World CO2 emissions data for 2012
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did World emit in 2012?
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World emitted 34935.45 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012.
This represents 100.0% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of World in 2012?
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In 2012, World emitted 4.88 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7161697792.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 34935.45 million tonnes emitted by World in 2012 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
11498.22 |
1.61 |
| Gas |
6502.5 |
0.91 |
| Coal |
14896.54 |
2.08 |
| Cement |
1384.17 |
0.19 |
| Flaring |
377.31 |
0.05 |