World CO2 emissions data for 2016
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did World emit in 2016?
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World emitted 35460.03 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016.
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 2016?
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In 2016, World emitted 4.72 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7513474048.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 35460.03 million tonnes emitted by World in 2016 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
12006.96 |
1.6 |
| Gas |
6969.96 |
0.93 |
| Coal |
14325.48 |
1.91 |
| Cement |
1482.88 |
0.2 |
| Flaring |
374.24 |
0.05 |