Japan CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Japan emit in 2006?

Japan emitted 1267.12 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 4.14% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Japan in 2006?

In 2006, Japan emitted 9.91 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 127902168.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 1267.12 million tonnes emitted by Japan in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	605.5	4.73
Gas	191.31	1.5
Coal	427.93	3.35
Cement	31.99	0.25
Flaring	0.55	0.0

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