4,904
2025 (latest)
CO2 EMISSIONS
million metric tons per year · 1949–2025 · lower is better · EIA Monthly Energy Review, Table 11.1
2,207
1949
6,015
high · 2007
2,207
low · 1949
+122%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Total US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, all fuels and all sectors. Energy emissions only — agriculture, industrial process, and land-use emissions are not counted.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#environment
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | CO2 Emissions | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,904 | +2% |
| 2024 | 4,789 | −0% |
| 2023 | 4,799 | −3% |
| 2022 | 4,945 | +1% |
| 2021 | 4,906 | +7% |
| 2020 | 4,585 | −11% |
| 2019 | 5,147 | −2% |
| 2018 | 5,278 | +3% |
| 2017 | 5,131 | −1% |
| 2016 | 5,169 | −2% |
| 2015 | 5,262 | −3% |
| 2014 | 5,414 | +1% |
| 2013 | 5,359 | +2% |
| 2012 | 5,236 | −4% |
| 2011 | 5,455 | −2% |
| 2010 | 5,594 | +4% |
| 2009 | 5,404 | −7% |
| 2008 | 5,823 | −3% |
| 2007 | 6,015 | +1% |
| 2006 | 5,930 | −1% |
| 2005 | 6,008 | +0% |
| 2004 | 5,994 | +2% |
| 2003 | 5,887 | +1% |
| 2002 | 5,820 | +1% |
| 2001 | 5,778 | −2% |
| 2000 | 5,889 | +3% |
| 1999 | 5,700 | +1% |
| 1998 | 5,637 | +1% |
| 1997 | 5,590 | +1% |
| 1996 | 5,518 | +4% |
| 1995 | 5,325 | +1% |
| 1994 | 5,263 | +1% |
| 1993 | 5,186 | +2% |
| 1992 | 5,094 | +2% |
| 1991 | 4,993 | −1% |
| 1990 | 5,038 | −1% |
| 1989 | 5,085 | +2% |
| 1988 | 4,999 | +5% |
| 1987 | 4,776 | +3% |
| 1986 | 4,616 | +0% |
| 1985 | 4,606 | −0% |
| 1984 | 4,613 | +5% |
| 1983 | 4,384 | −0% |
| 1982 | 4,405 | −5% |
| 1981 | 4,637 | −3% |
| 1980 | 4,757 | −4% |
| 1979 | 4,950 | +1% |
| 1978 | 4,884 | +1% |
| 1977 | 4,835 | +3% |
| 1976 | 4,695 | +6% |
| 1975 | 4,428 | −3% |
| 1974 | 4,561 | −3% |
| 1973 | 4,721 | +4% |
| 1972 | 4,532 | +5% |
| 1971 | 4,312 | +1% |
| 1970 | 4,261 | +3% |
| 1969 | 4,135 | +4% |
| 1968 | 3,965 | +6% |
| 1967 | 3,749 | +3% |
| 1966 | 3,654 | +6% |
| 1965 | 3,462 | +4% |
| 1964 | 3,317 | +4% |
| 1963 | 3,185 | +4% |
| 1962 | 3,065 | +4% |
| 1961 | 2,943 | +1% |
| 1960 | 2,914 | +4% |
| 1959 | 2,807 | +4% |
| 1958 | 2,703 | −2% |
| 1957 | 2,757 | −1% |
| 1956 | 2,777 | +3% |
| 1955 | 2,685 | +11% |
| 1954 | 2,422 | −5% |
| 1953 | 2,537 | +3% |
| 1952 | 2,473 | −2% |
| 1951 | 2,527 | +6% |
| 1950 | 2,382 | +8% |
| 1949 | 2,207 | — |
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