North America CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2014?

North America emitted 6755.32 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 19.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2014?

In 2014, North America emitted 12.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 565486685.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6755.32 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2884.66	5.15
Gas	1830.6	3.27
Coal	1844.01	3.29
Cement	71.26	0.13
Flaring	89.9	0.16