Europe CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2008?

Europe emitted 6404.99 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 19.99% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2008?

In 2008, Europe emitted 8.73 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 734348289.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6404.99 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	2148.5	2.93
Gas	2009.6	2.74
Coal	1967.63	2.68
Cement	139.18	0.19
Flaring	69.0	0.09