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To put some numbers on the table, in 2018 (I could not find more recent data) the values of CO2 emissions in metric tons per capita were as follows:[1] Franc
by Archelaos 5y ago
To put some numbers on the table, in 2018 (I could not find more recent data) the values of CO2 emissions in metric tons per capita were as follows:[1]
France 5.0
Germany 9.1
For comparison:
India 1.9
EU 8.6
China 8.0
Japan 9.4
Russia 12.1
United States 16.1
Canada 16.1
Australia 16.8
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- natmaka 5y agoGermany is richer (GDP) than France, 20% of its GDP comes from industry (10% in France), and its climate is colder.
- bigbizisverywyz 5y agoWhy is Australia so high? I doubt they need much heating, but is cooling so expensive?
- regpertom 5y agoHaving a squiz at the first page of results on that question, seems like it’s a per capita thing of being a large country with few people. Also, “including exports”, which means all the coal etc and thing they export to China etc is being counted. I don’t want to say it’s an accounting trick but it feels like an accounting trick. 7% of global fossil fuel exports counted against 0.3% of the worlds population (8bill vs 27mill). Is it also counted against the importing country when they use it? Because that feels like double counting.
- mc32 5y agoThat doesn’t sound right. Then Saudi Arabia and Russia should be super high west with all the fossil fuels they produce and export… As you say that’s double counting.