There is the significant environmental impact of digital communication. The environmental impact of our digital activities, such as sending and receiving emails, is substantial, with global email communications emitting approximately 1344.3 tons of carbon daily.
A recent report from Zero Bounce research finds on to identify the countries sending out the most emails daily, resulting in the most amount of CO2 emissions. The study used the most recent reports of population numbers from the World Population Review.
The information about the percentage of email users was retrieved from the reports by Statista. The reports about the number of emails sent out per country were taken from the Talos Intelligence website. It is globally recognized that on average one email transaction emits 0.3 grams of CO2.
The carbon footprint was calculated according to the number of emails sent out per user. For clearer results, the grams were translated into tons. Per capita carbon footprint is indicated in grams.
The United States tops the ranking, with the most amount of daily carbon emissions because of email use. 89.45% of the US population uses emails, emitting on average 3,207 tons of CO2 daily. Each user, on average, sends or receives 31.72 emails per day, contributing 9.52 grams to the daily carbon footprint per capita. The United States’ email activity accounts for 6.82% of the overall world email traffic, the second largest in the list.
Germany ranks second with the total amount of carbon emissions due to email transactions. Ireland ranks third, with the highest amount of carbon emitted daily at roughly 532 grams per user. The Netherlands takes the fourth position.
At the same time, The United Kingdom holds the fifth position in the ranking. France comes sixth, with an email user rate of 94%, translating to 60.9 million users out of a population of 64.8 million. Following France, Austria ranks seventh. Japan takes the eighth position with a 75% email user rate who sends 8.25 billion emails daily.
India, despite having the largest population in this analysis, ranks ninth in terms of per capita carbon emissions from email usage. An average Indian email user sends or receives 6.90 emails per day, contributing only 2.07 grams to their daily carbon footprint. However, India’s email activity represents a significant 26.51% of global email traffic. Belgium rounds up the ranking tenth, sending out 8.1 billion emails daily, with each user averaging 801.97 emails per day.
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