United States CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2012?

United States emitted 5344.09 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 15.3% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2012?

In 2012, United States emitted 16.88 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 316651328.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5344.09 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2196.02	6.94
Gas	1372.07	4.33
Coal	1658.49	5.24
Cement	35.27	0.11
Flaring	51.52	0.16

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