Australia CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2016?

Australia emitted 410.25 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.16% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2016?

In 2016, Australia emitted 16.96 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24195706.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 410.25 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	137.44	5.68
Gas	73.94	3.06
Coal	179.56	7.42
Cement	2.93	0.12
Flaring	12.44	0.51

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