South America CO2 emissions data for 2007

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South America emit in 2007?

South America emitted 943.79 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2007. This represents 3.0% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South America in 2007?

In 2007, South America emitted 2.48 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 380966010.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 943.79 million tonnes emitted by South America in 2007 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	585.75	1.54
Gas	210.72	0.55
Coal	83.73	0.22
Cement	36.15	0.09
Flaring	21.78	0.06