Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2008?

Saudi Arabia emitted 440.34 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 1.37% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2008?

In 2008, Saudi Arabia emitted 16.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 27437352.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 440.34 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	288.81	10.53
Gas	125.15	4.56
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	18.37	0.67
Flaring	8.01	0.29

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