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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Papua New Guinea

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 Papua New Guinea (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Papua New Guinea . 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 1950 15 0.01 1951 17 0.01 1952 23 0.01 1953 26 0.02 1954 26 0.02 1955 35 0.02 1956 35 0.02 1957 40 0.02 1958 40 0.02 1959 44 0.02 1960 49 0.03 1961 55 0.03 1962 54 0.03 1963 70 0.03 1964 73 0.03 1965 83 0.04 1966 93 0.04 1967 119 0.05 1968 137 0.06 1969 152 0.06 1970 189 0.08 1971 225 0.09 1972 346 0.14 1973 367 0.14 1974 433 0.16 1975 418 0.15 1976 429 0.15 1977 431 0.15 1978 457 0.16 1979 490 0.16 1980 499 0.16 1981 527 0.17 1982 531 0.16 1983 548 0.17 1984 558 0.17 1985 580 0.17 1986 563 0.16 1987 637 0.18 1988 600 0.16 1989 555 0.15 1990 584 0.16 1991 563 0.15 1992 560 0.15 1993 544 0.14 1994 595 0.15 1995 556 0.14 1996 590 0.13 1997 697 0.17 1998 774 0.17 1999 672 0.14 2000 733 0.14 2001 881 0.16 2002 958 0.17 2003 1076 0.19 2004 1222 0.21 2005 1258 0.21 2006 1260 0.2 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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