Fossil CO2 emissions

RecordSTO-MQP6HVW730-ZNCE3HJZ8P-1N3QF5

25,693 milliontonnes

estimate

Global · 2001

Fossil CO2 emissions worldwide were 25,693 million tonnes in 2001 (GCP).

Original source

Publisher: GCP
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15)
Locator: GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat: {"ISO 3166-1 alpha-3":"WLD","Year":"2001"}
Retrieved: 2 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat, GLOBAL, 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31: 25692.993597 tonnes (scale million).

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APA

Global Carbon Project. (2001). Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15). Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://zenodo.org/api/records/17417124/files/GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat.csv/content. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: Global Carbon Project. "Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15)." 2001, https://zenodo.org/api/records/17417124/files/GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat.csv/content. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5.
Chicago: Global Carbon Project. "Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15)." 2001. https://zenodo.org/api/records/17417124/files/GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat.csv/content. Accessed October 2, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5.
BibTeX: @misc{gcp2001fossil1n3qf5, author = {{Global Carbon Project}}, title = {Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15)}, year = {2001}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5}, note = {Original source: https://zenodo.org/api/records/17417124/files/GCB2025v15\_MtCO2\_flat.csv/content. Accessed October 2, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: Global Carbon Project · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15)
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat
Version: 2025v15
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: 20650c19b394d91b6b31cddff2fbc9508bcdbbed7c3f93660336f2f655f367ff
Response retrieved: 2 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: GCB2025v15_MtCO2_flat: {"ISO 3166-1 alpha-3":"WLD","Year":"2001"}
Retrieved: 2 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 2 October 2026
Last revision: 4 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5

Same indicator, other countries

2001 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
United States	5,903.6 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
China	3,724.1 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Russian Federation	1,518.1 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Japan	1,245.9 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
India	1,001.2 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Germany	915.3 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
United Kingdom	578 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Canada	559 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Italy	469.7 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Korea, Republic of	455.6 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
France	411.6 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Mexico	407.5 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Iran	389.9 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
South Africa	371.6 million tonnes	GCP	Open record
Australia	357.7 million tonnes	GCP	Open record

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Record last modified 4 October 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_MQP6HVW730ZNCE3HJZ8P1N3QF5.