Visualizing 170 Years of Cumulative GHG Emissions

Marcus Lu
2024-07-10 08:12:58
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Visualizing 170 Years of Cumulative GHG Emissions

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In this graphic, we provide a unique perspective on global climate emissions by visualizing cumulative GHG emissions by region, from 1850 to 2022.

All figures were sourced from Climate Watch (PIK PRIMAP-hist dataset), and are represented in gigatons of CO₂ equivalent. One gigaton is equal to one billion metric tons.

Data and Key Takeaways

The numbers we used to create this graphic are listed in the table below. All figures in GtCO₂e.

Note that these totals are based on the Kyoto Protocol categories of GHG emissions: CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF₆. This data also excludes emissions from “land use change and forestry”.

Year	East Asia & Pacific	Europe & Central Asia	Latin America & Caribbean	Middle East & North Africa	North America	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
1850	318	601	52	21	146	235	67
1851	634	1,203	105	42	302	472	134
1852	950	1,813	158	63	462	710	202
1853	1,266	2,435	213	84	629	949	270
1854	1,581	3,102	268	105	802	1,190	339
1855	1,896	3,769	324	127	985	1,432	408
1856	2,209	4,459	380	148	1,172	1,675	477
1857	2,522	5,152	438	170	1,364	1,919	547
1858	2,833	5,851	496	192	1,559	2,164	618
1859	3,145	6,567	555	214	1,760	2,411	689
1860	3,456	7,317	615	237	1,967	2,660	760
1861	3,768	8,092	676	259	2,172	2,909	832
1862	4,079	8,874	737	282	2,382	3,159	904
1863	4,390	9,676	799	304	2,603	3,411	977
1864	4,701	10,511	862	327	2,829	3,664	1,050
1865	5,013	11,377	925	350	3,057	3,918	1,124
1866	5,325	12,262	989	373	3,288	4,173	1,198
1867	5,637	13,168	1,054	397	3,536	4,428	1,272
1868	5,949	14,081	1,120	420	3,796	4,685	1,347
1869	6,261	15,019	1,186	444	4,069	4,943	1,423
1870	6,573	15,965	1,253	467	4,351	5,204	1,499
1871	6,886	16,947	1,321	492	4,642	5,465	1,575
1872	7,203	17,979	1,390	516	4,963	5,727	1,653
1873	7,522	19,046	1,460	541	5,304	5,991	1,731
1874	7,845	20,075	1,532	566	5,645	6,257	1,811
1875	8,172	21,170	1,604	592	5,993	6,525	1,892
1876	8,501	22,286	1,678	618	6,343	6,794	1,974
1877	8,833	23,407	1,753	645	6,716	7,065	2,057
1878	9,169	24,541	1,829	672	7,091	7,338	2,142
1879	9,509	25,699	1,906	700	7,506	7,612	2,227
1880	9,852	26,948	1,984	727	7,955	7,888	2,314
1881	10,198	28,222	2,063	756	8,420	8,166	2,401
1882	10,546	29,528	2,145	784	8,917	8,447	2,489
1883	10,898	30,883	2,228	813	9,438	8,730	2,577
1884	11,254	32,235	2,312	842	9,978	9,016	2,666
1885	11,612	33,593	2,399	872	10,525	9,304	2,755
1886	11,974	34,955	2,486	902	11,092	9,594	2,845
1887	12,340	36,352	2,577	932	11,684	9,887	2,936
1888	12,708	37,806	2,669	962	12,358	10,183	3,027
1889	13,081	39,308	2,764	993	12,987	10,481	3,119
1890	13,458	40,858	2,862	1,025	13,700	10,784	3,212
1891	13,841	42,452	2,961	1,056	14,446	11,087	3,306
1892	14,227	44,036	3,064	1,088	15,220	11,392	3,401
1893	14,617	45,599	3,168	1,121	16,003	11,697	3,498
1894	15,013	47,254	3,275	1,153	16,753	12,005	3,597
1895	15,415	48,946	3,385	1,186	17,568	12,314	3,697
1896	15,821	50,695	3,497	1,219	18,386	12,625	3,799
1897	16,232	52,510	3,611	1,253	19,230	12,937	3,902
1898	16,651	54,373	3,728	1,287	20,128	13,252	4,007
1899	17,074	56,328	3,848	1,321	21,124	13,569	4,113
1900	17,509	58,358	3,970	1,355	22,167	13,889	4,216
1901	17,954	60,381	4,101	1,390	23,285	14,210	4,321
1902	18,404	62,410	4,236	1,424	24,456	14,532	4,430
1903	18,863	64,501	4,376	1,460	25,779	14,854	4,542
1904	19,331	66,628	4,522	1,495	27,099	15,177	4,655
1905	19,806	68,798	4,672	1,531	28,541	15,501	4,771
1906	20,309	71,027	4,830	1,567	30,046	15,827	4,889
1907	20,821	73,440	4,993	1,603	31,762	16,155	5,009
