Australia CO2 emissions data for 2000

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2000?

Australia emitted 350.01 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2000. This represents 1.37% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2000?

In 2000, Australia emitted 18.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 19017968.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 350.01 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2000 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	102.65	5.4
Gas	46.61	2.45
Coal	185.8	9.77
Cement	3.62	0.19
Flaring	7.95	0.42

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