New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2014

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2014?

New Zealand emitted 35.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2014. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2014?

In 2014, New Zealand emitted 7.85 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4514198.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 35.44 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2014 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 18.85 4.18
Gas 8.6 1.91
Coal 5.44 1.21
Cement 0.62 0.14
Flaring 1.22 0.27

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