Az egyéni karbonlábnyomot az alábbiak határozzák meg:
• háztartási energiafogyasztás: villamos-energia, földgáz, fatüzelés, távhő stb.
• gépkocsi-használatból eredő üzemanyag-fogyasztás
• tömegközlekedési eszközök használata
• légiközlekedés
• hulladék
• étkezés
• használati tárgyak vásárlása
• internetezés, banki szolgáltatások stb.
• szabadidős tevékenységek (nyaralás, sport, kultúra, szórakozás)
Jelenleg a magyarországi átlagos egyéni karbonlábnyom 5,7 tonna szén-dioxid egyenérték/fő, ugyanez Németországban 10,5 tonna CO2e/fő, az USA-ban pedig 20 tonna CO2e/fő körül alakul.
| Átlagos egyéni karbonlábnyom országonként (Millió tonna szén-dioxid) |
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| Ország | 1992 | 2000 | 2006 | Egyfőre jutó kibocsátás | % -os változás 1996 óta |
| China | 2475.26 | 2966.52 | 6017.69 | 4.58 | 105% |
| United States | 5079.53 | 5860.38 | 5902.75 | 19.78 | 7% |
| Russia | 2056.55 | 1582.37 | 1704.36 | 12 | 5% |
| India | 664.96 | 1012.34 | 1293.17 | 1.16 | 55% |
| Japan | 1078.48 | 1203.71 | 1246.76 | 9.78 | 10% |
| Germany | 896.37 | 856.92 | 857.6 | 10.4 | -4% |
| Canada | 485.09 | 565.22 | 614.33 | 18.81 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 579.82 | 561.23 | 585.71 | 9.66 | -1% |
| South Korea | 294.53 | 445.81 | 514.53 | 10.53 | 27% |
| Iran | 234.79 | 320.69 | 471.48 | 7.25 | 79% |
| Italy | 415.62 | 448.43 | 468.19 | 8.05 | 10% |
| South Africa | 323.55 | 391.67 | 443.58 | 10.04 | 24% |
| Mexico | 313.55 | 383.44 | 435.6 | 4.05 | 31% |
| Saudi Arabia | 235.46 | 290.54 | 424.08 | 15.7 | 70% |
| France | 382.89 | 402.27 | 417.75 | 6.6 | 7% |
| Australia | 271.58 | 359.8 | 417.06 | 20.58 | 37% |
| Brazil | 237.8 | 344.91 | 377.24 | 2.01 | 23% |
| Spain | 254.21 | 326.92 | 372.62 | 9.22 | 52% |
| Ukraine | 535.94 | 326.83 | 328.72 | 7.05 | -10% |
| Poland | 330.33 | 295 | 303.42 | 7.87 | -13% |
| Taiwan | 132.27 | 252.15 | 300.38 | 13.19 | 52% |
| Indonesia | 173.45 | 273.93 | 280.36 | 1.21 | 18% |
| Netherlands | 213.2 | 251.73 | 260.45 | 15.79 | 14% |
| Thailand | 100.72 | 161.86 | 245.04 | 3.79 | 44% |
| Turkey | 138.1 | 202.38 | 235.7 | 3.35 | 39% |
| Kazakhstan | 265.09 | 143.45 | 213.5 | 14.02 | 50% |
| Malaysia | 72.93 | 112.14 | 163.53 | 6.7 | 61% |
| Argentina | 109.94 | 138.42 | 162.19 | 4.06 | 25% |
| Venezuela | 111.72 | 134.46 | 151.97 | 5.93 | 14% |
| Egypt | 93.83 | 119.32 | 151.62 | 1.92 | 40% |
| United Arab Emirates | 102.05 | 115.72 | 149.52 | 35.05 | 44% |
| Belgium | 124.8 | 148.57 | 147.58 | 14.22 | 3% |
| Singapore | 68.11 | 107.64 | 141.1 | 31.41 | 43% |
| Pakistan | 70.27 | 109.11 | 125.59 | 0.78 | 32% |
| Uzbekistan | 95.95 | 106.35 | 120.84 | 4.43 | 17% |
| Czech Republic | – – | 113.45 | 116.3 | 11.36 | -13% |
| Greece | 79.5 | 101.27 | 107.07 | 10.02 | 24% |
| Nigeria | 94.09 | 80.75 | 101.07 | 0.77 | -1% |
