Australia CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2017?

Australia emitted 413.66 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 1.15% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2017?

In 2017, Australia emitted 16.82 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24590336.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 413.66 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	139.48	5.67
Gas	75.43	3.07
Coal	176.93	7.2
Cement	3.02	0.12
Flaring	14.86	0.6

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