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Coal's share of fossil CO₂ in Greenland

% · 1988 · from Global Carbon Project Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions, via carbondata.dev

0.0%in 1988

0.0 pts over 1 year, −1.0 pts over 5, −1.9 pts over 10
Lowest quartile among countries: 117 of 145 with a 1988 figure (1 is the highest value)
World: 40.3% the same year

Compare Greenland with other countries · Which countries have this data, and for which years

Coal's share of fossil CO₂, Greenland and the worldGreenland was at 0.0% in 1988, below the world's 40.3%; in 1950 it was 81.5%.

Greenland
World

Show the numbers (275 rows)

Year	Greenland	World
2024		40.9%
2023		41.0%
2022		41.2%
2021		40.6%
2020		40.6%
2019		39.6%
2018		40.2%
2017		40.3%
2016		40.5%
2015		41.4%
2014		42.3%
2013		42.4%
2012		42.5%
2011		42.6%
2010		41.8%
2009		41.3%
2008		41.0%
2007		40.4%
2006		39.7%
2005		38.8%
2004		37.8%
2003		37.9%
2002		36.7%
2001		35.8%
2000		35.9%
1999		35.5%
1998		35.8%
1997		36.6%
1996		37.0%
1995		37.2%
1994		37.1%
1993		37.2%
1992		37.1%
1991		36.9%
1990		38.1%
1989		39.8%
1988	0.0%	40.3%
1987	0.0%	40.5%
1986	0.0%	40.4%
1985	0.0%	40.4%
1984	0.6%	39.0%
1983	1.0%	38.5%
1982	0.7%	37.7%
1981	0.7%	36.8%
1980	0.7%	36.0%
1979	1.3%	34.9%
1978	1.9%	34.2%
1977	0.0%	34.7%
1976	5.0%	34.9%
1975	0.0%	35.4%
1974	3.9%	34.5%
1973	7.2%	34.3%
1972	3.3%	35.1%
1971	15.5%	36.8%
1970	20.2%	38.2%
1969	19.6%	40.1%
1968	18.9%	41.2%
1967	29.2%	43.0%
1966	27.4%	45.1%
1965	22.3%	46.8%
1964	29.1%	48.2%
1963	43.3%	49.8%
1962	41.1%	50.6%
1961	40.7%	52.5%
1960	54.1%	55.0%
1959	39.1%	55.9%
1958	48.4%	56.6%
1957	48.9%	57.3%
1956	51.3%	58.1%
1955	42.1%	58.9%
1954	71.4%	59.7%
1953	66.7%	61.1%
1952	75.9%	62.3%
1951	74.1%	64.0%
1950	81.5%	65.4%
1949		68.2%
1948		68.7%
1947		70.1%
1946		70.2%
1945		69.9%
1944		74.9%
1943		77.4%
1942		78.5%
1941		77.7%
1940		77.7%
1939		76.9%
1938		76.4%
1937		77.1%
1936		78.1%
1935		78.2%
1934		78.8%
1933		78.5%
1932		79.0%
1931		80.0%
1930		81.3%
1929		82.2%
1928		82.8%
1927		83.8%
1926		83.9%
1925		84.3%
1924		84.9%
1923		85.1%
1922		85.0%
1921		85.8%
1920		88.3%
1919		89.4%
1918		91.7%
1917		91.8%
1916		92.2%
1915		92.4%
1914		92.9%
1913		93.7%
1912		94.0%
1911		93.9%
1910		94.2%
1909		94.3%
1908		94.4%
1907		95.0%
1906		95.2%
1905		95.1%
1904		94.9%
1903		95.5%
1902		95.3%
1901		95.6%
1900		95.9%
1899		96.1%
1898		96.1%
1897		96.1%
1896		96.1%
1895		96.2%
1894		96.5%
1893		96.3%
1892		96.5%
1891		96.3%
1890		96.4%
1889		96.6%
1888		96.5%
1887		96.7%
1886		97.1%
1885		97.7%
1884		98.0%
1883		98.3%
1882		97.9%
1881		98.0%
1880		98.2%
1879		98.3%
1878		98.6%
1877		98.7%
1876		99.1%
1875		99.1%
1874		99.0%
1873		99.2%
1872		99.4%
1871		99.4%
1870		99.4%
1869		99.5%
1868		99.5%
1867		99.6%
1866		99.6%
1865		99.7%
1864		99.7%
1863		99.7%
1862		99.6%
1861		99.7%
1860		99.9%
1859		100.0%
1858		100.0%
1857		100.0%
1856		100.0%
1855		100.0%
1854		100.0%
1853		100.0%
1852		100.0%
1851		100.0%
1850		100.0%
1849		100.0%
1848		100.0%
1847		100.0%
1846		100.0%
1845		100.0%
1844		100.0%
1843		100.0%
1842		100.0%
1841		100.0%
1840		100.0%
1839		100.0%
1838		100.0%
1837		100.0%
1836		100.0%
1835		100.0%
1834		100.0%
1833		100.0%
1832		100.0%
1831		100.0%
1830		100.0%
1829		100.0%
1828		100.0%
1827		100.0%
1826		100.0%
1825		100.0%
1824		100.0%
1823		100.0%
1822		100.0%
1821		100.0%
1820		100.0%
1819		100.0%
1818		100.0%
1817		100.0%
1816		100.0%
1815		100.0%
1814		100.0%
1813		100.0%
1812		100.0%
1811		100.0%
1810		100.0%
1809		100.0%
1808		100.0%
1807		100.0%
1806		100.0%
1805		100.0%
1804		100.0%
1803		100.0%
1802		100.0%
1801		100.0%
1800		100.0%
1799		100.0%
1798		100.0%
1797		100.0%
1796		100.0%
1795		100.0%
1794		100.0%
1793		100.0%
1792		100.0%
1791		100.0%
1790		100.0%
1789		100.0%
1788		100.0%
1787		100.0%
1786		100.0%
1785		100.0%
1784		100.0%
1783		100.0%
1782		100.0%
1781		100.0%
1780		100.0%
1779		100.0%
1778		100.0%
1777		100.0%
1776		100.0%
1775		100.0%
1774		100.0%
1773		100.0%
1772		100.0%
1771		100.0%
1770		100.0%
1769		100.0%
1768		100.0%
1767		100.0%
1766		100.0%
1765		100.0%
1764		100.0%
1763		100.0%
1762		100.0%
1761		100.0%
1760		100.0%
1759		100.0%
1758		100.0%
1757		100.0%
1756		100.0%
1755		100.0%
1754		100.0%
1753		100.0%
1752		100.0%
1751		100.0%
1750		100.0%

