United States CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2017?

United States emitted 5212.16 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 14.47% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2017?

In 2017, United States emitted 15.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 329791232.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5212.16 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2315.18	7.02
Gas	1460.66	4.43
Coal	1308.72	3.97
Cement	40.32	0.12
Flaring	59.49	0.18

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