Afghanistan CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Afghanistan emit in 2021?

Afghanistan emitted 12.28 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 0.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Afghanistan in 2021?

In 2021, Afghanistan emitted 0.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 40099460.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 12.28 million tonnes emitted by Afghanistan in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 7.59 0.19
Gas 0.15 0.0
Coal 4.53 0.11
Cement 0.02 0.0
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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