Asia CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2017?

Asia emitted 19773.78 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 54.89% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2017?

In 2017, Asia emitted 4.35 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4547095064.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 19773.78 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	4696.65	1.03
Gas	2779.98	0.61
Coal	10775.7	2.37
Cement	1199.29	0.26
Flaring	122.14	0.03