New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2017?
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New Zealand emitted 35.69 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2017?
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In 2017, New Zealand emitted 7.52 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4746253.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 35.69 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
20.36 |
4.29 |
| Gas |
8.52 |
1.79 |
| Coal |
4.67 |
0.98 |
| Cement |
0.44 |
0.09 |
| Flaring |
1.09 |
0.23 |
See how New Zealand compares to other countries in 2017 rankings.