Brazil CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Brazil emit in 2016?

Brazil emitted 492.75 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.39% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Brazil in 2016?

In 2016, Brazil emitted 2.38 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 206859584.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 492.75 million tonnes emitted by Brazil in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	312.94	1.51
Gas	69.67	0.34
Coal	63.83	0.31
Cement	22.41	0.11
Flaring	17.5	0.08

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