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Coal's share of fossil CO₂ in United States

% · 2024 · from Global Carbon Project Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions, via carbondata.dev

14.9%in 2024

−0.5 pts over 1 year, −5.0 pts over 5, −15.5 pts over 10
2nd quartile among countries: 62 of 137 with a 2024 figure (1 is the highest value)
World: 40.9% the same year

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Coal's share of fossil CO₂, United States and the worldUnited States was at 14.9% in 2024, below the world's 40.9%; in 1800 it was 100.0%.

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Show the numbers (275 rows)

Year	United States	World
2024	14.9%	40.9%
2023	15.4%	41.0%
2022	18.1%	41.2%
2021	19.5%	40.6%
2020	18.2%	40.6%
2019	19.9%	39.6%
2018	22.8%	40.2%
2017	24.6%	40.3%
2016	25.2%	40.5%
2015	27.0%	41.4%
2014	30.4%	42.3%
2013	30.8%	42.4%
2012	30.5%	42.5%
2011	33.2%	42.6%
2010	34.3%	41.8%
2009	33.6%	41.3%
2008	35.4%	41.0%
2007	34.8%	40.4%
2006	34.8%	39.7%
2005	34.9%	38.8%
2004	34.6%	37.8%
2003	35.0%	37.9%
2002	34.6%	36.7%
2001	34.8%	35.8%
2000	35.2%	35.9%
1999	34.7%	35.5%
1998	35.2%	35.8%
1997	35.1%	36.6%
1996	34.8%	37.0%
1995	34.6%	37.2%
1994	34.6%	37.1%
1993	35.0%	37.2%
1992	34.4%	37.1%
1991	34.8%	36.9%
1990	34.7%	38.1%
1989	35.3%	39.8%
1988	35.5%	40.3%
1987	35.4%	40.5%
1986	35.1%	40.4%
1985	35.6%	40.4%
1984	34.6%	39.0%
1983	34.0%	38.5%
1982	32.6%	37.7%
1981	32.1%	36.8%
1980	30.2%	36.0%
1979	28.5%	34.9%
1978	26.6%	34.2%
1977	26.9%	34.7%
1976	27.0%	34.9%
1975	26.7%	35.4%
1974	26.0%	34.5%
1973	25.5%	34.3%
1972	24.6%	35.1%
1971	25.4%	36.8%
1970	26.9%	38.2%
1969	28.7%	40.1%
1968	29.7%	41.2%
1967	31.4%	43.0%
1966	31.7%	45.1%
1965	32.1%	46.8%
1964	32.1%	48.2%
1963	31.6%	49.8%
1962	30.8%	50.6%
1961	30.7%	52.5%
1960	31.7%	55.0%
1959	32.2%	55.9%
1958	32.3%	56.6%
1957	36.1%	57.3%
1956	37.4%	58.1%
1955	37.6%	58.9%
1954	36.7%	59.7%
1953	40.8%	61.1%
1952	42.1%	62.3%
1951	46.3%	64.0%
1950	49.5%	65.4%
1949	49.1%	68.2%
1948	55.5%	68.7%
1947	58.3%	70.1%
1946	57.5%	70.2%
1945	60.2%	69.9%
1944	63.2%	74.9%
1943	64.7%	77.4%
1942	66.4%	78.5%
1941	63.4%	77.7%
1940	62.3%	77.7%
1939	61.3%	76.9%
1938	59.8%	76.4%
1937	63.9%	77.1%
1936	66.8%	78.1%
1935	65.8%	78.2%
1934	67.1%	78.8%
1933	66.0%	78.5%
1932	66.3%	79.0%
1931	68.8%	80.0%
1930	71.0%	81.3%
1929	71.5%	82.2%
1928	72.6%	82.8%
1927	73.9%	83.8%
1926	77.5%	83.9%
1925	76.2%	84.3%
1924	76.7%	84.9%
1923	79.1%	85.1%
1922	77.0%	85.0%
1921	79.8%	85.8%
1920	83.9%	88.3%
1919	84.9%	89.4%
1918	88.4%	91.7%
1917	88.2%	91.8%
1916	88.1%	92.2%
1915	88.2%	92.4%
1914	88.4%	92.9%
1913	89.9%	93.7%
1912	90.6%	94.0%
1911	90.3%	93.9%
1910	90.8%	94.2%
1909	91.0%	94.3%
1908	90.8%	94.4%
1907	92.3%	95.0%
1906	92.7%	95.2%
1905	92.3%	95.1%
