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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997

1997, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,538.929; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.133. The middle country reads 8.367. Against 1996, 119 values changed (66 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 1997

HighestUnited States

1,538.929

LowestRwanda

0.133

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 119 countries · select a heading to sort

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,538.9291,548.3479.4183
ChinaCHNEastern Asia845.956958.611112.6552
JapanJPNEastern Asia413.968338.696-75.2726
RussiaRUSEastern Europe323.967404.46680.4991
GermanyDEUWestern Europe294.212254.233-39.9799
IndiaINDSouthern Asia219.028234.16415.1353
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe180.498153.578-26.9205
CanadaCANNorthern America150.502142.472-8.0301
ItalyITASouthern Europe144.578122.427-22.1519
South KoreaKOREastern Asia136.351121.443-14.9080
FranceFRAWestern Europe130.395108.085-22.3104
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa105.135105.1350.0000
MexicoMEXCentral America104.34198.926-5.4143
BrazilBRASouth America91.26583.774-7.4909
PolandPOLEastern Europe87.291100.21812.9267
SpainESPSouthern Europe77.33772.298-5.0395
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand75.37287.40212.0303
UkraineUKREastern Europe75.10792.95517.8481
IranIRNSouthern Asia68.10373.4895.3856
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia66.59676.3369.7406
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia66.44052.069-14.3709
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia61.72058.819-2.9011
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia58.43361.9953.5616
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe50.95547.889-3.0660
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia45.99249.4553.4628

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. United States1,538.929
  2. China845.956
  3. Japan413.968
  4. Russia323.967
  5. Germany294.212

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.133
  2. Togo0.220
  3. Malawi0.282
  4. Burkina Faso0.304
  5. Laos0.344

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.367. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,548.347

    LowestRwanda0.132

    Middle country: 8.145

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina112.6552

    LowestJapan-75.2726

    Middle country: -0.1263

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 66 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (1997). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/1997

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997?

United States, at 1,538.929, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997 cover?

119.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1997 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2023.

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