Global carbon dioxide emissions from road transportation were highest in the United States in 2018. At 1.5 billion metric tons of CO2, U.S. road transportation emissions were roughly twice the volume of road transportation emissions produced in China that year. Transportation accounts for almost 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. .
Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
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IEA. (July 1, 2020). Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
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IEA. (2020). Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
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Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], IEA, July 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/