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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