Global Carbon Project fossil CO₂ emissions: USA

Total Fossil CO₂

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0
2000
4000
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total

CO₂ from Coal

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1850
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0
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Coal

CO₂ from Oil

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1850
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0
2000
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Oil

CO₂ from Gas

1750
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1850
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0
2000
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Gas

CO₂ from Flaring

1750
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1850
1900
1950
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0
2000
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Flaring

Cement (Process CO₂ Emissions)

1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
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0
2000
4000
6000
8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Cement

Other CO₂ (Other carbonates)

1750
1800
1850
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0
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8000 Mt CO₂
  • Total Fossil CO₂
  • Other

Per Capita CO₂

1750
1800
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5
10
15
20
25 t CO₂/capita
  • Per Capita
Source: GCB Fossil 2024v18

Data and Sources

Year TotalCoalOilGasFlaringCementOtherPer Capita
2023 4911
776.8
2251
1756
63.29
39.71
24.84
14.45
2022 5079
942.4
2258
1748
63.29
41.42
24.84
15.01
2021 5032
1005
2239
1659
63.29
41.31
24.84
14.93
2020 4715
877.9
2048
1656
67.75
40.69
24.47
14.03
2019 5262
1072
2361
1675
88.44
40.90
24.68
15.74
2018 5378
1257
2366
1619
72.07
38.97
24.69
16.19
2017 5212
1309
2315
1461
59.49
40.32
27.80
15.80
2016 5253
1348
2300
1482
55.14
39.44
28.58
16.05
2015 5376
1479
2286
1476
64.37
39.91
31.24
16.56
2014 5529
1711
2248
1435
63.12
39.44
32.38
17.17
2013 5480
1720
2225
1410
57.42
36.37
30.85
17.16
2012 5344
1658
2196
1372
51.52
35.27
30.71
16.88
2011 5546
1873
2252
1311
47.86
32.21
29.64
17.67
2010 5680
1983
2301
1290
43.41
31.45
30.84
18.25
2009 5481
1872
2280
1232
41.08
29.61
25.63
17.77
2008 5915
2136
2415
1253
42.05
41.42
28.44
19.35
2007 6130
2175
2592
1247
40.46
45.51
29.35
20.25
2006 6053
2153
2610
1173
40.04
46.85
30.42
20.19
2005 6132
2188
2643
1187
39.43
46.19
28.76
20.66
2004 6113
2164
2631
1205
39.12
45.89
27.55
20.80
2003 6010
2144
2557
1201
38.57
43.35
25.75
20.65
2002 5946
2104
2496
1238
38.89
43.16
26.91
20.62
2001 5908
2100
2502
1199
38.70
41.61
26.60
20.69
2000 6010
2164
2488
1251
38.91
41.45
26.96
21.28
1999 5804
2063
2433
1198
38.80
40.24
30.12
20.79
1998 5733
2063
2371
1191
39.02
39.46
29.95
20.79
1997 5688
2039
2326
1214
41.42
38.56
28.95
20.88
1996 5613
1994
2305
1207
41.30
37.31
28.92
20.87
1995 5425
1913
2218
1187
42.76
37.08
27.61
20.42
1994 5364
1894
2227
1137
44.41
36.31
24.67
20.45
1993 5273
1880
2182
1109
44.01
34.84
23.52
20.38
1992 5174
1817
2174
1080
45.02
32.99
24.16
20.28
