Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2012?

Afghanistan emitted 10.04 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2012?

In 2012, Afghanistan emitted 0.33 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 30466484.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 10.04 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 6.57 0.22
Gas 0.31 0.01
Coal 3.13 0.1
Cement 0.03 0.0
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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