The online marketplace Amazon assessed its worldwide carbon footprint by releasing data on the the amounts of emissions generated by its operational activities between 2018 and 2021. The total footprint of the marketplace increased over the period considered, reaching 71.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021.
Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e)
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Statistics on Amazon
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Annual net sales of Amazon 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon quarterly net sales revenue 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic amazon.com: E-Commerce net sales from 2014 to 2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon: brand value 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of Amazon.com employees 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon: global ad spend 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon's most expensive acquisitions 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of patents granted to Amazon in the U.S. 2010-2022
Benchmarks and competitors
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- Premium Statistic Brand value of the most valuable brands worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic LTM gross margin of selected internet and online service company verticals 2022
- Premium Statistic Revenue CAGR of selected online service company verticals 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Leading edible grocery online retailers worldwide 2021-2026, by sales
- Basic Statistic Merchants where global shoppers made their latest cross-border purchase 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading global online marketplaces 2021, by GMV
- Basic Statistic Most visited multi-platform U.S. web properties 2022
Marketplace vs. direct sales
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- Premium Statistic Amazon: first- and third-party online sales value 2018-2027
- Premium Statistic Amazon's chain retail sales value 2022, by business model
- Premium Statistic Amazon third-party seller share 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon third-party seller fulfillment methods 2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon seller usage of other marketplaces 2022
- Premium Statistic Expected growth of brand's revenue generated on Amazon 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. brands who want to expand 3P selling on the Amazon marketplace 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) fees 2020-2023, by weight
Retail segments
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- Premium Statistic Amazon: main categories based on sales share 2022-2027
- Premium Statistic Amazon: categories with the largest net sales CAGR 2022-2027
- Premium Statistic Amazon global net sales value 2021-2026, by category
- Premium Statistic Main Amazon product categories for small and medium-sized business (SMB) sellers 2021
- Premium Statistic Median price change on Amazon in the U.S. 2021-2022, by category
- Premium Statistic Amazon physical store sales worldwide Q4 2019-Q3 2022
Online traffic
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- Premium Statistic Fastest growing e-commerce websites worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Total global visitor traffic to Amazon.com 2021-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of visits to amazon.com worldwide 2022, by source
- Premium Statistic Social media traffic referrers to amazon.com 2022
- Premium Statistic Main call-to-action on amazon.com ads descriptions 2022
- Premium Statistic Most searched branded products on Amazon in the U.S. 2022
Further related statistics
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- Global GHG emissions from Amazon by source 2018
- Global CO2 emission share by sector 2014
- Global per capita carbon footprint by key country 2014
- Nike's carbon footprint of products 2015-2020
- Global per capita carbon footprint by key U.S. state 2015
- Global per capita environmental footprint in the U.S. by type 2014
- Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from air transport industry in the UK 2006-2017
- Carbon footprint of art and culture organizations in England 2012-2019
- Facebook's greenhouse gas emissions 2016-2020
- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in Russia 2010-2017
- Canada's per capita food carbon footprint in 2017, by key food type
- Volume of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by BNP Paribas 2017-2020
- U.S. per capita food carbon footprint in 2017, by key food type
- Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from travel agencies in the UK 2006-2017
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- Global GHG emissions from Amazon by source 2018
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- Global per capita carbon footprint by key country 2014
- Nike's carbon footprint of products 2015-2020
- Global per capita carbon footprint by key U.S. state 2015
- Global per capita environmental footprint in the U.S. by type 2014
- Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from air transport industry in the UK 2006-2017
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Amazon. (August 24, 2022). Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. "Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e)." Chart. August 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. (2022). Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon. "Carbon Footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by Type of Emissions (in Million Metric Tons Co₂e)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/
Amazon, Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Carbon footprint of Amazon from 2018 to 2021, by type of emissions (in million metric tons CO₂e) [Graph], Amazon, August 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235480/amazon-corporate-carbon-footprint-by-type/