Africa CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2015?

Africa emitted 1319.79 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 3.72% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2015?

In 2015, Africa emitted 1.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1201108186.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1319.79 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	513.37	0.43
Gas	253.87	0.21
Coal	417.18	0.35
Cement	74.04	0.06
Flaring	61.32	0.05