Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita, OECD countries, 2014

CICH graphic created using data adapted from OECD. Greenhouse gas emissions by source. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/data/oecd-environment-statistics/greenhouse-gas-emissions_data-00594-en?isPartOf=/content/datacollection/env-data-en – accessed February 15, 2017.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), in 2014, Canada had the third highest level of greenhouse gas emissions per capita of 35 OECD countries.1

The country with the highest per capita emissions was Australia, with 22,200 kg of greenhouse gas emissions per capita. The lowest was Mexico.

1OECD. Greenhouse gas emissions by source. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/data/oecd-environment-statistics/greenhouse-gas-emissions_data-00594-en?isPartOf=/content/datacollection/env-data-en– accessed February 15, 2017.