United States CO2 emissions data for 2013

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2013?

United States emitted 5480.16 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2013. This represents 15.55% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2013?

In 2013, United States emitted 17.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 319375168.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5480.16 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2013 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2224.63 6.97
Gas 1410.48 4.42
Coal 1720.41 5.39
Cement 36.37 0.11
Flaring 57.42 0.18

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