Australia CO2 emissions data for 2007

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2007?

Australia emitted 399.68 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2007. This represents 1.27% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2007?

In 2007, Australia emitted 19.19 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 20830832.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 399.68 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2007 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	119.46	5.73
Gas	61.06	2.93
Coal	203.56	9.77
Cement	3.97	0.19
Flaring	7.5	0.36

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