United States - CO2 emissions (kg per 2010 US$ of GDP)

The latest value for CO2 emissions (kg per 2010 US$ of GDP) in United States was 0.255 as of 2018. Over the past 28 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 0.494 in 1990 and 0.254 in 2017.

Definition: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.

Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United States.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.494
1991 0.491
1992 0.481
1993 0.480
1994 0.468
1995 0.461
1996 0.457
1997 0.460
1998 0.444
1999 0.425
2000 0.420
2001 0.414
2002 0.396
2003 0.390
2004 0.381
2005 0.369
2006 0.352
2007 0.351
2008 0.341
2009 0.324
2010 0.330
2011 0.312
2012 0.292
2013 0.295
2014 0.288
2015 0.273
2016 0.264
2017 0.254
2018 0.255

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions