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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2008

2008, 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, 2008 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. United States is highest, at 1,697.0728; Panama is lowest, at -0.0318. The middle country reads 12.4953. Against 2007, 120 values changed (80 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2008

HighestUnited States

1,697.0728

LowestPanama

-0.0318

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,697.07281,615.508-81.5649
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,606.97992,044.870437.8903
JapanJPNEastern Asia400.2506335.340-64.9103
IndiaINDSouthern Asia374.6710406.75932.0884
RussiaRUSEastern Europe362.2415451.07388.8315
GermanyDEUWestern Europe282.9944233.800-49.1945
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe199.6511148.726-50.9250
South KoreaKOREastern Asia175.8794145.374-30.5053
ItalyITASouthern Europe164.0301130.495-33.5355
CanadaCANNorthern America163.8661156.718-7.1482
FranceFRAWestern Europe148.2367106.385-41.8518
MexicoMEXCentral America144.4014129.089-15.3126
IranIRNSouthern Asia138.8030144.2495.4459
BrazilBRASouth America121.6055112.619-8.9860
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia116.2244128.12011.8952
SpainESPSouthern Europe109.693591.508-18.1857
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia101.917099.723-2.1943
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand101.6589110.3388.6793
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia98.179185.324-12.8548
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa92.9853135.00942.0236
PolandPOLEastern Europe88.048189.9101.8614
UkraineUKREastern Europe79.537488.9699.4318
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia75.928072.864-3.0636
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia64.109161.203-2.9058
BelgiumBELWestern Europe63.342432.807-30.5356

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States1,697.0728
  2. China1,606.9799
  3. Japan400.2506
  4. India374.6710
  5. Russia362.2415

Lowest

  1. Panama-0.0318
  2. Rwanda0.1579
  3. Malawi0.2395
  4. Togo0.3361
  5. Guinea0.4517

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.4953. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,044.870

    LowestRwanda0.145

    Middle country: 11.493

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina437.8903

    LowestUnited States-81.5649

    Middle country: -1.1609

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 80 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China1,492.5383 → 1,606.9799+114.4416
  • India352.3723 → 374.6710+22.2988
  • Brazil107.5466 → 121.6055+14.0589
  • Singapore34.9089 → 47.7942+12.8853
  • Saudi Arabia104.3237 → 116.2244+11.9008

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 2008.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

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Global Carbon Project (2008). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2008

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