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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010

2010, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 1,981.630; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.164. The middle country reads 13.694. Against 2009, 120 values changed (83 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2010

HighestChina

1,981.630

LowestRwanda

0.164

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,981.6302,349.904368.27356
United StatesUSANorthern America1,607.4871,547.284-60.20250
IndiaINDSouthern Asia428.796458.11429.31837
JapanJPNEastern Asia387.998330.538-57.46048
RussiaRUSEastern Europe355.306445.72890.42177
GermanyDEUWestern Europe280.317225.629-54.68822
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe187.464139.712-47.75160
South KoreaKOREastern Asia178.651162.210-16.44095
ItalyITASouthern Europe170.430118.906-51.52379
CanadaCANNorthern America168.847151.285-17.56200
MexicoMEXCentral America143.239124.566-18.67326
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia141.917151.6489.73176
FranceFRAWestern Europe139.487102.915-36.57235
BrazilBRASouth America130.698120.161-10.53744
IranIRNSouthern Asia130.051153.24723.19588
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia118.843121.5532.70978
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand108.964110.5421.57793
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia99.91986.984-12.93430
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa95.505127.55332.04745
PolandPOLEastern Europe89.97791.1651.18821
SpainESPSouthern Europe89.72077.125-12.59493
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia81.04073.886-7.15456
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia70.24665.780-4.46532
UkraineUKREastern Europe64.65780.34015.68300
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia59.10050.723-8.37737

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China1,981.630
  2. United States1,607.487
  3. India428.796
  4. Japan387.998
  5. Russia355.306

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.164
  2. Malawi0.228
  3. Panama0.291
  4. Togo0.500
  5. Burkina Faso0.604

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.694. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,349.904

    LowestRwanda0.159

    Middle country: 11.503

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina368.27356

    LowestUnited States-60.20250

    Middle country: -0.92301

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 83 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran140.658 → 130.051−10.607
  • Kazakhstan49.740 → 44.314−5.426
  • Spain94.022 → 89.720−4.302
  • Greece33.868 → 29.579−4.289
  • Ukraine67.625 → 64.657−2.968

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 2010.

  • 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 (2010). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2010

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010?

China, at 1,981.630, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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