1904	92.5%	94.9%
1903	93.7%	95.5%
1902	93.4%	95.3%
1901	94.2%	95.6%
1900	94.3%	95.9%
1899	94.5%	96.1%
1898	94.3%	96.1%
1897	93.7%	96.1%
1896	93.5%	96.1%
1895	94.1%	96.2%
1894	93.8%	96.5%
1893	94.1%	96.3%
1892	93.8%	96.5%
1891	92.8%	96.3%
1890	92.5%	96.4%
1889	92.2%	96.6%
1888	92.6%	96.5%
1887	92.5%	96.7%
1886	93.5%	97.1%
1885	95.5%	97.7%
1884	96.0%	98.0%
1883	96.2%	98.3%
1882	94.7%	97.9%
1881	94.7%	98.0%
1880	94.7%	98.2%
1879	95.5%	98.3%
1878	95.8%	98.6%
1877	96.5%	98.7%
1876	97.4%	99.1%
1875	97.5%	99.1%
1874	96.8%	99.0%
1873	97.2%	99.2%
1872	98.1%	99.4%
1871	98.0%	99.4%
1870	97.9%	99.4%
1869	98.2%	99.5%
1868	98.2%	99.5%
1867	98.1%	99.6%
1866	97.5%	99.6%
1865	98.3%	99.7%
1864	98.5%	99.7%
1863	98.1%	99.7%
1862	97.4%	99.6%
1861	98.1%	99.7%
1860	99.6%	99.9%
1859	100.0%	100.0%
1858	100.0%	100.0%
1857	100.0%	100.0%
1856	100.0%	100.0%
1855	100.0%	100.0%
1854	100.0%	100.0%
1853	100.0%	100.0%
1852	100.0%	100.0%
1851	100.0%	100.0%
1850	100.0%	100.0%
1849	100.0%	100.0%
1848	100.0%	100.0%
1847	100.0%	100.0%
1846	100.0%	100.0%
1845	100.0%	100.0%
1844	100.0%	100.0%
1843	100.0%	100.0%
1842	100.0%	100.0%
1841	100.0%	100.0%
1840	100.0%	100.0%
1839	100.0%	100.0%
1838	100.0%	100.0%
1837	100.0%	100.0%
1836	100.0%	100.0%
1835	100.0%	100.0%
1834	100.0%	100.0%
1833	100.0%	100.0%
1832	100.0%	100.0%
1831	100.0%	100.0%
1830	100.0%	100.0%
1829	100.0%	100.0%
1828	100.0%	100.0%
1827	100.0%	100.0%
1826	100.0%	100.0%
1825	100.0%	100.0%
1824	100.0%	100.0%
1823	100.0%	100.0%
1822	100.0%	100.0%
1821	100.0%	100.0%
1820	100.0%	100.0%
1819	100.0%	100.0%
1818	100.0%	100.0%
1817	100.0%	100.0%
1816	100.0%	100.0%
1815	100.0%	100.0%
1814	100.0%	100.0%
1813	100.0%	100.0%
1812	100.0%	100.0%
1811	100.0%	100.0%
1810	100.0%	100.0%
1809	100.0%	100.0%
1808	100.0%	100.0%
1807	100.0%	100.0%
1806	100.0%	100.0%
1805	100.0%	100.0%
1804	100.0%	100.0%
1803	100.0%	100.0%
1802	100.0%	100.0%
1801	100.0%	100.0%
1800	100.0%	100.0%
1799		100.0%
1798		100.0%
1797		100.0%
1796		100.0%
1795		100.0%
1794		100.0%
1793		100.0%
1792		100.0%
1791		100.0%
1790		100.0%
1789		100.0%
1788		100.0%
1787		100.0%
1786		100.0%
1785		100.0%
1784		100.0%
1783		100.0%
1782		100.0%
1781		100.0%
1780		100.0%
1779		100.0%
1778		100.0%
1777		100.0%
1776		100.0%
1775		100.0%
1774		100.0%
1773		100.0%
1772		100.0%
1771		100.0%
1770		100.0%
1769		100.0%
1768		100.0%
1767		100.0%
1766		100.0%
1765		100.0%
1764		100.0%
1763		100.0%
1762		100.0%
1761		100.0%
1760		100.0%
1759		100.0%
1758		100.0%
1757		100.0%
1756		100.0%
1755		100.0%
1754		100.0%
1753		100.0%
1752		100.0%
1751		100.0%
1750		100.0%

Where United States sits among countries, 2024United States's 14.9% is higher than 75 of the other 136 countries with a 2024 figure; the world as a whole was at 40.9%.

