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Fossil CO₂ emissions in United States

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

4,904.1 Mt CO₂in 2024

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Fossil CO₂ emissions, United StatesUnited States was at 4,904.1 Mt CO₂ in 2024, 12.7% of the world's 38,598.6 Mt CO₂; in 1800 it was 0.3 Mt CO₂.
0.02000.04000.06000.08000.0180018501900195020002024: 4,904.1 Mt CO₂
Indicator: Fossil CO₂ emissions, Mt CO₂, yearly (fossil fuels and cement, since 1750); GCB fossil CO₂, total, GCB2025v15 via carbondata.devSource: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions (CC BY 4.0), via carbondata.dev national-fossil-co2, version 2026-10-26.ba99391b9b
Show the numbers (225 rows)
YearUnited States
20244904.1
20234918.4
20225055.4
20215020.1
20204690.0
20195235.9
20185361.2
20175195.4
20165245.4
20155368.5
20145531.4
20135473.4
20125331.5
20115539.0
20105669.2
20095486.1
20085919.2
20076121.5
20066045.3
20056126.9
20046111.5
20036006.4
20025947.8
20015903.6
20006023.2
19995800.3
19985736.4
19975673.1
19965601.1
19955425.8
19945361.9
19935279.5
19925178.8
19915076.4
19905131.8
19894960.2
19884897.8
19874691.9
19864498.1
19854495.4
19844479.4
19834346.4
19824311.9
19814543.6
19804730.2
19794908.8
19784897.3
19774749.5
19764621.5
19754414.5
19744608.5
19734777.7
19724573.0
19714365.5
19704339.7
19694035.2
19683840.9
19673705.5
19663571.4
19653399.5
19643264.3
19633126.5
19622993.9
19612886.9
19602897.3
19592831.9
19582747.1
19572835.8
19562860.0
19552728.5
19542489.5
19532613.0
19522551.2
19512618.7
19502541.5
19492164.9
19482582.6
19472485.9
19462257.5
19452359.6
19442444.9
19432272.1
19422198.3
19412043.6
19401875.0
19391670.9
19381515.7
19371792.6
19361713.4
19351492.3
19341436.2
19331348.9
19321257.8
19311485.0
19301744.9
19291963.5
19281831.0
19271862.8
19261906.0
19251758.2
19241711.7
19231909.0
19221446.0
19211432.5
19201747.2
19191486.4
19181754.1
19171679.3
19161527.2
19151375.5
19141325.9
19131450.9
19121351.0
19111265.8
19101278.5
19091171.7
19081057.5
19071208.5
19061040.0
1905990.0
1904884.8
1903897.0
1902766.7
1901723.2
1900664.1
1899626.8
1898546.3
1897501.2
1896481.7
1895480.7
1894425.7
1893454.8
1892451.2
1891428.1
1890402.4
1889336.1
1888374.4
1887307.9
1886287.8
1885272.5
1884267.9
1883254.2
1882235.7
1881210.4
1880198.9
1879175.5
1878143.9
1877147.2
1876132.8
1875135.7
1874134.3
1873139.5
1872126.3
1871103.0
187098.6
186993.7
186882.4
186772.9
186659.2
186558.8
186458.7
186354.8
186247.4
186145.7
186047.4
185945.3
185841.6
185741.1
185640.0
185538.2
185433.2
185330.2
185226.8
185124.6
185019.8
184918.2
184816.8
184715.1
184612.7
184511.2
18449.3
18437.8
18426.9
18416.2
18405.9
18395.5
18385.0
18375.3
18364.7
18354.3
18343.4
18333.5
18323.0
18312.3
18302.1
18291.8
18281.6
18271.4
18261.3
18251.1
18241.0
18230.9
18220.9
18210.8
18200.8
18190.8
18180.8
18170.7
18160.7
18150.6
18140.6
18130.5
18120.5
18110.4
18100.4
18090.4
18080.4
18070.4
18060.3
18050.3
18040.3
18030.3
18020.3
18010.3
18000.3
Where United States sits among countries, 2024United States's 4,904.1 Mt CO₂ is higher than 213 of the other 214 countries with a 2024 figure; the world as a whole was at 38,598.6 Mt CO₂, off this scale.
