Global transportation-related emissions increased by 3.2 percent in 2022 to nearly eight billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂). Although emissions from transportation have increased by roughly 870 MtCO₂ since 2020, they remain below pre-pandemic levels.
Since 2000, global transportation emissions have risen by almost 40 percent, and now account for around 20 percent of total global CO₂ emissions.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 2000 to 2022, by sub sector
(in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide)
Direct emissions from fossil fuel combustion for transport. Upstream emissions incurred during fossil fuel extraction and electricity generation are not included, and the combustion of biofuels is treated as non-emitting on a net basis.
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IEA. (July 11, 2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 2000 to 2022, by sub sector (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387814/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-subsector-worldwide/
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Carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector worldwide from 2000 to 2022, by sub sector (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], IEA, July 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1387814/carbon-dioxide-emissions-transport-subsector-worldwide/
