Belgium CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Belgium emit in 2008?
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Belgium emitted 120.17 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 0.38% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Belgium in 2008?
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In 2008, Belgium emitted 11.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 10726720.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 120.17 million tonnes emitted by Belgium in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
55.35 |
5.16 |
| Gas |
35.69 |
3.33 |
| Coal |
23.26 |
2.17 |
| Cement |
3.03 |
0.28 |
| Flaring |
0.12 |
0.01 |
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