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Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building by country

Building sector greenhouse gas emissions are generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch. Climate Watch Historical Emission data contains sector-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union (EU) for the period 1990-2018, including emissions of the six major GHGs...

Countries reporting
179
Highest
550.68
United States
Lowest
0
Solomon Islands
Median
0.82
Years covered
29
1990–2018
Data points
5,338

What the numbers show

Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 550.68 in United States; the lowest is 0 in Solomon Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.82, and the mean is 16.03.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 14,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 88.3%).

Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 550.68 2018 down 1.0% falling
2 China 542.13 2018 up 41.5% rising
3 Russia 217.99 2018 up 39.9% falling
4 Iran 127.41 2018 up 4.1% rising
5 Germany 120.82 2018 down 21.3% falling
6 India 118.84 2018 up 39.2% rising
7 Japan 106.11 2018 down 20.9% falling
8 United Kingdom 87.01 2018 down 9.3% falling
9 Canada 75.68 2018 up 2.3% rising
10 France 64.42 2018 down 22.9% falling
11 Italy 63.58 2018 down 12.2% flat
12 South Korea 51.09 2018 up 1.0% falling
13 Turkey 50.1 2018 down 3.5% rising
14 Poland 42.68 2018 down 5.5% falling
15 Kazakhstan 36.84 2018 up 88.6% volatile
16 South Africa 33.84 2018 up 4.5% rising
17 Argentina 28.1 2018 up 11.7% rising
18 Uzbekistan 26.93 2018 down 39.7% rising
19 Algeria 26.34 2018 up 94.0% rising
20 Ukraine 26.11 2018 down 31.6% falling
21 Spain 25.46 2018 down 2.0% rising
22 Indonesia 25.12 2018 down 0.9% flat
23 Netherlands 23.91 2018 down 16.3% falling
24 Belgium 22.41 2018 down 14.5% falling
25 Mexico 21.61 2018 down 10.6% falling
26 Pakistan 20.82 2018 up 35.4% rising
27 Brazil 20.38 2018 up 2.1% rising
28 Turkmenistan 17.31 2018 up 28.7% rising
29 Egypt 17.03 2018 up 19.8% rising
30 Vietnam 15.79 2018 up 58.5% rising
31 Australia 15.1 2018 up 26.7% rising
32 Oman 15.05 2018 up 1,805.1% volatile
33 Switzerland 11.34 2018 down 25.1% falling
34 Czechia 10.72 2018 down 4.2% falling
35 Philippines 10.03 2018 up 151.4% rising
36 Hungary 9.98 2018 down 17.7% falling
37 Bangladesh 9.82 2018 up 76.9% rising
38 Iraq 9.1 2018 down 27.9% rising
39 Romania 9.03 2018 up 9.2% rising
40 Ireland 8.06 2018 down 20.1% falling
41 Austria 7.45 2018 down 28.3% falling
42 Morocco 7.24 2018 up 43.1% rising
43 Thailand 6.73 2018 up 1.7% rising
44 Chile 6.58 2018 up 44.0% rising
45 Azerbaijan 6.3 2018 down 5.1% rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 6.11 2018 up 2,445.8% volatile
47 Colombia 5.09 2018 down 3.0% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 5.08 2018 up 16.8% rising
49 Venezuela 5 2018 down 22.4% rising
50 Belarus 4.94 2018 up 3.8% falling
51 Greece 4.65 2018 down 53.1% rising
52 Slovakia 4.28 2018 down 30.6% falling
53 Peru 4.06 2018 up 104.0% flat
54 Ecuador 3.74 2018 up 27.6% rising
55 Malaysia 3.38 2018 down 37.3% rising
56 Angola 3.24 2018 up 11.7% volatile
57 Tunisia 2.88 2018 down 3.4% rising
