Per capita transportation emissions in the United States averaged 5.05 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in 2023. This was the highest per capita emissions among the world's largest contributors to transportation emissions. U.S. transportation emissions were the highest worldwide in 2023, at 1.7 billion metric tons of CO₂ (GtCO₂). Although China was the second-largest contributor to global transportation emissions that year, the average person in China emitted just 0.75 metric tons of transportation-related CO₂ that year.
Per capita carbon dioxide emissions of the transportation sector worldwide in 2023, by select country
(in metric tons)
Figures have been rounded. The countries chosen for this statistic are those with transportation CO₂ emisisons above 100 MtCO₂ in 2023. Figures were calculated by Statista using data provided by the source.
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