Europe CO2 emissions data for 2011

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2011?

Europe emitted 6049.21 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011. This represents 17.57% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2011?

In 2011, Europe emitted 8.19 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 738734474.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6049.21 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2011 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1975.92 2.68
Gas 1945.3 2.63
Coal 1864.44 2.52
Cement 116.4 0.16
Flaring 82.08 0.11