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The commercial sector in the United States released 783 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) from energy consumption in 2021 - an increase of seven percent from the previous year. In 2020, U.S. commercial sector emissions plummeted 12 percent as a result of COVID-19-related lockdowns and restrictions.

Commercial sector emissions in the U.S. have fallen considerably since 2007, when they peaked at 1,077 MtCO2.

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the commercial sector in the United States from 1990 to 2021 (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Emissions in million metric tons
2021	782.9
2020	734.7
2019	832.2
2018	885.2
2017	866.2
2016	892.9
2015	931.7
2014	969.7
2013	958.3
2012	931.9
2011	990.2
2010	1,025.1
2009	1,006.8
2008	1,074.3
2007	1,076.6
2006	1,042.1
2005	1,067.1
2004	1,051.8
2003	1,035.9
2002	1,025.5
2001	1,026
2000	1,021.1
1999	958.8
1998	944.9
1997	924.7
1996	881.4
1995	850.2
1994	831.8
1993	817.5
1992	794
1991	792.1
1990	790.3

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June 2022

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1990 to 2021

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