Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2019?

Hong Kong emitted 41.9 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 0.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2019?

In 2019, Hong Kong emitted 5.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7496121.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 41.9 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 11.62 1.55
Gas 6.29 0.84
Coal 23.38 3.12
Cement 0.61 0.08
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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