Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2016

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2016?

Saudi Arabia emitted 697.42 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2016. This represents 1.97% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2016?

In 2016, Saudi Arabia emitted 20.87 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 33416272.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 697.42 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2016 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	422.42	12.64
Gas	241.86	7.24
Coal	0.37	0.01
Cement	28.88	0.86
Flaring	3.88	0.12

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