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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2020

2020, 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, 2020 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,674.377; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.685. The middle country reads 11.349. Against 2019, 120 values changed (26 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2020

HighestChina

2,674.377

LowestRwanda

0.685

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,674.3772,973.94299.5642
United StatesUSANorthern America1,392.7631,280.01-112.7540
IndiaINDSouthern Asia569.086661.2392.1397
RussiaRUSEastern Europe348.964445.3996.4237
JapanJPNEastern Asia323.084283.10-39.9821
GermanyDEUWestern Europe212.234176.63-35.6024
South KoreaKOREastern Asia186.146163.11-23.0359
IranIRNSouthern Asia177.937203.4925.5553
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia177.088178.371.2871
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia171.897170.12-1.7810
CanadaCANNorthern America137.262143.075.8078
MexicoMEXCentral America137.023117.07-19.9547
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe128.24689.05-39.2000
BrazilBRASouth America119.310122.272.9601
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia114.956113.63-1.3291
ItalyITASouthern Europe109.78182.59-27.1935
FranceFRAWestern Europe108.88676.83-32.0530
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand102.165108.776.6088
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa91.522118.8027.2815
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia81.89974.21-7.6841
PolandPOLEastern Europe78.64282.453.8095
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia75.92374.36-1.5610
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia71.76971.55-0.2187
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa70.95267.23-3.7245
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia70.93198.9628.0311

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,674.377
  2. United States1,392.763
  3. India569.086
  4. Russia348.964
  5. Japan323.084

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.685
  2. Malawi0.801
  3. Burkina Faso1.304
  4. Madagascar1.525
  5. Guinea1.625

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.349. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina2,973.94

    LowestRwanda0.38

    Middle country: 9.73

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina299.5642

    LowestUnited States-112.7540

    Middle country: -1.3195

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 26 · 94rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • United States1,522.947 → 1,392.763−130.184
  • India618.803 → 569.086−49.716
  • Germany231.005 → 212.234−18.771
  • Japan339.978 → 323.084−16.895
  • Mexico153.634 → 137.023−16.612

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 2020.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2020). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2020

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