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Dynamics of Nitrous Oxide emissions by the largest world emitters [19]

Country N2O, thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
1990 2012 2015 2018
China 312 810 503 970 542 900 538 790
United States 249 360 245 810 242 640 250 060
India 139 570 241 950 246 030 253 790
Russian Federation 104 170 53 090 55 520 58 610
Brazil 106 590 167 660 172 220 179 200

Primary energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide emission from the combustion of anthropogenic fuel by the largest world emitters in 2012 [11,12]

Country Primary energy Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, million tonnes of CO2
Fuel Coal Oil Gas
United States 89.69 4 903.0 1 648.1 1 869.8 1 361.0
Russian Federation 28.98 1 607.9 435.6 327.9 819.6
China 117.05 8 863.5 7 464.9 1 106.0 264.3
Japan 19.92 1 226.6 428.3 524.3 250.3
Germany 13.37 745.1 325.0 240.6 161.1
Ukraine 5.14 274.0 149.4 36.8 87.8
United Kingdom 8.55 461.4 147.9 157.0 152.8
India 25.11 1 805.3 1 287.5 445.9 70.9

Primary energy Consumption behavior and Carbon Dioxide emission rates from the combustion of anthropogenic fuel in the developing countries [11, 12]

Country Primary energy Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, million tonnes of CO2
1990 2012 1990 2012
Mexico 4.56 7.71 257.0 459.5
South Africa 3.70 5.14 243.8 422.3
Republic of Korea 3.82 11.54 231.8 575.5
Brazil 5.36 11.69 184.5 424.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. 3.04 9.41 171.2 514.5
Saudi Arabia 3.34 9.76 151.1 463.4
Indonesia 2.20 7.27 131.3 451.1

Major Coal Consumers in the world [12, 24]

Country Coal Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from Country Coal combustion/CO2 emissions from Country Fuel combustion, % Coal Consumption/Primary Energy Consumption, % CO2 emissions from Country Coal combustion/CO2 emissions from World Fuel combustion, %
  2015 2018 2015 2018 2018 2018
China 80.41 80.09 82.0 79.8 58.8 22.8
India 16.55 18.56 71.0 70.5 55.7 4.9
United States 15.58 13.28 29.7 25.8 13.9 3.8
Japan 5.03 4.99 39.1 39.9 26.5 1.3
Russian Federation 3.86 3.63 26.8 25.9 12.1 1.2
The Republic of Korea 3.58 3.63 53.5 52.0 28.9 0.9
South Africa 3.52 3.76 81.9 81.8 70.9 1.0
Germany 3.29 2.9 43.0 39.2 21.6 0.8
Indonesia 2.14 2.84 35.1 40.9 34.5 0.7
Poland 2.04 2.08 68.4 62.8 47.6 0.6

Influence of the base year on reduction of Carbon Dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels

Country CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, %
2018 / 1990 2018 / 2005 2018/ 2010 2018/ 2013 2018/ 2017
Ukraine -73.6        
United Kingdom -35.9        
Russian Federation -26.6        
Germany -25.9        
United States 2.5 -13,7      
Japan 2.5 -8,5      
Mexico 74.5     -0.2  
Brazil 120.2 30.4      
Republic of Korea 161.3       1
Iran, Islamic Rep. 238.6   16.2    
Indonesia 313.5 70.9      
India 335.4 114.7      
China 351 75.6      

Primary energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide emission from the combustion of anthropogenic fuel by the largest world emitters in 2018 [11, 12]

Country Primary energy Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, million tonnes of CO2
Fuel Coal Oil Gas
United States 95.60 4 921.1 1 270.0 2 031.3 1 600.7
Russian Federation 30.04 1 587.0 411.2 303.0 838.0
China 135.77 9 570.8 7 637.2 1 374.7 525.9
Japan 18.84 1 080.7 431.3 384.1 228.4
Germany 13.44 696.1 273.1 233.3 171.1
Ukraine 3.54 181.8 97.6 28.5 55.8
United Kingdom 7.96 352.4 31.3 157.8 158.0
India 33.30 2 307.8 1 628.0 595.1 83.4
Mexico 7.83 448.5 48.3 243.9 155.8
South Africa 5.30 428.0 350.0 73.5 4.5
Republic of Korea 12.55 605.8 315.3 158.9 114.0
Brazil 12.13 406.3 63.9 274.0 68.4
Iran, Islamic Rep. 11.83 579.6 5.4 191.4 382.7
Saudi Arabia 10.91 491.7 0 318.3 173.4
Indonesia 8.23 542.9 221.9 238.1 82.4

Historical (retrospective) changes in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide [6]

Parameters 1750 1860 1990 2008 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019[7] 2020[7] 2021[8]
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 (ppm) 278.0 286.2 353.72 384.98 392.6 399.64 402.87 405.19 407.58 411.49 414.01 419.13
Excess concentration of 1750, %   3 27 38 41 44 45 46 47 48 49 51

Primary energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide emission from the combustion of anthropogenic fuel by the largest world emitters in 1990 [11, 12]

Country Primary energy Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, million tonnes of CO2
Fuel Coal Oil Gas
United States 80.99 4 803.1 1 837.2 1 951.5 994.9
Russian Federation 36.14 2 163.5 707.2 618.7 837.6
China 28.70 2 122.2 1 814.9 286.6 20.6
Japan 18.61 1 053.9 296.3 645.9 111.6
Germany 15.05 940.0 516.2 303.7 115.2
Ukraine 11.42 688.6 292.9 185.2 210.5
United Kingdom 9.01 549.4 247.1 197.9 104.1
India 8.24 530.1 364.8 151.1 14.2

Primary energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide emission from the combustion of anthropogenic fuel in the modified base year [11, 12]

Country Base year Primary energy Consumption, Exajoules CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, million tonnes of CO2
Fuel Coal Oil Gas
United States 2005 96.44 5 703.2 2 179.2 2 316.6 1180.5
China 2005 75.60 5 448.9 4 594.2 776.6 78.0
Japan 2005 22.35 1 181.5 399.9 603.8 169.5
India 2005 16.56 1 075.0 709.8 309.4 55.6
Mexico 2013 7.74 449.6 51.3 257.4 140.6
Brazil 2005 8.86 311.6 45.6 227.9 38.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. 2010 8.94 498.6 2.7 221.6 274.3
Republic of Korea 2017 12.37 600.0 312.8 163.1 102.7
Indonesia 2005 5.17 317.6 87.3 179.3 50.9

Dynamics of Hydrofluorocarbons emissions by the largest world emitters [20]

Country HFC, thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
1990 2010
United States 29 186 300 896
Japan 9 154 60 318
China 5 970 183 870

Dynamics of Methane emissions by the largest world emitters [15]

Country CH4 emissions, kt of CO2 equivalent
1990 2012 2015 2018
Russian Federation 929 970 824 270 835 560 849 570
United States 766 550 618 150 617 170 622 590
China 730 340 1 151 100 1 237 520 1 238 630
India 522 740 650 410 652 000 666 510
Indonesia 298 410 251 460 269 470 287 500
Brazil 285 240 414 530 422 280 416 800
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