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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1998

1998, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This counts the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and cement that goes into everything a country consumes, wherever in the world it was emitted. The steel, electronics and clothes a country imports carry the emissions of the factories that made them, so this is the fairer reading for a country that buys its manufactured goods abroad.

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1998 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,593.5841; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.1357. The middle country reads 8.4110. Against 1997, 119 values changed (84 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 1998

HighestUnited States

1,593.5841

LowestRwanda

0.1357

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,593.58411,565.60045-27.9837
ChinaCHNEastern Asia818.0544915.7576397.7032
JapanJPNEastern Asia389.1687327.87511-61.2935
GermanyDEUWestern Europe298.3919252.04657-46.3454
RussiaRUSEastern Europe285.0128400.07060115.0578
IndiaINDSouthern Asia222.1866239.0238516.8372
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe188.8482155.17022-33.6780
CanadaCANNorthern America153.0509144.54552-8.5054
ItalyITASouthern Europe150.3708125.77084-24.6000
FranceFRAWestern Europe137.1621113.08870-24.0734
MexicoMEXCentral America111.1727104.01250-7.1602
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa102.9676102.967640.0000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia100.2918103.176252.8844
BrazilBRASouth America92.830086.61557-6.2144
SpainESPSouthern Europe80.820474.68609-6.1343
PolandPOLEastern Europe80.608792.5163911.9077
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand80.175191.1675110.9924
IranIRNSouthern Asia79.065983.417484.3516
UkraineUKREastern Europe68.551589.7592821.2077
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia65.837254.73417-11.1031
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia62.329458.83893-3.4905
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia62.154959.74753-2.4073
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe50.685248.14306-2.5421
ArgentinaARGSouth America40.650038.07459-2.5754
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia40.605166.6799526.0748

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,593.5841
  2. China818.0544
  3. Japan389.1687
  4. Germany298.3919
  5. Russia285.0128

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.1357
  2. Malawi0.2809
  3. Togo0.3165
  4. Laos0.3497
  5. Burkina Faso0.3500

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.4110. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,565.60045

    LowestRwanda0.13142

    Middle country: 8.14336

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestRussia115.0578

    LowestJapan-61.2935

    Middle country: -0.1935

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 84 · 35rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Russia323.9669 → 285.0128−38.9541
  • South Korea136.3511 → 100.2918−36.0593
  • China845.9556 → 818.0544−27.9012
  • Indonesia66.5956 → 40.6051−25.9904
  • Japan413.9681 → 389.1687−24.7994

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1998.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (1998). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/1998

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