Canada and United States
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry, 2022. Ranks are among 164 countries.
Canada and the United States emitted about the same CO2 per person in 2022. The United States emitted 9.2 times as much CO2 in total as Canada.
| Measure | Canada | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Totalmillion tonnes | 54811th of 164 | 5,0552nd of 164 |
| Per persontonnes | 14.111th of 164 | 14.88th of 164 |
| Per unit of GDPkg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP) | 0.31138th of 164 | 0.25952nd of 164 |
Per person over time
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry per person, 1950 to 2024. Canada: 11.2 tonnes per person in 1950, 13.4 in 2024, with a high of 18.3 in 2000. United States: 16.5 tonnes per person in 1950, 14.2 in 2024, with a high of 22.2 in 1973.
Show the data as a table
| Year | Canada, tonnes | United States, tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 11.2 | 16.5 |
| 1955 | 10.8 | 16.4 |
| 1960 | 10.8 | 16.1 |
| 1965 | 12.8 | 17.4 |
| 1970 | 15.9 | 20.9 |
| 1975 | 17.1 | 20.1 |
| 1980 | 18.1 | 20.6 |
| 1985 | 16.3 | 18.6 |
| 1990 | 16.5 | 20.3 |
| 1995 | 16.7 | 20.2 |
| 2000 | 18.3 | 21.4 |
| 2005 | 17.6 | 20.7 |
| 2010 | 16.2 | 18.2 |
| 2015 | 15.7 | 16.5 |
| 2020 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 14.2 |
Sources
- Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.
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