This statistic shows the territorial carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2008 and 2018 in selected countries. The United States emitted approximately 5.42 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018, a decrease from the volume of CO2 emitted in 2008.
The global per capita emissions of carbon dioxide can be found here.
Carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 and 2018, by select country (in million metric tons)*
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Global Carbon Project. (December 3, 2019). Carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 and 2018, by select country (in million metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270499/co2-emissions-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 and 2018, by select country (in million metric tons)*." Chart. December 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270499/co2-emissions-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. (2019). Carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 and 2018, by select country (in million metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270499/co2-emissions-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2008 and 2018, by Select Country (in Million Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270499/co2-emissions-in-selected-countries/
Global Carbon Project, Carbon dioxide emissions in 2008 and 2018, by select country (in million metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270499/co2-emissions-in-selected-countries/ (last visited January 23, 2020)
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