| Iraq | 57.69 | 73.58 | 98.95 | 3.69 | 29% |
| Romania | 129.94 | 93.33 | 98.64 | 4.42 | -22% |
| Algeria | 82.08 | 83.65 | 93.16 | 2.83 | 10% |
| Vietnam | 18.46 | 48.49 | 91.62 | 1.09 | 132% |
| Hong Kong | 45.4 | 55.93 | 84.86 | 12.23 | 74% |
| North Korea | 106.71 | 70.17 | 77.61 | 3.36 | 7% |
| Austria | 57.06 | 64.74 | 76.39 | 9.32 | 17% |
| Kuwait | 23.51 | 59.5 | 74.79 | 30.92 | 52% |
| Philippines | 46.16 | 71.17 | 72.39 | 0.81 | 20% |
| Israel | 41.99 | 60.68 | 67.33 | 9.8 | 35% |
| Belarus | 91.63 | 60.07 | 65.2 | 6.68 | 8% |
| Chile | 31.63 | 55.28 | 64.8 | 4.01 | 42% |
| Colombia | 53.82 | 57.83 | 62.04 | 1.42 | 9% |
| Portugal | 47.73 | 63.76 | 61.71 | 5.82 | 27% |
| Denmark | 61.63 | 54.72 | 59.13 | 10.85 | -19% |
| Hungary | 62.74 | 55.86 | 58.65 | 5.88 | -1% |
| Finland | 49.63 | 50.32 | 58.31 | 11.15 | 9% |
| Sweden | 59.08 | 60.78 | 57.37 | 6.36 | -15% |
| Qatar | 25.59 | 34.7 | 54.17 | 61.19 | 75% |
| Libya | 36.56 | 41.89 | 53.51 | 9.07 | 28% |
| Former Serbia and Montenegro | 45.32 | 42.96 | 52.15 | 4.81 | 5% |
| Syria | 35.38 | 50.99 | 51.08 | 2.71 | 21% |
| Turkmenistan | 20.47 | 23.94 | 50.28 | 10.03 | 176% |
| Bulgaria | 57.64 | 49.11 | 48.94 | 6.63 | -9% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17.4 | 27.51 | 47.23 | 44.32 | 95% |
| Ireland | 27.59 | 40.75 | 46.86 | 11.54 | 47% |
| Switzerland | 45.77 | 45.45 | 45.56 | 6.06 | 1% |
| Norway | 35.7 | 41.28 | 45.15 | 9.79 | 13% |
| Bangladesh | 16.51 | 29.38 | 42.74 | 0.29 | 88% |
| Puerto Rico | 23.35 | 27.72 | 41.43 | 10.55 | 71% |
| Azerbaijan | 60.14 | 43.76 | 39.82 | 4.94 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 31.27 | 35.13 | 38.36 | 9.38 | 18% |
| Slovakia | – – | 36.56 | 38.15 | 7.01 | -13% |
| Oman | 13.53 | 21.79 | 34.73 | 11.19 | 138% |
| Morocco | 22.54 | 31.25 | 34.53 | 1.04 | 26% |
| Peru | 20.15 | 26.97 | 29.93 | 1.05 | 16% |
| Cuba | 28.88 | 32.86 | 28.64 | 2.52 | -5% |
| Bahrain | 13.57 | 20.26 | 26.85 | 38.44 | 69% |
| Ecuador | 18.39 | 20.08 | 25.46 | 1.88 | 29% |
| Croatia | 16.6 | 20.13 | 21.43 | 4.77 | 23% |
| Angola | 7.5 | 13.03 | 21.19 | 1.77 | 74% |
| Tunisia | 12.81 | 19.67 | 20.98 | 2.06 | 36% |
| Jordan | 11.2 | 15.63 | 19.89 | 3.37 | 40% |
| Estonia | 25.75 | 16.26 | 18.61 | 14.06 | -5% |
| Yemen | 12.23 | 13.18 | 18.08 | 0.84 | 66% |
| Slovenia | 12.7 | 15.72 | 17.62 | 8.77 | 5% |
| Dominican Republic | 10.35 | 15.8 | 17.42 | 1.89 | 50% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.91 | 14.13 | 17.41 | 3.87 | 284% |
| Lithuania | 23.28 | 13.28 | 15.73 | 4.39 | -1% |
| Panama | 12.24 | 12.94 | 14.43 | 4.52 | 16% |
| Lebanon | 8.16 | 16.46 | 14.32 | 3.69 | 8% |
| Burma | 4.62 | 9.01 | 12.87 | 0.27 | 106% |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 8.35 | 9.85 | 12.85 | 118.3 | 51% |
| Sri Lanka | 5.63 | 11.33 | 12.54 | 0.61 | 56% |
| Luxembourg | 11.29 | 9.03 | 12.47 | 26.28 | 37% |
