U.S. energy CO₂ emissions by end-use 2050

By 2050, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States are projected to have declined across all sectors, in comparison to 2022 levels. Residential emissions – for instance – are forecast to drop by roughly 38 percent over the upcoming decades.

Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector in the United States from 2022 to 2050, by end-use sector (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Residential sector	Commercial sector	Industrial sector	Transportation sector	Electric power
2050	567	468	1,283	1,631	683
2049	569	470	1,278	1,619	688
2048	569	470	1,274	1,610	688
2047	570	472	1,269	1,603	693
2046	572	474	1,264	1,595	695
2045	576	478	1,265	1,589	704
2044	578	480	1,264	1,583	709
2043	582	484	1,261	1,579	718
2042	582	485	1,256	1,576	719
2041	581	485	1,249	1,573	714
2040	579	484	1,243	1,571	707
2039	580	485	1,238	1,571	707
2038	581	487	1,234	1,574	709
2037	584	490	1,233	1,578	715
2036	586	493	1,230	1,584	720
2035	588	495	1,226	1,593	723
2034	591	497	1,222	1,603	725
2033	597	502	1,218	1,613	737
2032	600	503	1,214	1,624	739
2031	608	509	1,212	1,639	756
2030	620	517	1,217	1,657	782
2029	642	534	1,230	1,677	838
2028	673	558	1,249	1,695	917
2027	715	592	1,272	1,703	1,027
2026	767	638	1,299	1,718	1,162
2025	819	683	1,318	1,733	1,295
2024	857	719	1,335	1,754	1,396
2023	873	725	1,351	1,767	1,397
2022	917	765	1,393	1,779	1,507

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

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Supplementary notes

The Annual Energy Outlook includes a series of projections referred to as cases. The data in this statistic belongs to the Reference case, which assumes no new policy or laws over the modeled time horizon.

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