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Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Central America, South America, and the Caribbean
Rank	Country	MtC	% of regional total	Tons of C per person
1	Brazil	229.54	33.10%	1.3
2	Mexico	139.42	20.10%	1.4
3	Argentina	79.08	11.40%	2.1
4	Venezuela	65.65	9.47%	2.7
5	Colombia	43.93	6.33%	1
6	Chile	20.98	3.03%	1.4
7	Peru	19.05	2.75%	0.7
8	Cuba	13.62	1.96%	1.2
9	Ecuador	10.86	1.57%	0.9
10	Bolivia	10.61	1.53%	1.3
11	Dominican Republic	8.23	1.19%	1
12	Paraguay	7.13	1.03%	1.4
13	Uruguay	6.96	1.00%	2.1
14	Guatemala	5.86	0.85%	0.5
15	Trinidad & Tobago	5.86	0.85%	4.5
16	Honduras	3.67	0.53%	0.6
17	Jamaica	3.54	0.51%	1.4
18	Nicaragua	3.54	0.51%	0.7
19	Costa Rica	3.39	0.49%	0.9
20	El Salvador	3.3	0.48%	0.5
21	Panama	3.2	0.46%	1.1
22	Haiti	2.02	0.29%	0.3
23	Guyana	1.05	0.15%	1.4
24	Suriname	0.95	0.14%	2.3
25	Bahamas	0.54	0.08%	1.8
26	Barbados	0.42	0.06%	1.6
27	Antigua & Barbuda	0.37	0.05%	5.4
28	Belize	0.35	0.05%	1.4
29	Saint Lucia	0.16	0.02%	1
30	Saint Vincent & Grenadines	0.07	0.01%	0.6
31	Dominica	0.05	0.01%	0.6
32	Grenada	0.03	0.00%	0.3
33	Saint Kitts & Nevis	0.03	0.00%	0.6
Source: Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (http://cait.wri.org/) comparative data for 2000. Legend: MtC=million metric tonnes of carbon equivalent; Tons C=metric tons of carbon equivalent

Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Rank	Country	MtC	% of regional total	Tons of C per person
1	United States	1,891.79	20.62%	6.6
2	China	1,355.58	14.77%	1.1
3	European Union (15)	1,085.75	11.83%	2.9
4	Russian Federation	519.94	5.67%	3.6
5	India	506.04	5.51%	0.5
6	Japan	364.05	3.97%	2.9
7	Germany	265.18	2.89%	3.2
8	Brazil	229.54	2.50%	1.3
9	Canada	194.75	2.12%	6.3
10	United Kingdom	180.58	1.97%	3.1
11	Italy	145.95	1.59%	2.5
12	Korea (South)	143.41	1.56%	3.1
13	Ukraine	142.54	1.55%	2.9
14	Mexico	139.42	1.52%	1.4
15	France	137.17	1.49%	2.3
16	Indonesia	134.95	1.47%	0.7
17	Australia	130.42	1.42%	6.8
18	Iran	119.74	1.30%	1.9
19	South Africa	112.76	1.23%	2.6
20	Spain	104.25	1.14%	2.6
21	Poland	102.45	1.12%	2.7
22	Turkey	98.89	1.08%	1.5
23	Saudi Arabia	90	0.98%	4.3
24	Argentina	79.08	0.86%	2.1
25	Pakistan	77.9	0.85%	0.6
Source: Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (http://cait.wri.org/) comparative data for 2000. Legend: MtC=million metric tonnes of carbon equivalent; Tons C=metric tons of carbon equivalent

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