Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2016
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2016?
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Afghanistan emitted 9.07 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016.
This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2016?
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In 2016, Afghanistan emitted 0.26 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 34636212.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 9.07 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2016 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
5.79 |
0.17 |
| Gas |
0.32 |
0.01 |
| Coal |
2.88 |
0.08 |
| Cement |
0.08 |
0.0 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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