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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001

2001, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,678.24233; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.13672. The middle country reads 8.05526. Against 2000, 119 values changed (71 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2001

HighestUnited States

1,678.24233

LowestRwanda

0.13672

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,678.242331,611.234-67.008
ChinaCHNEastern Asia909.165751,016.407107.241
JapanJPNEastern Asia421.02271340.048-80.975
RussiaRUSEastern Europe300.91907414.324113.404
GermanyDEUWestern Europe299.46324249.797-49.667
IndiaINDSouthern Asia251.50925273.25321.744
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe199.09321157.743-41.350
CanadaCANNorthern America154.56318152.560-2.003
ItalyITASouthern Europe153.58703128.188-25.399
FranceFRAWestern Europe139.36181112.334-27.028
South KoreaKOREastern Asia137.53200124.353-13.179
MexicoMEXCentral America125.96696111.213-14.754
BrazilBRASouth America95.0924194.478-0.615
SpainESPSouthern Europe91.4070684.888-6.519
IranIRNSouthern Asia85.32566106.41721.091
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand82.0880797.61715.529
PolandPOLEastern Europe78.8813785.4996.617
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa74.84715101.42026.573
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia72.6081686.45213.844
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia72.0544863.163-8.891
UkraineUKREastern Europe69.4773282.93613.458
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia61.6952688.53026.835
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia55.7320959.1903.458
BelgiumBELWestern Europe53.2629634.412-18.851
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia42.6507547.0164.365

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,678.24233
  2. China909.16575
  3. Japan421.02271
  4. Russia300.91907
  5. Germany299.46324

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.13672
  2. Malawi0.19537
  3. Togo0.20669
  4. Guinea0.33215
  5. Burkina Faso0.48783

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.05526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,611.234

    LowestRwanda0.142

    Middle country: 8.478

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestRussia113.404

    LowestJapan-80.975

    Middle country: -0.252

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 71 · 48rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • United States1,700.24563 → 1,678.24233−22.00330
  • Türkiye69.32084 → 55.73209−13.58875
  • Japan431.99792 → 421.02271−10.97521
  • Taiwan77.24074 → 72.05448−5.18626
  • Egypt36.95270 → 32.20790−4.74481

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 2001.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 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 (2001). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2001

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001?

United States, at 1,678.24233, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001 cover?

119.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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