Asia CO2 emissions data for 2021
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Asia emit in 2021?
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Asia emitted 21438.68 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021.
This represents 58.23% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Asia in 2021?
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In 2021, Asia emitted 4.57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4693332132.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 21438.68 million tonnes emitted by Asia in 2021 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
4630.64 |
0.99 |
| Gas |
3191.47 |
0.68 |
| Coal |
11931.17 |
2.54 |
| Cement |
1367.85 |
0.29 |
| Flaring |
116.19 |
0.02 |