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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Lao People S Democratic 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 Lao People S Democratic Republic (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Lao People S Democratic 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 1955 7 0 1956 16 0.01 1957 16 0.01 1958 20 0.01 1959 21 0.01 1960 22 0.01 1961 31 0.01 1962 36 0.02 1963 40 0.02 1964 47 0.02 1965 49 0.02 1966 64 0.03 1967 87 0.03 1968 46 0.02 1969 87 0.03 1970 156 0.06 1971 115 0.04 1972 133 0.05 1973 141 0.05 1974 80 0.03 1975 69 0.02 1976 61 0.02 1977 63 0.02 1978 63 0.02 1979 61 0.02 1980 51 0.02 1981 41 0.01 1982 43 0.01 1983 49 0.01 1984 50 0.01 1985 55 0.02 1986 57 0.02 1987 57 0.01 1988 57 0.01 1989 64 0.02 1990 64 0.02 1991 69 0.02 1992 76 0.02 1993 76 0.02 1994 82 0.02 1995 86 0.02 1996 146 0.03 1997 196 0.04 1998 244 0.05 1999 246 0.05 2000 289 0.06 2001 321 0.06 2002 353 0.06 2003 365 0.06 2004 377 0.06 2005 384 0.07 2006 389 0.07 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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