Netherlands CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Netherlands emit in 2008?

Netherlands emitted 175.71 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.55% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Netherlands in 2008?

In 2008, Netherlands emitted 10.67 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 16460775.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 175.71 million tonnes emitted by Netherlands in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	59.92	3.64
Gas	81.2	4.93
Coal	32.02	1.95
Cement	0.4	0.02
Flaring	1.0	0.06

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