Papua New Guinea CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Papua New Guinea emit in 2008?

Papua New Guinea emitted 5.54 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Papua New Guinea in 2008?

In 2008, Papua New Guinea emitted 0.78 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 7137999.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 5.54 million tonnes emitted by Papua New Guinea in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	4.5	0.63
Gas	0.29	0.04
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	0.0	0.0
Flaring	0.75	0.11

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