North America CO2 emissions data for 2011
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2011?
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North America emitted 6768.49 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011.
This represents 19.65% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2011?
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In 2011, North America emitted 12.45 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 548684151.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 6768.49 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2011 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2900.45 |
5.33 |
| Gas |
1682.02 |
3.09 |
| Coal |
2021.34 |
3.72 |
| Cement |
63.08 |
0.12 |
| Flaring |
69.53 |
0.13 |