Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2009?

Hong Kong emitted 41.58 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.13% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2009?

In 2009, Hong Kong emitted 5.86 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7094600.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 41.58 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	8.86	1.25
Gas	5.17	0.73
Coal	27.11	3.82
Cement	0.43	0.06
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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