This is a list of sovereign states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions due to human activity. The data presented below corresponds to emissions in 2008. The data was collected by the CDIAC

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center is an organization within the United States Department of Energy that has the primary responsibility for providing the US government and research community with global warming data and analysis as it pertains to energy issues...

 for the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

. The data only considers carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture, but not emissions from land use such as deforestation

Deforestation

Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use....

. The top 10 countries in the world emit 67.07% of the world total. Other powerful, more potent greenhouse gases are not included in this data, including methane

Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest alkane, the principal component of natural gas, and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel...

.

Some dependencies and territories whose independence has not been generally recognized are also included as they are in the source data. Certain entities are mentioned here for purposes of comparison. These are indicated in italics and are not counted in the ordering of sovereign states. (See also: carbon cycle

Carbon cycle

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth...

) On 6 October 2010, the International Energy Agency

International Energy Agency

The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...

 released its own data set (calculated using slightly different methods than CDIAC) for 2008 emissions that listed about 140 countries.

List of countries by 2008 emissions

Rank	Country	Annual CO2 emissions (in thousands of metric tonnes)	Percentage of global total
	World	29,888,121	100%
1		7,031,916	23.33%
2		5,461,014	18.11%
-	(27)	4,177,817.86	14.04%
3		1,742,698	5.78%
4		1,708,653	5.67%
5		1,208,163	4.01%
6		786,660	2.61%
7		544,091	1.80%
8		538,404	1.79%
9		522,856	1.73%
10		509,170	1.69%
11		475,834	1.58%
12		445,119	1.48%
13		435,878	1.45%
14		433,557	1.44%
15		406,029	1.35%
16		399,219	1.32%
17		393,220	1.30%
18		376,986	1.25%
19		329,286	1.09%
20		323,532	1.07%
21		316,066	1.05%
22		285,733	0.95%
23		283,980	0.94%
24		258,599	0.86%
25		236,954	0.79%
26		210,321	0.70%
27		208,267	0.69%
28		192,378	0.64%
29		173,750	0.58%
30		169,533	0.56%
31		163,178	0.54%
32		155,066	0.51%
33		127,384	0.42%
34		124,905	0.41%
35		116,996	0.39%
36		111,304	0.37%
37		104,880	0.35%
38		102,936	0.34%
39		97,814	0.32%
40		95,756	0.32%
41		94,660	0.31%
42		83,157	0.28%
43		78,371	0.26%
44		76,743	0.25%
45		73,109	0.24%
46		71,598	0.24%
47		68,478	0.23%
48		67,726	0.22%
49		67,700	0.22%
50		62,816	0.21%
51		58,331	0.19%
52		56,512	0.19%
53		56,310	0.19%
54		54,638	0.18%
55		50,539	0.17%
56		49,920	0.17%
57		49,934	0.17%
58		49,772	0.17%
59		49,050	0.16%
60		47,906	0.16%
61		47,840	0.16%
62		47,139	0.16%
63		46,527	0.15%
64		46,025	0.15%
65		45,749	0.15%
66		43,604	0.14%
67		40,535	0.13%
68		40,392	0.13%
69		38,573	0.13%
70		37,664	0.12%
71		37,557	0.12%
72		33,095	0.11%
73		32,295	0.11%
74		31,419	0.10%
75		31,276	0.10%
76		26,826	0.09%
77		25,013	0.08%
78		24,371	0.08%
79		23,384	0.08%
80		23,304	0.08%
81		22,479	0.07%
82		21,617	0.07%
83		21,382	0.07%
84		18,291	0.06%
85		17,158	0.06%
86		17,099	0.06%
87		15,130	0.05%
88		14,052	0.05%
89		12,835	0.04%
90		12,776	0.04%
91		12,204	0.04%
92		11,914	0.04%
93		11,815	0.04%
94		11,764	0.04%
95		10,895	0.04%
96		10,594	0.04%
97		10,502	0.03%
98		10,392	0.03%
99		9,076	0.03%
100		8,672	0.03%
101		8,592	0.03%
102		8,328	0.03%
103		8,328	0.03%
104		8,016	0.03%
105		7,591	0.03%
106		7,107	0.02%
107		7,015	0.02%
108		6,912	0.02%
109		6,465	0.02%
110		6,219	0.02%
111		6,208	0.02%
112		6,113	0.02%
113		5,548	0.02%
114		5,302	0.02%
115		5,203	0.02%
116		4,976	0.02%
117		4,840	0.02%
118		4,815	0.02%
