CO₂ emissions by country
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry for every country since 1900, in total, per person and as a share of the world total. One row per country per year.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | Country | country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. |
| country_name | Country name | string | Country or territory name as used by Our World in Data. |
| year | Year | year | — |
| co2 | CO₂ emissions | number · Mt CO₂ | Annual CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and industry, in million tonnes of CO₂ (excludes land-use change). |
| co2_per_capita | CO₂ per person | number · t CO₂/person | Annual CO₂ emissions divided by population, in tonnes of CO₂ per person. |
| share_global_co2 | Share of world CO₂ | number · % | The country's emissions as a percentage of global fossil and industry CO₂ emissions that year. |
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