Which countries have emitted the most CO2?
Bar chart race: the countries with the largest cumulative CO2 emissions since 1750.
Rankings as of the start of 2019:
1) US – 397 GtCO2
2) China – 214
3) former USSR – 180
4) Germany – 90
5) UK – 77
6) Japan – 58
7) India – 51
8) France – 37
9) Canada – 32
10) Poland – 27
Chart by Carbon Brief based on code by John Burn-Murdoch.
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