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Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Sri Lanka

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 Sri Lanka (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Sri Lanka . 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 444 0.06 1951 422 0.05 1952 529 0.07 1953 564 0.07 1954 487 0.06 1955 454 0.05 1956 387 0.04 1957 633 0.07 1958 532 0.06 1959 561 0.06 1960 616 0.06 1961 637 0.06 1962 699 0.07 1963 691 0.06 1964 620 0.06 1965 725 0.06 1966 726 0.06 1967 804 0.07 1968 884 0.07 1969 1178 0.1 1970 981 0.08 1971 867 0.07 1972 939 0.07 1973 979 0.07 1974 779 0.06 1975 771 0.06 1976 741 0.05 1977 774 0.05 1978 918 0.06 1979 1022 0.07 1980 906 0.06 1981 1084 0.07 1982 1204 0.08 1983 1310 0.08 1984 1026 0.06 1985 1051 0.07 1986 967 0.06 1987 1080 0.07 1988 921 0.06 1989 926 0.05 1990 1029 0.06 1991 1108 0.06 1992 1379 0.08 1993 1337 0.08 1994 1475 0.08 1995 1581 0.09 1996 1896 0.1 1997 2047 0.11 1998 2117 0.11 1999 2328 0.12 2000 2771 0.14 2001 2794 0.15 2002 2989 0.16 2003 2894 0.15 2004 3249 0.17 2005 3161 0.16 2006 3239 0.16 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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