Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2020?

Afghanistan emitted 11.89 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2020?

In 2020, Afghanistan emitted 0.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 38972236.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 11.89 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	7.27	0.19
Gas	0.15	0.0
Coal	4.4	0.11
Cement	0.06	0.0
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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