58 Portugal 2.85 2018 down 19.9% rising
58 Syria 2.85 2018 down 62.4% rising
60 Denmark 2.77 2018 down 27.1% falling
61 Serbia 2.21 2018 down 29.8% rising
62 Georgia 2.16 2018 up 148.3% volatile
63 Croatia 2.08 2018 down 21.5% flat
64 Jordan 2.02 2018 down 0.5% rising
65 Finland 1.96 2018 down 21.3% falling
66 Nigeria 1.91 2018 down 24.8% falling
67 Bolivia 1.78 2018 up 49.6% rising
68 Mongolia 1.69 2018 up 141.4% volatile
69 Luxembourg 1.62 2018 up 4.5% rising
70 Dominican Republic 1.56 2018 up 7.6% rising
71 Nepal 1.52 2018 up 186.8% rising
71 Sweden 1.52 2018 down 42.6% volatile
73 Myanmar 1.45 2018 up 14,400.0% volatile
73 New Zealand 1.45 2018 up 12.4% rising
75 Norway 1.37 2018 up 13.2% falling
76 Kenya 1.23 2018 up 61.8% rising
77 Moldova 1.2 2018 up 9.1% falling
78 Libya 1.18 2018 down 32.6% falling
79 Armenia 1.17 2018 down 1.7% volatile
80 Lithuania 1.14 2018 up 14.0% volatile
81 Cote d'Ivoire 1.12 2018 up 55.6% rising
82 Tajikistan 1.06 2018 — volatile
83 Ghana 1.03 2018 up 151.2% rising
83 Sri Lanka 1.03 2018 up 139.5% volatile
85 Bulgaria 1.02 2018 down 24.4% volatile
86 Guatemala 0.98 2018 up 60.7% rising
87 Kuwait 0.93 2018 up 78.8% rising
88 Slovenia 0.88 2018 down 52.2% falling
89 Latvia 0.84 2018 down 6.7% volatile
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.82 2018 up 583.3% volatile
91 United Arab Emirates 0.8 2018 up 166.7% volatile
92 Lebanon 0.68 2018 down 48.1% volatile
93 Cuba 0.67 2018 up 1.5% falling
93 Israel 0.67 2018 down 69.5% falling
95 El Salvador 0.64 2018 up 23.1% rising
96 Honduras 0.63 2018 up 133.3% flat
97 Nicaragua 0.62 2018 up 82.4% volatile
97 Panama 0.62 2018 up 59.0% rising
99 Cambodia 0.61 2018 up 369.2% rising
100 Singapore 0.6 2018 up 1.7% falling
101 Sudan 0.59 2018 down 1.7% volatile
102 Senegal 0.52 2018 up 40.5% rising
103 Ethiopia 0.5 2018 down 48.5% rising
104 Uruguay 0.48 2018 down 4.0% falling
105 Albania 0.46 2018 up 39.4% rising
106 Cameroon 0.44 2018 up 22.2% falling
107 Estonia 0.43 2018 up 7.5% falling
108 Qatar 0.42 2018 up 75.0% volatile
109 Tanzania 0.41 2018 down 30.5% rising
110 Cyprus 0.39 2018 down 22.0% rising
111 Trinidad and Tobago 0.38 2018 down 17.4% rising
112 Jamaica 0.37 2018 up 23.3% flat
113 Costa Rica 0.31 2018 up 29.2% rising
114 Burkina Faso 0.3 2018 up 87.5% rising
115 Bahrain 0.27 2018 up 22.7% rising
115 Bahamas 0.27 2018 up 350.0% volatile
115 Haiti 0.27 2018 up 12.5% rising
118 Uganda 0.24 2018 down 17.2% volatile
119 North Macedonia 0.23 2018 down 23.3% flat
119 Mozambique 0.23 2018 up 53.3% rising
119 Paraguay 0.23 2018 up 21.1% rising
122 Mauritania 0.22 2018 up 100.0% volatile
123 Gabon 0.21 2018 up 10.5% rising
123 Equatorial Guinea 0.21 2018 up 16.7% volatile
125 Mauritius 0.2 2018 up 25.0% rising
126 Papua New Guinea 0.17 2018 up 142.9% rising
127 Afghanistan 0.14 2018 up 100.0% volatile
127 Lesotho 0.14 2018 up 40.0% rising
129 Benin 0.13 2018 down 88.3% volatile
130 Brunei 0.12 2018 up 9.1% rising
130 Fiji 0.12 2018 up 140.0% rising
130 Madagascar 0.12 2018 up 9.1% flat
130 North Korea 0.12 2018 up 20.0% volatile
130 Somalia 0.12 2018 down 7.7% rising
135 Botswana 0.11 2018 down 21.4% falling
135 Guyana 0.11 2018 up 37.5% rising
