List of the largest emitters of fluorinated greenhouse gases

The list of the largest emitters of fluorinated greenhouse gases contains tables with information on the emission of fluorinated greenhouse gases ( F-gases ) by country and on the worldwide annual emissions. The fluorinated gases are composed of HFC , PFC , SF ₆ and NF ₃ . The data is based on the PRIMAP-hist series of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), in which data from various sources were merged in order to generate a comprehensive and coherent set of data on greenhouse gas emissions from 1850 to 2017. Emissions of F-gases were about their global warming potential in CO ₂ equivalents (CO ₂ -eq) converted.

Overview

In 2017, 0.87 billion tons (Gt) of CO ₂ equivalents were emitted worldwide in the form of F-gases, which is just under 2% of the total greenhouse gases emitted. Around two thirds (67%) of these emissions came from the four countries China , USA , Bolivia and Japan . Virtually all emissions of F-gases worldwide come from industrial processes.

By country

The following table contains the 20 countries with the highest emissions of fluorinated gases in 2017. All figures are rounded to the nearest month.

Emissions in millions of tons of CO ₂ -eq

Rank (2017)	country	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2015	2016	2017	Share 2017 [%]
1	People's Republic of China	0	1	2	4th	8th	48	199	308	324	340	39.0
2	United States	3	6th	16	32	46	111	137	142	142	144	16.5
3	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	26th	38	48	49	51	5.9
4th	Japan	1	2	4th	9	16	23	23	39	43	45	5.1
5	Russia	1	3	7th	19th	36	27	14th	22nd	24	34	3.9
6th	India	0	0	0	1	2	10	20th	26th	27	28	3.2
7th	France	0	1	2	3	4th	7th	17th	19th	19th	19th	2.2
8th	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	15th	15th	15th	1.8
9	United Kingdom	1	2	6th	12	14th	10	17th	16	15th	14th	1.6
10	Canada	0	0	1	2	1	3	8th	11	12	13	1.4
11	Australia	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	12	12	12	1.4
12	Brazil	0	0	0	1	2	1	8th	11	12	12	1.4
13	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	8th	11	11	1.3
14th	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	2	8th	10	11	11	1.3
15th	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	6th	10	11	11	11	1.3
16	South Korea	0	0	0	0	1	10	10	10	10	10	1.1
17th	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6th	8th	0.9
18th	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7th	7th	7th	0.8
19th	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	1	7th	9	7th	7th	0.8
20th	Spain	0	0	1	2	3	12	16	8th	8th	6th	0.7
	Other countries *	0	1	2	4th	9	23	51	67	70	72	8.2
	world	7th	16	43	91	145	327	620	804	834	872	100.0

^* Calculated residual size

By sectors

Emissions of F-gases according to the IPCC in 2006 entirely to the sector categories for Industrial Processes associated (Engl. Industrial Processes and Product Use , IPPU).

Worldwide emissions

The next table shows the annual worldwide emissions of F-gases since 1950.

Emissions in millions of tons of CO ₂ -eq

year Emissions 1950 7th 1951 8th 1952 8th 1953 9 1954 10 1955 11 1956 12 1957 13 1958 14th 1959 15th 1960 16 1961 17th 1962 19th 1963 21st 1964 23 1965 25th 1966 28 1967 30th 1968 33 1969 36 1970 43 1971 46 1972 47 1973 56 1974 62

year Emissions 1975 55 1976 67 1977 74 1978 81 1979 85 1980 91 1981 93 1982 88 1983 102 1984 107 1985 108 1986 115 1987 121 1988 141 1989 152 1990 149 1991 139 1992 142 1993 144 1994 166 1995 190 1996 219 1997 267 1998 287 1999 333

year Emissions 2000 327 2001 326 2002 355 2003 374 2004 449 2005 502 2006 545 2007 556 2008 582 2009 588 2010 620 2011 676 2012 710 2013 742 2014 782 2015 804 2016 834 2017 872

See also

• F-gas regulation 2014
• List of the largest greenhouse gas emitters
• List of major carbon dioxide emitters
• List of the largest methane emitters
• List of the largest nitrous oxide emitters

Web links

• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - PRIMAP-hist - Further explanations on the PRIMAP-hist dataset.
• Climate Watch (F-gases) - A detailed selection option including visualization of the emission data used here and other emission data (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gütschow, J., u. a .: Data description. PIK, December 2018, accessed on May 11, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Gütschow, J .; Jeffery, L .; Gieseke, R. (2019): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series (1850-2016) . v2.0. GFZ Data Services. doi: 10.5880 / pik.2019.001