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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Samoa

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 Samoa (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Samoa . 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 1 0.01 1951 1 0.01 1952 2 0.02 1953 2 0.02 1954 3 0.04 1955 3 0.03 1956 3 0.03 1957 4 0.04 1958 3 0.03 1959 4 0.04 1960 4 0.04 1961 5 0.04 1962 5 0.04 1963 6 0.05 1964 7 0.05 1965 8 0.06 1966 7 0.05 1967 7 0.05 1968 8 0.05 1969 8 0.05 1970 8 0.06 1971 10 0.07 1972 10 0.07 1973 10 0.07 1974 9 0.06 1975 16 0.11 1976 13 0.09 1977 22 0.14 1978 29 0.19 1979 26 0.17 1980 27 0.17 1981 28 0.18 1982 31 0.2 1983 31 0.2 1984 31 0.2 1985 31 0.19 1986 31 0.19 1987 31 0.19 1988 31 0.19 1989 33 0.2 1990 34 0.21 1991 34 0.21 1992 35 0.22 1993 35 0.22 1994 33 0.2 1995 36 0.22 1996 36 0.22 1997 36 0.22 1998 36 0.21 1999 38 0.22 2000 38 0.22 2001 39 0.22 2002 39 0.22 2003 41 0.23 2004 42 0.23 2005 43 0.23 2006 43 0.23 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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