14.3 t
2025 (latest)
ENERGY CO2 PER CAPITA
metric tons/person · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
14.8 t
1949
22.3 t
high · 1973
13.8 t
low · 2020
−3%
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. MSN CDTPRUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Metric Tons Carbon Dioxide. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=CDTPRUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Energy CO2 per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.3 t | +1% |
| 2024 | 14.1 t | −1% |
| 2023 | 14.2 t | −4% |
| 2022 | 14.8 t | +0% |
| 2021 | 14.8 t | +7% |
| 2020 | 13.8 t | −12% |
| 2019 | 15.7 t | −3% |
| 2018 | 16.2 t | +3% |
| 2017 | 15.8 t | −1% |
| 2016 | 16.0 t | −2% |
| 2015 | 16.4 t | −4% |
| 2014 | 17.0 t | +0% |
| 2013 | 17.0 t | +2% |
| 2012 | 16.7 t | −5% |
| 2011 | 17.5 t | −3% |
| 2010 | 18.1 t | +3% |
| 2009 | 17.6 t | −8% |
| 2008 | 19.1 t | −4% |
| 2007 | 20.0 t | +1% |
| 2006 | 19.9 t | −2% |
| 2005 | 20.3 t | −1% |
| 2004 | 20.5 t | +1% |
| 2003 | 20.3 t | +0% |
| 2002 | 20.2 t | −0% |
| 2001 | 20.3 t | −3% |
| 2000 | 20.9 t | +2% |
| 1999 | 20.4 t | +0% |
| 1998 | 20.4 t | −0% |
| 1997 | 20.5 t | +0% |
| 1996 | 20.5 t | +3% |
| 1995 | 20.0 t | +0% |
| 1994 | 20.0 t | +0% |
| 1993 | 20.0 t | +1% |
| 1992 | 19.9 t | +1% |
| 1991 | 19.7 t | −2% |
| 1990 | 20.2 t | −2% |
| 1989 | 20.6 t | +1% |
| 1988 | 20.4 t | +4% |
| 1987 | 19.7 t | +3% |
| 1986 | 19.2 t | −1% |
| 1985 | 19.4 t | −1% |
| 1984 | 19.6 t | +4% |
| 1983 | 18.8 t | −1% |
| 1982 | 19.0 t | −6% |
| 1981 | 20.2 t | −3% |
| 1980 | 20.9 t | −5% |
| 1979 | 22.0 t | +0% |
| 1978 | 21.9 t | −0% |
| 1977 | 22.0 t | +2% |
| 1976 | 21.5 t | +5% |
| 1975 | 20.5 t | −4% |
| 1974 | 21.3 t | −4% |
| 1973 | 22.3 t | +3% |
| 1972 | 21.6 t | +4% |
| 1971 | 20.8 t | +0% |
| 1970 | 20.8 t | +2% |
| 1969 | 20.4 t | +3% |
| 1968 | 19.8 t | +5% |
| 1967 | 18.9 t | +2% |
| 1966 | 18.6 t | +4% |
| 1965 | 17.8 t | +3% |
| 1964 | 17.3 t | +3% |
| 1963 | 16.8 t | +2% |
| 1962 | 16.4 t | +2% |
| 1961 | 16.0 t | −1% |
| 1960 | 16.1 t | +2% |
| 1959 | 15.8 t | +2% |
| 1958 | 15.5 t | −3% |
| 1957 | 16.0 t | −2% |
| 1956 | 16.4 t | +1% |
| 1955 | 16.2 t | +9% |
| 1954 | 14.9 t | −6% |
| 1953 | 15.8 t | +1% |
| 1952 | 15.7 t | −4% |
| 1951 | 16.3 t | +4% |
| 1950 | 15.6 t | +5% |
| 1949 | 14.8 t | — |
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