North America CO2 emissions data for 2019
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did North America emit in 2019?
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North America emitted 6489.11 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019.
This represents 17.52% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of North America in 2019?
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In 2019, North America emitted 11.07 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 590497015.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 6489.11 million tonnes emitted by North America in 2019 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2981.26 |
5.09 |
| Gas |
2106.92 |
3.59 |
| Coal |
1185.99 |
2.02 |
| Cement |
74.84 |
0.13 |
| Flaring |
113.29 |
0.19 |