France vs North America: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy)

France
37.11 Mt CO2e
in 2024
North America
509.76 Mt CO2e
in 2024
France rank
22nd
North America rank
20th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) over time

  • France
  • North America
02505007501.0k1.2k197019972024

How they compare

North America currently reports 509.76 Mt CO2e against 37.11 Mt CO2e in France, a difference of 472.65 Mt CO2e.

That makes North America's figure about 13.7 times France's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, North America has been ahead every year.

France ranks 22nd and North America ranks 20th of 193 countries.

North America has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France North America Difference Ahead
1970s 122.33 Mt CO2e 976.63 Mt CO2e 854.3 Mt CO2e North America
1980s 82.16 Mt CO2e 802.9 Mt CO2e 720.75 Mt CO2e North America
1990s 59.63 Mt CO2e 601.89 Mt CO2e 542.25 Mt CO2e North America
2000s 53.94 Mt CO2e 565.38 Mt CO2e 511.44 Mt CO2e North America
2010s 44.91 Mt CO2e 506.31 Mt CO2e 461.4 Mt CO2e North America
2020s 39.06 Mt CO2e 510.16 Mt CO2e 471.1 Mt CO2e North America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy), France or North America?
North America, at 509.76 Mt CO2e against 37.11 Mt CO2e in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy) between France and North America?
472.65 Mt CO2e, with North America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and North America?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do France and North America rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from industrial combustion (energy)?
France ranks 22nd and North America ranks 20th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

France vs North America: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy). Statizoid, drawing on EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-from-industrial-combustion-energy-mt-co2e/france/north-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-from-industrial-combustion-energy-mt-co2e/france/north-america/">France vs North America: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
240 places, 13,200 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial combustion (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 code 1.A.2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).