Table 11.1  Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide From Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring, 1900-1997, and Per Capita Emissions, 1950-1997

  Fossil-fuel burning Cement Gas   Per
Year Liquids Solids Gas manufacture flaring Total capita
               
  million metric tons of carbon
tons of carbon
   
               
1900 16 515 3 - - 534
1901 18 531 4 - - 552
1902 19 543 4 - - 566
1903 20 593 4 - - 617
1904 23 597 4 - - 624
1905 23 636 5 - - 663
1906 23 680 5 - - 707
1907 28 750 5 - - 784
1908 30 714 5 - - 750
1909 32 747 6 - - 785
1910 34 778 7 - - 819
1911 36 792 7 - - 836
1912 37 834 8 - - 879
1913 41 895 8 - - 943 -
1914 42 800 8 - - 850
1915 45 784 9 - - 838
1916 48 842 10 - - 901
1917 54 891 11 - - 955
1918 53 873 10 - - 936
1919 61 735 10 - - 806
1920 78 843 11 - - 932
1921 84 709 10 - - 803
1922 94 740 11 - - 845
1923 111 845 14 - - 970
1924 110 836 16 - - 963
1925 116 842 17 - - 975
1926 119 846 19 - - 983
1927 136 905 21 - - 1,062
1928 143 890 23 10 - 1,065
1929 160 947 28 10 - 1,145
1930 152 862 28 10 - 1,053
1931 147 759 25 8 - 940
1932 141 675 24 7 - 847
1933 154 708 25 7 - 893
1934 162 775 28 8 - 973
1935 176 811 30 9 - 1,027
1936 192 893 34 11 - 1,130
1937 219 941 38 11 - 1,209
1938 214 880 37 12 - 1,142
1939 222 918 38 13 - 1,192
1940 229 1,017 42 11 - 1,299
1941 236 1,043 42 12 - 1,334
1942 222 1,063 45 11 - 1,342
1943 239 1,092 50 10 - 1,391
1944 275 1,047 54 7 - 1,383
1945 275 820 59 7 - 1,160
1946 292 875 61 10 - 1,238
1947 322 992 67 12 - 1,392
1948 364 1,015 76 14 - 1,469
1949 362 960 81 16 - 1,419
1950 423 1,070 97 18 23 1,630 0.65
1951 479 1,129 115 20 24 1,767 0.69
1952 504 1,119 124 22 26 1,795 0.69
1953 533 1,125 131 24 27 1,841 0.69
1954 557 1,116 138 27 27 1,865 0.69
1955 625 1,208 150 30 31 2,043 0.74
1956 679 1,273 161 32 32 2,177 0.78
1957 714 1,309 178 34 35 2,270 0.80
1958 732 1,336 192 36 35 2,330 0.80
1959 790 1,382 214 40 36 2,463 0.83
1960 850 1,410 235 43 39 2,578 0.85
1961 905 1,349 254 45 42 2,595 0.84
1962 981 1,351 277 49 44 2,701 0.86
1963 1,053 1,396 300 51 47 2,848 0.89
1964 1,138 1,435 328 57 51 3,009 0.92
1965 1,221 1,460 351 59 55 3,146 0.94
1966 1,325 1,478 380 63 60 3,306 0.97
1967 1,424 1,448 410 65 66 3,412 0.98
1968 1,552 1,448 445 70 73 3,588 1.01
1969 1,674 1,486 487 74 80 3,802 1.05
1970 1,838 1,556 516 78 87 4,075 1.10
1971 1,946 1,556 554 84 88 4,227 1.12
1972 2,055 1,572 583 89 94 4,394 1.14
1973 2,240 1,580 608 95 110 4,633 1.18
1974 2,244 1,577 618 96 107 4,641 1.16
1975 2,131 1,671 623 95 93 4,613 1.13
1976 2,313 1,707 647 103 109 4,879 1.17
1977 2,389 1,770 646 108 104 5,018 1.19
1978 2,383 1,798 674 116 107 5,078 1.18
1979 2,534 1,902 714 119 100 5,368 1.23
1980 2,406 1,952 725 120 89 5,292 1.19
1981 2,270 1,922 735 121 72 5,119 1.13
1982 2,178 1,984 727 121 67 5,076 1.10
1983 2,162 1,988 729 125 60 5,063 1.08
1984 2,183 2,080 786 128 55 5,232 1.10
1985 2,171 2,227 817 131 54 5,399 1.11
1986 2,276 2,288 835 137 51 5,587 1.13
1987 2,287 2,340 899 143 49 5,718 1.14
1988 2,390 2,402 949 152 50 5,942 1.16
1989 2,427 2,437 981 156 50 6,052 1.16
1990 2,495 2,376 1,005 157 56 <