Asia CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2020?

Asia emitted 20519.54 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 58.61% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2020?

In 2020, Asia emitted 4.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4663086623.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 20519.54 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 4475.47 0.96
Gas 3017.08 0.65
Coal 11388.29 2.44
Cement 1330.35 0.29
Flaring 108.8 0.02