British Indian Ocean Territory: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 2015

Climate TRACE provides greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions data for the British Indian Ocean Territory, featuring annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory covers specific sub-sectors and gases, derived from a global database of over 2.7 million emission sources. This dataset is maintained by the Climate TRACE non-profit coalition.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in greenhouse gas emissions using the monthly source-level data
• Comparing emissions across different sub-sectors within the British Indian Ocean Territory
• Evaluating the reliability of emission estimates using the provided confidence scores

Strengths

• Includes monthly source-level granularity since 2021
• Provides confidence scores for emissions estimates
• Covers both greenhouse gases and air pollutants

Limitations

• Specific column names and schema are not provided in the metadata
• Source ownership data is incomplete
• Small geographic scope limited to the British Indian Ocean Territory

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Estimated from over 744 million assets using a coalition-built inventory

Time Range

2015 - 2026

Freshness

Updated through March 2026; includes historical data starting from 2015.

Geography

British Indian Ocean Territory