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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019

2019, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,665.689; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.737. The middle country reads 12.199. Against 2018, 120 values changed (53 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2019

HighestChina

2,665.689

LowestRwanda

0.737

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,665.6892,923.994258.3053
United StatesUSANorthern America1,522.9471,429.015-93.9314
IndiaINDSouthern Asia618.803712.65793.8541
RussiaRUSEastern Europe351.071465.191114.1196
JapanJPNEastern Asia339.978300.781-39.1971
GermanyDEUWestern Europe231.005193.409-37.5964
South KoreaKOREastern Asia200.750176.338-24.4116
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia183.459193.3239.8639
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia181.280181.5090.2291
IranIRNSouthern Asia167.769198.49030.7212
MexicoMEXCentral America153.634127.794-25.8408
CanadaCANNorthern America149.875158.0268.1513
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe143.21399.551-43.6629
BrazilBRASouth America132.638130.110-2.5278
ItalyITASouthern Europe122.95692.696-30.2599
FranceFRAWestern Europe120.80986.332-34.4765
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia114.310110.963-3.3468
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand104.707113.2448.5367
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa100.295128.47428.1787
PolandPOLEastern Europe84.51386.6392.1259
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia82.88076.932-5.9480
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia78.39674.974-3.4222
SpainESPSouthern Europe77.53668.415-9.1206
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia75.11875.7840.6662
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa67.24163.881-3.3598

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,665.689
  2. United States1,522.947
  3. India618.803
  4. Russia351.071
  5. Japan339.978

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.737
  2. Malawi0.740
  3. Burkina Faso1.390
  4. Madagascar1.572
  5. Albania1.643

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.199. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,923.994

    LowestRwanda0.386

    Middle country: 11.031

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina258.3053

    LowestUnited States-93.9314

    Middle country: -1.4710

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 53 · 67rose · 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 2019.

  • 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 (2019). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2019

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019?

China, at 2,665.689, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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