Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in United States of America
United States of America: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 86.1 Index in 2022. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in United States of America, 1990–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2022, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United States of America stood at 86.1 Index. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United States of America peaked at 107.84 Index in 1991 and was at its lowest, 86.1 Index, in 2022.
That places United States of America 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 106.86 Index | — |
| 1991 | 107.84 Index | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 107.56 Index | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 106.03 Index | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 107.07 Index | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 106.24 Index | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 105.64 Index | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 103.95 Index | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 102.42 Index | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 100.01 Index | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 98.94 Index | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 98.21 Index | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 98.21 Index | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 97.64 Index | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 97.51 Index | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 98.89 Index | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 99.33 Index | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 100.72 Index | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 98.91 Index | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 99.01 Index | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.41 Index | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 93.67 Index | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 93.93 Index | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 93.46 Index | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 93.71 Index | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 91.28 Index | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 93.11 Index | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 94.58 Index | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 92.48 Index | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 90.15 Index | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 88.32 Index | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 86.1 Index | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 105.36 Index | 100.01 Index | 107.84 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.84 Index | 97.51 Index | 100.72 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.06 Index | 91.28 Index | 99.01 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.19 Index | 86.1 Index | 90.15 Index | 3 |
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More climate change data for United States of America
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 4.1% (2100)
- Urban population 80.2% (2025)
- Urban population 274.08 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Population, total 341.79 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 6,164 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.95 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 20.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United States of America?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United States of America was 86.1 Index in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 107.84 Index in 1991.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.1 Index in 2022.
- How does United States of America rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- United States of America ranks 45th out of 67 countries with data for 2022.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation