North America CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2015?
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North America emitted 6609.92 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 18.64% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2015?
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In 2015, North America emitted 11.68 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 570726015.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 6609.92 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2920.34 |
5.16 |
| Gas |
1882.28 |
3.33 |
| Coal |
1610.16 |
2.85 |
| Cement |
73.02 |
0.13 |
| Flaring |
90.56 |
0.16 |