Brazil CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Brazil emit in 2015?
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Brazil emitted 529.35 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 1.49% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Brazil in 2015?
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In 2015, Brazil emitted 2.58 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 205188208.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 529.35 million tonnes emitted by Brazil in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
330.36 |
1.61 |
| Gas |
80.46 |
0.39 |
| Coal |
69.45 |
0.34 |
| Cement |
25.08 |
0.12 |
| Flaring |
17.6 |
0.09 |
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