North America CO2 emissions data for 2002

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2002?

North America emitted 7062.29 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2002. This represents 26.91% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2002?

In 2002, North America emitted 14.33 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 498067243.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7062.29 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2002 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	3109.58	6.31
Gas	1527.69	3.1
Coal	2265.51	4.6
Cement	70.89	0.14
Flaring	58.76	0.12