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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for British Virgin Islands

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for British Virgin Islands (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for British Virgin Islands . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1962 1 0.1 1963 1 0.1 1964 2 0.19 1965 2 0.19 1966 3 0.37 1967 1 0.09 1968 4 0.42 1969 5 0.5 1970 5 0.5 1971 6 0.59 1972 6 0.59 1973 7 0.61 1974 7 0.61 1975 7 0.61 1976 7 0.61 1977 7 0.61 1978 7 0.61 1979 7 0.61 1980 7 0.56 1981 12 0.98 1982 10 0.84 1983 10 0.77 1984 9 0.71 1985 10 0.72 1986 11 0.78 1987 12 0.78 1988 13 0.84 1989 13 0.84 1990 13 0.79 1991 13 0.79 1992 14 0.84 1993 14 0.79 1994 14 0.79 1995 14 0.78 1996 16 0.85 1997 16 0.83 1998 16 0.82 1999 16 0.8 2000 16 0.79 2001 16 0.77 2002 18 0.88 2003 21 0.98 2004 23 1.08 2005 24 1.1 2006 27 1.19 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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