World CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did World emit in 2008?

World emitted 32041.9 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 100.0% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of World in 2008?

In 2008, World emitted 4.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 6811597312.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 32041.9 million tonnes emitted by World in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	11205.64	1.65
Gas	5894.37	0.87
Coal	13203.81	1.94
Cement	1143.37	0.17
Flaring	334.76	0.05