United States CO2 emissions data for 2000

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2000?

United States emitted 6010.14 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2000. This represents 23.57% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2000?

In 2000, United States emitted 21.28 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 282398560.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6010.14 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2000 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2487.8	8.81
Gas	1251.26	4.43
Coal	2163.76	7.66
Cement	41.45	0.15
Flaring	38.91	0.14

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