Asia CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2018?

Asia emitted 20401.15 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 55.49% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2018?

In 2018, Asia emitted 4.45 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4588802751.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 20401.15 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	4771.01	1.04
Gas	2925.81	0.64
Coal	11124.82	2.42
Cement	1260.77	0.27
Flaring	117.4	0.03