This statistic displays the global carbon footprint per capita in 2014, by major country. During this time, the United States had a carbon footprint of 11.5 global acres per capita. The carbon footprint converts the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into an amount of productive land and sea area needed to sequester these emissions. In the United States, 67 percent of the ecological footprint is comprised of the carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*
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Carbon footprint in global acres per capita
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Global Footprint Network. (July 7, 2015). Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. "Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*." Chart. July 7, 2015. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. (2015). Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network. "Carbon Footprint per Capita Worldwide in 2014, by Country (in Global Acres per Capita)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/
Global Footprint Network, Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Carbon footprint per capita worldwide in 2014, by country (in global acres per capita)* [Graph], Global Footprint Network, July 7, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/495016/per-capita-carbon-footprint-by-key-country/