New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2010

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2010?

New Zealand emitted 34.81 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2010. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2010?

In 2010, New Zealand emitted 8.01 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4346345.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 34.81 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2010 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	18.21	4.19
Gas	8.38	1.93
Coal	5.46	1.26
Cement	0.56	0.13
Flaring	1.51	0.35

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