Week 3 - Global carbon emissions

My chose countries were: China; United Kingdom (home); United States; India (lower middle income); Qatar (rich); Maldives (Pacific island nation); and Congo, Dem. Rep. (poor).

Estimates for rich and poor countries used data from Wikipedia.

Here's my graph.

Here's the same countries showing carbon dioxide per capita on this graph.

The second graph shows the massive differences between the richest and poorest countries. There is a slight drop in the United States and the United Kingdom, possibly as a result of the recession or the transfer of manufacturing to China which shows a steady rise.

However, the per capita results don't show the inequalities within countries. As inequalities grow, as in the United Kingdom, it is likely that the individual carbon dioxide emissions of the poorest will be reducing as they struggle to balance bills for heating and eating while the lifestyles of the richest will result in higher emissions.