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Canada leads OECD in absorbing CO2 emissions

Canada leads OECD in absorbing CO2

The table below shows the Net Emissions per capita of OECD countries plus China and Russia.
Negative Net emissions indicate Absorption. Countries at the bottom of the list are absorbing at least some of the emissions of countries at the top of the list.

Canada, Australia and Russia are the 'best' per capita absorbers of CO2.


CountryForested  Area
     (sq kms)
% of total land areaAbsorption (Mt CO2)Emissions Mt CO2 (2009)Net Emissions (MtCO2)Population Millions (2009)Net Emissions per capita   tCO2 (2009)
Luxembourg87033.6%21180.516.9
Netherlands3,6508.8%924924016.514.5
Belgium6,60721.6%1713712110.811.2
Israel1,6007.0%470667.68.7
South Korea63,94064.0%16052836849.27.5
United Kingdom28,65011.8%7252044860.97.4
Denmark5,17112.0%1350375.56.6
Germany113,17631.7%28376648381.95.9
Japan253,20367.0%6331,098465127.53.6
Czech Republic26,00034.0%65953010.52.9
Iceland1,0301.0%3310.32.6
Italy106,73635.0%26740814160.22.3
China1,821,00018.2%4,5537,7113,1581,359.82.3
Switzerland12,42530.8%3146157.71.9
Poland90,00028.8%2252866138.21.6
Hungary18,51319.9%4650410.00.4
Portugal32,40036.5%8157-2410.6-2.3
Slovakia20,00640.8%5036-145.4-2.6
France246,64036.8%617397-22062.6-3.5
Austria39,60047.2%9969-308.3-3.6
Turkey216,78127.6%542253-28972.0-4.0
Greece68,73238.4%172100-7111.2-6.4
Slovenia12,57460.0%3117-142.0-6.9
United States3,030,89030.8%7,5775,425-2,153306.8-7.0
Spain283,00756.0%708330-37845.9-8.2
Mexico710,00036.5%1,775444-1,331112.9-11.8
Chile158,78121.0%39766-33116.9-19.6
Estonia23,06661.0%5817-401.3-30.0
Norway93,87029.0%23540-1954.8-40.4
New Zealand85,42431.9%21439-1744.3-40.4
Sweden307,85076.0%77051-7199.3-77.3
Finland233,32072.0%58352-5315.3-99.5
Russia7,762,60245.4%19,4071,572-17,834142.8-124.8
Australia1,470,83219.0%3,677418-3,25921.7-150.3
Canada3,101,34031.1%7,753541-7,21233.7-213.9

Table 1 showing Total Net Emissions and Per Capita Net Emissions of CO2 
for OECD countries plus China and Russia in 2009 

References
1. The population data was taken from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=POP_FIVE_HIST
4. Absorption rate from  Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2005, Contents/Environment/Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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