South America CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did South America emit in 2014?

South America emitted 1228.46 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 3.46% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of South America in 2014?

In 2014, South America emitted 3.0 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 409128901.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1228.46 million tonnes emitted by South America in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	730.93	1.79
Gas	278.84	0.68
Coal	120.82	0.3
Cement	49.8	0.12
Flaring	41.79	0.1