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 149131 42596 51950 53026 1560 0 2.47
2004 151265 41338 52393 54580 1595 1359 2.52
2003 149944 41665 51663 53640 1584 1392 2.52
2002 147035 38944 51539 53623 1532 1396 2.48
2001 151486 42847 51482 54119 1612 1426 2.52
2000 149005 38437 52772 54588 1727 1482 2.49
1999 146267 36533 53913 52588 1727 1506 2.45
1998 148858 41167 54963 49578 1688 1462 2.51
1997 147666 41362 54185 49001 1719 1399 2.5
1996 154587 46559 56210 48790 1661 1368 2.62
1995 150401 50308 55839 41406 1605 1243 2.56
1994 149406 50893 56591 38546 1674 1703 2.55
1993 149741 54169 55989 36802 1501 1281 2.56
1992 154410 61490 57748 33676 1497 0 2.65
1991 157403 65952 57695 32084 1672 0 2.71
1990 155341 65577 56743 31022 1999 0 2.69
1989 159855 69004 59981 28578 2291 0 2.77
1988 155215 68724 55353 28893 2245 0 2.69
1987 154371 70220 51761 29342 1946 1102 2.69
1986 152793 67281 53093 29549 1824 1047 2.67
1985 150524 64014 53863 29460 1814 1374 2.64
1984 141824 47986 63057 27186 1833 1762 2.49
1983 149333 69354 49683 26520 1822 1954 2.63
1982 149869 68850 51740 25468 1763 2049 2.64
1981 151440 71330 51746 24456 1731 2177 2.67
1980 158894 73587 56970 24133 2014 2191 2.8
1979 175381 78867 66566 24343 2195 3409 3.09
1978 165979 73768 65450 22250 2165 2346 2.93
1977 163576 73997 64174 21564 2102 1739 2.89
1976 162061 75056 63037 20207 2146 1614 2.86
1975 163236 75392 64451 19482 2297 1614 2.88
1974 166463 71891 72070 18603 2419 1480 2.95
1973 177283 80759 76906 15555 2718 1345 3.14
1972 174503 80021 76579 14372 2454 1076 3.1
1971 177828 93196 71123 10160 2407 942 3.17
1970 174460 96332 68695 6306 2320 807 3.12
1969 171508 100438 64953 3344 2369 404 3.07
1968 165538 101081 60249 1710 2431 67 2.98
1967 161598 100585 57866 758 2390 0 2.92
1966 168703 110101 55870 450 2281 0 3.07
1965 169809 115267 51775 460 2307 0 3.11
1964 165920 116352 47120 140 2307 0 3.06
1963 164684 119917 42776 79 1912 0 3.06
1962 161832 119373 40461 59 1938 0 3.03
1961 160625 120894 37736 41 1955 0 3.03
1960 159360 122305 35178 41 1836 0 3.03
1959 149174 116164 31233 37 1739 0 2.85
1958 151750 125256 24850 32 1612 0 2.91
1957 155699 131731 22298 17 1653 0 3
1956 156685 135089 19822 10 1764 0 3.03
1955 157403 136463 19203 7 1730 0 3.05
1954 150872 132105 17104 9 1653 0 2.94
1953 147426 130590 15280 6 1550 0 2.88
1952 144243 128221 14478 5 1539 0 2.83
1951 148722 132671 14633 4 1413 0 2.92
1950 136604 123894 11361 0 1348 0 2.68
1949 142152 126377 14501 0 1274 . .
1948 141029 124932 14920 0 1177 . .
1947 134911 123342 10607 0 962 . .
1946 129443 116572 11963 0 909 . .
1945 126591 112699 13331 1 560 . .
1944 137298 119418 17249 1 630 . .
1943 136434 122664 12807 0 963 . .
1942 136307 126463 8840 1 1003 . .
1941 138465 126389 11089 0 987 . .
1940 138187 128520 9667 0 0 . .
1939 130916 122094 8822 0 0 . .
1938 130524 120032 9417 0 1074 . .
1937 135542 125633 8917 0 993 . .
1936 131281 121776 8594 0 911 . .
1935 124239 115252 8164 0 823 . .
1934 122548 113704 8126 0 718 . .
1933 113366 105526 7232 0 608 . .
1932 113868 106651 6629 0 588 . .
1931 118282 110959 6509 0 814 . .
1930 126416 118682 7040 0 695 . .
1929 131044 124103 6293 0 648 . .
1928 124503 117685 6220 0 598 . .
1927 131779 125650 6130 0 0 . .
1926 71582 65921 5661 0 0 . .
1925 126044 121516 4528 0 0 . .
1924 133444 128858 4586 0 0 . .
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1922 120071 116428 3644 0 0 . .
1921 90724 87028 3696 0 0 . .
1920 131156 128480 2676 0 0 . .
1919 124490 122156 2334 0 0 . .
1918 127415 123083 4332 0 0 . .
1917 136782 134077 2704 0 0 . .
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1915 133592 131667 1925 0 0 . .
1914 131873 129758 2115 0 0 . .
1913 136005 134408 1597 0 0 . .
1912 124423 123068 1355 0 0 . .
1911 131373 130177 1196 0 0 . .
1910 128202 127072 1130 0 0 . .
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