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Figure 2.3
CO 2 emissions per capita from fossil fuel use and cement production
Australia
United States
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Russian Federation
South Korea
Taiwan
Germany
Netherlands
Japan
Poland
EU27
United Kingdom
China
South Africa
Ukraine
Italy
Spain
France
Iran
Mexico
Thailand
Brazil
Indonesia
India
Industrialised countries
(Annex I)
1990
2000
2011
Developing countries
1990
2000
2011
0 4 8 12 16 20 24
tonne CO 2
/ capita
Source of population data: UNPD, 2010 (WSS Rev. 2010)
CO 2
emissions per capita in 1990, 2000 and 2011, in the top 25 CO 2
-emitting countries
of Russia, which is the fifth largest (Figure 2.2). Note that
most European countries listed are also part of the EU27;
they are shown for comparative purposes.
Other developing countries
After the economic recovery in most other developing
countries following the recession in 2009, CO 2
emissions
followed suit in 2010 with large increases. However, in
2011 CO 2
emissions increased much less. Total CO 2
emissions in the other developing countries increased by
almost 2% in 2011, down from the large jump of 7% in
2010, following the economic recovery in these countries
after the global recession in 2009. Of the larger countries,
Saudi Arabia’s CO 2
emissions in 2011 jumped 7%, and
Brazil and South Korea saw increases of 3%.
2.3 Comparison between emissions
in the various countries
Although emissions in China and other developing
countries have increased very rapidly, in recent years, in
relative and in absolute figures, the picture is different for
CO 2
emissions per capita (Table 2.1 and visualised in
Figure 2.3) and per unit of GDP (Figure 2.4). Since 1990, in
China, CO 2
emissions per capita increased from 2.2 to 7.2
tonnes, while they decreased in the EU27 2 from 9.2 to 7.5
tonnes per capita and in the United States from 19.7 to
17.3 tonnes per capita.
2
Most European countries listed are also part of the EU27.
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