135 Malta 0.11 2018 up 10.0% rising
135 Togo 0.11 2018 down 21.4% rising
139 Suriname 0.1 2018 up 66.7% rising
140 Belize 0.09 2018 up 80.0% rising
140 Chad 0.09 2018 up 12.5% rising
142 Congo 0.08 2018 unchanged rising
142 Djibouti 0.08 2018 down 20.0% falling
142 Niger 0.08 2018 up 300.0% volatile
145 Barbados 0.07 2018 down 41.7% rising
145 Eritrea 0.07 2018 up 16.7% falling
147 Central African Republic 0.06 2018 up 20.0% rising
147 Guinea 0.06 2018 up 20.0% falling
147 Maldives 0.06 2018 up 50.0% volatile
147 Mali 0.06 2018 up 50.0% rising
151 Bhutan 0.05 2018 up 66.7% rising
151 Comoros 0.05 2018 up 150.0% rising
151 Cape Verde 0.05 2018 up 25.0% rising
151 Montenegro 0.05 2018 up 66.7% rising
151 Samoa 0.05 2018 up 150.0% rising
156 Grenada 0.04 2018 up 100.0% rising
156 Laos 0.04 2018 up 300.0% volatile
158 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 2018 up 50.0% rising
158 Saint Lucia 0.03 2018 unchanged rising
158 Sierra Leone 0.03 2018 down 57.1% volatile
158 Eswatini 0.03 2018 down 40.0% volatile
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.03 2018 up 200.0% volatile
163 Burundi 0.02 2018 unchanged falling
163 South Sudan 0.02 2018 up 100.0% rising
163 Seychelles 0.02 2018 unchanged rising
166 Antigua and Barbuda 0.01 2018 unchanged volatile
166 Dominica 0.01 2018 unchanged rising
166 Iceland 0.01 2018 down 50.0% volatile
166 Kiribati 0.01 2018 unchanged volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01 2018 down 50.0% falling
166 Malawi 0.01 2018 down 80.0% volatile
166 Namibia 0.01 2018 down 50.0% volatile
166 Palau 0.01 2018 unchanged rising
166 Sao Tome and Principe 0.01 2018 unchanged volatile
166 Tonga 0.01 2018 unchanged flat
166 Vanuatu 0.01 2018 unchanged volatile
177 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2018 — volatile
177 Liberia 0 2018 — volatile
177 Solomon Islands 0 2018 — volatile

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Indicator
Total GHG emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Building
Source
Climate Watch. 2020. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: https://www.climatewatchdata.org
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 5,338 data points, 1990–2018
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Building sector greenhouse gas emissions are generated from the World Resource Institute's Climate Watch. Climate Watch Historical Emission data contains sector-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data for 194 countries and the European Union (EU) for the period 1990-2018, including emissions of the six major GHGs from most major sources and sinks. Non-CO2 emissions are expressed in CO2 equivalents using 100-year global warming potential values from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Climate Watch Historical GHG Emissions data (previously published through CAIT Climate Data Explorer) are derived from several sources. Any use of the Land-Use Change and Forestry or Agriculture indicator should be cited as FAO 2020, FAOSTAT Emissions Database. Any use of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion data should be cited as CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, OECD/IEA, 2020.