Global coal emissions amounted to 14.98 GtCO₂ in 2021.
China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion by far. In 2021, China emitted nearly eight billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) from coal combustion, which accounted for more than 50 percent of the global coal emissions. The second-largest emitter - India - produced 1.8 GtCO₂.
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Statistics on Coal emissions worldwide
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Global Carbon Project. (November 11, 2022). Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion worldwide in 2021, by select country (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion worldwide in 2021, by select country (in million metric tons)." Chart. November 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. (2022). Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion worldwide in 2021, by select country (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal Combustion Worldwide in 2021, by Select Country (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project, Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion worldwide in 2021, by select country (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion worldwide in 2021, by select country (in million metric tons) [Graph], Global Carbon Project, November 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1014423/co2-emissions-from-coal-combustion-in-selected-countries/