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7-4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector: 1990–2014

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Graphic Version | Excel

Tg CO2 Eq.

Year Transportation Industry Residential Commercial Agriculture
1990 1,554 2,263 952 969 625
1991 1,509 2,221 970 978 614
1992 1,562 2,280 967 974 628
1993 1,604 2,260 1,019 997 647
1994 1,658 2,301 1,010 1,010 630
1995 1,698 2,304 1,024 1,024 658
1996 1,752 2,350 1,085 1,053 669
1997 1,778 2,382 1,074 1,085 640
1998 1,821 2,358 1,077 1,094 676
1999 1,878 2,334 1,099 1,101 635
2000 1,927 2,322 1,162 1,159 644
2001 1,911 2,199 1,152 1,164 660
2002 1,951 2,173 1,180 1,165 664
2003 1,941 2,171 1,209 1,185 661
2004 1,986 2,216 1,207 1,207 694
2005 2,004 2,172 1,242 1,238 664
2006 1,998 2,180 1,181 1,219 679
2007 1,999 2,167 1,236 1,265 702
2008 1,902 2,090 1,224 1,263 688
2009 1,824 1,850 1,160 1,204 691
2010 1,832 1,979 1,217 1,213 700
2011 1,804 1,970 1,163 1,184 699
2012 1,784 1,934 1,058 1,122 698
2013 1,794 1,993 1,122 1,156 688
2014 1,815 2,006 1,144 1,175 687

Key: TgCO2 Eq. = teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalent. A teragram = 1 million metric tons.

Note: Electric power sector emissions are distributed across sectors. Emissions include CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2014 Report Tables, available at www.epa.gov/climatechange as of October 2016.