United States CO2 emissions data for 2010

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2010?

United States emitted 5679.72 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2010. This represents 17.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2010?

In 2010, United States emitted 18.25 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 311182848.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5679.72 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2010 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2300.57	7.39
Gas	1290.5	4.15
Coal	1982.95	6.37
Cement	31.45	0.1
Flaring	43.41	0.14

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