Australia CO2 emissions data for 2011

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2011?

Australia emitted 404.26 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011. This represents 1.17% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2011?

In 2011, Australia emitted 18.08 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 22357032.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 404.26 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2011 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	129.8	5.81
Gas	66.87	2.99
Coal	192.14	8.59
Cement	3.5	0.16
Flaring	7.87	0.35

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