Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2012?

Saudi Arabia emitted 566.83 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 1.62% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2012?

In 2012, Saudi Arabia emitted 18.39 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 30821554.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 566.83 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	386.22	12.53
Gas	151.59	4.92
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	25.37	0.82
Flaring	3.65	0.12

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