Carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons per capita) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators



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Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring. Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons per capita) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2006)

Rank

Country

Value

1Libya9.19
2Seychelles8.79
3South Africa8.75
4Equatorial Guinea6.97
5Algeria3.98
6Mauritius3.07
7North Africa2.67
8Botswana2.57
9Tunisia2.28
10Egypt2.12
11Morocco1.49
12Gabon1.47
13Namibia1.38
14Africa1.14
15Zimbabwe0.89
16Swaziland0.89
17Sub-Saharan Africa0.82
18Nigeria0.67
19Sao Tome and Principe0.66
20Cape Verde0.64
21Angola0.62
22Djibouti0.60
23Mauritania0.55
24Republic of the Congo0.42
25Ghana0.41
26Benin0.38
27Senegal0.37
28Ivory Coast0.35
29Kenya0.33
30Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa0.31
31Sudan0.27
32Liberia0.23
33Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria0.22
34Gambia0.21
35Zambia0.21
36Cameroon0.20
37Togo0.20
38Guinea-Bissau0.19
39Sierra Leone0.19
40Madagascar0.16
41Comoros0.14
42Guinea0.14
43Tanzania0.13
44Eritrea0.12
45Mozambique0.10
46Uganda0.09
47Rwanda0.09
48Malawi0.08
49Ethiopia0.08
50Niger0.07
51Central African Republic0.06
52Burkina Faso0.05
53Mali0.05
54Chad0.04
55Democratic Republic of the Congo0.04
56Burundi0.03
57Somalia0.02
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