Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2017?

Afghanistan emitted 9.87 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2017?

In 2017, Afghanistan emitted 0.28 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 35643420.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 9.87 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 6.07 0.17
Gas 0.3 0.01
Coal 3.45 0.1
Cement 0.04 0.0
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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