Brazil CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Brazil emit in 2017?

Brazil emitted 497.12 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 1.38% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Brazil in 2017?

In 2017, Brazil emitted 2.38 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 208504960.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 497.12 million tonnes emitted by Brazil in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	316.13	1.52
Gas	70.19	0.34
Coal	66.69	0.32
Cement	20.22	0.1
Flaring	17.5	0.08

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