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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Dominican Republic

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 Dominican Republic (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Dominican Republic . 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 1947 2 N/A 1948 6 N/A 1949 7 N/A 1950 95 0.04 1951 98 0.04 1952 162 0.07 1953 169 0.07 1954 171 0.06 1955 250 0.09 1956 269 0.1 1957 282 0.1 1958 291 0.1 1959 304 0.1 1960 284 0.09 1961 281 0.08 1962 339 0.1 1963 341 0.1 1964 477 0.13 1965 422 0.11 1966 456 0.12 1967 428 0.11 1968 641 0.15 1969 724 0.17 1970 848 0.19 1971 961 0.21 1972 1275 0.27 1973 1627 0.34 1974 1750 0.36 1975 1729 0.34 1976 1727 0.33 1977 1531 0.29 1978 1486 0.27 1979 1857 0.33 1980 1761 0.31 1981 1682 0.29 1982 1729 0.29 1983 2158 0.35 1984 2030 0.32 1985 1989 0.31 1986 2231 0.34 1987 2660 0.4 1988 2682 0.39 1989 2827 0.4 1990 2610 0.36 1991 2764 0.38 1992 3056 0.41 1993 3256 0.43 1994 3457 0.45 1995 4392 0.56 1996 4785 0.6 1997 4974 0.61 1998 5095 0.62 1999 5146 0.61 2000 5486 0.64 2001 5518 0.64 2002 5863 0.67 2003 5872 0.66 2004 5446 0.6 2005 5425 0.59 2006 5552 0.59 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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