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CO₂ Emissions by Country
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry, million metric tons
2 of 4 series are above their level a year earlier·2 of 4 are at a five-year high·1 of 4 is at a five-year low
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Global Carbon Budget (CC BY 4.0).
Where the world’s carbon emissions come from. U.S. and EU emissions have declined while China’s and India’s have risen with their economies.
What this chart reads
- China CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “China”latest 2024-12-31
- United States CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “United States”latest 2024-12-31
- India CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “India”latest 2024-12-31
- European Union (27) CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “European Union”latest 2024-12-31
Sources
China CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data (chart annual-co2-emissions-per-country). Cite: Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P. (2025), The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124; and Friedlingstein, P. et al., Global Carbon Budget 2025. License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0. https://globalcarbonbudget.org/
United States CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data (chart annual-co2-emissions-per-country). Cite: Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P. (2025), The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124; and Friedlingstein, P. et al., Global Carbon Budget 2025. License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0. https://globalcarbonbudget.org/
India CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data (chart annual-co2-emissions-per-country). Cite: Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P. (2025), The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124; and Friedlingstein, P. et al., Global Carbon Budget 2025. License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0. https://globalcarbonbudget.org/
European Union (27) CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data (chart annual-co2-emissions-per-country). Cite: Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P. (2025), The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417124; and Friedlingstein, P. et al., Global Carbon Budget 2025. License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0. https://globalcarbonbudget.org/
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.