Australia CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2009?

Australia emitted 407.48 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 1.29% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2009?

In 2009, Australia emitted 18.81 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 21660898.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 407.48 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	122.36	5.65
Gas	63.48	2.93
Coal	206.07	9.51
Cement	3.83	0.18
Flaring	7.97	0.37

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