Colombia CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Colombia emit in 2008?

Colombia emitted 66.96 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.21% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Colombia in 2008?

In 2008, Colombia emitted 1.53 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 43815316.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 66.96 million tonnes emitted by Colombia in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 33.44 0.76
Gas 17.52 0.4
Coal 10.77 0.25
Cement 4.44 0.1
Flaring 0.8 0.02

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