New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2009?

New Zealand emitted 34.62 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.11% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2009?

In 2009, New Zealand emitted 8.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4302884.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 34.62 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	18.13	4.21
Gas	7.46	1.73
Coal	6.32	1.47
Cement	0.59	0.14
Flaring	1.37	0.32

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