United States CO2 Emissions
Fossil CO2 Emissions (2022)
4,853,780,240 tons
Yearly Change
+1.78%
Global Share
12.6%
Tons per capita
14.21
- Fossil CO2 emissions in the United States were 4,853,780,240 tons in 2022.
- CO2 emissions increased by 1.78% over the previous year, representing an increase by 84,906,800 tons over 2021, when CO2 emissions were 4,768,873,440 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in the United States of America are equivalent to 14.21 tons per person (based on a population of 341,534,046 in 2022), an increase by 0.19 over the figure of 14.02 CO2 tons per person registered in 2021; this represents a change of 1.4% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of the United States
| Year | Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Population | Pop. change | Share of World's CO2 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,853,780,240 | 1.78% | 14.21 | 341,534,046 | 0.4% | 12.60% |
| 2021 | 4,768,873,440 | 6.76% | 14.02 | 340,161,441 | 0.21% | 12.52% |
| 2020 | 4,466,731,420 | −10.07% | 13.16 | 339,436,159 | 0.49% | 12.43% |
| 2019 | 4,966,970,260 | −2.94% | 14.7 | 337,790,067 | 0.82% | 13.13% |
| 2018 | 5,117,568,600 | 3.18% | 15.27 | 335,056,497 | 0.86% | 13.53% |
| 2017 | 4,959,631,890 | −1.38% | 14.93 | 332,204,660 | 0.92% | 13.44% |
| 2016 | 5,029,157,020 | −2.03% | 15.28 | 329,179,427 | 0.94% | 13.87% |
| 2015 | 5,133,556,450 | −2.11% | 15.74 | 326,126,497 | 0.93% | 14.20% |
| 2014 | 5,244,398,970 | 0.37% | 16.23 | 323,115,377 | 0.94% | 14.45% |
| 2013 | 5,225,285,820 | 2.69% | 16.32 | 320,110,759 | 0.94% | 14.49% |
| 2012 | 5,088,253,160 | −4.14% | 16.05 | 317,115,355 | 0.96% | 14.38% |
| 2011 | 5,308,116,390 | −3.87% | 16.9 | 314,105,078 | 0.98% | 15.20% |
| 2010 | 5,521,966,300 | 4.71% | 17.75 | 311,062,790 | 0.99% | 16.31% |
| 2009 | 5,273,510,720 | −7.31% | 17.12 | 308,023,454 | 1% | 16.53% |
| 2008 | 5,689,699,460 | −3.12% | 18.66 | 304,970,333 | 1.04% | 17.61% |
| 2007 | 5,873,134,210 | 1.43% | 19.46 | 301,844,226 | 1.04% | 18.29% |
| 2006 | 5,790,389,750 | −1.67% | 19.38 | 298,730,209 | 1.02% | 18.71% |
| 2005 | 5,888,498,740 | 0.14% | 19.91 | 295,716,664 | 1% | 19.68% |
| 2004 | 5,880,374,400 | 1.5% | 20.08 | 292,786,253 | 0.99% | 20.39% |
| 2003 | 5,793,304,050 | 1.15% | 19.98 | 289,908,100 | 0.98% | 21.02% |
| 2002 | 5,727,168,780 | −2.57% | 19.95 | 287,084,338 | 0.99% | 21.74% |
| 2001 | 5,878,074,030 | −0.86% | 20.68 | 284,279,639 | 0.99% | 22.66% |
| 2000 | 5,929,188,390 | 2.9% | 21.06 | 281,484,131 | 0.97% | 23.14% |
| 1999 | 5,762,318,520 | 0.3% | 20.67 | 278,785,484 | 0.97% | 23.21% |
| 1998 | 5,745,365,500 | 0.8% | 20.81 | 276,119,333 | 0.97% | 23.31% |
| 1997 | 5,699,981,800 | 5.03% | 20.84 | 273,468,013 | 0.96% | 23.28% |
| 1996 | 5,426,921,060 | 2.94% | 20.04 | 270,860,696 | 0.99% | 22.60% |
| 1995 | 5,271,887,700 | 1.03% | 19.66 | 268,205,795 | 1.03% | 22.38% |
| 1994 | 5,218,298,400 | 1.6% | 19.66 | 265,474,810 | 1.08% | 22.80% |
| 1993 | 5,135,988,630 | 2.36% | 19.56 | 262,633,231 | 1.17% | 22.65% |
| 1992 | 5,017,456,100 | 1.58% | 19.33 | 259,606,019 | 1.22% | 22.24% |
| 1991 | 4,939,466,470 | −0.89% | 19.26 | 256,471,422 | 1.22% | 21.80% |
| 1990 | 4,984,066,650 | −1.88% | 19.67 | 253,373,387 | 1.08% | 22.13% |
| 1989 | 5,079,316,430 | 1.15% | 20.26 | 250,675,053 | 0.92% | 22.74% |
| 1988 | 5,021,683,100 | 4.59% | 20.22 | 248,393,235 | 0.91% | 22.88% |
| 1987 | 4,801,200,310 | 3.39% | 19.5 | 246,161,291 | 0.9% | 22.66% |
| 1986 | 4,643,856,770 | −0.8% | 19.04 | 243,953,807 | 0.94% | 22.61% |
| 1985 | 4,681,385,720 | 0.56% | 19.37 | 241,690,443 | 0.98% | 23.19% |
| 1984 | 4,655,161,040 | 4.63% | 19.45 | 239,353,967 | 1% | 23.36% |
| 1983 | 4,449,362,630 | −0.36% | 18.77 | 236,986,365 | 1.02% | 23.05% |
| 1982 | 4,465,347,990 | −5.19% | 19.04 | 234,583,152 | 1.03% | 23.29% |
| 1981 | 4,709,538,170 | −1.49% | 20.28 | 232,201,617 | 1.02% | 24.25% |
| 1980 | 4,780,733,840 | −4.52% | 20.8 | 229,858,655 | 1% | 24.16% |
| 1979 | 5,007,217,480 | 0.74% | 22 | 227,575,084 | 0.97% | 24.98% |
| 1978 | 4,970,379,870 | −0.2% | 22.05 | 225,396,096 | 0.96% | 25.48% |
| 1977 | 4,980,507,410 | 3.41% | 22.31 | 223,259,419 | 0.95% | 26.20% |
Sources
- Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
- CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion - IEA
- World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision - United Nations Population Division
See also
- Global CO2 Emissions - CO2 Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of the United States
- GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the United States