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How much greenhouse gases are emitted per capita?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Greenhouse gas emissions, tonnes in CO2 equivalents per capita, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry
Year:	2018
Unit:	tonnes per capita
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	UNFCCC, Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR
Annotation:	UNFCCC: Dataset: Time Series - Annex I, GHG total without LULUCF URL: https://di.unfccc.int/time_s… extracted June 30th, 2020 Eurostat: Dataset: Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [demo_pjanbroad] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted May 21st, 2020
Source 2:	UNFCCC, World Bank World Development Indicators
Data for:	AUS, CAN, JPN, NZL, USA
Annotation:	UNFCCC: Dataset: Time Series - Annex I, GHG total without LULUCF URL: https://di.unfccc.int/time_s… extracted June 30th, 2020 World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted May 21st, 2020
Source 3:	OECD Online Database, World Bank World Development Indicators
Data for:	CHL, ISR, KOR, MEX
Exceptions:	CHL (2016), ISR (2016), KOR (2016), MEX (2015)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Greenhouse gas emissions URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 30th, 2020 World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted May 21st, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	22.48
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Upper middle group

Malta

8.2

4.60

Sweden

8.0

5.12

Switzerland

7.8

5.46

Mexico

7.8

5.56

Croatia

7.7

5.80

Romania

7.6

5.95

Latvia

7.6

6.06

Chile

7.5

6.24

Turkey

7.4

6.45

Hungary

7.4

6.47

Portugal

7.4

6.54

France

7.3

6.76

7.2

7.03

Italy

7.2

7.07

Spain

7.1

7.16

Lithuania

7.1

7.22

Slovakia

6.8

7.96

Bulgaria

6.7

8.20

Slovenia

6.6

8.47

Greece

6.6

8.59

Denmark

6.6

8.60

Austria

6.4

8.95

Israel

6.3

9.35

Japan

6.1

9.79

Norway

6.1

9.82

Lower middle group

Cyprus

5.9

10.20

Finland

5.9

10.22

Germany

5.8

10.37

Belgium

5.8

10.39

Poland

5.6

10.87

Netherlands

5.6

10.93

Czechia

5.2

12.01

Ireland

5.0

12.61

South Korea

4.6

13.54

Iceland

4.4

13.94

Estonia

3.9

15.14

New Zealand

3.5

16.29

Luxembourg

3.0

17.52

Bottom group

Canada

2.1

19.68

USA

1.8

20.44

Australia

1.1

22.34

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