Brazil CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Brazil emit in 2018?

Brazil emitted 478.0 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 1.3% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Brazil in 2018?

In 2018, Brazil emitted 2.27 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 210166592.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 478.0 million tonnes emitted by Brazil in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	300.8	1.43
Gas	67.07	0.32
Coal	65.74	0.31
Cement	20.49	0.1
Flaring	17.5	0.08

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