Australia CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2020?
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Australia emitted 396.69 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 1.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2020?
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In 2020, Australia emitted 15.45 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 25670052.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 396.69 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
135.38 |
5.27 |
| Gas |
83.48 |
3.25 |
| Coal |
156.68 |
6.1 |
| Cement |
2.82 |
0.11 |
| Flaring |
14.55 |
0.57 |
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