New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2018
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2018?
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New Zealand emitted 35.7 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018.
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 2018?
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In 2018, New Zealand emitted 7.38 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 4838528.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 35.7 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2018 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
20.53 |
4.24 |
| Gas |
7.9 |
1.63 |
| Coal |
5.25 |
1.08 |
| Cement |
0.42 |
0.09 |
| Flaring |
0.99 |
0.2 |
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