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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015

2015, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,398.948; Malawi is lowest, at 0.194. The middle country reads 12.272. Against 2014, 120 values changed (62 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2015

HighestChina

2,398.948

LowestMalawi

0.194

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,398.9482,690.513291.565
United StatesUSANorthern America1,553.9101,465.201-88.709
IndiaINDSouthern Asia535.222609.12073.899
JapanJPNEastern Asia360.516332.965-27.552
RussiaRUSEastern Europe346.405446.30099.895
GermanyDEUWestern Europe245.501218.565-26.936
South KoreaKOREastern Asia184.573173.083-11.490
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia178.425170.455-7.970
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe162.937115.300-47.637
IranIRNSouthern Asia160.306175.20714.901
CanadaCANNorthern America156.439153.658-2.781
MexicoMEXCentral America156.210130.850-25.360
BrazilBRASouth America151.803144.152-7.651
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia148.862150.4261.564
ItalyITASouthern Europe125.75698.593-27.164
FranceFRAWestern Europe118.63990.647-27.992
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia117.938105.814-12.123
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand105.684109.3313.647
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa95.604124.85629.252
PolandPOLEastern Europe81.62585.3033.678
SpainESPSouthern Europe76.79573.758-3.038
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia74.85375.6270.774
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia72.54075.4002.860
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia71.35661.421-9.935
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa70.68361.860-8.823

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,398.948
  2. United States1,553.910
  3. India535.222
  4. Japan360.516
  5. Russia346.405

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.194
  2. Rwanda0.288
  3. Togo0.489
  4. Guinea0.571
  5. Burkina Faso0.960

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,690.513

    LowestRwanda0.264

    Middle country: 10.924

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina291.565

    LowestUnited States-88.709

    Middle country: -0.981

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 62 · 58rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (2015). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2015

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015?

China, at 2,398.948, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2023.

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