United States CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2009?

United States emitted 5480.73 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 17.4% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2009?

In 2009, United States emitted 17.77 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 308512032.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5480.73 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2280.34	7.39
Gas	1231.61	3.99
Coal	1872.45	6.07
Cement	29.61	0.1
Flaring	41.08	0.13

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