Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States totaled 5.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) in 2022. This represented a year-on-year increase of 1.3 percent. Net emissions in the U.S. have fallen by roughly 17 percent since 2005.
Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022
(in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
Characteristic
Emissions in MtCO₂e
2022
5,488.9
2021
5,418.3
2020
5,097.4
2019
5,726.6
2018
5,837.3
2017
5,625.1
2016
5,663.2
2015
5,916.1
2014
5,982.1
2013
5,958.8
2012
5,731.7
2011
5,970.1
2010
6,179.7
2009
6,016
2008
6,413.6
2007
6,629.6
2006
6,477.3
2005
6,587
2004
6,632.2
2003
6,429
2002
6,405
2001
6,307.5
2000
6,436.1
1999
6,250.1
1998
6,182.6
1997
6,123.7
1996
6,045.1
1995
5,881.9
1994
5,777.4
1993
5,695.1
1992
5,569
1991
5,483.7
1990
5,560.2
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Environmental Protection Agency. (April 11, 2024). Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)." Chart. April 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2024). Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions in The United States from 1990 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Co₂ Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/
Environmental Protection Agency, Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
Net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, April 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010171/net-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-the-united-states/
