Saturday, July 6, 2013

Worst Countries by CO2 Emission Transfers or Poorest Countries by Ecological Deficits

By "worst" or "bad," I mean that people from those countries are worsening the global warming. By "poorest" or "poor," I mean that people in those countries are not endowed with much biocapacities. But in this case, some poor countries are also bad. But these words are at the most my personal explanation.

1. Summary of bad/poor country rankings
Country
Emission transfers
Ecological deficit or reserve
t CO2/capita
Rank
global ha/capita
Rank
Afghanistan
-0.137
98
Albania
-0.710
40
-0.930
52
Algeria
-1.086
49
Angola
2.091
129
Argentina
0.356
92
4.407
137
Armenia
-0.330
52
-1.009
50
Australia
1.370
100
7.889
144
Austria
-3.587
10
-1.954
28
Azerbaijan
1.308
99
-1.248
42
Bahrain
7.387
108
Bangladesh
-0.079
76
-0.239
91
Belarus
-1.349
33
-0.592
68
Belgium
-9.048
4
-5.777
5
Benin
-0.375
77
Bolivia
0.119
88
15.781
149
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-1.103
48
Botswana
-3.552
11
0.914
119
Brazil
-0.174
63
6.691
142
Bulgaria
-0.150
65
-0.920
53
Burkina Faso
-0.160
97
Burundi
-0.400
75
Cambodia
-0.425
48
-0.187
95
Cameroon
-0.071
77
0.782
117
Canada
-1.337
34
8.494
146
Central African Republic
6.998
143
Chad
1.276
122
Chile
-0.518
46
0.501
112
China
0.965
96
-1.262
41
Colombia
-0.204
61
2.091
128
Congo
11.117
148
Congo, DR
2.346
132
Costa Rica
-1.351
32
-0.917
54
Cote d'Ivoire
-0.097
74
Croatia
-1.599
29
-1.269
40
Cuba
-1.186
45
Cyprus
-3.103
15
Czech Republic
-0.546
44
-2.599
25
Denmark
-2.889
16
-3.448
14
Dominican Republic
-0.880
58
Ecuador
-0.326
53
-0.188
93
Egypt
0.111
86
-1.405
35
El Salvador
-0.535
45
-1.369
39
Eritrea
0.809
118
Estonia
0.113
87
3.996
136
Ethiopia
-0.028
81
-0.484
71
Finland
-4.338
8
5.977
141
France
-2.640
20
-1.921
30
Gabon
26.910
150
Gambia
-0.255
90
Georgia
-0.768
39
-0.262
88
Germany
-1.759
26
-2.616
24
Ghana
-0.233
56
-0.457
72
Greece
0.142
89
-3.335
17
Guatemala
-0.376
50
-0.710
64
Guinea
1.212
121
Guinea-Bissau
2.297
131
Haiti
-0.288
86
Honduras
-0.415
49
0.242
107
Hong Kong SAR (China)
-5.214
7
Hungary
-2.424
22
-0.911
56
India
0.159
90
-0.387
76
Indonesia
0.076
84
0.194
106
Iran
0.525
93
-1.821
33
Iraq
-1.180
46
Ireland
-3.188
13
-2.802
22
Israel
-1.984
25
-3.668
11
Italy
-2.777
18
-3.380
15
Jamaica
-1.396
37
Japan
-2.265
24
-3.579
12
Jordan
-1.893
31
Kazakhstan
1.777
102
-0.665
66
Kenya
-0.116
68
-0.418
74
Korea, North
-0.682
65
Korea, South
-1.378
30
-3.897
8
Kuwait
7.228
107
-9.293
2
Kyrgyzstan
-0.057
79
0.037
104
Laos
-0.213
58
0.346
109
Latvia
-3.162
14
2.677
134
Lebanon
-2.454
27
Lesotho
-0.259
89
Liberia
1.673
125
Libya
-2.523
26
Lithuania
-1.274
36
-0.062
102
Luxembourg
-3.387
12
Macedonia
-3.810
10
Madagascar
-0.118
67
1.760
126
Malawi
-0.106
71
-0.110
100
Malaysia
1.094
97
-1.402
36
Mali
0.420
111
Malta
-9.793
3
Mauritania
2.350
133
Mauritius
-1.707
28
-3.992
7
Mexico
-0.257
55
-1.875
32
Moldova
-0.763
61
Mongolia
0.000
83
9.804
147
Morocco
-0.215
57
-0.627
67
Mozambique
-0.202
62
1.422
123
Myanmar
0.281
108
Namibia
