Global carbon dioxide emissions from road transportation were highest in the United States in 2018. At 1.5 billion metric tons of CO2, U.S. road transportation emissions were roughly twice the volume of road transportation emissions produced in China that year. Transportation accounts for almost 30 percent of
Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)
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IEA. (July 1, 2020). Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
IEA. "Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. July 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
IEA. (2020). Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
IEA. "Road Transportation Carbon Dioxide Emissions Worldwide in 2018, by Country (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/
IEA, Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Road transportation carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2018, by country (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], IEA, July 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201189/road-transport-sector-co2-emissions-worldwide-by-country/