Australia CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2014?

Australia emitted 393.05 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 1.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2014?

In 2014, Australia emitted 16.75 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23469578.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 393.05 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	137.68	5.87
Gas	70.77	3.02
Coal	168.15	7.16
Cement	3.14	0.13
Flaring	9.27	0.4

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