TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Tonga

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 Tonga (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Tonga . 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 2 0.04 1951 2 0.04 1952 2 0.04 1953 2 0.03 1954 2 0.03 1955 2 0.03 1956 2 0.03 1957 2 0.03 1958 2 0.03 1959 2 0.03 1960 3 0.04 1961 3 0.04 1962 3 0.04 1963 3 0.04 1964 3 0.05 1965 3 0.05 1966 3 0.04 1967 4 0.05 1968 4 0.05 1969 3 0.04 1970 7 0.08 1971 5 0.06 1972 6 0.07 1973 7 0.08 1974 6 0.07 1975 9 0.1 1976 8 0.09 1977 8 0.09 1978 10 0.11 1979 11 0.12 1980 11 0.12 1981 13 0.14 1982 12 0.13 1983 13 0.14 1984 13 0.13 1985 13 0.13 1986 13 0.13 1987 15 0.16 1988 19 0.2 1989 19 0.2 1990 21 0.22 1991 25 0.26 1992 24 0.25 1993 28 0.28 1994 29 0.3 1995 30 0.31 1996 30 0.3 1997 31 0.32 1998 30 0.31 1999 35 0.35 2000 33 0.33 2001 29 0.29 2002 31 0.31 2003 38 0.37 2004 37 0.36 2005 36 0.35 2006 36 0.36 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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