Open data and method
All the data on this site can be downloaded as CSV. Each file states where its values come from; values are not changed, only converted between units.
Files to download
- countries-latest.csvLatest value of every indicator for every country
- world-series.csvAnnual global series: CO₂ in the air, temperature, emissions, CO₂ absorbed and remaining in the air, trees lost
- tree-cover-loss-by-country.csvTrees lost and old tropical forest lost, by country and year
- tree-cover-loss-drivers.csvTrees lost worldwide by cause, by year
- indicators/co2_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: CO₂ per person
- indicators/consumption_co2_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: Consumption-based CO₂ per person
- indicators/ghg_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)
- indicators/methane_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: Methane per person
- indicators/land_use_change_co2_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: CO₂ from deforestation and land use per person
- indicators/share_global_cumulative_co2.csvTime series by country and year: Share of historical CO₂ emissions
- indicators/trade_co2_share.csvTime series by country and year: CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods
- indicators/co2_per_gdp.csvTime series by country and year: CO₂ per unit of GDP
- indicators/co2_per_km2.csvTime series by country and year: CO₂ per km² of territory
- indicators/energy_per_capita.csvTime series by country and year: Primary energy per person
- indicators/fossil_share_energy.csvTime series by country and year: Fossil share of energy
- indicators/renewables_share_energy.csvTime series by country and year: Renewable share of energy
- indicators/renewables_share_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Renewable share of electricity
- indicators/low_carbon_share_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)
- indicators/solar_share_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Solar share of electricity
- indicators/wind_share_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Wind share of electricity
- indicators/coal_share_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Coal share of electricity
- indicators/carbon_intensity_elec.csvTime series by country and year: Carbon intensity of electricity
- indicators/forest_cover.csvTime series by country and year: Forest cover
Method
Data are downloaded every month from the official sources, unchanged. When a value is our own calculation (CO₂ remaining in the air and absorbed, CO₂ per km²) it says so next to it, with the method.
Sources
- Global Carbon Project (Global Carbon Budget)
- Our World in Data — CO₂ data
- Our World in Data — Energy data
- Global Forest Watch
- NASA GISTEMP
- NOAA Mauna Loa CO₂
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- FAO — Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
- Singh & Persson, Nature Food (2026)
- mledoze/countries
Licences
Each figure keeps the licence of its source: Our World in Data, Global Forest Watch and the World Bank publish under CC BY 4.0; NASA and NOAA data are in the public domain; country areas (mledoze/countries) are under the ODbL licence. When citing The Climate Data, please also cite the original source.
How to cite
The Climate Data (2026). Open data and method. https://theclimatedata.com/data