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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2012

2012, 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, 2012 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,276.929; Panama is lowest, at 0.169. The middle country reads 12.656. Against 2011, 120 values changed (69 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2012

HighestChina

2,276.929

LowestPanama

0.169

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,276.9292,665.751388.822
United StatesUSANorthern America1,514.8261,455.095-59.731
IndiaINDSouthern Asia486.375525.92439.550
JapanJPNEastern Asia420.632355.380-65.252
RussiaRUSEastern Europe387.957464.00276.045
GermanyDEUWestern Europe254.400222.187-32.213
South KoreaKOREastern Asia181.503171.382-10.122
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe174.820133.045-41.775
CanadaCANNorthern America167.635153.321-14.314
MexicoMEXCentral America158.240136.870-21.370
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia156.739165.3148.576
IranIRNSouthern Asia151.729163.55811.830
ItalyITASouthern Europe146.310110.110-36.199
BrazilBRASouth America146.104135.772-10.332
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia142.946140.767-2.180
FranceFRAWestern Europe130.88297.735-33.147
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand112.763110.536-2.227
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia111.20797.883-13.324
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa95.636125.93830.303
PolandPOLEastern Europe87.62788.9131.286
SpainESPSouthern Europe78.84975.718-3.130
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia78.27071.601-6.669
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia76.68574.586-2.100
UkraineUKREastern Europe70.36683.08712.721
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia65.81956.857-8.962

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,276.929
  2. United States1,514.826
  3. India486.375
  4. Japan420.632
  5. Russia387.957

Lowest

  1. Panama0.169
  2. Rwanda0.217
  3. Malawi0.254
  4. Togo0.502
  5. Laos0.728

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.656. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,665.751

    LowestRwanda0.196

    Middle country: 11.204

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina388.822

    LowestJapan-65.252

    Middle country: -1.173

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 69 · 51rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China2,198.939 → 2,276.929+77.990
  • India443.285 → 486.375+43.089
  • Iran131.801 → 151.729+19.927
  • Saudi Arabia137.121 → 156.739+19.617
  • Russia371.402 → 387.957+16.555

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 2012.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2012). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2012

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