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. 2021 Jan 7;8:2. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00779-6

Table 5.

Regional summary statistics relating to total annual CO2 emissions from GridFEDv2019.1.

Variable Period Global Northern Extratropics Tropics Southern Extratropics
Mean Annual Emissions (Gt CO2 year−1) 1960–1969 11.1 9.6 1.3 0.2
1970–1979 17.2 14.4 2.5 0.3
1980–1989 20.1 16.2 3.5 0.3
1990–1999 23.2 17.7 5.1 0.4
2000–2009 28.5 20.4 7.5 0.5
2010–2018 34.9 23.3 10.9 0.6
2018 36.4 23.8 11.9 0.6
Mean Fraction of Global Emissions (%) 1960–1969 86.1 12.1 1.5
1970–1979 83.9 14.3 1.6
1980–1989 80.7 17.3 1.7
1990–1999 76.1 21.8 1.8
2000–2009 71.5 26.3 1.9
2010–2018 66.7 31.2 1.7
2018 65.2 32.8 1.7
Mean Annual Emissions Uncertainty (Gt CO2 year−1) 1960–1969 2.7 2.2 0.4 0.0
1970–1979 4.0 3.1 0.8 0.1
1980–1989 5.1 3.8 1.2 0.1
1990–1999 6.1 4.2 1.8 0.1
2000–2009 7.9 5.0 2.7 0.1
2010–2018 10.3 6.1 4.1 0.2
2018 10.8 6.1 4.5 0.2
Mean Annual Emissions Uncertainty (%) 1960–1969 24.6 23.5 32.4 26.2
1970–1979 23.2 21.6 32.7 24.8
1980–1989 25.4 23.3 35.3 25.6
1990–1999 26.3 23.7 35.7 25.7
2000–2009 27.8 24.7 36.5 25.5
2010–2018 29.5 26.0 37.2 25.2
2018 29.6 25.8 37.5 24.9
Mean Annual Emissions Growth (%) 1960–1969 4.5 4.4 5.0 5.0
1970–1979 3.6 3.3 5.7 3.5
1980–1989 1.3 0.9 3.2 2.6
1990–1999 0.9 0.2 3.5 2.3
2000–2009 2.6 1.8 4.7 2.0
2010–2018 1.7 1.1 2.9 0.6
2018 2.1 1.7 3.1 −0.2