Grade level: 4th – 6th grades

Skills: Circle graph

Related environmental issues: Climate Change

The circle graph below shows how much carbon dioxide (CO2) was emitted from the world’s top five CO2-emitting countries in 2015.

1. What country emitted the largest amount of CO2 in the world?
2. India emitted half as much CO2 as the United States.  What percentage of the world’s CO2 did India emit in 2015?
3. European Union emitted twice as much CO2 as Russia.  What percentage of the world’s CO2 did European Union emit in 2015?
4. Together, what percentage of the world’s CO2 did the rest of the countries emit?

Sources: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, “CO2 time series 1990-2015 per region/country”