Research
According to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, EDGAR v8.0 publishes 2023 country estimates within a global annual greenhouse-gas total of roughly 50,000 MtCO₂e; this August 2026 research index documents the source scope and exclusions in our methodology. The studies examine the largest emitters, how major greenhouse-gas datasets are built and differ, and the satellite-versus-inventory methane gap.
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What this research covers
PlainEmissions research examines EU EDGAR greenhouse-gas estimates across 51 economies in this extract (latest year 2023; 47,110.7 MtCO₂e combined).
- 51
- economies in EDGAR extract
- 2023
- latest EDGAR year
- 47,110.7 Mt
- combined MtCO₂e (extract)
- 3
- published studies
Studies below answer one emitter-ranking, dataset-difference, or methane-gap question each from the live EDGAR mirror; they are descriptive inventory statistics, not climate advice or ESG attestation. This is not a 200-country world census.
Top 15 Emitting Countries (EU EDGAR v8.0)
The largest greenhouse-gas emitters by absolute total, with the China–United States gap and the long-run trend, straight from EDGAR.
How the Major Greenhouse-Gas Datasets Differ
Why EDGAR, UNFCCC inventories, Climate TRACE and the World Bank disagree on the same country, and why that disagreement is informative.
Satellite vs Inventory Methane: The Under-Reporting Gap
EDGAR-reported methane for the top emitters, and how the IEA and Climate TRACE conclude that real fossil-fuel methane runs materially higher than inventories report.
Download the country-level EDGAR extract used in this research: country-emissions-statistics.csv. National reference on statistics.