The US department of energy has compiled data since 1980 detailing total carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption and flaring of fossil fuels (in millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide). Data can be broken down by country.
data(world.co2)
The dataframe contains 16 columns
Year
The year of CO\(_2\) measure (1980-2006)
Afghanistan
CO\(_2\) emissions in Afghanistan from 1980-2006 (1x\(10^6\) metric tons).
Belgium
CO\(_2\) emissions in Belgium...
Brazil
CO\(_2\) emissions in Brazil...
Canada
CO\(_2\) emissions in Canada...
China
CO\(_2\) emissions in China...
Finland
CO\(_2\) emissions in Finland...
Ghana
CO\(_2\) emissions in Ghana...
Italy
CO\(_2\) emissions in Italy...
Japan
CO\(_2\) emissions in Japan...
Kenya
CO\(_2\) emissions in Kenya...
Mexico
CO\(_2\) emissions in Mexico...
Saudi.Arabia
CO\(_2\) emissions in Saudi Arabia...
United.Arab.Emirates
CO\(_2\) emissions in the United Arab Emirates..
United.States
CO\(_2\) emissions in United States...
World.Total
CO\(_2\) emissions totals for the world...