Top Emitters of Carbon Dioxide

This interactive uses data from the Global Carbon Atlas, which records territorial CO2 emissions from various sources.i The size of each bubble is determined by historical emission values. Hover over a bubble to see a detailed breakdown. Emissions are expressed in gigatonnes of CO2 (GtCO2). One gigatonne is equal to one billion tonnes.

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    gigatonnes of Global Emissions in

    Note: OECD grouping does not include USA.

    x Does not include emissions from aviation and maritime transport

    Source: Global Carbon Atlas
    Boden et al. (2017), BP (2018), UNFCCC (2018), USGS (2018)