Australia CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2015?

Australia emitted 401.38 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 1.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2015?

In 2015, Australia emitted 16.85 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23820240.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 401.38 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	137.71	5.78
Gas	71.5	3.0
Coal	174.2	7.31
Cement	3.08	0.13
Flaring	10.83	0.45

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