CO₂ per person in United States

CO₂ per person in United States: 22.41 tonnes in 1970 and 13.62 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 13.62 tonnes
Since 1970: −8.79 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 14 of 202; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 4.69 tonnes

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 23.11 tonnes in 1973, the lowest 13.47 tonnes in 2020.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	United States	World
2024	13.62	4.69
2023	13.71	4.68
2022	14.42	4.67
2021	14.32	4.69
2020	13.47	4.48
2019	15.04	4.7
2018	15.58	4.74
2017	15.18	4.67
2016	15.5	4.65
2015	15.95	4.7
2014	16.42	4.78
2013	16.5	4.81
2012	16.19	4.77
2011	17.02	4.76
2010	17.85	4.67
2009	17.19	4.45
2008	18.71	4.56
2007	19.5	4.59
2006	19.4	4.48
2005	19.92	4.39
2004	20.08	4.28
2003	19.97	4.15
2002	19.91	4.02
2001	20.63	4.01
2000	21.01	4.01
1999	20.65	3.95
1998	20.83	3.98
1997	20.9	4.02
1996	20.14	4.01
1995	19.8	3.99
1994	19.83	3.94
1993	19.76	3.97
1992	19.56	4.02
1991	19.52	4.1
1990	19.96	4.15
1989	20.58	4.16
1988	20.54	4.16
1987	19.81	4.1
1986	19.34	4.04
1985	19.67	4.05
1984	19.74	4.07
1983	19.03	4.01
1982	19.27	4.05
1981	20.52	4.18
1980	21.04	4.33
1979	22.25	4.46
1978	22.33	4.42
1977	22.61	4.36
1976	22.09	4.31
1975	20.91	4.15
1974	22.11	4.23
1973	23.11	4.32
1972	22.44	4.16
1971	21.48	4.04
1970	22.41	4.15

Good to know

Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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