Australia CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2008?

Australia emitted 404.26 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 1.26% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2008?

In 2008, Australia emitted 19.03 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 21247876.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 404.26 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	122.29	5.76
Gas	61.8	2.91
Coal	204.69	9.63
Cement	3.86	0.18
Flaring	7.48	0.35

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