Asia CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2009?

Asia emitted 15345.89 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 48.73% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2009?

In 2009, Asia emitted 3.68 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4171339685.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 15345.89 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	3796.41	0.91
Gas	1837.67	0.44
Coal	8561.64	2.05
Cement	903.3	0.22
Flaring	97.17	0.02