Global Electricity and Heat Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

Greenhouse gas emissions data for the electricity and heat sector across 195 countries and regions from 1990 to 2018. The dataset includes six major greenhouse gases, with non-CO2 emissions converted to CO2 equivalents. It is compiled by the World Resources Institute's Climate Watch platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in country-level emissions from the electricity/heat sector over the 1990-2018 time_range.
• Compare total GHG emissions in Mt CO2 eq across the 195 listed countries and regions for a given year.
• Model the relationship between economic development and emissions from the electricity sector using the time-series data.
• Estimate contributions of non-CO2 gases to the sector's total warming impact using the provided CO2 equivalent conversions.

Strengths

• Covers 195 countries and regions, providing broad geographic coverage.
• Includes 29 years of historical data from 1990 to 2018 for longitudinal analysis.
• Reports emissions for six greenhouse gases using standardized CO2 equivalent metrics.

Limitations

• Data ends in 2018, lacking coverage for recent years and policy changes.
• Sector-level aggregation may mask variations within electricity generation sub-sources.
• Non-CO2 emissions rely on global warming potential conversions which have uncertainty.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from multiple sources including FAO and OECD/IEA, with non-CO2 emissions converted using IPCC AR4 GWP values.

Time Range

1990-2018

Freshness

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Geography

194 countries and the European Union.