CO2 Emissions / Historical

 

Global Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions

Since 1751 roughly 321 billion tons of carbon have been released to the atmosphere from the consumption of fossil fuels and cement production. Half of these emissions have occurred since the mid 1970s.

The 2005 global fossil-fuel carbon emission estimate, 7985 million metric tons of carbon, represents an all-time high and a 3.8% increase from 2004.

Globally, liquid and solid fuels accounted for 76.7% of the emissions from fossil-fuel burning and cement production in 2005. Combustion of gas fuels (e.g., natural gas) accounted for 18.6% (1484 million metric tons of carbon) of the total emissions from fossil fuels in 2005 and reflects a gradually increasing global utilization of natural gas.

Emissions from cement production (315 million metric tons of carbon in 2005) have more than doubled since the mid 1970s and now represent 3.9% of global CO2 releases from fossil-fuel burning and cement production. Gas flaring, which accounted for roughly 2% of global emissions during the 1970s, now accounts for less than 1% of global fossil-fuel releases.

Global and national data are from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

[ Credits: Marland, G., T.A. Boden, and R.J. Andres. 2008. Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emissions. In Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.]

Note, due to the historical dimension of this data, some political changes must be considered. For example, three data sets are relevant to get a complete picture about Germany: Germany (1972-1945 & 1990-2005) , Former German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany (both 1945-1990). Similar applies to Korea, Vietnam, USSR, Czechoslovakia and other countries.

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Note: global data is measured in million metric tons and national emissions in thousand metric tons, per capita emissions are in metric tons. The factor to convert tons of carbon into tons of carbon dioxyde is 3.664.




Year Total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels (metric million tons of C) CO2 emissions from gas fuel consumption CO2 emissions from liquid fuel consumption CO2 emissions from solid fuel consumption CO2 emissions from cement production CO2 emissions from gas flaring Per capita CO2 emissions (metric tons of carbon; after 1949 only)
2005 103082 15848 58736 25605 2894 0 1.69
2004 101717 15348 58443 25076 2851 0 1.68
2003 100919 15320 58329 24597 2673 0 1.68
2002 100553 14399 60099 23412 2643 0 1.68
2001 101612 13297 62165 23452 2698 0 1.7
2000 97368 16004 56286 22339 2739 0 1.64
1999 98239 16429 57782 21278 2750 0 1.66
1998 102528 18327 59036 22513 2652 0 1.74
1997 94316 15285 56251 20090 2690 0 1.61
1996 102039 17543 59945 21898 2654 0 1.75
1995 98016 16843 59106 19390 2678 0 1.68
1994 92064 15468 55773 17927 2896 0 1.59
1993 98042 15439 59580 20239 2783 0 1.7
1992 100246 19810 59008 18550 2878 0 1.75
1991 107496 22723 61628 19539 3605 0 1.88
1990 99142 21573 57527 16451 3590 0 1.75
1989 97041 21002 57653 14737 3649 0 1.72
1988 92427 19634 55059 14293 3441 0 1.65
1987 94371 19813 56996 14358 3204 0 1.7
1986 98544 22329 57823 15196 3195 0 1.78
1985 103011 27552 57020 15236 3202 0 1.87
1984 104365 28237 58401 14637 3090 0 1.9
1983 108409 29814 60769 14494 3333 0 1.98
1982 114077 32880 64205 13182 3556 255 2.09
1981 118789 31527 69242 13671 3839 510 2.19
1980 131738 35919 77696 13400 3958 765 2.44
1979 137551 35962 83421 13228 3920 1020 2.56
1978 131802 33085 81646 11984 3811 1275 2.46
1977 124832 31838 76768 11017 3921 1288 2.34
1976 131932 32658 83410 10574 3998 1292 2.49
1975 117902 27726 75122 9839 4024 1191 2.24
1974 130492 31612 84340 8829 4398 1312 2.49
1973 135194 31525 89618 8489 4177 1384 2.6
1972 126490 32098 81692 7215 4068 1417 2.45
1971 121684 36303 73905 6087 3937 1453 2.38
1970 115746 39842 66810 5149 3945 0 2.28
1969 112698 42431 61993 4528 3746 0 2.23
1968 104892 42371 55164 3903 3453 0 2.1
1967 101449 44193 50649 3292 3316 0 2.04
1966 94693 44888 43745 2891 3169 0 1.92
1965 95952 48618 41544 2749 3042 0 1.97
1964 94166 51932 36565 2740 2929 0 1.95
1963 91090 53908 32099 2616 2466 0 1.91
1962 81459 50850 25771 2543 2296 0 1.74
1961 76687 49599 22833 2163 2092 0 1.66
1960 73963 49357 21126 1552 1928 0 1.62
1959 71493 49218 19595 776 1904 0 1.58
1958 72657 52086 18373 373 1824 0 1.63
1957 75752 56629 17095 313 1715 0 1.71
1956 73294 55054 16442 243 1556 0 1.67
1955 65238 48961 14634 198 1444 0 1.5
1954 61790 46983 13317 165 1325 0 1.43
1953 58567 45478 11680 143 1266 0 1.37
1952 61962 49628 11004 154 1176 0 1.46
1951 62437 51030 10149 152 1105 0 1.48
1950 55216 45538 8575 122 980 0 1.32
1949 63078 53432 8542 227 876 . .
1948 54642 47113 6631 167 732 . .
1947 51879 45838 5382 135 524 . .
1946 47358 42793 4226 51 288 . .
1945 30748 28748 1746 40 214 . .
1944 21937 21550 154 31 202 . .
1943 34325 33710 195 21 398 . .
1942 33625 33046 238 1 340 . .
1941 32968 32272 233 0 463 . .
1940 38141 34757 3384 0 0 . .
1939 54101 48324 5777 0 0 . .
1938 56185 49737 6448 0 0 . .
1937 60781 54199 6003 0 579 . .
1936 55310 48804 5875 0 631 . .
1935 54227 48705 4923 0 599 . .
1934 56467 51365 4439 0 663 . .
1933 56949 51615 4702 0 633 . .
1932 55296 50896 3717 0 684 . .
1931 62483 58326 3490 0 667 . .
1930 67706 63824 3203 0 679 . .
1929 66518 63027 2703 0 787 . .
1928 60161 57083 2502 0 577 . .
1927 60013 58092 1921 0 0 . .
1926 58333 56603 1731 0 0 . .
1925 58359 54590 3769 0 0 . .
1924 56396 55497 899 0 0 . .
1923 50270 49793 477 0 0 . .
1922 44528 44310 218 0 0 . .
1921 37639 37558 80 0 0 . .
1920 41424 41353 71 0 0 . .
1919 31698 31657 40 0 0 . .
1918 29599 29555 44 0 0 . .
1917 33189 33189 0 0 0 . .
1916 29937 29937 0 0 0 . .
1915 28175 28175 0 0 0 . .
1914 32301 32301 0 0 0 . .
1913 46701 46627 74 0 0 . .
1912 43280 43188 92 0 0 . .
1911 42824 42728 96 0 0 . .
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