United States CO2 emissions data for 2013
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2013?
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United States emitted 5480.16 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2013.
This represents 15.55% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2013?
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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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