Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in United States
United States: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 11.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in United States, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
United States recorded 11.6% for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in United States peaked at 41.7% in 1879 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2024.
That places United States 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 29.4% | 26.8% | 31.4% | 10 |
| 1860s | 27.8% | 26.2% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 1870s | 38.4% | 33.1% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 1880s | 35.0% | 33.4% | 37.6% | 10 |
| 1890s | 33.9% | 33.3% | 34.6% | 10 |
| 1900s | 32.9% | 31.9% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 34.1% | 32.7% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 1920s | 32.3% | 30.5% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 23.6% | 20.9% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 1940s | 26.8% | 23.2% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 20.2% | 17.3% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 20.1% | 17.4% | 24.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 20.7% | 19.9% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.5% | 17.3% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 17.9% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.5% | 14.6% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.7% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.0% | 11.6% | 12.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States
More climate change data for United States
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 4.1% (2100)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 341.79 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Urban population 274.08 million (2025)
- Urban population 80.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 434.87 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 14.2 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in United States?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in United States was 11.6% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 41.7% in 1879.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2024.
- How does United States rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- United States ranks 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 175 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.