Annual Greenhouse Gas Growth Rates for 194 Countries

Greenhouse gas emissions growth rates for 194 countries and the European Union from 1990 to 2018. The World Resource Institute's Climate Watch platform provides this data, aggregating emissions of six major GHGs from multiple sources. Non-CO2 emissions are converted to CO2 equivalents using IPCC global warming potential values.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in annual_growth_percent across countries to identify top emitters.
• Model relationships between economic indicators and GHG_growth using country and year fields.
• Benchmark national emission performance against regional averages using the EU and country groupings.
• Forecast future emission trajectories based on the 1990-2018 time_range for scenario planning.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the EU for broad spatial coverage.
• Provides a 29-year time_range from 1990 to 2018 for trend analysis.
• Includes six major greenhouse gases, offering sector-level detail.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, creating a temporal gap for current analysis.
• Methodology relies on aggregated sources, which may introduce reconciliation inconsistencies.
• Non-CO2 emissions are modeled estimates using conversion factors.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data.

Collection Method

Aggregated from multiple sources including FAO 2020 and OECD/IEA 2020.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.