119		4,774	0.02%
120		4,602	0.02%
121		4,331	0.01%
123		4,117	0.01%
124		4,118	0.01%
125		4,067	0.01%
126		3,968	0.01%
127		3,953	0.01%
128		3,748	0.01%
129		3,542	0.01%
130		3,150	0.01%
131		3,146	0.01%
132		2,816	0.01%
133		2,816	0.01%
134		2,560	0.01%
135		2,472	0.01%
136		2,439	0.01%
137		2,435	0.01%
138		2,314	0.01%
139		2,288	0.01%
140		2,230	0.01%
141		2,200	0.01%
142		2,156	0.01%
143		2,109	0.01%
144		2,057	0.01%
145		1,999	0.01%
146		1,951	0.01%
147		1,936	0.01%
148		1,918	0.01%
149		1,911	0.01%
150		1,889	0.01%
151		1,856	0.01%
152		1,533	0.01%
153		1,525	0.01%
154		1,419	< 0.01%
155		1,393	< 0.01%
156		1,353	< 0.01%
157		1,335	< 0.01%
158		1,335	< 0.01%
159		1,254	< 0.01%
160		1,228	< 0.01%
161		1,093	< 0.01%
162		920	< 0.01%
163		913	< 0.01%
164		891	< 0.01%
165		851	< 0.01%
166		814	< 0.01%
167		733	< 0.01%
168		708	< 0.01%
169		704	< 0.01%
170		682	< 0.01%
171		649	< 0.01%
172		609	< 0.01%
173		594	< 0.01%
174		576	< 0.01%
175		557	< 0.01%
176		539	< 0.01%
177		524	< 0.01%
178		495	< 0.01%
179		447	< 0.01%
180		425	< 0.01%
181		422	< 0.01%
182		414	< 0.01%
183		411	< 0.01%
184		396	< 0.01%
185		389	< 0.01%
186		308	< 0.01%
187		282	< 0.01%
188		260	< 0.01%
189		249	< 0.01%
190		246	< 0.01%
191		238	< 0.01%
192		213	< 0.01%
193		202	< 0.01%
194		198	< 0.01%
195		191	< 0.01%
196		180	< 0.01%
197		176	< 0.01%
198		161	< 0.01%
199		158	< 0.01%
200		143	< 0.01%
201		128	< 0.01%
202		128	< 0.01%
203		125	< 0.01%
204		103	< 0.01%
205		99	< 0.01%
206		92	< 0.01%
207		77	< 0.01%
208		70	< 0.01%
209		66	< 0.01%
210		62	< 0.01%
211		59	< 0.01%
212		59	< 0.01%
213		29	< 0.01%
214		22	< 0.01%
215		11	< 0.01%
216		4	< 0.01%

See also

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• Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
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• Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine
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   (AMEE)
• Carbon cycle
  Carbon cycle
  The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth...
  
  
• Climate change
  Climate change
  Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
  
  
• Comparisons of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
  Comparisons of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
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• Emission standard
  Emission standard
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• Environmental impact of aviation
• Global warming
  Global warming
  Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
  
  
• Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States
  Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States
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• Kyoto Protocol
  Kyoto Protocol
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• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• List of countries by electricity production from renewable source
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
• List of countries by ratio of GDP to carbon dioxide emissions
• World energy resources and consumption
  World energy resources and consumption
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• List of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions
• C90 List of countries producing 90% of carbon

USGS - Volcano Hazards Program Information - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/gas/index.php
"Volcanoes release more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year."

External links

The contents of this article comes from the latest figures from the millennium indicators as of 2009-07-14:

• United Nation Statistics Division
• GHG data from UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992...
  
  GHG emissions data
• Breathing Earth - A visual real-time simulation that uses this emissions data
• Global Emissions - Global emissions graphic
• Google - public data "CO₂ emissions (kt)"
• Google - public data "CO₂ emissions (metric tons per capita)"