Europe CO2 emissions data for 2001

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2001?

Europe emitted 6282.26 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2001. This represents 24.47% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2001?

In 2001, Europe emitted 8.64 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 727842834.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6282.26 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2001 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2211.34	3.04
Gas	1834.43	2.52
Coal	1995.14	2.74
Cement	120.35	0.17
Flaring	55.22	0.08