Per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the United States totaled 13.68 metric tons in 2020. This was a reduction of 10 percent compared with 2019 levels, and was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Per capita emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial activities have fallen substantially since 1973, when the average American produced 23.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the United States from 1970 to 2020
(in metric tons of carbon dioxide)
Characteristic
Emissions in metric tons of CO2 per person
2020
13.68
2019
15.3
2018
15.79
2017
15.43
2016
15.76
2015
16.19
2014
16.65
2013
16.71
2012
16.39
2011
17.21
2010
18.05
2009
17.4
2008
18.94
2007
19.74
2006
19.63
2005
20.16
2004
20.31
2003
20.2
2002
20.14
2001
20.91
2000
21.29
1999
20.95
1998
21.16
1997
21.24
1996
20.49
1995
20.18
1994
20.21
1993
20.1
1992
19.84
1991
19.71
1990
20.07
1989
20.69
1988
20.66
1987
19.95
1986
19.49
1985
19.84
1984
19.92
1983
19.22
1982
19.49
1981
20.73
1980
21.23
1979
22.42
1978
22.46
1977
22.72
1976
22.19
1975
21.05
1974
22.23
1973
23.2
1972
22.52
1971
21.55
1970
22.39
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EDGAR/JRC. (October 14, 2021). Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the United States from 1970 to 2020 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/
EDGAR/JRC. "Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the United States from 1970 to 2020 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. October 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/
EDGAR/JRC. (2021). Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the United States from 1970 to 2020 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/
EDGAR/JRC. "Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels in The United States from 1970 to 2020 (in Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/
EDGAR/JRC, Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in the United States from 1970 to 2020 (in metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049662/fossil-us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-per-person/ (last visited May 18, 2022)
