Global Fugitive Emissions by Country and Sector 1990-2018

Fugitive sector greenhouse gas emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union from 1990 to 2018. Emissions are expressed in million tonnes of CO2 equivalents, covering six major GHGs and derived from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch platform. The data is compiled by the Country Climate and Development Report organization.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in fugitive methane and other GHG emissions over the 1990-2018 period for specific countries.
• Compare sector-level fugitive emissions across different nations using CO2 equivalent values.
• Model the relationship between economic development indicators and fugitive emission levels for 195 geographic entities.
• Validate national greenhouse gas inventories against the Climate Watch historical data for the six major GHGs.

Strengths

• Covers 195 geographic entities (194 countries and the EU).
• Provides a 29-year time series from 1990 to 2018.
• Includes emissions data for six major greenhouse gases converted to CO2 equivalents.

Limitations

• Data is not updated beyond 2018, creating a significant temporal gap.
• Specific column names, row counts, and granularity of sector breakdowns are unknown.
• Non-CO2 emissions rely on global warming potential values from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which may be superseded.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch (formerly CAIT Climate Data Explorer).

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources including FAO 2020 for land-use/agriculture and OECD/IEA 2020 for fuel combustion.

Time Range

1990 to 2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.