

Grenada

59

121

 

0.7

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala

3,909

4,074

 

0.5

0.4

21,000

 

160

 

0.75

250,000

Guyana

1,748

850

 

2.3

1.1

6,900

 

31

 

 

33,000

Haiti

766

733

 

0.1

0.1

470

 

88

 

 

55,000

Honduras

1,821

1,946

 

0.5

0.4

19,000

 

130

 

0.08

137,000

Jamaica

7,409

4,672

 

3.4

1.9

7,200

 

31

 

0.41

116,500

Mexico

282,579

339,873

 

4.1

3.9

63,000

 

3,100

 

3.42

10,700,000

Nicaragua

2,140

2,074

 

0.7

0.5

33,000

 

140

 

0.12

70,000

Panama

3,276

3,594

 

1.6

1.5

21,000

 

100

 

0.12

196,000

Paraguay

1,422

1,781

 

0.4

0.4

35,000

 

440

 

0.13

110,000

Peru

23,472

19,155

 

1.3

0.9

96,000

 

520

 

0.32

635,544

St. Kitts and Nevis

55

73

 

1.2

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Lucia

92

161

 

0.8

1.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Vincnt & Grndnes

37

77

 

0.4

0.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suriname

2,026

2,019

 

5.7

4.7

5,100

 

42

 

0.02

50,000

Trinidad and Tobago

17,041

18,430

 

15.5

14.7

1,200

 

300

 

0.14

210,202

United States

4,445,641

4,931,630

 

19.3

19.5

22,000

 

27,000

 

90.01

188,371,900

Uruguay

5,302

4,459

 

1.8

1.4

1,300

 

690

 

0.12

300,000

Venezuela

93,883

121,605

 

6.1

6.2

170,000

 

2,000

 

1.48

1,909,000

Source: World Resources Database, 1994-1995; Additional emissions data were taken from World Resources 1996-1997 where available.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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