CO2 emissions per capita data originates from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacturing. It includes emissions from solid, liquid, and gas fuel consumption and gas flaring. The data is provided by the World Bank's WDI Database Archives.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in per capita emissions over time using the time-series structure.
- Compare national emissions performance using country-level data points.
- Model relationships between economic activity and emissions using the per capita metric.
- Assess the impact of fuel consumption types on total emissions based on the included sources.
Strengths
- Data originates from an authoritative international organization, the World Bank.
- Includes emissions from multiple sources: solid, liquid, gas fuels, and cement.
Limitations
- The exact number of rows, columns, and temporal coverage is unknown.
- The dataset may have geographic bias if coverage is limited to certain countries.
- The recency and update frequency of the data are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- WDI Database Archives, World Bank
- Collection Method
- Calculated from reported fossil fuel burning and cement manufacture data.