Carbon Dioxide Emissions
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
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Sources of Emissions in 1995 (000 metric tons) |
Total Emissions |
Per Capita |
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Solid Fuels |
Liquid Fuels |
Gaseous Fuels |
Gas Flaring |
Cement Manuf. |
(million metric tons) |
(metric tons) |
kg per 1987 $ of GDP |
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Belize |
0 |
414 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
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Cuba |
7 |
27,898 |
77 |
0 |
34 |
30.7 |
29.1 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
.. |
.. |
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Dominican Republic |
293 |
10,750 |
0 |
0 |
724 |
6.4 |
11.8 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
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Guyana |
0 |
934 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
4.0 |
2.1 |
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Haiti |
0 |
612 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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Jamaica |
147 |
8,643 |
0 |
0 |
261 |
8.4 |
9.1 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
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Suriname |
0 |
2,125 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
6.7 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
2.5 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
0 |
3,430 |
11,824 |
1,558 |
299 |
16.7 |
17.1 |
15.4 |
13.3 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
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Caribbean |
447 |
54,806 |
11,901 |
1,558 |
1,368 |
67.2 |
71.1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Costa Rica |
0 |
4,741 |
0 |
0 |
493 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
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El Salvador |
0 |
4,752 |
0 |
0 |
436 |
2.1 |
5.2 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
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Guatemala |
0 |
6,390 |
22 |
0 |
778 |
4.5 |
7.2 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
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Honduras |
0 |
3,528 |
0 |
0 |
326 |
2.1 |
3.9 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
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Nicaragua |
0 |
2,528 |
0 |
0 |
174 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
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Panama |
143 |
6,463 |
117 |
0 |
174 |
3.5 |
6.9 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
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Central America |
143 |
28,402 |
139 |
0 |
2,381 |
16.6 |
31.1 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Argentina |
3,572 |
59,767 |
56,334 |
6,600 |
3,189 |
107.5 |
129.5 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
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Bolivia |
0 |
5,276 |
2,928 |
1,923 |
349 |
4.5 |
10.5 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
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Brazil |
43,815 |
180,837 |
9,479 |
2,324 |
12,707 |
183.4 |
249.2 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
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Chile |
10,926 |
28,151 |
3,217 |
316 |
1,495 |
27.9 |
44.1 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
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Colombia |
15,246 |
38,670 |
8,075 |
739 |
4,796 |
39.8 |
67.5 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
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Ecuador |
0 |
19,009 |
506 |
1,969 |
1,146 |
13.4 |
22.6 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
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Paraguay |
0 |
3,514 |
0 |
0 |
284 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
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Peru |
1,887 |
27,224 |
363 |
44 |
1,046 |
23.5 |
30.6 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
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Uruguay |
4 |
5,078 |
0 |
0 |
299 |
5.8 |
5.4 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
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Venezuela |
1,209 |
83,253 |
80,073 |
12,271 |
3,438 |
89.6 |
180.2 |
6.0 |
8.3 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
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South America |
76,659 |
450,779 |
160,975 |
26,186 |
28,749 |
497.0 |
743.4 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Mexico |
23,358 |
257,158 |
61,830 |
3,544 |
11,945 |
255.0 |
357.8 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
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LAC |
100,607 |
791,145 |
234,845 |
31,288 |
44,443 |
835.8 |
1203.4 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
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Sources: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-1995," Oak Rid ge, Tennessee, September 1995. Output per unit of GDP: The World Bank, World Development Indicators 1998 (CD-ROM version), Washington, D.C., 1998.
Definitions: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, largely a byproduct of energy generation and use, are the largest source of greenhouse gases associated with global warming. Total emissions consist of the sum of CO2 produced during the consumption of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels, and from gas flaring and the manufacture of cement. Solid fuels, liquid fuels, and gaseous fuels are primarily, but not exclusively, coals, petroleum products, and natura l gas, respectively. Gas flaring is the practice of burning off gas released in the process of petroleum extraction. During cement manufacturing, cement is calcined to produce calcium oxide. In the process, 0.498 metric ton of CO2 is rele ased for each ton of cement production. Kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per 1987 dollar of GDP (gross domestic product) reflects, in real terms, the level of CO2 emitted for each unit (dollar in 1987 terms) of production (GDP).
Notes: Combustion of different fossil fuels releases CO2 at different rates. For the same level of energy consumption, burning oil releases about 1.5 times the amount of CO2 released by burning natural gas; coal combustion rele ases about twice the CO2 of natural gas.
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