Africa CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2016?

Africa emitted 1355.49 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 3.82% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2016?

In 2016, Africa emitted 1.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1232111820.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1355.49 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	526.47	0.43
Gas	269.76	0.22
Coal	424.01	0.34
Cement	77.35	0.06
Flaring	57.9	0.05