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Table 6.2 Annual per capita carbon footprints according to different development measures, in
different income groups, and in different regions, countries, and major Indian cities
Per capita carbon footprint (tCO 2 e)
Global average
4.0
Measures of development
Developing country status
Developing countries
2.4
Least developed countries
0.2
OECD membership status
OECD member countries
11.5
High-income OECD member countries
13.2
HDI scores
High-HDI countries
10.1
Medium-HDI countries
2.5
Low-HDI countries
0.3
Income groups
High income
13.3
Middle income
4.0
Low income
0.9
Regions
Arab states
4.5
East Asia and the Pacific
3.5
Latin America
2.6
South Asia
1.3
Sub-Saharan Africa
1.0
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
7.9
Countries
China
3.2
India
1.33
Japan
10.76
UK
9.0
USA
20.0
Major Indian cities
Ahmedabad
1.2
Bangalore
1.3
Chennai
1.3
Delhi
1.5
Hyderabad
1.3
Kolkata
1.1
Mumbai
1.3
Sources: UNDP (2007), World Bank (2010) and Pandey et al. (2011)
HDI Human Development Index, OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, tCO 2 e tonnes of CO 2 equivalent
6 Assessment of the Carbon Footprint Across Urban Households in Kolkata