Australia CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2018?

Australia emitted 415.35 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 1.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2018?

In 2018, Australia emitted 16.63 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 24979228.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 415.35 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	143.69	5.75
Gas	78.47	3.14
Coal	169.39	6.78
Cement	2.94	0.12
Flaring	16.93	0.68

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