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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Ryukyu 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 Ryukyu Islands (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Ryukyu 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 1952 6 N/A 1953 36 N/A 1954 40 N/A 1955 44 N/A 1956 51 N/A 1957 60 N/A 1958 71 N/A 1959 82 N/A 1960 90 N/A 1961 94 N/A 1962 113 N/A 1963 117 N/A 1964 125 N/A 1965 150 N/A 1966 163 N/A 1967 185 N/A 1968 211 N/A 1969 207 N/A 1970 520 N/A 1971 881 N/A 1972 2458 N/A 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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