Key Transport and Greenhouse Gas Indicators by Country

Country Table Key (see notes below for details and sources)

ITF Member Countries
Albania		Georgia		New Zealand
Armenia		Germany		Norway
Australia		Greece		Poland
Austria		Hungary		Portugal
Azerbaijan		Iceland		Romania
Belarus		India		Russia
Belgium		Ireland		Serbia
Bosnia-Herz.		Italy		Slovakia
Bulgaria		Japan		Slovenia
Canada		Korea		Spain
Croatia		Latvia		Sweden
Czech Rep.		Lithuania		Switzerland
Denmark		Luxembourg		Turkey
Estonia		Malta		Ukraine
Finland		Mexico		United Kingdom
France		Moldova		United States
FYROM		Netherlands
OECD Countries
Chile		Israel
OECD		Non-OECD		World

 

Top 10 CO2-emitting Non-ITF Economies
Brazil		Indonesia		Malaysia
China (+ Hong Kong)		Iran		Saudi Arabia
Chinese Taipei		Kazakhstan		South Africa
Thailand

Notes on Country Transport and Greenhouse Gas Tables

These tables contain detailed data on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion in member countries of the International Transport Forum. CO2 emissions from international aviation and international maritime transport are included in national totals allocated on the basis of fuel sales. There is, however, no internationally agreed allocation methodology for these sectors as of yet. A number of data sources are used in these tables: --  Population and GDP data are from the International Energy Agency. GDP data is expressed in purchasing power parity (2000 $). --  Data on transport volumes (passenger-kilometres and tonne-kilometres) are collected from national administrations by the Statistics division of the International Transport Forum. --  Data on motorisation rates comes from the World Bank. --  Data on greenhouse gas emissions (and CO2 emissions in particular) come from national reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

UNFCCC and IEA emissions data are based on the default methods and emissions factors from the Revised 1996 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

Important Cautionary Note:

There are many reasons why the IEA estimates may not be the same as the numbers that a country submits to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), even if a country has accounted for all of its energy use and correctly applied the IPCC Guidelines. In addition, the IEA presents CO2 emissions calculated using both the IPCC Reference Approach and the IPCC Tier 1 Sectoral Approach. In some of the non-OECD countries, there can be large differences between the two sets of calculations due to various problems in some energy data. As a consequence, this can lead to different emission trends between 1990 and 1999 for certain countries. For more details, visit the IEA web-site.

Related Information

--  Cutting Transport CO2 Emissions (2006) -- Summary Document --  List of National Transport CO2 Mitigation Measures from Cutting Transport CO2 Emissions (2006) Back to Statistics index