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Cumulative CO₂ Emissions Over Time
Running total of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry, billion tonnes
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0). Territorial fossil and industrial CO₂ within today’s borders; land-use change is excluded.
How the running totals of the largest historical emitters grew. The United Kingdom led through the 19th century, the United States from the early 20th; China’s total has climbed steeply since 2000.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- United States Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “United States”latest 2024-12-31
- China Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “China”latest 2024-12-31
- Russia Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “Russia”latest 2024-12-31
- Germany Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “Germany”latest 2024-12-31
- United Kingdom Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “United Kingdom”latest 2024-12-31
- India Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget)as “India”latest 2024-12-31
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United States Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
China Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
Russia Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
Germany Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
United Kingdom Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
India Cumulative CO₂ Emissions (Global Carbon Budget). Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025), Global Carbon Project, processed by Our World in Data. 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/ Our World in Data chart cumulative-co-emissions (tonnes; Palanor stores billions of tonnes), read monthly.
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