Europe CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2006?

Europe emitted 6522.04 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 21.31% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2006?

In 2006, Europe emitted 8.93 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 730912800.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6522.04 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2212.1 3.03
Gas 1982.8 2.71
Coal 2038.81 2.79
Cement 141.67 0.19
Flaring 74.32 0.1