Global CO2 Emissions by Sector Excluding Land Use Change

1990-2018 sector-level greenhouse gas emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union, compiled by the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch. It aggregates total CO2 equivalent emissions from most major sources, excluding Land-Use Change and Forestry (LUCF). Non-CO2 gases are converted using IPCC global warming potential values.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in `total_excluding_lucf` emissions for a specific country over the 1990-2018 period.
• Compare sectoral emission contributions (e.g., energy, industrial processes) across different countries using reported `sector` data.
• Model the relationship between economic development indicators and `co2_equivalent` emissions for the 194 covered nations.
• Benchmark a country's emission trajectory against regional peers using the standardized `country` and `year` fields.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the EU, providing broad geographic scope.
• Includes 29 years of historical data from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Emissions data for six major GHGs, standardized into CO2 equivalents for comparability.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, lacking recent years for current climate policy assessment.
• Excludes Land-Use Change and Forestry (LUCF) emissions, a significant source for some nations.
• Specific row and column counts, sample sizes, and update schedules are not provided.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources including OECD/IEA for fuel combustion and FAO for agriculture, with non-CO2 gases converted using IPCC AR4 GWP values.

Time Range

1990-2018

Geography

194 countries and the European Union.