Argentina CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Argentina emit in 2008?

Argentina emitted 187.24 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.58% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Argentina in 2008?

In 2008, Argentina emitted 4.65 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 40273768.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 187.24 million tonnes emitted by Argentina in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 88.66 2.2
Gas 90.12 2.24
Coal 3.88 0.1
Cement 3.99 0.1
Flaring 0.6 0.01

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