CO2 emissions from oil in North America in 2024 — 2,434.34 Mt. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 156.4%.
1950–2024 · million tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | Mt | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,434.34 | −6.88 | −0.28% |
| 2023 | 2,441.22 | −0.59 | −0.02% |
| 2022 | 2,441.81 | +25.01 | +1.03% |
| 2021 | 2,416.8 | +198.95 | +8.97% |
| 2020 | 2,217.85 | −343.57 | −13.41% |
| 2019 | 2,561.42 | −2.99 | −0.12% |
| 2018 | 2,564.41 | +52.19 | +2.08% |
| 2017 | 2,512.22 | +11.43 | +0.46% |
| 2016 | 2,500.79 | +12.23 | +0.49% |
| 2015 | 2,488.57 | +25.16 | +1.02% |
| 2014 | 2,463.41 | +24.54 | +1.01% |
| 2013 | 2,438.87 | +27.95 | +1.16% |
| 2012 | 2,410.91 | −60.92 | −2.46% |
| 2011 | 2,471.83 | −44.31 | −1.76% |
| 2010 | 2,516.15 | +20.34 | +0.82% |
| 2009 | 2,495.8 | −130.75 | −4.98% |
| 2008 | 2,626.55 | −176.83 | −6.31% |
| 2007 | 2,803.38 | −4.82 | −0.17% |
| 2006 | 2,808.2 | −34.68 | −1.22% |
| 2005 | 2,842.88 | +7.46 | +0.26% |
| 2004 | 2,835.42 | +71.75 | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 2,763.67 | +77.03 | +2.87% |
| 2002 | 2,686.64 | −3.85 | −0.14% |
| 2001 | 2,690.49 | +12.27 | +0.46% |
| 2000 | 2,678.22 | +68.86 | +2.64% |
| 1999 | 2,609.36 | +57.09 | +2.24% |
| 1998 | 2,552.27 | +49.14 | +1.96% |
| 1997 | 2,503.14 | +24.71 | +1% |
| 1996 | 2,478.42 | +89.65 | +3.75% |
| 1995 | 2,388.77 | −4.85 | −0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,393.62 | +42.69 | +1.82% |
| 1993 | 2,350.93 | +17.02 | +0.73% |
| 1992 | 2,333.91 | +51.2 | +2.24% |
| 1991 | 2,282.71 | −69.43 | −2.95% |
| 1990 | 2,352.13 | −19.09 | −0.81% |
| 1989 | 2,371.22 | −12.78 | −0.54% |
| 1988 | 2,384 | +98.66 | +4.32% |
| 1987 | 2,285.34 | +62.21 | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 2,223.13 | +81.48 | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 2,141.65 | −5.01 | −0.23% |
| 1984 | 2,146.66 | +11.98 | +0.56% |
| 1983 | 2,134.68 | −7.34 | −0.34% |
| 1982 | 2,142.01 | −123 | −5.43% |
| 1981 | 2,265.01 | −183.99 | −7.51% |
| 1980 | 2,449 | −188.19 | −7.14% |
| 1979 | 2,637.19 | −98.72 | −3.61% |
| 1978 | 2,735.91 | +95.47 | +3.62% |
| 1977 | 2,640.44 | +119.06 | +4.72% |
| 1976 | 2,521.38 | +120.34 | +5.01% |
| 1975 | 2,401.03 | −69.44 | −2.81% |
| 1974 | 2,470.47 | −89.65 | −3.5% |
| 1973 | 2,560.12 | +57.31 | +2.29% |
| 1972 | 2,502.81 | +184.91 | +7.98% |
| 1971 | 2,317.9 | +68.19 | +3.03% |
| 1970 | 2,249.71 | +286.34 | +14.58% |
| 1969 | 1,963.37 | +94.48 | +5.06% |
| 1968 | 1,868.89 | +107.96 | +6.13% |
| 1967 | 1,760.93 | +75.21 | +4.46% |
| 1966 | 1,685.71 | +69.07 | +4.27% |
| 1965 | 1,616.64 | +78.78 | +5.12% |
| 1964 | 1,537.86 | +44.18 | +2.96% |
| 1963 | 1,493.69 | +32.48 | +2.22% |
| 1962 | 1,461.2 | +45.03 | +3.18% |
| 1961 | 1,416.18 | +18.64 | +1.33% |
| 1960 | 1,397.54 | +31.28 | +2.29% |
| 1959 | 1,366.26 | +41.49 | +3.13% |
| 1958 | 1,324.77 | +30.84 | +2.38% |
| 1957 | 1,293.93 | −7.2 | −0.55% |
| 1956 | 1,301.13 | +67.36 | +5.46% |
| 1955 | 1,233.78 | +95.3 | +8.37% |
| 1954 | 1,138.47 | +18.46 | +1.65% |
| 1953 | 1,120.02 | +55.12 | +5.18% |
| 1952 | 1,064.9 | +43.79 | +4.29% |
| 1951 | 1,021.1 | +71.82 | +7.57% |
| 1950 | 949.29 | — | — |
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning oil and petroleum products. Most of it comes from transport, and that makes this the most inert of the three fuel series: a power plant can be replaced within years, while a vehicle fleet turns over in a decade and a half. This is exactly why the shift to electric cars shows up in emissions with a long lag behind the share of electric cars in sales.
Important: Includes petrochemical feedstock burned as fuel, but not plastic: carbon that stays in products does not enter emissions until the products themselves are burned.
Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.
How much carbon dioxide comes from burning coal — the dirtiest of the fuels.
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Vehicles Electric car stockHow many electric cars there are on the country's roads in total — a cumulative stock, not sales for the year.