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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2009

2009, 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, 2009 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 1,815.826; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.148. The middle country reads 13.077. Against 2008, 120 values changed (37 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2009

HighestChina

1,815.826

LowestRwanda

0.148

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1,815.8262,151.062335.236
United StatesUSANorthern America1,562.7961,497.299-65.497
IndiaINDSouthern Asia415.307440.31925.012
JapanJPNEastern Asia375.290316.663-58.627
RussiaRUSEastern Europe336.156421.73585.579
GermanyDEUWestern Europe267.471215.607-51.864
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe175.170134.855-40.316
CanadaCANNorthern America159.622147.688-11.934
ItalyITASouthern Europe157.795115.729-42.066
South KoreaKOREastern Asia156.628146.785-9.843
IranIRNSouthern Asia140.658148.3097.652
FranceFRAWestern Europe139.776101.366-38.410
MexicoMEXCentral America138.780125.625-13.154
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia130.964137.5466.583
BrazilBRASouth America111.247106.380-4.867
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand108.823111.0752.252
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia105.320108.7953.475
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa96.495129.50733.011
SpainESPSouthern Europe94.02280.830-13.192
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia91.64186.945-4.695
PolandPOLEastern Europe84.51286.2141.702
UkraineUKREastern Europe67.62575.7628.137
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia66.48269.0582.576
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia63.18262.455-0.726
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia58.15946.149-12.011

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China1,815.826
  2. United States1,562.796
  3. India415.307
  4. Japan375.290
  5. Russia336.156

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.148
  2. Malawi0.220
  3. Panama0.287
  4. Togo0.509
  5. Burkina Faso0.612

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.077. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,151.062

    LowestRwanda0.151

    Middle country: 11.242

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina335.236

    LowestUnited States-65.497

    Middle country: -0.657

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 37 · 83rose · 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 2009.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2009). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2009

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