Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country 1990-2018

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union, covering the period 1990 to 2018. The dataset includes emissions of six major GHGs from major sources and sinks, with non-CO2 gases converted to CO2 equivalents. It is generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in per_capita_emissions over the 1990-2018 time_range to assess national decarbonization progress.
• Compare emission levels across the 194 countries geography to identify high and low per-capita emitters.
• Model the relationship between economic development indicators and per_capita_GHG_emissions using country-level time-series data.
• Benchmark national per_capita_emissions against regional or global averages for policy target setting.

Strengths

• Covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing broad geographic coverage.
• Includes 29 years of temporal data from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Emissions data for six major greenhouse gases, offering sector-level detail.

Limitations

• Data is not updated beyond 2018, creating a significant temporal gap for current analysis.
• Specific column definitions and underlying source methodologies for each sector are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

World Resource Institute's Climate Watch Historical Emissions data, with citations to FAO and OECD/IEA for specific sectors.

Collection Method

Aggregated from several sources, including FAOSTAT and IEA fuel combustion data, with non-CO2 emissions expressed in CO2 equivalents using IPCC AR4 GWP values.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union