United States CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United States emit in 2020?
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United States emitted 4714.63 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 13.47% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United States in 2020?
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In 2020, United States emitted 14.03 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 335942016.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 4714.63 million tonnes emitted by United States in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
2047.54 |
6.09 |
| Gas |
1656.25 |
4.93 |
| Coal |
877.92 |
2.61 |
| Cement |
40.69 |
0.12 |
| Flaring |
67.75 |
0.2 |
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