Australia CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2012?

Australia emitted 406.58 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 1.16% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2012?

In 2012, Australia emitted 17.89 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 22729272.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 406.58 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	133.68	5.88
Gas	68.09	3.0
Coal	189.15	8.32
Cement	3.52	0.15
Flaring	8.29	0.36

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