United States CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2016?

United States emitted 5252.93 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 14.81% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2016?

In 2016, United States emitted 16.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 327210208.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5252.93 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2299.96	7.03
Gas	1481.87	4.53
Coal	1347.94	4.12
Cement	39.44	0.12
Flaring	55.14	0.17

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