1991 5063
1797
2121
1042
45.35
32.74
24.31
20.13
1990 5121
1815
2179
1023
46.34
33.48
24.55
20.64
1989 5133
1813
2240
1027
7.595
33.26
11.44
20.95
1988 5051
1793
2241
964.7
7.643
33.25
11.37
20.85
1987 4826
1710
2143
923.3
6.632
32.98
10.49
20.12
1986 4664
1636
2112
868.2
5.243
32.85
9.609
19.64
1985 4653
1655
2024
926.8
5.100
31.71
10.42
19.79
1984 4662
1616
2034
962.6
5.789
32.91
10.56
20.03
1983 4430
1505
1978
901.4
5.089
30.44
9.902
19.23
1982 4448
1449
1994
961.2
4.990
28.44
9.389
19.51
1981 4687
1503
2102
1032
5.232
31.96
12.54
20.77
1980 4809
1454
2244
1058
6.690
32.92
12.62
21.55
1979 5009
1428
2442
1081
8.867
35.94
13.94
22.72
1978 4942
1314
2525
1046
8.123
35.62
13.57
22.68
1977 4890
1316
2478
1041
7.262
33.98
13.28
22.70
1976 4748
1281
2350
1063
7.339
32.37
13.50
22.26
1975 4479
1195
2190
1043
7.112
30.46
12.76
21.20
1974 4621
1199
2227
1135
8.900
36.81
14.38
22.08
1973 4785
1221
2325
1175
13.19
36.92
14.08
23.08
1972 4573
1125
2269
1116
13.31
36.52
13.50
22.28
1971 4365
1107
2097
1097
15.26
35.51
13.06
21.51
1970 4340
1168
2038
1059
26.25
34.92
13.13
21.66
1969 4035
1158
1782
1018
28.32
35.70
13.42
20.39
1968 3841
1140
1689
936.4
27.82
35.32
12.40
19.62
1967 3705
1163
1589
881.3
26.38
33.59
11.96
19.12
1966 3571
1133
1530
842.2
20.23
34.57
12.03
18.62
1965 3400
1091
1465
782.6
17.19
33.29
11.15
17.92
1964 3264
1049
1394
759.1
18.41
33.03
10.71
17.43
1963 3126
987.0
1359
718.5
20.65
31.44
9.682
16.93
1962 2994
920.8
1335
676.4
22.92
29.88
9.169
16.46
1961 2887
887.4
1297
636.4
28.20
28.70
8.802
16.12
1960 2897
918.0
1282
630.0
30.32
28.80
8.582
16.44
1959 2832
911.0
1258
593.2
30.76
30.23
8.289
16.34
1958 2747
888.3
1220
570.7
34.10
27.76
6.161
16.15
1957 2836
1024
1194
540.6
43.56
27.01
6.822
16.99
1956 2860
1068
1204
505.9
46.53
28.39
7.042
17.43
1955 2729
1026
1148
479.2
41.65
26.58
6.968
16.93
1954 2489
913.4
1063
444.0
38.95
24.13
5.721
15.74
1953 2613
1066
1050
423.3
43.62
23.52
6.455
16.81
1952 2551
1074
1001
402.8
45.68
22.26
5.355
16.68
1951 2619
1212
960.7
376.2
42.70
22.04
5.501
17.39
1950 2541
1257
896.8
319.2
43.12
20.12
4.988
17.14
1949 2165
1063
813.7
265.1
-
18.79
4.181
14.82
1948 2583
1433
874.3
251.8
-
18.42
4.841
17.94
1947 2486
1449
791.3
224.1
-
16.65
4.548
17.51
1946 2257
1299
737.0
203.1
-
14.65
3.961
16.12
1945 2360
1421
727.4
197.7
-
9.114
3.961
17.08
1944 2445
1546
700.1
186.6
-
8.032
4.328
17.95
1943 2272
1471
612.9
172.0
-
12.04
4.328
16.91
1942 2198
1459
565.7
153.9
-
16.09
4.034
16.59
1941 2044
1295
588.7
141.5
-
14.52
4.034
15.62
1940 1875
1169
557.6
133.7
-
11.55
3.227
14.49
1939 1671
1025
508.2
124.1
-
10.79
2.861
13.04
1938 1516
906.8
482.2
115.3
-
9.239
2.200
11.93
1937 1793
1145
513.6
120.9
-
10.37
2.714
14.20
1936 1713
1144
448.4
108.8
-
9.950
2.494
13.67
1935 1492
982.2
405.2
96.29
-
6.684
1.980
11.99
1934 1436
963.9
375.0
88.81
-
6.900
1.614
11.62
1933 1349
889.9
373.8
78.10
-
5.587
1.540
10.99
1932 1258
834.2
337.7
77.95
-
6.656
1.320
10.32
1931 1485
1021
366.6
84.21
-
10.81
1.834
12.29
1930 1745
1238
393.4
96.78
-
14.29
2.274
14.59
1929 1964
1405
445.6
95.46
-
15.00
2.861
16.60
1928 1831
1330
404.4
78.05
-
15.42
2.934
15.69
1927 1863
1377
396.2
71.94
-
15.07
2.934
16.19
