CO2 emissions: percent change in countries with the highest total emissions, 2000-2023

The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)  is a joint project of the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency which estimates emissions of all greenhouse gases (GHGs), air pollutants and aerosols. The 2024 EDGAR GHG report covering the time span of 1970 to 2023 has recently been released. It’s a treasure trove  of data , which I played with to generate the charts in this post.

Here’s how much CO2 emissions have changed since 2000 for the 20 highest-emitting countries:

Per the above chart, CO2 emissions have declined since 2000 in most of the high-income developed countries but are still climbing in several middle-income nations.

Next: Countries with the highest total emissions: % change fossil CO2 per GDP emissions, 2000-2023

Reference:

Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Pagani, F., Banja, M., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., Monforti-Ferrario, F., Becker, W.E., Quadrelli, R., Risquez Martin, A., Taghavi-Moharamli, P., Köykkä, J., Grassi, G., Rossi, S., Melo, J., Oom, D., Branco, A., San-Miguel, J., Manca, G., Pisoni, E., Vignati, E. and Pekar, F., GHG emissions of all world countries, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/4002897, JRC138862  https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/emissions_data_and_maps

Link: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2024?vis=co2pop#emissions_table