North America CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2017?
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North America emitted 6418.24 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 17.82% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2017?
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In 2017, North America emitted 11.13 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 581258143.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 6418.24 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2935.29 |
5.09 |
| Gas |
1857.38 |
3.22 |
| Coal |
1437.85 |
2.49 |
| Cement |
75.75 |
0.13 |
| Flaring |
81.96 |
0.14 |