-2.770
19
5.146
139
Nepal
-0.111
70
-0.227
92
Netherlands
-5.295
6
-5.302
6
New Zealand
-1.279
35
5.881
140
Nicaragua
-0.211
59
0.768
116
Nigeria
0.109
85
-0.318
83
Norway
-0.105
72
0.626
114
Oman
0.762
95
-3.495
13
Pakistan
-0.069
78
-0.351
80
Palestine, State of
-0.331
82
Panama
-0.206
60
-0.295
85
Papua New Guinea
0.987
120
Paraguay
-0.571
42
7.923
145
Peru
-0.148
66
1.787
127
Philippines
-0.262
54
-0.360
78
Poland
0.259
91
-1.933
29
Portugal
-1.354
31
-2.823
21
Puerto Rico
0.138
105
Qatar
16.705
109
-9.622
1
Romania
-0.566
43
-0.511
69
Russia
2.317
104
2.223
130
Rwanda
-0.187
94
Saudi Arabia
3.031
106
-3.334
18
Senegal
-0.171
64
-0.130
99
Serbia
-1.160
47
Sierra Leone
0.583
113
Singapore
-41.543
1
-6.083
4
Slovakia
-2.478
21
-1.803
34
Slovenia
-2.861
17
-2.618
23
Somalia
-0.077
101
South Africa
2.656
105
-1.383
38
Spain
-1.719
27
-3.281
20
Sri Lanka
-0.441
47
-0.743
63
Sudan
0.707
115
Swaziland
-0.488
70
Sweden
-3.992
9
3.799
135
Switzerland
-10.071
2
-3.818
9
Syria
-0.883
57
Taiwan
1.501
101
Tajikistan
-0.345
81
Tanzania
-0.112
69
-0.172
96
Thailand
0.597
94
-1.239
44
Timor-Leste
0.389
110
Togo
-0.360
79
Tunisia
-0.015
82
-0.806
59
Turkey
-0.692
41
-1.247
43
Turkmenistan
-0.791
60
Uganda
-0.051
80
-0.755
62
Ukraine
1.292
98
-0.965
51
United Arab Emirates
-7.893
5
-7.799
3
United Kingdom
-2.311
23
-3.371
16
United States
-0.906
37
-3.327
19
Uruguay
-0.805
38
4.956
138
Uzbekistan
-0.913
55
Venezuela
1.824
103
-0.020
103
Viet Nam
-0.098
73
-0.297
84
Yemen
-0.275
87
Zambia
-0.343
51
1.468
124
Zimbabwe
-0.085
75
-0.451
73

2. CO2 emission transfers (2010 data)
Notes:
(1) Consumption-based emissions: Emissions caused by domestic consumption (including the emissions that are embodied in net-imported goods)
(2) Territorial-based (production) emissions: Fossil fuel and cement production emissions
(3) Emission transfers: Territorial-based emissions minus consumption-based emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO2 per capita per year (2010 data divided by 2010 population)
Country
Consumption-based
CO2 emissions
Territorial-based
CO2 emissions
Emission
transfers
Rank
Singapore
48.208
6.666
-41.543
1
Switzerland
15.184
5.112
-10.071
2
Malta
15.496
5.702
-9.793
3
Belgium
20.121
11.073
-9.048
4
United Arab Emirates
27.037
19.144
-7.893
5
Netherlands
16.139
10.844
-5.295
6
Hong Kong SAR (China)
10.226
5.012
-5.214
7
Finland
15.769
11.431
-4.338
8
Sweden
9.155
5.163
-3.992
9
Austria
11.385
7.798
-3.587
10
Botswana
5.976
2.424
-3.552
11
Luxembourg
22.755
19.369
-3.387
12
Ireland
12.621
9.433
-3.188
13
Latvia
6.248
3.086
-3.162
14
Cyprus
10.308
7.205
-3.103
15
Denmark
11.207
8.318
-2.889
16
Slovenia
10.081
7.219
-2.861
17
Italy
9.560
6.783
-2.777
18
Namibia
4.544
1.774
-2.770
19
France
8.477
5.837
-2.640
20
Slovakia
8.899
6.421
-2.478
21
Hungary
7.426
5.002
-2.424
22
United Kingdom
10.238
7.927
-2.311
23
Japan
11.478
9.213
-2.265
24
Israel
11.172
9.188
-1.984
25
Germany
11.025
9.267
-1.759
26
Spain
7.971
6.252
-1.719
27
Mauritius
5.056
3.349
-1.707
28
Croatia
6.414
4.815
-1.599
