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Global CO₂ And Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Country — Annual, 1750–Present (Our World In Data)

DatasetCSV.GZOpenClimateCO2EmissionsEnergyOwidESGFree

50,411 country-year rows and 79 columns covering CO₂ emissions by source (coal, oil, gas, cement, flaring), per-capita and per-GDP intensities, consumption-based emissions, cumulative totals, shares of global emissions, methane, nitrous oxide and total greenhouse gases, plus population and GDP, from Our World in Data's CO₂ dataset as of 2026-09-05.

Use Cases

  • ESG and transition-risk research
  • Country decarbonisation benchmarks
  • Climate education

Methodology

Direct parse of the published CSV, all columns retained.

Update Schedule

Static snapshot. OWID updates annually after the Global Carbon Budget; refresh yearly.

Attribution

Source: Our World in Data (owid/co2-data), CC BY 4.0; underlying data from the Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and others.

Schema

nametype
countrystring
yearinteger
iso_codestring
populationinteger
gdpinteger
cement_co2number
cement_co2_per_capitanumber
co2number
co2_growth_absnumber
co2_growth_prctnumber
co2_including_lucnumber
co2_including_luc_growth_absnumber
co2_including_luc_growth_prctnumber
co2_including_luc_per_capitanumber
co2_including_luc_per_gdpnumber
co2_including_luc_per_unit_energynumber
co2_per_capitanumber
co2_per_gdpnumber
co2_per_unit_energynumber
coal_co2number
Showing 20 of 79 rows

Sample Data

co2gdpyearcountrygas_co2methaneoil_co2coal_co2iso_codetotal_ghgtrade_co2cement_co2populationco2_per_gdpflaring_co2nitrous_oxideco2_growth_absco2_per_capitacumulative_co2energy_per_gdpghg_per_capitaco2_growth_prctconsumption_co2trade_co2_shareshare_global_co2co2_including_lucenergy_per_capitacumulative_gas_co2cumulative_luc_co2cumulative_oil_co2gas_co2_per_capitamethane_per_capitaoil_co2_per_capitaother_industry_co2co2_per_unit_energycoal_co2_per_capitacumulative_coal_co2land_use_change_co2cumulative_other_co2other_co2_per_capitashare_global_gas_co2share_global_luc_co2share_global_oil_co2cement_co2_per_capitacumulative_cement_co2share_global_coal_co2cumulative_flaring_co2flaring_co2_per_capitashare_global_other_co2consumption_co2_per_gdpshare_global_cement_co2nitrous_oxide_per_capitashare_global_flaring_co2total_ghg_excluding_lucfco2_including_luc_per_gdpconsumption_co2_per_capitaprimary_energy_consumptionshare_global_cumulative_co2temperature_change_from_ch4temperature_change_from_co2temperature_change_from_ghgtemperature_change_from_n2oco2_including_luc_growth_absco2_including_luc_per_capitacumulative_co2_including_lucco2_including_luc_growth_prctghg_excluding_lucf_per_capitaland_use_change_co2_per_capitashare_global_co2_including_lucshare_global_cumulative_gas_co2share_global_cumulative_luc_co2share_global_cumulative_oil_co2share_global_cumulative_coal_co2co2_including_luc_per_unit_energyshare_global_cumulative_other_co2share_global_cumulative_cement_co2share_global_cumulative_flaring_co2share_of_temperature_change_from_ghgshare_global_cumulative_co2_including_luc
1750AfghanistanAFG0.00028025600.0000.000
1751AfghanistanAFG0.0000.000
1752AfghanistanAFG0.0000.000
1753AfghanistanAFG0.0000.000
1754AfghanistanAFG0.0000.000

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