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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2017

2017, 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, 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.

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

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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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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