For Sierra Leone, the emissions are nothing compared to the other five countries. Sierra Leone began emitting significant amounts of carbon dioxide in 1969. In 1968, Siaka Stevens returns to power at head of government (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094419) However, it is not noted whether or not this has anything to do with increased emissions.
Sierra Leone's value of emissions is a lot lower than the United States. Sierra Leone's is only 0.07 versus the United States who is at 4.9. The comparison is .014. Based on carbon dioxide emissions, Sierra Leone's rank is 190. The rank of the United States is 12.
Compared to other countries, Sierra Leone does not have nearly the amount of emissions as the other countries do. This is not surprising, as Sierra Leone is not as developed as say, the United States and China. As of 2008, China was the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. Considering China has 1,338,000,000 people, and a high amount of emissions, a Chinese citizen is obviously more at fault for emitting carbon dioxide. The cumulative contribution to climate change are as follows for each country:
United States: 94225770
China: 36152061
India: 10229326
Italy: 5579562
Kenya: 86840
Sierra Leone: 7719
Cumulatively, the United States is responsible for the most carbon dioxide emissions. When China's emissions are divided by United States' emissions, the number is .38, when the same is done for India, the number is .10, an even smaller number. Therefore showing, that the United States is a leading place for carbon dioxide emissions.
The global emissions of carbon shows higher levels, than the Keeling Curve because of the steep incline. On both graphs, the levels begin to rise at about the same time. Emissions are different than concentrations in the sense that concentrations are levels, and emissions is what is actually giving off.
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
