Europe CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2017?

Europe emitted 5638.49 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 15.65% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2017?

In 2017, Europe emitted 7.57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 745657647.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5638.49 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1996.43 2.68
Gas 1842.56 2.47
Coal 1557.09 2.09
Cement 108.47 0.15
Flaring 72.09 0.1