| Bolivia | 6.24 | 9.26 | 12.41 | 1.38 | 70% |
| Sudan | 5.17 | 6.51 | 12.26 | 0.32 | 209% |
| Jamaica | 8.52 | 10.83 | 12.03 | 4.36 | 19% |
| Guatemala | 4.36 | 9.07 | 11.23 | 0.9 | 78% |
| Netherlands Antilles | 9.55 | 11.62 | 10.9 | 49.13 | -4% |
| Kenya | 6.57 | 8.7 | 10.79 | 0.3 | 44% |
| Armenia | 11.14 | 8.61 | 10.34 | 3.48 | 25% |
| Zimbabwe | 16.71 | 13.56 | 10.33 | 0.84 | -31% |
| Brunei | 3.65 | 3.79 | 9.89 | 26.89 | 185% |
| Cyprus | 6.04 | 7.53 | 8.91 | 11.37 | 32% |
| Latvia | 12.77 | 7.35 | 8.74 | 3.84 | -11% |
| Mongolia | 9.92 | 6.69 | 8.45 | 2.91 | -3% |
| Moldova | 20.65 | 5.89 | 7.53 | 1.74 | -20% |
| Honduras | 2.74 | 4.59 | 7.46 | 1.02 | 92% |
| Tajikistan | 7.97 | 5.95 | 7.36 | 1.06 | 56% |
| Ghana | 3.41 | 5.32 | 7.29 | 0.32 | 78% |
| Macedonia | 9.3 | 8.41 | 7.17 | 3.5 | -27% |
| Cameroon | 3.59 | 6.83 | 7.16 | 0.41 | 6% |
| Uruguay | 4.52 | 6.52 | 6.36 | 1.85 | 28% |
| Cote d’Ivoire (IvoryCoast) | 3.86 | 7.36 | 6.3 | 0.36 | 10% |
| El Salvador | 3.22 | 5.51 | 6.28 | 0.92 | 43% |
| Costa Rica | 3.64 | 5.01 | 5.76 | 1.41 | 29% |
| Senegal | 2.92 | 4.43 | 5.73 | 0.47 | 46% |
| Congo -Brazzaville | 0.85 | 3.01 | 5.53 | 1.49 | 79% |
| Ethiopia | 3.64 | 3.46 | 5.13 | 0.07 | 199% |
| Bahamas, The | 2.22 | 3.5 | 5 | 16.48 | 40% |
| Mozambique | 1.19 | 1.28 | 4.98 | 0.24 | 365% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14.07 | 7.23 | 4.95 | 0.95 | -30% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.12 | 2.05 | 4.88 | 8.37 | 214% |
| Albania | 4.17 | 3.26 | 4.69 | 1.31 | 140% |
| Tanzania | 2.58 | 2.73 | 4.68 | 0.12 | 87% |
| Georgia | 15.51 | 4.63 | 4.66 | 1 | -18% |
| Papua New Guinea | 2.58 | 2.6 | 4.66 | 0.82 | 74% |
| Nicaragua | 2.35 | 3.7 | 4.57 | 0.82 | 56% |
| Gibraltar | 3.09 | 7.3 | 4.47 | 160.22 | 38% |
| Gabon | 6.06 | 5.07 | 4.34 | 3.04 | -22% |
| Botswana | 3.23 | 4.41 | 4.27 | 2.39 | 38% |
| Mauritius | 2.14 | 3.5 | 4.04 | 3.22 | 67% |
| Paraguay | 2.33 | 3.56 | 3.76 | 0.58 | 39% |
| Iceland | 2.32 | 3.18 | 3.44 | 11.5 | 25% |
| Malta | 2.38 | 2.91 | 3.11 | 7.78 | 19% |
| Mauritania | 3.31 | 3.24 | 3.03 | 0.95 | -13% |
| Nepal | 1.11 | 3.11 | 3 | 0.11 | 80% |
| Reunion | 1.4 | 2.51 | 2.77 | NA | 48% |
| Namibia | 1.12 | 1.81 | 2.7 | 1.32 | 100% |
| Benin | 0.77 | 1.65 | 2.65 | 0.34 | 156% |
| New Caledonia | 1.78 | 2.01 | 2.6 | 11.85 | 42% |
| Madagascar | 1.07 | 1.81 | 2.59 | 0.14 | 102% |
| Zambia | 2.99 | 1.9 | 2.57 | 0.23 | 17% |
| Togo | 0.72 | 1.4 | 2.51 | 0.45 | 298% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.35 | 2.71 | 2.51 | 0.04 | -35% |
| Martinique | 1.47 | 2.06 | 2.39 | NA | 18% |
| Macau | 1.13 | 1.58 | 2.28 | 5.02 | 54% |
| Guadeloupe | 1.39 | 1.81 | 2.11 | NA | 24% |
| Suriname | 1.44 | 1.61 | 2.01 | 4.31 | 34% |
| Djibouti | 1.78 | 1.85 | 2 | 4.12 | 10% |
| Guam | 2.51 | 2.87 | 1.89 | 11.06 | -41% |
| Haiti | 0.88 | 1.52 | 1.79 | 0.21 | 61% |