1926 1906
1478
345.3
65.34
-
14.51
3.007
16.81
1925 1758
1340
341.2
59.17
-
14.21
3.081
15.74
1924 1698
1313
325.6
56.83
-
0.01338
2.714
15.42
1923 1897
1509
334.4
50.13
-
0.01231
2.714
17.48
1922 1436
1113
282.5
37.95
-
0.01026
2.421
13.42
1921 1424
1143
246.4
32.96
-
0.008819
1.687
13.51
1920 1738
1466
230.6
39.71
-
0.008930
2.347
16.73
1919 1479
1261
179.2
36.48
-
0.007282
2.200
14.44
1918 1748
1551
159.2
35.26
-
0.006405
2.127
17.31
1917 1671
1482
147.9
38.88
-
0.008369
2.494
16.79
1916 1519
1345
134.0
36.83
-
0.008268
2.714
15.47
1915 1368
1214
120.9
30.74
-
0.007762
2.421
14.12
1914 1318
1172
114.6
28.95
-
0.007972
2.274
13.80
1913 1443
1305
107.1
28.46
-
0.008322
2.421
15.31
1912 1344
1224
89.32
27.49
-
0.007460
2.347
14.46
1911 1259
1143
88.17
25.09
-
0.007117
2.274
13.74
1910 1272
1160
83.93
24.90
-
0.006954
2.347
14.10
1909 1166
1067
73.24
23.51
-
0.005951
2.347
13.15
1908 1053
959.8
71.55
19.66
-
0.004713
1.834
12.09
1907 1204
1115
66.69
19.87
-
0.004630
2.054
14.09
1906 1035
964.0
50.27
19.02
-
0.004497
2.127
12.35
1905 986.5
913.5
53.85
17.17
-
0.003512
1.980
11.99
1904 882.1
818.3
46.79
15.16
-
0.002749
1.834
10.93
1903 894.4
840.0
39.84
14.52
-
0.002548
-
11.29
1902 764.5
715.9
34.87
13.69
-
0.002158
-
9.839
1901 721.5
681.5
27.12
12.86
-
0.001666
-
9.463
1900 662.7
626.5
24.65
11.54
-
0.001395
-
8.857
1899 625.5
592.5
22.18
10.90
-
0.001290
-
8.517
1898 545.3
515.4
21.51
8.460
-
0.001007
-
7.563
1897 500.3
469.5
23.53
7.288
-
0.0009140
-
7.067
1896 480.9
450.2
23.84
6.848
-
0.0007910
-
6.919
1895 479.9
452.4
20.53
7.042
-
0.0007260
-
7.033
1894 425.1
399.4
18.98
6.698
-
0.0006950
-
6.344
1893 454.1
428.1
18.70
7.288
-
0.0006650
-
6.903
1892 450.4
423.0
19.63
7.775
-
0.0007280
-
6.975
1891 427.4
397.2
21.25
8.947
-
0.0006840
-
6.746
1890 401.7
372.3
17.79
11.69
-
0.0006650
-
6.468
1889 335.5
309.8
13.54
12.23
-
0.0005820
-
5.515
1888 373.9
346.6
10.53
16.77
-
0.0005410
-
6.278
1887 307.4
284.8
10.77
11.79
-
0.0005560
-
5.278
1886 287.5
269.1
10.72
7.676
-
0.0003740
-
5.047
1885 272.2
260.3
8.134
3.715
-
0.0003450
-
4.886
1884 267.6
257.3
9.116
1.172
-
0.0003330
-
4.912
1883 253.9
244.5
9.006
0.3811
-
0.0003480
-
4.765
1882 235.4
223.3
11.97
0.1649
-
0.0002700
-
4.517
1881 210.2
199.3
10.92
0
-
0.0002080
-
4.124
1880 198.7
188.3
10.38
0
-
0.0001720
-
3.986
1879 175.5
167.6
7.863
0
-
0
-
3.599
1878 143.9
137.8
6.057
0
-
0
-
3.018
1877 147.2
142.0
5.177
0
-
0
-
3.156
1876 132.8
129.3
3.484
0
-
0
-
2.912
1875 135.7
132.3
3.430
0
-
0
-
3.043
1874 134.3
130.0
4.324
0
-
0
-
3.078
1873 139.5
135.7
3.851
0
-
0
-
3.269
1872 126.3
123.9
2.411
0
-
0
-
3.027
1871 103.0
101.0
2.019
0
-
0
-
2.524
1870 98.62
96.57
2.048
0
-
0
-
2.472
1869 93.70
91.97
1.726
0
-
0
-
2.402
1868 82.35
80.86
1.491
0
-
0
-
2.160
1867 72.87
71.50
1.367
0
-
0
-
1.956
1866 59.23
57.76
1.469
0
-
0
-
1.627
1865 58.82
57.80
1.022
0
-
0
-
1.653
1864 58.66
57.79
0.8647
0
-
0
-
1.687
1863 54.81
53.74
1.066
0
-
0
-
1.613
1862 47.45
46.20
1.249
0
-
0
-
1.429
1861 45.68
44.82
0.8610
0
-
0
-
1.409
1860 47.44
47.24
0.2015
0
-
0
-
1.501
1859 45.32
45.32
0
0
-
0
-
1.473
1858 41.65
41.65
0
0
-
0
-
1.393
1857 41.06
41.06
0
0
-
0
-
1.414
1856 40.04
40.04
0
0
-
0
-
1.420
