Belgium CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Belgium emit in 2006?

Belgium emitted 123.87 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 0.4% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Belgium in 2006?

In 2006, Belgium emitted 11.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 10582970.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 123.87 million tonnes emitted by Belgium in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 57.1 5.4
Gas 35.39 3.34
Coal 25.34 2.39
Cement 3.11 0.29
Flaring 0.13 0.01

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