United States CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2008?
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United States emitted 5915.12 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 18.46% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2008?
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In 2008, United States emitted 19.35 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 305694912.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 5915.12 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2414.71 |
7.9 |
| Gas |
1252.78 |
4.1 |
| Coal |
2135.72 |
6.99 |
| Cement |
41.42 |
0.14 |
| Flaring |
42.05 |
0.14 |
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