Task 2


  1. Look at the following table, based on the latest complete data available (1995) showing the contribution to greenhouse gases for the 50 most significant countries in rank order. It may be no surprise to find the USA at the top, but calculate the relative contribution per capita, produce the results either as a table or as a chart and comment on your results.

  2. Calculate the population densities of these countries. Contributions to global greenhouse gases of the 50 most significant countries (by percentage of total greenhouse gases).

 

rank

country

percent

pop

Area (km2)

1

USA

19.14

2.51E+08

9160454

2

FSU

13.63

2.88E+08

22402076

3

China

9.92

1.13E+09

9597000

4

Japan

5.05

1.24E+08

381945

5

Brazil

4.33

1.5E+08

8511965

6

Germany

3.75

79112831

357868

7

India

3.68

8.44E+08

3166829

8

UK

2.37

57384000

244755

9

Indonesia

1.89

1.81E+08

1906240

10

Italy

1.72

57512000

301225

11

Iraq

1.71

17754000

434925

12

France

1.63

56647000

551000

13

Canada

1.62

26620000

9971500

14

Mexico

1.43

81885000

1978800

15

Poland

1.16

38070000

312612

16

Australia

1.13

17073000

7692300

17

SA

1.12

30797000

1233404

18

Spain

1.01

39618000

492431

19

Venezuela

1.01

19735000

912050

20

Rep Korea

0.98

42795000

98913

21

Zaire

0.93

34138000

2343950

22

Thailand

0.88

56217000

513115

23

Dec.PR Korea

0.84

22937000

122098

24

Iran

0.82

56293000

1648000

25

Saudi Arabia

0.78

14131000

2331000

26

Czechoslovakia

0.7

15644400

127899

27

Malaysia

0.61

17886000

329749

28

Columbia

0.61

32978000

1140105

29

Netherlands

0.59

14934000

33929

30

Philippines

0.59

61480000

299679

31

Myanmar

0.55

41675000

678576

32

Argentina

0.54

32880000

3761274

33

Turkey

0.53

56940000

779452

34

Romania

0.52

23265000

237500

35

Bulgaria

0.51

8997000

110912

36

Bolivia

0.51

7322000

1098580

37

Pakistan

0.46

1.23E+08

803943

38

Belgium

0.4

9958000

30540

39

Peru

0.39

22332000

1284640

40

Yugoslavia

0.36

23860000

256409

41

Nigeria

0.35

1.2E+08

923768

42

Egypt

0.34

53170000

1001449

43

Vietnam

0.32

66128000

329566

44

Greece

0.31

10038000

131957

45

Ecuador

0.3

10780000

270699

46

Bangladesh

0.29

1.08E+08

143998

47

Hungary

0.26

10437000

93036

48

Austria

0.25

7623000

83854

49

Denmark

0.24

5139000

43076

50

Algeria

0.23

24700000

2460500
   

93.29