Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2012?

Hong Kong emitted 42.74 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.12% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2012?

In 2012, Hong Kong emitted 5.91 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7234062.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 42.74 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	9.6	1.33
Gas	4.88	0.68
Coal	27.63	3.82
Cement	0.63	0.09
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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