1908	21,350	75,890	5,164	1,639	33,309	16,487	5,131
1909	21,878	78,347	5,337	1,676	34,985	16,817	5,256
1910	22,415	80,836	5,519	1,713	36,787	17,145	5,384
1911	22,975	83,366	5,711	1,750	38,590	17,476	5,514
1912	23,525	85,972	5,909	1,789	40,500	17,813	5,647
1913	24,090	88,742	6,115	1,828	42,544	18,154	5,785
1914	24,673	91,285	6,320	1,868	44,436	18,496	5,924
1915	25,254	93,734	6,533	1,909	46,381	18,840	6,067
1916	25,848	96,260	6,752	1,952	48,522	19,186	6,216
1917	26,460	98,729	6,981	1,996	50,853	19,536	6,369
1918	27,087	101,025	7,221	2,042	53,279	19,890	6,524
1919	27,730	103,089	7,477	2,089	55,381	20,251	6,683
1920	28,384	105,376	7,770	2,138	57,792	20,602	6,848
1921	29,030	107,514	8,079	2,189	59,839	20,959	7,015
1922	29,691	109,847	8,396	2,243	61,885	21,319	7,181
1923	30,372	112,130	8,712	2,301	64,487	21,684	7,355
1924	31,071	114,667	9,037	2,361	66,842	22,055	7,534
1925	31,778	117,192	9,363	2,423	69,275	22,428	7,718
1926	32,487	119,479	9,687	2,486	71,889	22,806	7,907
1927	33,221	122,218	10,012	2,553	74,461	23,189	8,099
1928	33,966	124,961	10,338	2,622	77,006	23,573	8,293
1929	34,722	127,888	10,675	2,692	79,707	23,963	8,491
1930	35,473	130,723	11,010	2,765	82,153	24,357	8,688
1931	36,216	133,436	11,342	2,837	84,279	24,751	8,883
1932	36,964	136,025	11,692	2,913	86,140	25,146	9,076
1933	37,740	138,675	12,055	2,992	88,110	25,544	9,273
1934	38,547	141,518	12,431	3,082	90,191	25,952	9,475
1935	39,382	144,471	12,822	3,184	92,331	26,366	9,681
1936	40,254	147,573	13,219	3,291	94,740	26,783	9,893
1937	41,147	150,875	13,639	3,408	97,247	27,210	10,112
1938	42,052	154,187	14,064	3,527	99,426	27,647	10,337
1939	42,991	157,572	14,482	3,677	101,795	28,087	10,567
1940	43,989	161,092	14,911	3,812	104,419	28,534	10,803
1941	45,030	164,510	15,357	3,931	107,257	28,987	11,052
1942	46,058	167,793	15,808	4,078	110,308	29,444	11,322
1943	47,096	171,186	16,271	4,237	113,468	29,895	11,613
1944	48,121	174,325	16,760	4,426	116,852	30,353	11,936
1945	49,015	176,728	17,266	4,666	120,158	30,820	12,286
1946	49,868	179,667	17,856	5,004	123,395	31,288	12,664
1947	50,769	182,984	18,413	5,351	126,930	31,753	13,067
1948	51,704	186,520	18,992	5,654	130,624	32,219	13,495
1949	52,728	190,319	19,579	5,978	133,845	32,693	13,948
1950	53,792	194,315	20,190	6,182	137,487	33,181	14,422
1951	54,933	198,646	20,837	6,392	141,240	33,679	14,911
1952	56,144	203,119	21,509	6,592	144,931	34,188	15,413
1953	57,402	207,726	22,196	6,800	148,714	34,702	15,916
1954	58,730	212,600	22,908	7,026	152,383	35,225	16,424
1955	60,134	217,858	23,698	7,267	156,357	35,761	16,945
1956	61,618	223,444	24,513	7,520	160,525	36,307	17,474
1957	63,204	229,271	25,369	7,799	164,685	36,873	18,010
1958	65,141	235,203	26,182	8,106	168,786	37,450	18,556
1959	67,355	241,281	27,094	8,423	173,012	38,040	19,108
1960	69,721	247,666	28,006	8,807	177,358	38,651	19,677
1961	71,900	254,268	28,927	9,219	181,725	39,273	20,277
1962	73,998	261,202	29,859	9,653	186,277	39,914	20,892
1963	76,163	268,546	30,825	10,119	191,046	40,572	21,520
1964	78,435	276,183	31,829	10,582	196,046	41,233	22,176
1965	80,844	284,067	32,874	11,073	201,265	41,911	22,865
1966	83,395	292,202	33,948	11,688	206,722	42,603	23,571
1967	85,975	300,521	35,075	12,242	212,406	43,302	24,307
1968	88,727	309,140	36,245	12,894	218,305	44,027	25,038
1969	91,759	318,141	37,464	13,662	224,469	44,762	25,792
1970	95,258	327,440	38,721	14,483	230,941	45,520	26,640
1971	98,969	336,954	39,999	15,373	237,423	46,291	27,425
1972	102,829	346,798	41,321	16,327	244,176	47,075	28,238
1973	106,866	357,068	42,692	17,440	251,198	47,876	29,098
1974	110,937	367,374	44,133	18,538	258,035	48,693	29,939
1975	115,181	377,716	45,606	19,603	264,634	49,549	30,791
1976	119,555	388,521	47,130	20,778	271,474	50,424	31,655
1977	124,162	399,392	48,686	21,981	278,454	51,329	32,564
