Laos CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Laos emit in 2016?

Laos emitted 16.46 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 0.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Laos in 2016?

In 2016, Laos emitted 2.39 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 6891366.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 16.46 million tonnes emitted by Laos in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 3.14 0.46
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 12.01 1.74
Cement 1.3 0.19
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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