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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990

1990, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,378.641; Namibia is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 7.413.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 1990

HighestUnited States

1,378.641

LowestNamibia

0.000

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,378.6411,400.59021.9489
ChinaCHNEastern Asia644.315677.82133.5053
RussiaRUSEastern Europe557.597692.217134.6199
JapanJPNEastern Asia371.848315.189-56.6588
GermanyDEUWestern Europe327.521287.881-39.6399
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe181.770164.286-17.4841
IndiaINDSouthern Asia159.212157.747-1.4646
ItalyITASouthern Europe152.630119.598-33.0313
UkraineUKREastern Europe140.815192.82952.0141
CanadaCANNorthern America135.693125.005-10.6881
FranceFRAWestern Europe132.470107.780-24.6903
South KoreaKOREastern Asia90.33468.371-21.9636
MexicoMEXCentral America88.82886.448-2.3802
PolandPOLEastern Europe88.559102.71314.1543
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa85.40885.4080.0000
SpainESPSouthern Europe73.94362.604-11.3389
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia67.63772.9825.3448
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand66.78075.8909.1103
BrazilBRASouth America65.14359.677-5.4653
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia57.21542.187-15.0281
IranIRNSouthern Asia55.42457.6082.1832
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe47.64344.496-3.1476
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia47.26449.6652.4006
RomaniaROUEastern Europe43.87548.1814.3056
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe41.33144.8293.4976

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,378.641
  2. China644.315
  3. Russia557.597
  4. Japan371.848
  5. Germany327.521

Lowest

  1. Namibia0.000
  2. Rwanda0.172
  3. Malawi0.190
  4. Burkina Faso0.225
  5. Laos0.232

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,400.590

    LowestLaos0.140

    Middle country: 6.601

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestRussia134.6199

    LowestJapan-56.6588

    Middle country: -0.1367

03Caveats

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 1990.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 1 empty cell

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

04The 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 (1990). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/1990

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06Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990?

United States, at 1,378.641, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990 cover?

119.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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