Italy CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Italy emit in 2008?

Italy emitted 479.08 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 1.5% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Italy in 2008?

In 2008, Italy emitted 8.09 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 59224228.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 479.08 million tonnes emitted by Italy in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 219.65 3.71
Gas 167.14 2.82
Coal 68.14 1.15
Cement 16.13 0.27
Flaring 2.6 0.04

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