Asia CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2008?
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Asia emitted 14828.03 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 46.28% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2008?
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In 2008, Asia emitted 3.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4122790915.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 14828.03 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
3759.15 |
0.91 |
| Gas |
1802.91 |
0.44 |
| Coal |
8186.57 |
1.99 |
| Cement |
834.75 |
0.2 |
| Flaring |
97.42 |
0.02 |