1855 38.16
38.16
0
0
-
0
-
1.394
1854 33.16
33.16
0
0
-
0
-
1.248
1853 30.16
30.16
0
0
-
0
-
1.169
1852 26.79
26.79
0
0
-
0
-
1.070
1851 24.63
24.63
0
0
-
0
-
1.013
1850 19.79
19.79
0
0
-
0
-
0.8387
1849 18.22
18.22
0
0
-
0
-
0.7957
1848 16.78
16.78
0
0
-
0
-
0.7554
1847 15.07
15.07
0
0
-
0
-
0.6990
1846 12.71
12.71
0
0
-
0
-
0.6076
1845 11.20
11.20
0
0
-
0
-
0.5520
1844 9.307
9.307
0
0
-
0
-
0.4725
1843 7.764
7.764
0
0
-
0
-
0.4062
1842 6.918
6.918
0
0
-
0
-
0.3730
1841 6.214
6.214
0
0
-
0
-
0.3452
1840 5.873
5.873
0
0
-
0
-
0.3359
1839 5.518
5.518
0
0
-
0
-
0.3247
1838 5.031
5.031
0
0
-
0
-
0.3045
1837 5.305
5.305
0
0
-
0
-
0.3301
1836 4.730
4.730
0
0
-
0
-
0.3026
1835 4.316
4.316
0
0
-
0
-
0.2838
1834 3.382
3.382
0
0
-
0
-
0.2286
1833 3.528
3.528
0
0
-
0
-
0.2451
1832 3.023
3.023
0
0
-
0
-
0.2159
1831 2.264
2.264
0
0
-
0
-
0.1663
1830 2.088
2.088
0
0
-
0
-
0.1577
1829 1.795
1.795
0
0
-
0
-
0.1394
1828 1.594
1.594
0
0
-
0
-
0.1273
1827 1.447
1.447
0
0
-
0
-
0.1189
1826 1.315
1.315
0
0
-
0
-
0.1111
1825 1.136
1.136
0
0
-
0
-
0.09873
1824 1.015
1.015
0
0
-
0
-
0.09075
1823 0.9013
0.9013
0
0
-
0
-
0.08290
1822 0.8647
0.8647
0
0
-
0
-
0.08181
1821 0.8281
0.8281
0
0
-
0
-
0.08065
1820 0.7914
0.7914
0
0
-
0
-
0.07941
1819 0.7621
0.7621
0
0
-
0
-
0.07883
1818 0.7804
0.7804
0
0
-
0
-
0.08329
1817 0.7181
0.7181
0
0
-
0
-
0.07915
1816 0.6632
0.6632
0
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0.07547
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0.6009
0
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0.07062
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0.5606
0
0
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0
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0.06803
1813 0.5203
0.5203
0
0
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0
-
0.06520
1812 0.4836
0.4836
0
0
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0
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0.06258
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0.4470
0
0
-
0
-
0.05958
1810 0.4177
0.4177
0
0
-
0
-
0.05720
1809 0.4030
0.4030
0
0
-
0
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0.05672
1808 0.3920
0.3920
0
0
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0.05622
1807 0.3774
0.3774
0
0
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0.05515
1806 0.3334
0.3334
0
0
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0.04965
1805 0.3408
0.3408
0
0
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0.05170
1804 0.3334
0.3334
0
0
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0
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0.05155
1803 0.2968
0.2968
0
0
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0
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0.04675
1802 0.2895
0.2895
0
0
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0
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0.04646
1801 0.2675
0.2675
0
0
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0
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0.04375
1800 0.2528
0.2528
0
0
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0
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