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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2003

2003, 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, 2003 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,756.4142; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.1358. The middle country reads 10.0235. Against 2002, 119 values changed (91 up, 28 down), 1 country joined.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2003

HighestUnited States

1,756.4142

LowestRwanda

0.1358

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,756.41421,639.312-117.1020
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,097.07661,319.665222.5883
JapanJPNEastern Asia410.4067350.394-60.0124
RussiaRUSEastern Europe319.3542420.034100.6803
GermanyDEUWestern Europe288.2343244.132-44.1019
IndiaINDSouthern Asia268.9443291.59322.6491
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe208.2491156.009-52.2396
ItalyITASouthern Europe161.4624135.124-26.3386
CanadaCANNorthern America159.8762158.622-1.2543
South KoreaKOREastern Asia149.9026132.427-17.4755
FranceFRAWestern Europe140.8905112.715-28.1751
MexicoMEXCentral America128.0636118.987-9.0765
SpainESPSouthern Europe100.685091.577-9.1078
IranIRNSouthern Asia98.3719112.16313.7915
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand93.4783101.1977.7183
BrazilBRASouth America88.055994.0626.0066
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia86.593395.8599.2658
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia85.196792.5287.3316
PolandPOLEastern Europe78.960886.9908.0296
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa75.0900110.37335.2828
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia73.104367.994-5.1106
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia67.946665.461-2.4857
UkraineUKREastern Europe59.695883.85524.1594
BelgiumBELWestern Europe55.204235.014-20.1900
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia51.121952.1531.0309

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,756.4142
  2. China1,097.0766
  3. Japan410.4067
  4. Russia319.3542
  5. Germany288.2343

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.1358
  2. Malawi0.2477
  3. Togo0.3033
  4. Burkina Faso0.3708
  5. Panama0.4767

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 10.0235. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestUnited States1,639.312

    LowestRwanda0.138

    Middle country: 9.659

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina222.5883

    LowestUnited States-117.1020

    Middle country: -0.4181

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 91 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Singapore41.5522 → 27.4267−14.1255
  • Japan417.9561 → 410.4067−7.5494
  • Ukraine66.5969 → 59.6958−6.9011
  • Brazil92.2421 → 88.0559−4.1862
  • Cambodia3.4968 → 2.2150−1.2819
+ Norway

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 2003.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (2003). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2003

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