New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2013

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2013?

New Zealand emitted 35.24 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2013. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2013?

In 2013, New Zealand emitted 7.92 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4450641.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 35.24 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2013 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 18.54 4.17
Gas 8.37 1.88
Coal 6.01 1.35
Cement 0.59 0.13
Flaring 1.09 0.25

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