Asia CO2 emissions data for 2012
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2012?
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Asia emitted 18400.99 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012.
This represents 52.67% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2012?
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In 2012, Asia emitted 4.26 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4317165429.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 18400.99 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2012 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
4288.29 |
0.99 |
| Gas |
2278.83 |
0.53 |
| Coal |
10465.7 |
2.42 |
| Cement |
1089.93 |
0.25 |
| Flaring |
109.18 |
0.03 |