United Kingdom's Carbon Emissions

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Emissions of greenhouse gases from combustion of fossil fuels are associated with the global warming of Earth's climate. Certain air pollutants, including carbon emissions, not only contribute to global warming, but are also suspected of having immediate effect on regional climates.

United Kingdom emissions of Carbon Dioxide were 346.8 Million MtCO2e in 2019, this places United Kingdom as the 16th worst CO2 emitter globally.

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Data source: Friedlingstein et al. 2020, Göttingen


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China 7.94 11,472.39
United States 15.04 5,007.33
India 1.94 2,709.67
Russia 12.03 1,755.53
Japan 8.47 1,067.40
Germany 8.04 674.76
Saudi Arabia 19.03 672.38
Indonesia 2.24 619.29
Korea, Rep. 12.01 616.06
Canada 14.33 545.64
Brazil 2.28 488.89
Türkiye 5.25 446.20
South Africa 7.26 435.94
Mexico 3.13 407.22
Australia 15.17 391.21
United Kingdom 5.08 346.76
Italy 5.44 328.70
Poland 8.69 328.59
Vietnam 3.32 326.02
France 4.68 305.98
Taiwan 11.86 282.86
Thailand 3.98 278.50
Kazakhstan 14.57 276.67
Malaysia 7.81 256.04
Egypt 2.39 249.63
Spain 5.00 233.65
Pakistan 1.02 229.51
United Arab Emirates 20.43 204.08
Ukraine 4.64 201.85
Argentina 4.09 186.46
Algeria 3.95 176.28
Philippines 1.30 144.25
Netherlands 8.21 141.03
Nigeria 0.65 137.00
Uzbekistan 3.58 121.64
Kuwait 24.52 106.15
Czechia 9.06 97.13
Belgium 8.23 95.74
Qatar 32.65 95.67
Bangladesh 0.56 93.18
Colombia 1.79 91.71
Chile 4.45 85.44
Turkmenistan 13.56 82.99
Oman 15.50 80.97
Romania 4.15 79.33
Libya 10.71 74.53
Morocco 1.89 70.57
Austria 7.15 64.63
Belarus 6.31 59.61
Greece 5.43 56.32
Peru 1.69 56.28
Israel 6.20 54.52
Mongolia 15.11 50.31
Hungary 5.03 48.44
Bulgaria 6.17 42.58
Ecuador 2.31 41.33
Norway 7.49 40.93
Portugal 4.01 40.78
Bahrain 22.32 39.02
Azerbaijan 3.77 38.51
Finland 6.78 37.59
Ireland 7.54 37.56
Myanmar 0.66 36.31
Sweden 3.53 35.83
Slovak Republic 6.47 35.32
Switzerland 4.01 34.92
New Zealand 6.95 33.78
Singapore 5.51 32.50
Tunisia 2.65 31.58
Serbia 3.55 30.85
Denmark 5.09 29.57
Dominican Republic 2.64 28.91
Jordan 2.49 25.61
Lebanon 3.69 24.95
Bolivia 1.97 23.34
Angola 0.63 21.36
Ghana 0.67 21.32
Sudan 0.47 21.03
Laos 2.82 20.77
Sri Lanka 0.97 20.77
Guatemala 1.11 20.34
Kenya 0.36 19.86
Cambodia 1.12 19.02
Ethiopia 0.15 17.81
Croatia 4.34 17.70
Nepal 0.48 14.18
Lithuania 5.16 13.89
Senegal 0.79 13.59
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.15 13.56
Panama 2.98 13.04
Tanzania 0.21 13.04
Slovenia 6.05 12.57
Yemen, Rep. 0.41 12.49
Afghanistan 0.30 11.87
Cote d'Ivoire 0.43 11.72
Zimbabwe 0.75 11.29
Georgia 2.76 10.99
Honduras 1.08 10.88
Estonia 7.88 10.44
Tajikistan 1.06 10.33
Cameroon 0.34 9.31
Kyrgyzstan 1.40 9.31
Paraguay 1.19 8.57
Papua New Guinea 0.93 8.50
Luxembourg 13.16 8.35
Costa Rica 1.52 7.80
Benin 0.62 7.77
Jamaica 2.59 7.69
Zambia 0.41 7.69
Cyprus 6.24 7.58
Congo, Rep. 1.32 7.47
Latvia 3.89 7.25
El Salvador 1.11 7.22
Mozambique 0.22 7.14
North Macedonia 3.29 6.85
Armenia 2.30 6.82
Uruguay 1.93 6.74
Botswana 2.71 6.49
Uganda 0.12 5.79
Burkina Faso 0.27 5.72
Gabon 2.51 5.72
Moldova 1.39 5.61
Nicaragua 0.75 5.06
Guinea 0.36 4.84
Albania 1.61 4.62
Mauritius 3.51 4.47
Madagascar 0.15 4.25
Mali 0.20 4.18
Mauritania 0.86 4.10
Namibia 1.56 4.03
Iceland 9.82 3.37
Guyana 3.89 3.08
Haiti 0.25 2.86
Suriname 4.71 2.78
Niger 0.11 2.71
Congo, Dem. Rep 0.03 2.60
Togo 0.28 2.34
Lesotho 1.05 2.27
Chad 0.11 1.94
Rwanda 0.13 1.76
Malta 3.89 1.72
Bhutan 1.97 1.54
Malawi 0.08 1.54
Sierra Leone 0.16 1.28
Liberia 0.23 1.21
Eswatini 0.94 1.10
Burundi 0.06 0.70
Gambia 0.27 0.66
Guinea-Bissau 0.18 0.37
Comoros 0.33 0.29
Central African Republic 0.04 0.22


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