United States 4,904.1 Mt CO₂≤ 0.0 Mt CO₂≥ 4,904.1 Mt CO₂linear scale

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Every country, 2024 (215)
  1. China 12,289.0 Mt CO₂
  2. United States 4,904.1 Mt CO₂
  3. India 3,193.5 Mt CO₂
  4. Russia 1,780.5 Mt CO₂
  5. Japan 961.9 Mt CO₂
  6. Indonesia 812.2 Mt CO₂
  7. Iran 792.6 Mt CO₂
  8. Saudi Arabia 692.1 Mt CO₂
  9. South Korea 583.7 Mt CO₂
  10. Germany 572.3 Mt CO₂
  11. Canada 533.3 Mt CO₂
  12. Türkiye 513.0 Mt CO₂
  13. Brazil 483.0 Mt CO₂
  14. Mexico 461.0 Mt CO₂
  15. South Africa 439.8 Mt CO₂
  16. Australia 386.7 Mt CO₂
  17. Vietnam 370.9 Mt CO₂
  18. United Kingdom 312.9 Mt CO₂
  19. Italy 301.9 Mt CO₂
  20. Malaysia 290.2 Mt CO₂
  21. Kazakhstan 287.0 Mt CO₂
  22. Poland 272.9 Mt CO₂
  23. Thailand 267.8 Mt CO₂
  24. France 264.2 Mt CO₂
  25. Taiwan 262.3 Mt CO₂
  26. Egypt 258.4 Mt CO₂
  27. Iraq 233.6 Mt CO₂
  28. United Arab Emirates 222.0 Mt CO₂
  29. Spain 220.3 Mt CO₂
  30. Algeria 198.2 Mt CO₂
  31. Pakistan 179.8 Mt CO₂
  32. Philippines 174.9 Mt CO₂
  33. Argentina 171.1 Mt CO₂
  34. Ukraine 142.5 Mt CO₂
  35. Uzbekistan 139.2 Mt CO₂
  36. Nigeria 135.8 Mt CO₂
  37. Kuwait 129.5 Mt CO₂
  38. Qatar 125.8 Mt CO₂
  39. Venezuela 116.0 Mt CO₂
  40. Netherlands 114.8 Mt CO₂
  41. Bangladesh 108.3 Mt CO₂
  42. Colombia 92.7 Mt CO₂
  43. Belgium 85.5 Mt CO₂
  44. Oman 82.7 Mt CO₂
  45. Turkmenistan 81.0 Mt CO₂
  46. Chile 78.7 Mt CO₂
  47. Czechia 75.6 Mt CO₂
  48. Peru 70.2 Mt CO₂
  49. Morocco 69.1 Mt CO₂
  50. Romania 68.6 Mt CO₂
  51. Libya 65.3 Mt CO₂
  52. North Korea 62.6 Mt CO₂
  53. Austria 56.4 Mt CO₂
  54. Belarus 55.8 Mt CO₂
  55. Singapore 53.9 Mt CO₂
  56. Greece 53.4 Mt CO₂
  57. Israel 52.6 Mt CO₂
  58. Ecuador 46.0 Mt CO₂
  59. Mongolia 44.7 Mt CO₂
  60. Serbia 42.0 Mt CO₂
  61. Hungary 40.0 Mt CO₂
  62. Azerbaijan 39.8 Mt CO₂
  63. Bahrain 39.0 Mt CO₂
  64. Sweden 38.1 Mt CO₂
  65. Norway 37.2 Mt CO₂
  66. Portugal 35.5 Mt CO₂
  67. Trinidad & Tobago 34.6 Mt CO₂
  68. Hong Kong SAR China 33.3 Mt CO₂
  69. Ireland 33.3 Mt CO₂
  70. Dominican Republic 33.1 Mt CO₂
  71. Tunisia 32.7 Mt CO₂
  72. New Zealand 32.5 Mt CO₂
  73. Switzerland 32.1 Mt CO₂
  74. Syria 31.8 Mt CO₂
