Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2018
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2018?
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Hong Kong emitted 42.6 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018.
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 2018?
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In 2018, Hong Kong emitted 5.69 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 7481563.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 42.6 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2018 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
11.5 |
1.54 |
| Gas |
6.06 |
0.81 |
| Coal |
24.41 |
3.26 |
| Cement |
0.63 |
0.08 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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