Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2009?

Afghanistan emitted 6.39 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2009?

In 2009, Afghanistan emitted 0.23 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 27385310.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6.39 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	4.59	0.17
Gas	0.27	0.01
Coal	1.51	0.06
Cement	0.01	0.0
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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