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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021

2021, as Global Carbon Project’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,753.272; Malawi is lowest, at 0.803. The middle country reads 11.954. Against 2020, 120 values changed (103 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2021

HighestChina

2,753.272

LowestMalawi

0.803

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,753.2723,079.804326.532
United StatesUSANorthern America1,498.2701,370.118-128.153
IndiaINDSouthern Asia614.637730.289115.652
RussiaRUSEastern Europe337.921457.021119.100
JapanJPNEastern Asia332.922288.892-44.030
GermanyDEUWestern Europe227.640185.043-42.597
South KoreaKOREastern Asia195.849168.143-27.707
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia182.665189.7917.126
IranIRNSouthern Asia180.849212.75331.904
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia171.259172.7471.488
MexicoMEXCentral America147.140121.953-25.186
CanadaCANNorthern America142.997146.6923.695
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe141.27093.440-47.830
BrazilBRASouth America129.189135.5256.335
ItalyITASouthern Europe123.31091.684-31.626
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia122.270124.8302.560
FranceFRAWestern Europe120.14083.862-36.278
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand99.109106.0246.915
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa89.531119.94130.411
PolandPOLEastern Europe85.73890.2554.517
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia84.42872.910-11.518
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia79.57877.462-2.116
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa79.52272.827-6.695
SpainESPSouthern Europe75.12462.447-12.677
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia74.81874.599-0.218

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,753.272
  2. United States1,498.270
  3. India614.637
  4. Russia337.921
  5. Japan332.922

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.803
  2. Rwanda0.813
  3. Burkina Faso1.466
  4. Guinea1.595
  5. Madagascar1.691

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.954. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina3,079.804

    LowestMalta0.440

    Middle country: 10.079

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina326.532

    LowestUnited States-128.153

    Middle country: -1.536

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 103 · 17rose · 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 2021.

  • 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 (2021). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2021

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07Questions

Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021?

China, at 2,753.272, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021 cover?

120.

Where can I download Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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