Belgium CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Belgium emit in 2012?

Belgium emitted 102.4 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.29% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Belgium in 2012?

In 2012, Belgium emitted 9.28 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 11031140.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 102.4 million tonnes emitted by Belgium in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 47.56 4.31
Gas 34.92 3.17
Coal 15.08 1.37
Cement 2.64 0.24
Flaring 0.09 0.01

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