Africa CO2 emissions data for 2011

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2011?

Africa emitted 1255.08 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011. This represents 3.64% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2011?

In 2011, Africa emitted 1.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1082676070.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1255.08 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2011 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	486.59	0.45
Gas	221.73	0.21
Coal	420.7	0.39
Cement	58.92	0.05
Flaring	67.14	0.06