Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2009
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2009?
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Saudi Arabia emitted 473.21 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009.
This represents 1.5% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2009?
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In 2009, Saudi Arabia emitted 16.61 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 28483800.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 473.21 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2009 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
326.07 |
11.45 |
| Gas |
119.59 |
4.2 |
| Coal |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Cement |
20.18 |
0.71 |
| Flaring |
7.37 |
0.26 |
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