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Every country, 2024 (137)

North Korea 91.4%
Mongolia 86.7%
South Africa 84.4%
China 72.3%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 71.4%
Laos 68.4%
India 66.0%
Lesotho 63.8%
Vietnam 61.8%
Zimbabwe 61.7%
Serbia 58.9%
Botswana 58.4%
Kazakhstan 55.8%
Estonia 54.7%
Montenegro 54.1%
Taiwan 53.8%
New Caledonia 53.8%
Indonesia 53.7%
Philippines 52.7%
Bhutan 51.1%
Zambia 49.8%
Kyrgyzstan 48.1%
Poland 46.7%
Czechia 45.4%
Nepal 42.6%
South Korea 42.4%
Türkiye 40.8%
Tajikistan 40.7%
Japan 39.6%
Ukraine 38.3%
North Macedonia 37.1%
Australia 36.9%
Afghanistan 36.0%
Mauritius 34.4%
Hong Kong SAR China 34.1%
Malaysia 33.6%
Morocco 33.3%
Bulgaria 32.5%
Sri Lanka 29.9%
Madagascar 29.7%
Slovenia 29.5%
Germany 28.4%
Slovakia 28.2%
Cambodia 27.8%
Finland 26.1%
Pakistan 25.2%
Brunei 24.9%
Colombia 24.1%
Dominican Republic 24.0%
Bangladesh 24.0%
Iceland 22.8%
Thailand 22.5%
Russia 21.1%
Austria 19.8%
Israel 19.1%
New Zealand 18.1%
Eswatini 17.2%
Sweden 17.2%
Ethiopia 16.2%
Netherlands 16.2%
Kenya 15.2%
United States 14.9%
Uzbekistan 14.2%
Senegal 14.1%
Panama 13.9%
Chile 13.8%
Belgium 13.4%
Romania 11.7%
Albania 11.1%
Rwanda 10.8%
Brazil 10.5%
Norway 10.4%
Myanmar (Burma) 10.3%
Tanzania 10.1%
Niger 9.5%
Malawi 9.4%
Greece 9.0%
Hungary 9.0%
Mexico 8.7%
France 7.4%
Jordan 7.3%
Georgia 7.0%
Denmark 6.4%
Belarus 6.1%
Guatemala 6.0%
Ireland 5.8%
Burundi 5.6%
Benin 5.5%
United Kingdom 5.4%
Canada 5.4%
Spain 5.1%
Yemen 5.0%
Croatia 4.9%
Egypt 4.7%
Moldova 4.6%
Italy 3.7%
Peru 3.4%
Lithuania 3.0%
Jamaica 2.8%
Nigeria 2.2%
Luxembourg 2.1%
Singapore 2.1%
United Arab Emirates 1.9%
Argentina 1.8%
Switzerland 1.1%
Congo - Kinshasa 1.1%
Namibia 0.8%
Iran 0.8%
Cyprus 0.8%
Latvia 0.7%
Lebanon 0.7%
Armenia 0.6%
Costa Rica 0.6%
Kuwait 0.5%
Mozambique 0.5%
Portugal 0.4%
Algeria 0.3%
Venezuela 0.3%
Bahamas 0.1%
Azerbaijan 0.1%
Uruguay 0.1%
Saudi Arabia 0.1%
Bolivia 0.1%
Oman 0.0%
Syria 0.0%
Cuba 0.0%
Qatar 0.0%
Iraq 0.0%
Malta 0.0%
Turkmenistan 0.0%
Uganda 0.0%
El Salvador 0.0%
Paraguay 0.0%
Liechtenstein 0.0%
Guyana 0.0%
Bermuda 0.0%
Andorra 0.0%

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Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions: GCB fossil CO₂, coal / total (CC BY 4.0), coal emissions as a share of all fossil CO₂
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