United States CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2015?

United States emitted 5376.47 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 15.16% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2015?

In 2015, United States emitted 16.56 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 324607776.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5376.47 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2285.68	7.04
Gas	1476.14	4.55
Coal	1479.14	4.56
Cement	39.91	0.12
Flaring	64.37	0.2

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