United States CO2 emissions data for 2005

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2005?

United States emitted 6132.18 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2005. This represents 20.72% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2005?

In 2005, United States emitted 20.66 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 296842656.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6132.18 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2005 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2642.69	8.9
Gas	1186.86	4.0
Coal	2188.24	7.37
Cement	46.19	0.16
Flaring	39.43	0.13

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