Hong Kong CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Hong Kong emit in 2021?

Hong Kong emitted 32.78 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 0.09% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Hong Kong in 2021?

In 2021, Hong Kong emitted 4.37 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7494580.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 32.78 million tonnes emitted by Hong Kong in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 9.96 1.33
Gas 8.91 1.19
Coal 13.34 1.78
Cement 0.57 0.08
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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