Australia CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2019?

Australia emitted 415.81 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 1.12% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2019?

In 2019, Australia emitted 16.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25357168.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 415.81 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	143.06	5.64
Gas	80.66	3.18
Coal	164.95	6.5
Cement	3.04	0.12
Flaring	20.2	0.8

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