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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2002

2002, 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, 2002 covers 119 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,712.28639; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.13092. The middle country reads 8.27338. Against 2001, 119 values changed (79 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2002

HighestUnited States

1,712.28639

LowestRwanda

0.13092

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,712.286391,623.31307-88.973
ChinaCHNEastern Asia987.910881,118.49905130.588
JapanJPNEastern Asia417.95612348.09506-69.861
RussiaRUSEastern Europe303.23533411.66207108.427
GermanyDEUWestern Europe281.95248245.31503-36.637
IndiaINDSouthern Asia255.69832281.8641726.166
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe200.56090152.91299-47.648
CanadaCANNorthern America159.80024154.00005-5.800
ItalyITASouthern Europe158.45471130.22280-28.232
South KoreaKOREastern Asia147.57382129.93037-17.643
FranceFRAWestern Europe137.89889111.08804-26.811
MexicoMEXCentral America126.17095111.98173-14.189
SpainESPSouthern Europe97.4474390.34612-7.101
BrazilBRASouth America92.2421494.914022.672
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand87.5932998.9151011.322
IranIRNSouthern Asia82.23994108.3601126.120
PolandPOLEastern Europe76.3242883.475017.151
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia75.3634484.116088.753
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia74.2307265.11108-9.120
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa69.6139097.2983527.684
UkraineUKREastern Europe66.5968980.7589814.162
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia64.4157494.6862730.271
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia61.2287361.22264-0.006
BelgiumBELWestern Europe54.8096734.62968-20.180
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia46.9796050.399963.420

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,712.28639
  2. China987.91088
  3. Japan417.95612
  4. Russia303.23533
  5. Germany281.95248

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.13092
  2. Malawi0.22378
  3. Togo0.27149
  4. Guinea0.34504
  5. Namibia0.49743

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.27338. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,623.31307

    LowestRwanda0.13961

    Middle country: 8.73551

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina130.588

    LowestUnited States-88.973

    Middle country: -0.306

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 79 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2002.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2002). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2002

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