Europe CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Europe emit in 2020?

Europe emitted 5029.2 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 14.37% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Europe in 2020?

In 2020, Europe emitted 6.73 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 747462669.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5029.2 million tonnes emitted by Europe in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1795.65 2.4
Gas 1812.21 2.43
Coal 1171.05 1.57
Cement 107.17 0.14
Flaring 84.84 0.11