Africa CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2017?

Africa emitted 1369.71 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 3.8% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2017?

In 2017, Africa emitted 1.09 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1263333997.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1369.71 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	531.22	0.42
Gas	284.41	0.23
Coal	417.89	0.33
Cement	75.88	0.06
Flaring	60.31	0.05