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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:	2020
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 24th, 2022 Eurostat: Dataset: Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [demo_pjanbroad] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 21st, 2022
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 24th, 2022 World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted July 1st, 2022
Source 3:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	CHL, ISR, KOR, MEX
Exceptions:	CHL (2018), ISR (2019), KOR (2019), MEX (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Greenhouse gas emissions URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted July 11th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	22.405
/	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.:	For source 1 and 2: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Gross Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Upper middle group

Malta

8.3

4.12

Sweden

8.2

4.48

Switzerland

8.0

5.03

Latvia

7.8

5.48

Portugal

7.8

5.58

Romania

7.7

5.69

Spain

7.7

5.80

Mexico

7.7

5.82

Croatia

7.7

5.85

France

7.6

5.93

Chile

7.6

5.99

7.6

6.05

Turkey

7.5

6.30

Italy

7.4

6.39

Hungary

7.4

6.43

Slovakia

7.3

6.78

Greece

7.2

6.98

Bulgaria

7.2

7.08

Lithuania

7.1

7.22

Denmark

7.0

7.46

Slovenia

7.0

7.56

Austria

6.7

8.27

Finland

6.5

8.64

Estonia

6.5

8.70

Germany

6.5

8.76

Israel

6.5

8.77

Japan

6.3

9.09

Norway

6.3

9.18

Belgium

6.3

9.24

Netherlands

6.2

9.42

Poland

6.0

9.91

Cyprus

6.0

9.99

Lower middle group

Czechia

5.8

10.55

Ireland

5.3

11.63

Iceland

5.0

12.38

South Korea

4.6

13.56

Luxembourg

4.2

14.48

New Zealand

3.8

15.48

Bottom group

Canada

2.9

17.68

USA

2.8

18.04

Australia

1.7

20.54