Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan
Taiwan: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Taiwan recorded 0.8% for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan peaked at 1.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1990.
That places Taiwan 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4% | — |
| 1991 | 0.4% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | +109.1% |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +109.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More climate change data for Taiwan
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil 0.4% (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement 0.8% (2024)
- Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil 0.5% (2024)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement 0.3% (2024)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions from flaring 0.0% (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 11.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population 0.7% (2024)
- Territorial vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita 11.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 11.3 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Taiwan was 0.8% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1990.
- How does Taiwan rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Taiwan ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.