Belgium CO2 emissions data for 2001

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Belgium emit in 2001?

Belgium emitted 126.07 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2001. This represents 0.49% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Belgium in 2001?

In 2001, Belgium emitted 12.23 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 10309249.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 126.07 million tonnes emitted by Belgium in 2001 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 59.05 5.73
Gas 32.94 3.19
Coal 28.29 2.74
Cement 2.96 0.29
Flaring 0.15 0.01

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