TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for United States of America

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for United States of America (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for United States of America . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1800 69 N/A 1801 73 N/A 1802 79 N/A 1803 81 N/A 1804 91 N/A 1805 93 N/A 1806 91 N/A 1807 103 N/A 1808 107 N/A 1809 110 N/A 1810 114 N/A 1811 122 N/A 1812 132 N/A 1813 142 N/A 1814 153 N/A 1815 164 N/A 1816 181 N/A 1817 196 N/A 1818 213 N/A 1819 208 N/A 1820 216 N/A 1821 226 N/A 1822 236 N/A 1823 246 N/A 1824 277 N/A 1825 310 N/A 1826 359 N/A 1827 395 N/A 1828 435 N/A 1829 490 N/A 1830 570 N/A 1831 618 N/A 1832 825 N/A 1833 963 N/A 1834 923 N/A 1835 1178 N/A 1836 1291 N/A 1837 1448 N/A 1838 1373 N/A 1839 1506 N/A 1840 1603 N/A 1841 1696 N/A 1842 1888 N/A 1843 2119 N/A 1844 2540 N/A 1845 3058 N/A 1846 3469 N/A 1847 4113 N/A 1848 4581 N/A 1849 4973 N/A 1850 5402 N/A 1851 6723 N/A 1852 7312 N/A 1853 8232 N/A 1854 9050 N/A 1855 10415 N/A 1856 10927 N/A 1857 11205 N/A 1858 11367 N/A 1859 12369 N/A 1860 12947 N/A 1861 12467 N/A 1862 12950 N/A 1863 14959 N/A 1864 16009 N/A 1865 16054 N/A 1866 16166 N/A 1867 19887 N/A 1868 22476 N/A 1869 25572 N/A 1870 26916 N/A 1871 28117 N/A 1872 34472 N/A 1873 38075 N/A 1874 36653 N/A 1875 37049 N/A 1876 36250 N/A 1877 40168 N/A 1878 39275 N/A 1879 47890 N/A 1880 54226 N/A 1881 57367 N/A 1882 64245 N/A 1883 69291 N/A 1884 73032 N/A 1885 74280 N/A 1886 78456 N/A 1887 83892 N/A 1888 102040 N/A 1889 91578 N/A 1890 109647 N/A 1891 116655 N/A 1892 122939 N/A 1893 123934 N/A 1894 116007 N/A 1895 130990 N/A 1896 131245 N/A 1897 136541 N/A 1898 148832 N/A 1899 170724 N/A 1900 180878 N/A 1901 196923 N/A 1902 208650 N/A 1903 244106 N/A 1904 240235 N/A 1905 268695 N/A 1906 282025 N/A 1907 328003 N/A 1908 286838 N/A 1909 317509 N/A 1910 346405 N/A 1911 342900 N/A 1912 366051 N/A 1913 393044 N/A 1914 359088 N/A 1915 372617 N/A 1916 413826 N/A 1917 455368 N/A 1918 476415 N/A 1919 403098 N/A 1920 466592 N/A 1921 381853 N/A 1922 385304 N/A 1923 509896 N/A 1924 454039 N/A 1925 466191 N/A 1926 505208 N/A 1927 491472 N/A 1928 485647 N/A 1929 523634 N/A 1930 465911 N/A 1931 398382 N/A 1932 338219 N/A 1933 361931 N/A 1934 385412 N/A 1935 400981 N/A 1936 461143 N/A 1937 480752 N/A 1938 403681 N/A 1939 445514 N/A 1940 506732 N/A 1941 553466 N/A 1942 592489 N/A 1943 612491 N/A 1944 652733 N/A 1945 631014 N/A 1946 608629 N/A 1947 671101 N/A 1948 699510 N/A 1949 589091 N/A 1950 692223 4.32 1951 713078 4.39 1952 694703 4.21 1953 711260 4.24 1954 677761 3.98 1955 742909 4.28 1956 778716 4.41 1957 772083 4.3 1958 748140 4.1 1959 778677 4.19 1960 796842 4.22 1961 799287 4.17 1962 828804 4.26 1963 864885 4.38 1964 900596 4.5 1965 939227 4.64 1966 987942 4.82 1967 1025910 4.96 1968 1066663 5.1 1969 1117488 5.3 1970 1203536 5.65 1971 1212032 5.64 1972 1268024 5.84 1973 1321472 6.03 1974 1274785 5.76 1975 1220709 5.47 1976 1277958 5.67 1977 1291016 5.68 1978 1330362 5.81 1979 1334004 5.81 1980 1287614 5.58 1981 1235908 5.31 1982 1172862 4.99 1983 1181822 4.98 1984 1217856 5.09 1985 1222613 5.06 1986 1224940 5.02 1987 1276392 5.19 1988 1332323 5.37 1989 1346938 5.37 1990 1326725 5.23 1991 1329253 5.18 1992 1325356 5.09 1993 1405350 5.33 1994 1424404 5.33 1995 1423445 5.27 1996 1452832 5.31 1997 1492591 5.39 1998 1495509 5.34 1999 1515394 5.35 2000 1565925 5.47 2001 1535121 5.31 2002 1552963 5.32 2003 1551337 5.26 2004 1581276 5.31 2005 1593086 5.3 2006 1568806 5.18 2007 1594885 2008 1547460 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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