Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2015
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2015?
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Hong Kong emitted 42.4 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015.
This represents 0.12% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2015?
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In 2015, Hong Kong emitted 5.73 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7399845.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 42.4 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2015 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
10.21 |
1.38 |
| Gas |
6.08 |
0.82 |
| Coal |
25.37 |
3.43 |
| Cement |
0.74 |
0.1 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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