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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2013

2013, 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, 2013 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,354.633; Malawi is lowest, at 0.202. The middle country reads 12.346. Against 2012, 120 values changed (64 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2013

HighestChina

2,354.633

LowestMalawi

0.202

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,354.6332,713.5292358.8959
United StatesUSANorthern America1,538.6801,493.8418-44.8381
IndiaINDSouthern Asia447.013544.578997.5662
JapanJPNEastern Asia405.862358.0447-47.8176
RussiaRUSEastern Europe377.399446.928869.5299
GermanyDEUWestern Europe253.700227.0048-26.6956
South KoreaKOREastern Asia182.793173.1934-9.5999
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe170.527130.3524-40.1744
CanadaCANNorthern America168.264155.1828-13.0813
BrazilBRASouth America162.600145.0788-17.5209
MexicoMEXCentral America160.921135.2106-25.7108
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia155.564159.16433.5998
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia139.060134.6712-4.3891
ItalyITASouthern Europe133.375100.8353-32.5392
IranIRNSouthern Asia132.631166.483833.8526
FranceFRAWestern Europe131.92598.2569-33.6681
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia110.39795.6969-14.7001
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand105.408108.58353.1755
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa97.430124.505527.0751
SpainESPSouthern Europe84.92068.8071-16.1132
PolandPOLEastern Europe83.00487.81584.8122
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia80.57171.9851-8.5859
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia78.29274.9389-3.3530
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia70.57958.4574-12.1213
UkraineUKREastern Europe68.71681.206412.4908

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,354.633
  2. United States1,538.680
  3. India447.013
  4. Japan405.862
  5. Russia377.399

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.202
  2. Rwanda0.214
  3. Togo0.325
  4. Guinea0.473
  5. Panama0.700

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.346. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,713.5292

    LowestRwanda0.2126

    Middle country: 11.6404

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina358.8959

    LowestSingapore-53.1701

    Middle country: -1.3030

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 64 · 56rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • India486.375 → 447.013−39.362
  • Iran151.729 → 132.631−19.097
  • Japan420.632 → 405.862−14.769
  • Italy146.310 → 133.375−12.935
  • Russia387.957 → 377.399−10.559

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 2013.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2013). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2013

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