This statistic displays the global carbon footprint per capita in 2014, by major country. During this time, the United States had a carbon footprint of 11.5 global acres per capita. The carbon footprint converts the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into an amount of productive land and sea area needed to sequester these emissions. In the United States, 67 percent of the ecological footprint is comprised of the carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*
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Global Footprint Network. (July 7, 2015). Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. "Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*." Chart. July 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. (2015). Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. "Carbon Footprint per Capita Worldwide in 2014, by Country (in Global Acres per Capita)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network, Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/ (last visited August 11, 2022)