Where Greenland sits among countries, 1988Greenland's 0.0% is higher than 28 of the other 144 countries with a 1988 figure; the world as a whole was at 40.3%.

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Every country, 1988 (145)

Eswatini 100.0%
North Korea 91.2%
South Africa 85.7%
Poland 85.0%
Zimbabwe 83.6%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 80.4%
China 78.1%
Czechia 76.2%
Mongolia 75.3%
Montenegro 73.7%
Serbia 72.5%
Kazakhstan 71.4%
Estonia 66.9%
Botswana 65.0%
India 64.5%
Hong Kong SAR China 64.2%
Vietnam 60.5%
Slovakia 59.6%
Albania 54.8%
Australia 54.2%
Germany 53.7%
North Macedonia 53.2%
Ukraine 48.8%
Ireland 48.6%
Denmark 47.2%
South Korea 46.9%
Luxembourg 45.6%
Zambia 44.5%
United Kingdom 43.8%
Bulgaria 43.6%
Greece 43.4%
Türkiye 43.0%
Hungary 42.3%
Niger 41.7%
Kyrgyzstan 41.3%
Slovenia 41.0%
Romania 38.7%
Taiwan 38.2%
Finland 37.9%
Russia 37.6%
United States 35.5%
Belgium 33.2%
Spain 30.9%
New Caledonia 30.0%
Israel 29.1%
Bhutan 28.5%
Japan 28.3%
Malta 27.5%
Chile 27.0%
Austria 27.0%
Portugal 24.3%
Nepal 24.1%
Colombia 24.1%
Moldova 23.8%
Congo - Kinshasa 23.4%
Canada 23.4%
Morocco 21.2%
Latvia 20.1%
France 19.6%
Netherlands 19.5%
New Zealand 19.4%
Sweden 19.3%
Brazil 19.2%
Mozambique 17.1%
Tajikistan 16.7%
Thailand 16.2%
Italy 13.7%
Mauritius 12.9%
Afghanistan 12.8%
Iceland 12.3%
Pakistan 12.3%
Lithuania 11.6%
Norway 11.0%
Philippines 10.5%
Belarus 9.6%
Armenia 9.3%
Georgia 8.8%
Croatia 8.3%
Malawi 8.1%
Haiti 8.0%
Burundi 7.9%
Uzbekistan 6.9%
Kenya 6.3%
Cyprus 5.8%
Indonesia 5.2%
Madagascar 4.0%
Peru 3.9%
Mexico 3.6%
Algeria 3.6%
Egypt 3.5%
Switzerland 3.4%
Turkmenistan 3.3%
Argentina 3.3%
Myanmar (Burma) 3.0%
Bangladesh 2.8%
Malaysia 2.7%
Dominican Republic 2.6%
Panama 2.4%
Tunisia 2.3%
Iran 2.1%
Fiji 2.0%
Laos 1.7%
Cuba 0.9%
Azerbaijan 0.8%
Venezuela 0.6%
Mauritania 0.5%
Tanzania 0.3%
Nigeria 0.2%
Ghana 0.2%
Cameroon 0.2%
Papua New Guinea 0.2%
Singapore 0.1%
Uruguay 0.1%
Libya 0.0%
Syria 0.0%
Iraq 0.0%
Samoa 0.0%
Tonga 0.0%
Sint Maarten 0.0%
South Sudan 0.0%
St. Pierre & Miquelon 0.0%
Sierra Leone 0.0%
St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha 0.0%
Sudan 0.0%
Saudi Arabia 0.0%
Qatar 0.0%
Oman 0.0%
Sri Lanka 0.0%
Lebanon 0.0%
Kuwait 0.0%
Cambodia 0.0%
Jamaica 0.0%
Honduras 0.0%
Guyana 0.0%
Greenland 0.0%
Faroe Islands 0.0%
Ethiopia 0.0%
Curaçao 0.0%
Cape Verde 0.0%
Brunei 0.0%
Barbados 0.0%
Bermuda 0.0%
Bahamas 0.0%
Caribbean Netherlands 0.0%
Angola 0.0%

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Source

Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions: GCB fossil CO₂, coal / total (CC BY 4.0), coal emissions as a share of all fossil CO₂
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Built 2026-10-26.