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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Maldives

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 Maldives (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Maldives . 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 1971 1 0.01 1972 1 0.01 1973 1 0.01 1974 1 0.01 1975 2 0.01 1976 3 0.02 1977 4 0.03 1978 6 0.04 1979 8 0.05 1980 12 0.07 1981 13 0.08 1982 13 0.08 1983 14 0.08 1984 16 0.09 1985 18 0.1 1986 22 0.11 1987 22 0.11 1988 26 0.13 1989 34 0.16 1990 42 0.2 1991 47 0.21 1992 69 0.31 1993 59 0.25 1994 60 0.25 1995 75 0.31 1996 87 0.35 1997 100 0.39 1998 91 0.34 1999 127 0.46 2000 136 0.51 2001 157 0.57 2002 188 0.67 2003 163 0.57 2004 205 0.71 2005 185 0.63 2006 237 0.79 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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