New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2019

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2019?

New Zealand emitted 36.88 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2019. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2019?

In 2019, New Zealand emitted 7.44 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4959033.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 36.88 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2019 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	20.91	4.22
Gas	8.24	1.66
Coal	5.74	1.16
Cement	0.41	0.08
Flaring	0.91	0.18

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