Ireland CO2 emissions data for 2018
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Ireland emit in 2018?
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Ireland emitted 39.01 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018.
This represents 0.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Ireland in 2018?
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In 2018, Ireland emitted 8.07 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4834506.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 39.01 million tonnes emitted by Ireland in 2018 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
19.5 |
4.03 |
| Gas |
10.6 |
2.19 |
| Coal |
6.35 |
1.31 |
| Cement |
1.92 |
0.4 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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