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U.S. CO₂ Emissions per Person.
Whose emissions are counted in this per-person measure?
The historical record
Source snapshot2024
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. -0.1 tonnes CO₂e per person vs 2023.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Carbon dioxide emissions excluding land-use change, per capita.
The series is production-based and excludes land-use change. It is not an individual carbon footprint or a consumption-based accounting of imports. Keep the exact source code and units when comparing with other emissions series.
Production-based emissions, not a consumption footprint. Read the source definition for sector coverage.
A better question to ask
Climate proposals need a stated emissions boundary, verifiable baseline, additionality argument, and a plan to track results.
This is a prompt for investigation, not evidence that a particular policy works. A trend alone cannot establish a cause.
Read the related practical guide ↗Exact observations
25 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 | 14.4 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 | 14.3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 | 13.5 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 15.0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 | 15.6 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 | 15.2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 | 15.5 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 | 16.0 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 | 16.4 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 | 16.5 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 | 16.2 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 | 17.0 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 | 17.8 |
| 2009 | 2009-01-01 | 17.2 |
| 2008 | 2008-01-01 | 18.7 |
| 2007 | 2007-01-01 | 19.5 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-01 | 19.4 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-01 | 19.9 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-01 | 20.1 |
| 2003 | 2003-01-01 | 20.0 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-01 | 19.9 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-01 | 20.6 |
| 2000 | 2000-01-01 | 21.0 |
Follow this series home
- Series identifier
- EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5
- Provider
- World Bank / original statistical sources
- Original source attribution
- 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; International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024
- Frequency
- Annual
- Source units
- tonnes CO₂e per person
- Displayed units
- tonnes CO₂e per person
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
- Provider database update
- 2026-07-13 — not the observation date
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