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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Cayman 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 Cayman Islands (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Cayman 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 1956 1 0.12 1957 1 0.1 1958 2 0.21 1959 2 0.21 1960 3 0.37 1961 3 0.37 1962 3 0.28 1963 3 0.37 1964 3 0.37 1965 3 0.28 1966 5 0.56 1967 4 0.47 1968 6 0.65 1969 12 1.17 1970 10 1 1971 12 1.07 1972 15 1.26 1973 16 1.33 1974 15 1.16 1975 16 1.14 1976 19 1.28 1977 20 1.26 1978 26 1.62 1979 26 1.53 1980 45 2.66 1981 43 2.37 1982 45 2.38 1983 47 2.34 1984 51 2.55 1985 53 2.51 1986 56 2.55 1987 59 2.58 1988 62 2.58 1989 71 2.85 1990 69 2.61 1991 75 2.71 1992 76 2.66 1993 79 2.62 1994 79 2.51 1995 79 2.41 1996 78 2.27 1997 78 2.17 1998 78 2.04 1999 77 1.97 2000 124 3.08 2001 124 3 2002 128 3.02 2003 131 3 2004 135 3.05 2005 137 2.84 2006 141 2.71 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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