Indicator · fossil-co2
Fossil CO₂ emissions
Fossil fuels and cement, since 1750.
- Unit
- Mt CO₂
- Places
- 215 countries in 2024
- Built from
- National fossil CO2 emissions
- Reading it
- Lower is better.
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World, 1750–2024
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Highest and lowest in 2024
| China | 12,289.0 Mt CO₂ |
|---|---|
| United States | 4,904.1 Mt CO₂ |
| India | 3,193.5 Mt CO₂ |
| Russia | 1,780.5 Mt CO₂ |
| Japan | 961.9 Mt CO₂ |
| Christmas Island | 0.0 Mt CO₂ |
|---|---|
| Antarctica | 0.0 Mt CO₂ |
| Niue | 0.0 Mt CO₂ |
| St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 Mt CO₂ |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 Mt CO₂ |
How it is computed
GCB fossil CO₂, total, from the National fossil CO2 emissions dataset on this site. visualizedata.org computes the indicator for every place and year; the full table, the map and each place's history are on its page there. The underlying data, with its source and license, is on the dataset page, with the API and downloads.