Australia CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2006?

Australia emitted 392.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 1.28% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2006?

In 2006, Australia emitted 19.17 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 20467032.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 392.44 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	117.39	5.74
Gas	55.83	2.73
Coal	204.4	9.99
Cement	3.89	0.19
Flaring	7.05	0.34

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