World CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did World emit in 2021?

World emitted 36816.54 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 100.0% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of World in 2021?

In 2021, World emitted 4.65 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7909295104.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 36816.54 million tonnes emitted by World in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 11514.74 1.46
Gas 7922.11 1.0
Coal 14982.52 1.89
Cement 1692.4 0.21
Flaring 403.43 0.05