Africa CO2 emissions data for 2009
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2009?
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Africa emitted 1173.16 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009.
This represents 3.73% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2009?
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In 2009, Africa emitted 1.14 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 1028200528.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 1173.16 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2009 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
435.05 |
0.42 |
| Gas |
191.71 |
0.19 |
| Coal |
421.88 |
0.41 |
| Cement |
58.05 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
66.47 |
0.06 |