1978	128,966	410,524	50,337	23,194	285,604	52,254	33,473
1979	133,923	421,884	52,021	24,496	292,833	53,206	34,480
1980	138,904	433,223	53,778	25,733	299,851	54,179	35,492
1981	143,853	444,254	55,558	26,809	306,668	55,198	36,487
1982	148,944	455,169	57,345	27,822	313,123	56,238	37,532
1983	154,179	466,112	59,078	28,851	319,588	57,333	38,571
1984	159,721	477,179	60,824	29,947	326,276	58,456	39,613
1985	165,459	488,623	62,603	31,094	332,952	59,634	40,670
1986	171,365	500,121	64,419	32,300	339,567	60,865	41,736
1987	177,530	511,650	66,296	33,542	346,418	62,132	42,845
1988	184,071	523,291	68,199	34,877	353,523	63,473	43,941
1989	190,810	534,913	70,151	36,299	360,709	64,883	45,090
1990	197,596	546,169	72,112	37,725	367,792	66,336	46,284
1991	204,628	557,017	74,110	39,504	374,788	67,840	47,504
1992	211,839	567,057	76,132	41,074	381,921	69,392	48,727
1993	219,296	576,687	78,208	42,752	389,166	70,986	49,984
1994	227,136	585,808	80,342	44,438	396,531	72,644	51,282
1995	235,493	594,857	82,542	46,113	403,993	74,376	52,647
1996	244,228	603,944	84,811	47,835	411,677	76,209	54,067
1997	253,113	612,806	87,180	49,569	419,437	78,102	55,543
1998	261,701	621,615	89,656	51,390	427,253	80,035	57,052
1999	270,518	630,263	92,140	53,306	435,132	82,063	58,564
2000	279,675	638,954	94,627	55,370	443,225	84,143	60,123
2001	289,034	647,732	97,151	57,482	451,199	86,223	61,708
2002	298,911	656,489	99,721	59,628	459,218	88,325	63,322
2003	309,766	665,400	102,361	61,946	467,306	90,495	65,014
2004	321,598	674,361	105,042	64,436	475,517	92,749	66,762
2005	334,376	683,330	107,800	67,049	483,733	95,083	68,550
2006	347,834	692,429	110,609	69,786	491,872	97,523	70,347
2007	361,787	701,515	113,506	72,525	500,135	100,085	72,222
2008	376,171	710,524	116,547	75,434	508,160	102,782	74,140
2009	390,938	718,903	119,533	78,442	515,683	105,661	76,042
2010	406,591	727,530	122,623	81,574	523,439	108,561	78,050
2011	423,457	736,127	125,758	84,740	531,054	111,589	80,120
2012	440,767	744,700	128,959	88,104	538,434	114,738	82,200
2013	458,294	753,108	132,214	91,507	546,001	117,979	84,334
2014	476,019	761,337	135,522	95,063	553,615	121,352	86,563
2015	493,676	769,564	138,819	98,727	561,071	124,947	88,803
2016	511,223	777,815	142,124	102,435	568,349	128,725	91,069
2017	529,071	786,165	145,427	106,249	575,614	132,684	93,386
2018	547,504	794,541	148,696	110,129	583,082	136,780	95,752
2019	566,376	802,686	151,982	114,014	590,409	140,941	98,157
2020	585,439	810,394	155,122	117,801	597,081	144,945	100,566
2021	604,972	818,442	158,483	121,771	604,084	149,254	103,019
2022	624,725	826,261	161,889	125,887	611,161	153,693	105,500

All figures in GtCO₂e

From this graphic, we can identify the three largest regional emitters as Europe & Central Asia, East Asia & Pacific, and North America. Together, they account for 79% of global cumulative GHG emissions since 1850. This is the equivalent of 2.06 million gigatons, or 2,060,000,000,000,000 metric tons of CO₂e.

The sharp uptrends of these three regions coincides with various factors, such as industrialization, population growth, and rising consumption.

When interpreting this data, it’s interesting to consider each region’s total population. For example, the North America region (U.S. and Canada) has a population of around 375 million people, which is far less than the 2.4 billion in East Asia & Pacific.

As the latter continues to become more developed, it’s likely to surpass Central Asia & Europe as well, given the very steep trajectory shown in this graphic.

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If you enjoyed this graphic, be sure to check out Ranked: Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Country.

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