Portugal CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Portugal emit in 2008?

Portugal emitted 60.03 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.19% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Portugal in 2008?

In 2008, Portugal emitted 5.67 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 10580963.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 60.03 million tonnes emitted by Portugal in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 34.26 3.24
Gas 10.48 0.99
Coal 9.84 0.93
Cement 4.01 0.38
Flaring 0.5 0.05

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