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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017

2017, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,444.706; Malawi is lowest, at 0.251. The middle country reads 12.203. Against 2016, 120 values changed (73 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2017

HighestChina

2,444.706

LowestMalawi

0.251

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,444.7062,729.261284.5556
United StatesUSANorthern America1,508.2231,417.963-90.2601
IndiaINDSouthern Asia576.472662.04285.5697
RussiaRUSEastern Europe355.758453.33397.5746
JapanJPNEastern Asia351.830323.251-28.5793
GermanyDEUWestern Europe246.122214.136-31.9857
South KoreaKOREastern Asia191.544178.640-12.9035
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia170.250175.8975.6467
IranIRNSouthern Asia154.975190.06835.0927
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia154.882155.8210.9390
MexicoMEXCentral America153.054126.749-26.3054
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe152.384105.722-46.6619
CanadaCANNorthern America151.366154.6563.2903
BrazilBRASouth America138.301135.714-2.5879
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia125.950117.528-8.4222
ItalyITASouthern Europe125.47496.252-29.2225
FranceFRAWestern Europe123.64192.349-31.2912
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand108.083112.8304.7471
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa94.826120.09025.2643
PolandPOLEastern Europe86.61091.8415.2311
SpainESPSouthern Europe80.31874.641-5.6774
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia79.22977.333-1.8966
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia78.80777.985-0.8227
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa71.05969.150-1.9099
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia67.23866.719-0.5195

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,444.706
  2. United States1,508.223
  3. India576.472
  4. Russia355.758
  5. Japan351.830

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.251
  2. Togo0.487
  3. Rwanda0.516
  4. Burkina Faso1.227
  5. Madagascar1.562

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.203. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,729.261

    LowestRwanda0.319

    Middle country: 10.676

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina284.5556

    LowestUnited States-90.2601

    Middle country: -1.2090

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 73 · 47rose · 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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2017

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017?

China, at 2,444.706, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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