Laos CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Laos emit in 2017?

Laos emitted 19.68 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Laos in 2017?

In 2017, Laos emitted 2.81 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 6997925.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 19.68 million tonnes emitted by Laos in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 3.21 0.46
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 14.97 2.14
Cement 1.5 0.21
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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