Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — North America

Share of global CO2 emissions in North America in 2024 — 14.088%. Since 1950, the indicator has fallen by 31.367 pp.

2024 14.088% −0.256 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 45.455%1950
Period minimum 14.088%2024

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — North America, 1950–2024020406019501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 45.455%1952: 41.913%1954: 39.066%1956: 38.479%1958: 34.802%1960: 32.92%1962: 32.841%1964: 32.354%1966: 32.292%1968: 32.114%1970: 31.419%1972: 30.535%1974: 29.407%1976: 28.11%1978: 27.928%1980: 26.654%1982: 25.237%1984: 25.209%1986: 23.991%1988: 24.427%1990: 24.592%1992: 25.056%1994: 25.423%1996: 25.21%1998: 25.793%2000: 25.833%2002: 24.795%2004: 23.378%2006: 21.613%2008: 20.263%2010: 18.682%2012: 16.86%2014: 17.191%2016: 16.386%2018: 16.163%2020: 14.832%2022: 14.931%2024: 14.088%
Change over the period: −31.367 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 14.088%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14.088 −0.256 pp
2023 14.344 −0.587 pp
2022 14.931 −0.145 pp
2021 15.076 +0.244 pp
2020 14.832 −0.849 pp
2019 15.681 −0.482 pp
2018 16.163 +0.144 pp
2017 16.019 −0.367 pp
2016 16.386 −0.37 pp
2015 16.756 −0.435 pp
2014 17.191 +0.061 pp
2013 17.13 +0.27 pp
2012 16.86 −0.837 pp
2011 17.697 −0.985 pp
2010 18.682 −0.445 pp
2009 19.127 −1.136 pp
2008 20.263 −1.046 pp
2007 21.309 −0.304 pp
2006 21.613 −1.016 pp
2005 22.629 −0.749 pp
2004 23.378 −0.447 pp
2003 23.825 −0.97 pp
2002 24.795 −0.36 pp
2001 25.155 −0.678 pp
2000 25.833 +0.288 pp
1999 25.545 −0.248 pp
1998 25.793 +0.381 pp
1997 25.412 +0.202 pp
1996 25.21 +0.047 pp
1995 25.163 −0.26 pp
1994 25.423 +0.174 pp
1993 25.249 +0.193 pp
1992 25.056 +1.24 pp
1991 23.816 −0.776 pp
1990 24.592 +0.16 pp
1989 24.432 +0.005 pp
1988 24.427 +0.152 pp
1987 24.275 +0.284 pp
1986 23.991 −0.419 pp
1985 24.41 −0.799 pp
1984 25.209 +0.052 pp
1983 25.157 −0.08 pp
1982 25.237 −1.107 pp
1981 26.344 −0.31 pp
1980 26.654 −0.774 pp
1979 27.428 −0.5 pp
1978 27.928 −0.167 pp
1977 28.095 −0.015 pp
1976 28.11 −0.214 pp
1975 28.324 −1.083 pp
1974 29.407 −0.805 pp
1973 30.212 −0.323 pp
1972 30.535 +0.105 pp
1971 30.43 −0.989 pp
1970 31.419 −0.135 pp
1969 31.554 −0.56 pp
1968 32.114 −0.469 pp
1967 32.583 +0.291 pp
1966 32.292 +0.007 pp
1965 32.285 −0.069 pp
1964 32.354 −0.153 pp
1963 32.507 −0.334 pp
1962 32.841 +0.115 pp
1961 32.726 −0.194 pp
1960 32.92 −1.145 pp
1959 34.065 −0.737 pp
1958 34.802 −2.075 pp
1957 36.877 −1.602 pp
1956 38.479 −0.452 pp
1955 38.931 −0.135 pp
1954 39.066 −2.637 pp
1953 41.703 −0.21 pp
1952 41.913 −1.672 pp
1951 43.585 −1.87 pp
1950 45.455

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.