transportation emissions in the United States reached 1.72 billion metric tons (GtCO₂), a slight increase from the previoius year. Meanwhile, the European Union was the second-largest contributor to global transportation emissions up until 2013, but in 2014 it dropped below China. Transportation emissions in the East Asian country have soared over the past two decades and in 2022 climbed to some 873 MtCO₂.
For over three decades, the United States has produced more transportation emissions than any other country across the globe. In 2022, Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by country or region (in million metric tons)
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EDGAR/JRC. (September 8, 2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by country or region (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200787/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide-by-country/
EDGAR/JRC. "Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by country or region (in million metric tons)." Chart. September 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200787/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide-by-country/
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EDGAR/JRC. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from The Transportation Sector Worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by Country or Region (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200787/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide-by-country/
EDGAR/JRC, Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by country or region (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200787/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited September 21, 2023)
Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by country or region (in million metric tons) [Graph], EDGAR/JRC, September 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1200787/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-sector-worldwide-by-country/