Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2008?
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Hong Kong emitted 42.79 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 0.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2008?
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In 2008, Hong Kong emitted 6.07 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7050673.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 42.79 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
11.71 |
1.66 |
| Gas |
4.57 |
0.65 |
| Coal |
25.96 |
3.68 |
| Cement |
0.54 |
0.08 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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