New Zealand CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did New Zealand emit in 2020?

New Zealand emitted 34.24 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.1% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of New Zealand in 2020?

In 2020, New Zealand emitted 6.76 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 5061130.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 34.24 million tonnes emitted by New Zealand in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	19.12	3.78
Gas	7.85	1.55
Coal	5.54	1.09
Cement	0.38	0.07
Flaring	0.78	0.15

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