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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