Countries with the Highest CO2 Emissions: Percent of Global Total

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.

This series of posts will focus on countries with the highest CO2 emissions: China, the U.S., India, Russia, Japan, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Canada, and South Korea. First, the percent of total global CO2 emissions for each country:

Combined, these eleven countries accounted for 71% of global CO2 emissions in 2023; China, the U.S., and India alone were responsible for over half.

Next: Per capita CO2 emissions of countries with the highest emissions in the world.

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