Burkina Faso CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Burkina Faso emit in 2008?

Burkina Faso emitted 1.73 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Burkina Faso in 2008?

In 2008, Burkina Faso emitted 0.11 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 15197917.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1.73 million tonnes emitted by Burkina Faso in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 1.55 0.1
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.18 0.01
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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