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It was hard to find up to the minute data, but the Guardian has a slick infographic and list of quick facts using 2009 data: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/data

It was hard to find up to the minute data, but the Guardian has a slick infographic and list of quick facts using 2009 data: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-ca... I'm surprised that India emits so much less than China, since the Kyoto discussions made it sound like China's per capita pollution was absolutely necessary for development. Also shocked that Gibraltar produces 158 tons per capita (for comparison, the US is the highest per capita emitter among large economies with 18 tpc). Gibraltar is mediterranean, I wouldn't expect they'd need much heating and cooling. Maybe they're making a lot of extra power for export?

Retric 14y ago
China uses a lot more energy for heating. Things may change once AC becomes more common in India, but that's still a long way off. Also, IT is a larger portion of India's GDP, which takes far less energy than manufacturing.
Shivetya 14y ago
Face it, China and India are abusing this process. Per Capita is meaningless when a significant portion of your population has no means to contribute to the numbers other than to reduce the perceived impact. I would love to see China's numbers when the population numbers are reduced to those who are living within the major population centers and not counting those in outlying areas who may not even have electricity. So count people who have homes which are on the grid or its equivalent.