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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2018

2018, 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, 2018 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,577.356; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.688. The middle country reads 11.930. Against 2017, 120 values changed (78 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2018

HighestChina

2,577.356

LowestRwanda

0.688

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,577.3562,823.906246.54979
United StatesUSANorthern America1,551.4571,463.219-88.23716
IndiaINDSouthern Asia611.098708.30497.20626
JapanJPNEastern Asia347.783310.740-37.04350
RussiaRUSEastern Europe341.376466.678125.30285
GermanyDEUWestern Europe243.488207.088-36.39999
South KoreaKOREastern Asia204.484182.906-21.57806
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia168.125178.0039.87853
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia165.623165.7690.14629
MexicoMEXCentral America155.895127.844-28.05102
CanadaCANNorthern America151.916156.9575.04128
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe148.812103.638-45.17387
IranIRNSouthern Asia143.619181.36637.74649
BrazilBRASouth America132.193130.077-2.11636
ItalyITASouthern Europe127.40595.264-32.14028
FranceFRAWestern Europe124.47388.183-36.29010
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia122.353115.671-6.68250
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand105.453113.2047.75101
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa96.989123.84426.85494
PolandPOLEastern Europe89.73091.6261.89650
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia83.38378.686-4.69704
SpainESPSouthern Europe81.63773.286-8.35032
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia78.51077.552-0.95766
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia72.58971.683-0.90542
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa68.84766.022-2.82578

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,577.356
  2. United States1,551.457
  3. India611.098
  4. Japan347.783
  5. Russia341.376

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.688
  2. Malawi0.726
  3. Burkina Faso1.346
  4. Madagascar1.440
  5. Guinea1.576

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.930. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,823.906

    LowestRwanda0.358

    Middle country: 10.812

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina246.54979

    LowestUnited States-88.23716

    Middle country: -1.54073

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 78 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Venezuela25.481 → 4.706−20.775
  • Russia355.758 → 341.376−14.383
  • Iran154.975 → 143.619−11.356
  • Brazil138.301 → 132.193−6.109
  • Japan351.830 → 347.783−4.047

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 2018.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2018). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2018

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