Australia CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Australia emit in 2021?

Australia emitted 386.61 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 1.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Australia in 2021?

In 2021, Australia emitted 14.91 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 25921094.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 386.61 million tonnes emitted by Australia in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 134.69 5.2
Gas 80.16 3.09
Coal 151.54 5.85
Cement 2.9 0.11
Flaring 13.28 0.51

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