Global CO₂ emissions 1970-2023, by sector

Global fossil carbon dioxide emissions from 1970 to 2023, by sector

CharacteristicPower industryTransportationIndustrial combustionBuildingsIndustrial processesFuel exploitationOther sectors
2023 14,923.9 8,239 6,406.8 3,413.5 3,212.6 2,666.4 161.6
2022 14,693.4 7,943.5 6,223.6 3,385.6 3,220.3 2,619.2 161
2021 14,655.5 7,634.7 6,341.4 3,375.5 3,332.2 2,620.9 161
2020 13,593.5 7,092.9 6,194 3,322.8 3,236.3 2,550.7 164
2019 14,088 8,282.5 6,249.9 3,379.7 3,198 2,710.3 158
2018 14,217 8,273.9 6,213.4 3,434.2 3,105.9 2,577.4 152.6
2017 13,770.8 8,079.3 6,078.3 3,421 3,032.3 2,513.9 151.9
2016 13,456.9 7,886.8 6,149.9 3,350.1 2,972.9 2,453.1 154
2015 13,402.3 7,737.7 6,291.9 3,317.8 2,857.5 2,538.3 154.9
2014 13,701 7,503.5 6,427.8 3,292.2 2,885.7 2,467 150.4
2013 13,643 7,381.1 6,363.8 3,349.9 2,823.5 2,504.3 155.4
2012 13,404 7,196.4 6,336 3,231.4 2,741.1 2,463.5 149.5
2011 13,125.5 7,136.3 6,316.5 3,266 2,655.2 2,413 147.1
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Emissions in million metric tons of CO₂Power industryTransportationIndustrial combustionBuildingsIndustrial processesFuel exploitationOther sectors197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
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Release date

2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1970 to 2023

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Figures have been rounded
Power Industry - Power and heat generation plants (public & autoproducers)
Industrial combustion - Combustion for industrial manufacturing and fuel production
Industrial processes -  Industrial processes (e.g. emissions from the production of cement, iron and steel, aluminum, chemicals, solvents, etc.)
Buildings – Small scale non-industrial stationary combustion
Transport – Mobile combustion (road & rail & ship & aviation)
Fuel exploitation - Production, transformation, and refining of fuels
Other sectors – agriculture & waste.

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