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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004

2004, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,789.239943; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.154930. The middle country reads 10.345451. Against 2003, 120 values changed (82 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2004

HighestUnited States

1,789.239943

LowestRwanda

0.154930

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, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 120 countries · select a heading to sort

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,789.2399431,667.998-121.242
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,161.2018211,422.206261.004
JapanJPNEastern Asia411.216005349.105-62.111
RussiaRUSEastern Europe326.085334421.76795.681
IndiaINDSouthern Asia284.747935309.66524.917
GermanyDEUWestern Europe283.096258239.239-43.858
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe211.426814156.504-54.923
ItalyITASouthern Europe165.576108136.650-28.926
CanadaCANNorthern America161.583159157.283-4.300
South KoreaKOREastern Asia153.661312134.113-19.548
FranceFRAWestern Europe145.960248113.011-32.949
MexicoMEXCentral America134.031968119.702-14.330
SpainESPSouthern Europe107.06637796.108-10.958
IranIRNSouthern Asia105.078648120.66615.587
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia96.803526111.27214.469
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand95.990992104.2598.268
BrazilBRASouth America91.42421498.6457.220
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa87.103015122.63135.528
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia86.76596193.5346.768
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia84.23280770.788-13.445
PolandPOLEastern Europe80.38859988.3247.936
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia77.11264367.643-9.470
BelgiumBELWestern Europe59.43709435.156-24.281
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia56.60414256.586-0.018
UkraineUKREastern Europe56.02798184.77828.750

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,789.239943
  2. China1,161.201821
  3. Japan411.216005
  4. Russia326.085334
  5. India284.747935

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.154930
  2. Malawi0.221408
  3. Togo0.280300
  4. Burkina Faso0.368384
  5. Guinea0.420968

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 10.345451. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,667.998

    LowestRwanda0.141

    Middle country: 9.796

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina261.004

    LowestUnited States-121.242

    Middle country: -0.433

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 82 · 38rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China1,097.076595 → 1,161.201821+64.125225
  • United States1,756.414233 → 1,789.239943+32.825710
  • India268.944260 → 284.747935+15.803675
  • South Africa75.089989 → 87.103015+12.013026
  • Taiwan73.104317 → 84.232807+11.128489

Fell most

  • Germany288.234305 → 283.096258−5.138047
  • Ukraine59.695780 → 56.027981−3.667799
  • Venezuela29.454521 → 26.701822−2.752699
  • Oman10.427629 → 7.908011−2.519618
  • Czechia33.346382 → 31.788063−1.558319

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 2004.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 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 (2004). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2004

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004?

United States, at 1,789.239943, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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