  75. Bulgaria 31.6 Mt CO₂
  76. Myanmar (Burma) 31.6 Mt CO₂
  77. Finland 29.8 Mt CO₂
  78. Slovakia 29.1 Mt CO₂
  79. Bolivia 28.7 Mt CO₂
  80. Denmark 28.4 Mt CO₂
  81. Cuba 24.4 Mt CO₂
  82. Laos 24.4 Mt CO₂
  83. Jordan 23.2 Mt CO₂
  84. Angola 22.3 Mt CO₂
  85. Cambodia 21.9 Mt CO₂
  86. Kenya 21.2 Mt CO₂
  87. Ghana 21.0 Mt CO₂
  88. Sri Lanka 20.8 Mt CO₂
  89. Tanzania 20.0 Mt CO₂
  90. Guatemala 19.9 Mt CO₂
  91. Bosnia & Herzegovina 19.4 Mt CO₂
  92. Nepal 18.8 Mt CO₂
  93. Croatia 18.5 Mt CO₂
  94. Ethiopia 17.8 Mt CO₂
  95. Sudan 17.8 Mt CO₂
  96. Lebanon 15.6 Mt CO₂
  97. Côte d’Ivoire 14.8 Mt CO₂
  98. Senegal 14.1 Mt CO₂
  99. Zimbabwe 13.7 Mt CO₂
  100. Honduras 12.9 Mt CO₂
  101. Slovenia 12.8 Mt CO₂
  102. Panama 12.7 Mt CO₂
  103. Lithuania 12.5 Mt CO₂
  104. Brunei 12.1 Mt CO₂
  105. Zambia 12.0 Mt CO₂
  106. Georgia 11.8 Mt CO₂
  107. Kyrgyzstan 11.8 Mt CO₂
  108. Afghanistan 10.8 Mt CO₂
  109. Tajikistan 10.7 Mt CO₂
  110. Yemen 10.1 Mt CO₂
  111. Cameroon 9.6 Mt CO₂
  112. El Salvador 9.0 Mt CO₂
  113. Congo - Brazzaville 8.8 Mt CO₂
  114. Costa Rica 8.8 Mt CO₂
  115. Mozambique 8.6 Mt CO₂
  116. Jamaica 8.4 Mt CO₂
  117. Papua New Guinea 8.3 Mt CO₂
  118. Estonia 8.3 Mt CO₂
  119. Uruguay 8.0 Mt CO₂
  120. Paraguay 7.9 Mt CO₂
  121. Botswana 7.5 Mt CO₂
  122. Armenia 7.4 Mt CO₂
  123. Cyprus 7.3 Mt CO₂
  124. Luxembourg 7.0 Mt CO₂
  125. Equatorial Guinea 7.0 Mt CO₂
  126. Mali 7.0 Mt CO₂
  127. North Macedonia 6.6 Mt CO₂
  128. Burkina Faso 6.5 Mt CO₂
  129. Latvia 6.5 Mt CO₂
  130. Uganda 6.3 Mt CO₂
  131. Benin 6.1 Mt CO₂
  132. Congo - Kinshasa 5.9 Mt CO₂
  133. Nicaragua 5.6 Mt CO₂
  134. Gabon 5.4 Mt CO₂
  135. Moldova 5.3 Mt CO₂
  136. New Caledonia 5.3 Mt CO₂
  137. Mauritania 5.2 Mt CO₂
  138. Palestinian Territories 4.8 Mt CO₂
  139. Mauritius 4.7 Mt CO₂
  140. Madagascar 4.5 Mt CO₂
  141. Guyana 4.5 Mt CO₂
  142. Albania 4.4 Mt CO₂
  143. Guinea 4.0 Mt CO₂
  144. Iceland 3.8 Mt CO₂
  145. Namibia 3.5 Mt CO₂
  146. Niger 3.2 Mt CO₂
  147. Bahamas 3.1 Mt CO₂
  148. Suriname 3.0 Mt CO₂
  149. Haiti 3.0 Mt CO₂
  150. Chad 2.8 Mt CO₂
  151. Togo 2.8 Mt CO₂
  152. Lesotho 2.6 Mt CO₂
  153. Montenegro 2.4 Mt CO₂
  154. Maldives 2.3 Mt CO₂
