Asia CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2016?

Asia emitted 19244.58 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 54.27% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2016?

In 2016, Asia emitted 4.27 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4502955714.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 19244.58 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	4569.51	1.01
Gas	2673.18	0.59
Coal	10507.37	2.33
Cement	1178.41	0.26
Flaring	118.39	0.03