India CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did India emit in 2017?

India emitted 2426.61 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 6.74% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of India in 2017?

In 2017, India emitted 1.79 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 1354195712.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2426.61 million tonnes emitted by India in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 632.56 0.47
Gas 118.92 0.09
Coal 1551.26 1.15
Cement 121.05 0.09
Flaring 2.82 0.0

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