Small multiples · CO2 per person

Twelve carbon stories, one scale

Every panel shares the same axis, so the shapes are comparable: America's long plateau and decline, China's accent line climbing five-fold since 2000, India barely off the floor - and the world line creeping upward through it all.

Twelve carbon stories, one scale Small-multiples grid of CO2 emissions per capita for eleven countries and the world, 1950 to 2023, on one shared scale. United States 14.3t Australia 14.5t Russia 11.9t Germany 7.0t Japan 7.9t China 8.6t United Kingdom 4.5t South Africa 6.9t France 4.1t Brazil 2.3t India 2.1t World 4.7t TONNES CO2 PER PERSON PER YEAR · SHARED 0-24t SCALE · FAINT LINE = 10t FOSSIL CO2 EMISSIONS PER CAPITA, 1950-2023 · OUR WORLD IN DATA (GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET) · SAME SCALE IN EVERY PANEL - THAT IS THE POINT