The accompanying table shows the annual growth rate for the years 2000€“2014 in per capita emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and the annual growth rate in real GDP per capita for selected countries.

Data from: Energy Information Administration; World Bank.

a. Rank the countries in terms of their growth in CO₂ emissions, from highest to lowest. What five countries have the highest growth rate in emissions? What five countries have the lowest growth rate in emissions?

b. Now rank the countries in terms of their growth in real GDP per capita, from highest to lowest. What five countries have the highest growth rate? What five countries have the lowest growth rate?

c. Would you infer from your results that CO₂ emissions are linked to growth in output per capita?

d. Do high growth rates necessarily lead to high CO₂ emissions?

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2000-2014 Average annual growth rate co, emissions per capita Real GDP per capita Country Argentina 1.69% 1.17% Bangladesh 4.33 4.47 Canada 0.96 0.01 China 9.24 7.48 Germany -0.41 1.20 Ireland 1.30 -2.56 Japan 0.70 0.11 South Korea 3.51 2.32 Mexico 0.42 0.67 Nigeria -1.30 5.03 Russia 4.16 1.35 South Africa -0.02 1.64 United Kingdom -2.20 1.02 United States 0.85 -1.27