29
Korea, South
12.889
11.511
-1.378
30
Portugal
6.371
5.017
-1.354
31
Costa Rica
3.112
1.761
-1.351
32
Belarus
7.790
6.440
-1.349
33
Canada
16.701
15.364
-1.337
34
New Zealand
8.691
7.411
-1.279
35
Lithuania
5.898
4.623
-1.274
36
United States
18.547
17.640
-0.906
37
Uruguay
3.119
2.314
-0.805
38
Georgia
2.059
1.292
-0.768
39
Albania
1.636
0.926
-0.710
40
Turkey
4.673
3.981
-0.692
41
Paraguay
1.263
0.691
-0.571
42
Romania
4.043
3.477
-0.566
43
Czech Republic
11.167
10.621
-0.546
44
El Salvador
1.537
1.002
-0.535
45
Chile
4.522
4.004
-0.518
46
Sri Lanka
1.069
0.628
-0.441
47
Cambodia
0.756
0.330
-0.425
48
Honduras
1.415
1.000
-0.415
49
Guatemala
1.424
1.048
-0.376
50
Zambia
0.505
0.162
-0.343
51
Armenia
1.800
1.470
-0.330
52
Ecuador
2.594
2.268
-0.326
53
Philippines
0.994
0.733
-0.262
54
Mexico
4.097
3.841
-0.257
55
Ghana
0.564
0.331
-0.233
56
Morocco
1.877
1.663
-0.215
57
Laos
0.504
0.291
-0.213
58
Nicaragua
0.969
0.758
-0.211
59
Panama
2.314
2.108
-0.206
60
Colombia
1.854
1.650
-0.204
61
Mozambique
0.319
0.117
-0.202
62
Brazil
2.320
2.146
-0.174
63
Senegal
0.552
0.381
-0.171
64
Bulgaria
6.067
5.917
-0.150
65
Peru
1.996
1.848
-0.148
66
Madagascar
0.212
0.093
-0.118
67
Kenya
0.441
0.325
-0.116
68
Tanzania
0.279
0.167
-0.112
69
Nepal
0.246
0.135
-0.111
70
Malawi
0.182
0.076
-0.106
71
Norway
9.917
9.812
-0.105
72
Viet Nam
1.798
1.700
-0.098
73
Cote d'Ivoire
0.471
0.375
-0.097
74
Zimbabwe
0.820
0.735
-0.085
75
Bangladesh
0.441
0.362
-0.079
76
Cameroon
0.420
0.349
-0.071
77
Pakistan
1.013
0.944
-0.069
78
Kyrgyzstan
1.279
1.222
-0.057
79
Uganda
0.162
0.110
-0.051
80
Ethiopia
0.126
0.098
-0.028
81
Tunisia
2.565
2.550
-0.015
82
Mongolia
5.502
5.502
0.000
83
Indonesia
2.041
2.117
0.076
84
Nigeria
0.365
0.474
0.109
85
Egypt
2.796
2.906
0.111
86
Estonia
11.801
11.914
0.113
87
Bolivia
1.291
1.410
0.119
88
Greece
7.842
7.983
0.142
89
India
1.584
1.743
0.159
90
Poland
8.179
8.438
0.259
91
Argentina
4.146
4.502
0.356
92
Iran
7.862
8.386
0.525
93
Thailand
3.738
4.335
0.597
94
Oman
14.663
15.425
0.762
95
China
5.135
6.100
0.965
96
Malaysia
6.362
7.456
1.094
97
Ukraine
5.056
6.348
1.292
98
Azerbaijan
3.940
5.248
1.308
99
Australia
14.797
16.168
1.370
100
Taiwan
9.464
10.965
1.501
101
Kazakhstan
12.540
14.317
1.777
102
Venezuela
5.108
6.932
1.824
103
Russia
9.063
11.380
2.317
104
South Africa
7.292
9.949
2.656
105
Saudi Arabia
14.255
17.286
3.031
106
Kuwait
22.685
29.913
7.228
107
Bahrain
12.948
20.336
7.387
108
Qatar
25.594
42.300
16.705
109

3. Ecological deficits (2008 data)
Notes: 
(1) global hectare (gha) = a hectare of forest, cropland, grazing land or fishing grounds with world average productivity
(2) Ecological Footprint: a measure of the demand populations and activities place on the biosphere in a given year, given the prevailing technology and resource management of that year.
(3) Biocapacity: a measure of the amount of biologically productive land and sea area available to provide the ecosystem services that humanity consumes – our ecological budget or nature’s regenerative capacity.
