Ireland CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Ireland emit in 2017?

Ireland emitted 39.08 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Ireland in 2017?

In 2017, Ireland emitted 8.19 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4771860.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 39.08 million tonnes emitted by Ireland in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 18.68 3.91
Gas 10.15 2.13
Coal 7.87 1.65
Cement 1.84 0.39
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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