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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2022

2022, 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, 2022 covers 120 countries on 3 measures. China is highest, at 2,845.806; Malawi is lowest, at 0.872. The middle country reads 12.562. Against 2021, 120 values changed (72 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions · Data for 2022

HighestChina

2,845.806

LowestMalawi

0.872

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia2,845.8063,196.454350.64792
United StatesUSANorthern America1,519.1021,379.750-139.35202
IndiaINDSouthern Asia638.644772.689134.04481
RussiaRUSEastern Europe349.184457.276108.09262
JapanJPNEastern Asia327.912281.017-46.89534
GermanyDEUWestern Europe228.934182.272-46.66217
South KoreaKOREastern Asia197.235165.632-31.60272
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia193.566206.88313.31696
IranIRNSouthern Asia172.562209.38336.82080
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia171.347182.04010.69317
MexicoMEXCentral America152.176123.853-28.32267
CanadaCANNorthern America144.721149.4704.74843
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe137.21984.912-52.30688
BrazilBRASouth America126.977131.0204.04361
ItalyITASouthern Europe126.03892.826-33.21145
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia120.737121.0710.33360
FranceFRAWestern Europe119.39180.596-38.79516
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand99.640104.8255.18526
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia87.21374.392-12.82042
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa86.879117.02630.14709
PolandPOLEastern Europe81.75885.9424.18463
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia80.73874.779-5.95983
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia77.45676.933-0.52259
SpainESPSouthern Europe76.03663.926-12.11083
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa73.05968.204-4.85543

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China2,845.806
  2. United States1,519.102
  3. India638.644
  4. Russia349.184
  5. Japan327.912

Lowest

  1. Malawi0.872
  2. Rwanda0.928
  3. Albania1.552
  4. Burkina Faso1.576
  5. Madagascar1.690

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.562. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Territorial fossil CO₂ (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina3,196.454

    LowestMalta0.484

    Middle country: 10.121

  • Emissions transferred through trade (million tonnes of carbon)

    HighestChina350.64792

    LowestUnited States-139.35202

    Middle country: -1.63730

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 120values changed, of 120 in both
  • 72 · 48rose · 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 2022.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Global Carbon Project (2022). Consumption-Based CO₂ Emissions, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-co2/2022

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