Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2017?
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Hong Kong emitted 42.43 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
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 2017?
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In 2017, Hong Kong emitted 5.69 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7461508.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 42.43 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
11.84 |
1.59 |
| Gas |
6.22 |
0.83 |
| Coal |
23.77 |
3.19 |
| Cement |
0.6 |
0.08 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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