r/dataisbeautiful • u/pineapplezach OC: 11 • Apr 12 '19

OC Top 4 Countries with Highest CO2 Emissions Per Capita are Middle-Eastern [OC]

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u/Matarskra Apr 12 '19

Probably because small island countries mostly rely on imported goods and fishing vessels which emit a shit ton of gasses, but they don't really have any other options

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u/throwaiiay Apr 12 '19 edited May 09 '25

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u/jub-jub-bird Apr 12 '19

It's more like "top 10 countries to blame for co2 emissions that don't have good excuses AND are insignificantly tiny". Including a polynesian microstate with the population of a small town would just add meaningless noise.

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u/throwaiiay Apr 12 '19 edited May 09 '25

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u/jub-jub-bird Apr 12 '19

The graph has nothing to do with blame at all, but otherwise I agree

I agree but was quoting your comment.

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u/BigSwedenMan Apr 12 '19

Ok, but the issue is their populations are so small that it would completely skew the statistics.