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  "id": "carbon",
  "name": "CO₂ emissions per person",
  "domain": "environment",
  "provider": "worldbank",
  "code": "EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5",
  "unit": "tonnes CO₂e per person",
  "frequency": "Annual",
  "description": "Carbon dioxide emissions excluding land-use change, per capita.",
  "caveat": "Production-based emissions, not a consumption footprint. Read the source definition for sector coverage.",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5?locations=US",
  "decimals": 1,
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      "date": "2000-01-01",
      "value": 21.0118753202743
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      "date": "2001-01-01",
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      "date": "2002-01-01",
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      "date": "2003-01-01",
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    {
      "date": "2010-01-01",
      "value": 17.847084306938
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    {
      "date": "2011-01-01",
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      "value": 15.1847127213968
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      "date": "2018-01-01",
      "value": 15.5796456645972
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    {
      "date": "2019-01-01",
      "value": 15.0439662080505
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    {
      "date": "2020-01-01",
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    {
      "date": "2021-01-01",
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    {
      "date": "2022-01-01",
      "value": 14.4186221294233
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    {
      "date": "2023-01-01",
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    {
      "date": "2024-01-01",
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  "sourceUnits": "",
  "sourceDefinition": "Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties.",
  "publisher": "EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024;\nInternational Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024",
  "sourceUpdated": "2026-07-13",
  "dataUrl": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5?date=2000:2026&format=json&per_page=100",
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    "name": "Environment",
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  }
}