Road freight carbon dioxide emission shares worldwide as of 2018, by region

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
More than half of the carbon dioxide emitted by the global road freight fleet are produced in the U.S., China, Europe, and India together in 2018. The U.S. had the highest share, where the country's road freight fleet accounted for 18 percent of the 2.86 billion metric tons of CO2 emitted worldwide by this sector.

Distribution of road freight carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by region

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January 2021

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Worldwide

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2018

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Based on a total of 2.86 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide

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Total emissions are divided over the countries by making use of number of trucks per country and average emission per stock vehicle, including buses

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