CO2 emissions from energy consumption
Carbon dioxide emitted by burning coal, natural gas and petroleum products for energy in the year, in million metric tonnes, as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
Excludes industrial processes such as cement, land use and other greenhouse gases, so it is lower than total greenhouse gas inventories.
Key facts
- CO2 emissions from energy consumption in the United States was 4,782.3 million tonnes of CO2 in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption of 217 countries in 2024, at 12,715.9 million tonnes of CO2, and Tuvalu the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Published for 217 places, with figures from 1980 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by CO2 emissions from energy consumption, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Panama
- Grenada
- Kenya
- Georgia
- South Africa
- Peru
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest CO2 emissions from energy consumption? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"energy_co2_emissions","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=energy_co2_emissions&level=country