Manufacturing and Construction Sector Contribution to GHG Emission Growth 2012-2018

Sectoral data quantifies the contribution of the Manufacturing and Construction sector to total greenhouse gas emission growth from 2012 to 2018. World Bank staff calculated the figures using historical emissions data from the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch platform. The underlying dataset covers 194 countries and the EU from 1990-2018.

Use Cases

• Rank countries by the manufacturing/construction sector's percentage contribution to total national emission growth from 2012-2018.
• Correlate the sector's growth contribution metric with national GDP or industrial output data for economic-environmental analysis.
• Identify temporal trends in sectoral responsibility by analyzing the calculated contribution percentage across the 2012-2018 period.
• Benchmark a country's manufacturing/construction emission growth contribution against the global or regional average derived from the 194-country dataset.

Strengths

• Data covers 194 countries and the European Union, providing a broad international scope.
• Underlying emissions data spans a 28-year period from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal context.
• Includes emissions for six major greenhouse gases, converted to CO2 equivalents using standard IPCC values.

Limitations

• The derived contribution metric is aggregated for a single 6-year period (2012-2018), limiting granular year-by-year analysis.
• Specific row count, column details, and sample data for the derived dataset are unavailable for verification.
• Relies on secondary data compilation from multiple sources, introducing potential integration inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

World Resources Institute (WRI) Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data, calculated by World Bank staff.

Collection Method

World Bank staff calculation using sector-level greenhouse gas emissions data from Climate Watch.

Time Range

Primary analysis covers 2012-2018; underlying emissions data covers 1990-2018.

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.