  155. Curaçao 2.3 Mt CO₂
  156. Rwanda 2.0 Mt CO₂
  157. Malawi 1.9 Mt CO₂
  158. Malta 1.7 Mt CO₂
  159. South Sudan 1.7 Mt CO₂
  160. Bhutan 1.7 Mt CO₂
  161. Fiji 1.4 Mt CO₂
  162. Sierra Leone 1.4 Mt CO₂
  163. Barbados 1.4 Mt CO₂
  164. Somalia 1.3 Mt CO₂
  165. Macao SAR China 1.1 Mt CO₂
  166. Eswatini 1.0 Mt CO₂
  167. French Polynesia 0.9 Mt CO₂
  168. Aruba 0.9 Mt CO₂
  169. Burundi 0.9 Mt CO₂
  170. Liberia 0.9 Mt CO₂
  171. Gambia 0.8 Mt CO₂
  172. Belize 0.8 Mt CO₂
  173. Eritrea 0.7 Mt CO₂
  174. Faroe Islands 0.7 Mt CO₂
  175. Sint Maarten 0.7 Mt CO₂
  176. Timor-Leste 0.7 Mt CO₂
  177. Antigua & Barbuda 0.7 Mt CO₂
  178. Seychelles 0.7 Mt CO₂
  179. Greenland 0.6 Mt CO₂
  180. Cape Verde 0.6 Mt CO₂
  181. Djibouti 0.6 Mt CO₂
  182. Comoros 0.6 Mt CO₂
  183. Bermuda 0.6 Mt CO₂
  184. St. Lucia 0.5 Mt CO₂
  185. Andorra 0.4 Mt CO₂
  186. Central African Republic 0.4 Mt CO₂
  187. Turks & Caicos Islands 0.4 Mt CO₂
  188. Grenada 0.4 Mt CO₂
  189. Guinea-Bissau 0.3 Mt CO₂
  190. Solomon Islands 0.3 Mt CO₂
  191. St. Kitts & Nevis 0.3 Mt CO₂
  192. St. Vincent & Grenadines 0.3 Mt CO₂
  193. Samoa 0.2 Mt CO₂
  194. Palau 0.2 Mt CO₂
  195. Vanuatu 0.2 Mt CO₂
  196. British Virgin Islands 0.2 Mt CO₂
  197. Dominica 0.2 Mt CO₂
  198. Marshall Islands 0.2 Mt CO₂
  199. Tonga 0.2 Mt CO₂
  200. Caribbean Netherlands 0.2 Mt CO₂
  201. Micronesia 0.2 Mt CO₂
  202. Anguilla 0.1 Mt CO₂
  203. São Tomé & Príncipe 0.1 Mt CO₂
  204. Liechtenstein 0.1 Mt CO₂
  205. Cook Islands 0.1 Mt CO₂
  206. Kiribati 0.1 Mt CO₂
  207. Nauru 0.1 Mt CO₂
  208. St. Pierre & Miquelon 0.1 Mt CO₂
  209. Wallis & Futuna 0.0 Mt CO₂
  210. Montserrat 0.0 Mt CO₂
  211. Tuvalu 0.0 Mt CO₂
  212. St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha 0.0 Mt CO₂
  213. Niue 0.0 Mt CO₂
  214. Christmas Island 0.0 Mt CO₂
  215. Antarctica 0.0 Mt CO₂
Indicator: Fossil CO₂ emissions, Mt CO₂, 2024 (fossil fuels and cement, since 1750); GCB fossil CO₂, total, GCB2025v15 via carbondata.devSource: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Budget, fossil CO₂ emissions (CC BY 4.0), via carbondata.dev national-fossil-co2, version 2026-10-26.ba99391b9b

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