United States CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2006?

United States emitted 6052.69 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 19.78% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2006?

In 2006, United States emitted 20.19 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 299753088.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6052.69 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2609.71 8.71
Gas 1173.21 3.91
Coal 2152.46 7.18
Cement 46.85 0.16
Flaring 40.04 0.13

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