Africa CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Africa emit in 2018?

Africa emitted 1357.08 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 3.69% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Africa in 2018?

In 2018, Africa emitted 1.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1295265310.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1357.08 million tonnes emitted by Africa in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	517.78	0.4
Gas	287.45	0.22
Coal	415.0	0.32
Cement	77.32	0.06
Flaring	59.54	0.05