Unit: global hectares per capita (2008 data)
Country
Ecological
footprint
Biocapacity
Ecological
deficit or
reserve
Rank
Qatar
11.67622
2.05402
-9.62221
1
Kuwait
9.71993
0.42709
-9.29284
2
United Arab Emirates
8.44091
0.64152
-7.79939
3
Singapore
6.10092
0.01743
-6.08349
4
Belgium
7.11051
1.33371
-5.77681
5
Netherlands
6.33553
1.03345
-5.30208
6
Mauritius
4.55118
0.55874
-3.99245
7
Korea, South
4.61884
0.72205
-3.89679
8
Switzerland
5.01307
1.19502
-3.81804
9
Macedonia
5.36442
1.55401
-3.81041
10
Israel
3.95817
0.29031
-3.66785
11
Japan
4.17043
0.59154
-3.57889
12
Oman
5.69060
2.19533
-3.49527
13
Denmark
8.25364
4.80535
-3.44829
14
Italy
4.52481
1.14527
-3.37954
15
United Kingdom
4.71311
1.34192
-3.37119
16
Greece
4.92075
1.58546
-3.33529
17
Saudi Arabia
3.98850
0.65415
-3.33435
18
United States
7.18913
3.86166
-3.32748
19
Spain
4.74013
1.45903
-3.28110
20
Portugal
4.11679
1.29372
-2.82307
21
Ireland
6.21501
3.41318
-2.80183
22
Slovenia
5.21142
2.59374
-2.61769
23
Germany
4.56627
1.95054
-2.61573
24
Czech Republic
5.27397
2.67539
-2.59858
25
Libya
3.18730
0.66389
-2.52341
26
Lebanon
2.84776
0.39396
-2.45380
27
Austria
5.29135
3.33710
-1.95425
28
Poland
3.93768
2.00472
-1.93296
29
France
4.91092
2.99032
-1.92060
30
Jordan
2.13050
0.23701
-1.89349
31
Mexico
3.29791
1.42296
-1.87495
32
Iran
2.66001
0.83944
-1.82058
33
Slovakia
4.66081
2.85762
-1.80320
34
Egypt
2.05946
0.65447
-1.40499
35
Malaysia
3.90040
2.49842
-1.40198
36
Jamaica
1.72192
0.32634
-1.39558
37
South Africa
2.58926
1.20581
-1.38346
38
El Salvador
1.99326
0.62415
-1.36911
39
Croatia
4.19359
2.92444
-1.26914
40
China
2.13029
0.86860
-1.26169
41
Azerbaijan
1.96881
0.72032
-1.24849
42
Turkey
2.55478
1.30743
-1.24736
43
Thailand
2.41184
1.17293
-1.23892
44
Cuba
1.89539
0.70969
-1.18570
45
Iraq
1.42034
0.24042
-1.17992
46
Serbia
2.56732
1.40715
-1.16017
47
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.73870
1.63540
-1.10331
48
Algeria
1.64814
0.56175
-1.08639
49
Armenia
1.73344
0.72451
-1.00893
50
Ukraine
3.19398
2.22869
-0.96528
51
Albania
1.81191
0.88213
-0.92977
52
Bulgaria
3.56477
2.64500
-0.91977
53
Costa Rica
2.52003
1.60258
-0.91745
54
Uzbekistan
1.81981
0.90644
-0.91337
55
Hungary
3.59103
2.67975
-0.91128
56
Syria
1.45449
0.57154
-0.88295
57
Dominican Republic
1.42258
0.54212
-0.88046
58
Tunisia
1.76482
0.95862
-0.80619
59
Turkmenistan
3.98300
3.19160
-0.79140
60
Moldova
2.09628
1.33360
-0.76268
61
Uganda
1.56549
0.81093
-0.75456
62
Sri Lanka
1.20635
0.46330
-0.74305
63
Guatemala
1.77961
1.06937
-0.71024
64
Korea, North
1.30563
0.62361
-0.68201
65
Kazakhstan
4.14499
3.47996
-0.66504
66
Morocco
1.32354
0.69660
-0.62695
67
Belarus
3.98783
3.39584
-0.59198
68
Romania
2.83732
2.32601
-0.51131
69
Swaziland
1.45371
0.96605
-0.48766
70
Ethiopia
1.13229
0.64851
-0.48378
71
Ghana
1.73915
1.28248
-0.45667
72
Zimbabwe
1.17025
0.71932
-0.45093
73
Kenya
0.94680
0.52922
-0.41758
74
Burundi
0.84538
0.44587
-0.39951
75
India
0.86974
0.48286
-0.38688
76
Benin
1.35572
0.98031
-0.37541
77
Philippines
0.98273
0.62229
-0.36044
78
Togo
1.03187
0.67227
-0.35961
79
Pakistan
0.75368
0.40233
-0.35135
80
Tajikistan
0.90064
0.55540
-0.34524
81
Palestine, State of
0.46241
0.13189
-0.33051
82
Nigeria
1.44048
1.12295
-0.31753
83
