Australia CO2 emissions data for 2013

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2013?

Australia emitted 399.29 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2013. This represents 1.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2013?

In 2013, Australia emitted 17.28 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23111788.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 399.29 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2013 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	137.31	5.94
Gas	69.87	3.02
Coal	176.36	7.63
Cement	3.29	0.14
Flaring	8.85	0.38

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