United States carbon emissions and environmental impact

United States air pollution

United States as an air pollution mortality rate of 13.3 per 100,000 population. The mean annual exposure of PM2.5 in United States is 7.4 mg/m³, endangering 3.3% of its population according to the World Health Organisation guidelines.

United States energy

The energy intensity level of primary energy in United States is 5.41 MJ/$2011 PPP GDP. 100.0% of United States population has access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, and the renewable energy consumption represent 8.7% of the country's total energy consumption.

Electricity production breakdown:

• Oil, gas and coal sources: 67.08%
• Renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 7.39%
• Renewable electricity output: 13.23%

United States territory

The territory of United States has a surface area of 9831510 km², 9147420 of which being land area. Forests represents 33.9% of the land with 3103700 km². Around 41.1% of territorial waters are protected marine areas.

United States adjusted savings

It is estimated that the adjusted net savings of United States are around $1,174,840,454,310 which represent 5.6% of the gross national income.

• Carbon dioxide damages: $173,786,235,078 (0.83)%
• Mineral depletion: $9,505,475,766 (0.05)%
• Particulate emission damage: $23,829,310,293 (0.11)%
• Energy depletion: $67,682,160,847 (0.32)%
• Education expenditure: $915,824,277,898 (4.40)%

United States rents

The total resources rents of United States represent 0.71124% of its gross domestic product.

• Oil rents: 0.37662% of GDP
• Natural gas rents: 0.02598% of GDP
• Mineral rents: 0.07117% of GDP
• Forest rents: 0.04195% of GDP