North America CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2006?

North America emitted 7259.96 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 23.72% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2006?

In 2006, North America emitted 14.08 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 520586895.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7259.96 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	3265.52	6.33
Gas	1500.38	2.91
Coal	2320.95	4.5
Cement	79.35	0.15
Flaring	60.39	0.12