Viet Nam
1.39097
1.09414
-0.29683
84
Panama
2.96554
2.67017
-0.29537
85
Haiti
0.59846
0.31075
-0.28771
86
Yemen
0.87118
0.59631
-0.27487
87
Georgia
1.43369
1.17186
-0.26183
88
Lesotho
1.07247
0.81330
-0.25916
89
Gambia
1.40747
1.15218
-0.25529
90
Bangladesh
0.65656
0.41801
-0.23855
91
Nepal
0.75945
0.53269
-0.22676
92
Ecuador
2.36770
2.17979
-0.18792
93
Rwanda
0.70908
0.52229
-0.18679
94
Cambodia
1.19342
1.00678
-0.18664
95
Tanzania
1.19238
1.01991
-0.17247
96
Burkina Faso
1.52579
1.36617
-0.15961
97
Afghanistan
0.54033
0.40306
-0.13727
98
Senegal
1.53124
1.40131
-0.12993
99
Malawi
0.77580
0.66591
-0.10989
100
Somalia
1.44175
1.36473
-0.07702
101
Lithuania
4.38372
4.32186
-0.06186
102
Venezuela
3.02457
3.00495
-0.01963
103
Kyrgyzstan
1.28960
1.32636
0.03675
104
Puerto Rico
0.02756
0.16535
0.13779
105
Indonesia
1.12749
1.32161
0.19412
106
Honduras
1.73287
1.97466
0.24179
107
Myanmar
1.93568
2.21708
0.28140
108
Laos
1.30403
1.64955
0.34551
109
Timor-Leste
0.47182
0.86096
0.38914
110
Mali
1.86494
2.28523
0.42029
111
Chile
3.23779
3.73856
0.50077
112
Sierra Leone
1.13174
1.71468
0.58294
113
Norway
4.76939
5.39577
0.62638
114
Sudan
1.63033
2.33714
0.70681
115
Nicaragua
1.55985
2.32786
0.76801
116
Cameroon
1.08793
1.86951
0.78159
117
Eritrea
0.65633
1.46517
0.80884
118
Botswana
2.84284
3.75640
0.91355
119
Papua New Guinea
2.68067
3.66733
0.98667
120
Guinea
1.71564
2.92752
1.21187
121
Chad
1.89142
3.16786
1.27644
122
Mozambique
0.78431
2.20676
1.42245
123
Zambia
0.84081
2.30907
1.46825
124
Liberia
1.27988
2.95282
1.67294
125
Madagascar
1.15630
2.91619
1.75989
126
Peru
2.02993
3.81701
1.78708
127
Colombia
1.80107
3.89211
2.09104
128
Angola
0.89061
2.98193
2.09131
129
Russia
4.39623
6.61895
2.22272
130
Guinea-Bissau
1.10308
3.39959
2.29651
131
Congo, DR
0.75815
3.10448
2.34633
132
Mauritania
2.86451
5.21467
2.35016
133
Latvia
3.95384
6.63082
2.67698
134
Sweden
5.70836
9.50745
3.79909
135
Estonia
4.73471
8.73047
3.99576
136
Argentina
2.70907
7.11630
4.40723
137
Uruguay
5.07866
10.03458
4.95592
138
Namibia
2.03372
7.17979
5.14607
139
New Zealand
4.31316
10.19431
5.88115
140
Finland
6.21117
12.18833
5.97716
141
Brazil
2.93476
9.62615
6.69139
142
Central African Republic
1.35660
8.35495
6.99834
143
Australia
6.68499
14.57434
7.88935
144
Paraguay
2.99482
10.91792
7.92310
145
Canada
6.42854
14.92260
8.49406
146
Mongolia
5.53073
15.33448
9.80375
147
Congo
1.08182
12.19920
11.11738
148
Bolivia
2.60605
18.38724
15.78119
149
Gabon
1.81476
28.72451
26.90975
150
Sources:
(1) Emission transfersCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC). (2013). Global Carbon Project - Full Global Carbon Budget (1959-2011): 2012 Budget Version 1.5. Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [Data at http://j.mp/GCP2012_v1_5]
(2) Ecological deficitsWWF. (2012). Living Planet Report 2012: Biodiversity, Biocapacity and Better Choices. Gland, Switzerland: World Wide Fund for Nature. [Full-text and data at: http://j.mp/LPR_2012]
(3) Population (used to calculate 'per capita CO2 emissions'): United Nations Population Division. (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables. (ESA/P/WP.227). New York, NY: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. [Data at http://j.mp/WPP2012XLS]