Global Building Sector CO2 Emissions 1990-2018

194 countries and the EU have building sector CO2 equivalent emissions data from 1990 to 2018. The dataset is compiled by the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch platform, aggregating greenhouse gas emissions from major sources and sinks. Non-CO2 emissions are converted using IPCC global warming potential values.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in building sector emissions over time for specific countries.
• Compare per-country building emissions levels using the country-level data.
• Model the impact of non-CO2 greenhouse gases using the CO2 equivalent conversion metrics.
• Correlate building emissions data with other sectoral data from the Climate Watch historical series.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the EU for broad spatial coverage.
• Provides a 29-year time series from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes emissions for six major GHGs converted to CO2 equivalents.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, lacking recent years for current analysis.
• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Methodological aggregation from multiple sources may introduce inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

World Resources Institute (WRI) Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources including OECD/IEA and FAO.

Time Range

1990-2018

Geography

194 countries and the European Union.