New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2015?

New Zealand emitted 35.81 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2015?

In 2015, New Zealand emitted 7.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4590591.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 35.81 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	19.37	4.22
Gas	8.31	1.81
Coal	5.47	1.19
Cement	0.62	0.14
Flaring	1.35	0.29

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