Europe CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2018?

Europe emitted 5612.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 15.26% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2018?

In 2018, Europe emitted 7.52 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 746577709.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5612.44 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1960.91 2.63
Gas 1878.13 2.52
Coal 1520.5 2.04
Cement 109.41 0.15
Flaring 79.47 0.11