Top 15 countries with highest C02 emissions over the decade?

Ground Report | New Delhi: Top 15 countries with highest C02 emissions; Pollution of the Earth's atmosphere by CO 2  (carbon dioxide) is one of the most important global challenges facing the planet right now since this is one of the main causes of the greenhouse effect and, by extension, of climate change. However, within this crisis, there are some countries more responsible than others in absolute terms.

Traditionally, industrialization and development have been synonymous with pollution. In the transition from agrarian economies to economies with a strong industrial weight, the countries have little or no concern about the environment and pollution and their effects on the environment and man. This was the reality of the Western world for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this process of burning fossil fuels, such as coal or oil, which are the main causes of the emission of CO ₂  into the atmosphere, the countries that acquired a lot of weight from heavy industry or the extraction of hydrocarbons to access the “Development” have ended up becoming those that pollute the most.

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Top 15 countries with highest C02 emissions

1. Palau

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 59.88 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 1.330 million metric tons

2. Qatar

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 38.82 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 106.528 million metric tons

• Trinidad and Tobago

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 23.81 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 32.744 million metric tons.

4. Kuwait

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 23.39 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 98.953 million metric tons

5. United Arab Emirates

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 22.99 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 222.612 million metric tons

6. Bahrain

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 21.64 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 35.438 million metric tons

7. Oman

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 18.55 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 92.781 million metric tons

8. Saudi Arabia

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 18 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 614.607 million metric tons

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Australia

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 17.27 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 433.379 million metric tons

10. Luxembourg

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 16.31 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 9.740 million metric tons

11. Brunei

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 15.98 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 7.020 million metric tons

12. Canada

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 15.69 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 584.846 million metric tons

13. United States

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 15.52 metric tons

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 5.1 billion metric tons

14. Turkmenistan

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 15.23 tonnes

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 90.523 million metric tons

15. Kazakhstan

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels per capita in 2019: 14.92 tonnes

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2019: 277.365 million metric tons

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