New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2016?

New Zealand emitted 34.15 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2016?

In 2016, New Zealand emitted 7.32 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4668088.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 34.15 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	19.49	4.18
Gas	7.9	1.69
Coal	4.47	0.96
Cement	0.49	0.1
Flaring	1.15	0.25

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