United States CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2014?

United States emitted 5528.68 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 15.59% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2014?

In 2014, United States emitted 17.17 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 322033952.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5528.68 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2247.93	6.98
Gas	1435.21	4.46
Coal	1710.59	5.31
Cement	39.44	0.12
Flaring	63.12	0.2

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