North America CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2009?

North America emitted 6651.77 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 21.12% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2009?

In 2009, North America emitted 12.49 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 537567761.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6651.77 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2920.13	5.48
Gas	1572.54	2.95
Coal	2010.2	3.77
Cement	59.76	0.11
Flaring	61.25	0.12