Greenhouse gas emissions, 2021
Greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide from all sources, including agriculture and land use change. They are measured incarbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.
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- Annual CO2 emissions from land-use change per capita
- Annual CO₂ emissions
- Annual CO₂ emissions by world region
- Annual CO₂ emissions from cement
- Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
- Annual CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Annual CO₂ emissions from gas
- Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
- Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions
- Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region
- Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions
- Annual share of global CO₂ emissions
- Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
- Are per capita CO₂ emissions above or below the global average?
- Average temperature anomaly
- CO2 emissions by fuel or industry
- CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
- CO₂ emissions by sector
- CO₂ emissions embedded in global trade
- CO₂ emissions embedded in trade
- CO₂ emissions from aviation
- CO₂ emissions per capita
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. population growth
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity from renewables
- CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C
- CO₂ reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 2°C
- Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
- Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita
- Carbon intensity of energy production
- Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita
- Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
- Change in CO₂ emissions and GDP
- Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPAdjusted for consumption
- Change in per capita CO₂ emissions and GDPProduction-based
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. population share
- Consumption-based carbon intensity
- Consumption-based vs. production-based CO₂ emissions per capita
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise by gas
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions by source
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Emissions-weighted carbon price in emissions trading systems
- Energy use per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
- Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeStacked area chart
- Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land use changeLine chart
- Global CO₂ emissions if everyone lived like the average citizen in...
- Global emissions from food by life-cycle stage
- Global warming contributions by gas and source
- Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use
- Global warming potential of greenhouse gases over 100-year timescale
- Global warming: Contributions to the change in global mean surface temperature
- Greenhouse gas emissions by gas
- Greenhouse gas emissions by sector
- Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
- Greenhouse gas emissions per 100 grams of protein
- Greenhouse gas emissions per 1000 kilocalories
- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita per day
- Greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of food product
- Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita
- Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions
- Land-use change CO₂ emissions: quality of estimates
- Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
- Meat consumption vs. GDP per capita
- Methane emissions
- Methane emissions by sector
- Monthly CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights
- Monthly CO₂ emissions from domestic and international commercial passenger flights
- Nitrous oxide emissions
- Nitrous oxide emissions by sector
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic commercial passenger flights
- Per capita CO2 emissions by fuel type
- Per capita CO2 emissions by sector
- Per capita CO2 emissions from cement
- Per capita CO2 emissions from coal
- Per capita CO2 emissions from flaring
- Per capita CO2 emissions from gas
- Per capita CO2 emissions from oil
- Per capita CO₂ emissions
- Per capita CO₂ emissions by region
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from commercial aviation, tourism-adjusted
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. GDP per capita
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from domestic aviation vs. land area
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international aviation
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international commercial passenger flights, tourism-adjustedClarke & UNWTO
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from international passenger flights, tourism-adjustedGraver & World Bank
- Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport
- Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissionsLand use not included
- Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions by sector
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
- Per capita methane emissions
- Per capita methane emissions by sector
- Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
- Per capita nitrous oxide emissions by sector
- Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions
- Production vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita
- Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price
- Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from aviation
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from international aviation
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil
- Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
- Share of global annual CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from other industry
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
- Share of global methane emissions
- Share of global nitrous oxide emissions
- Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food
- Status of net-zero carbon emissions targets
- Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
- Transport CO₂ emissions vs. population density of cities
- Transport's share of global greenhouse gas emissions from food
- Which countries have a carbon emissions trading system?
- Which countries have a carbon tax?
- Which countries have set a net-zero emissions target?
- Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions