Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2017?
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Saudi Arabia emitted 680.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 1.89% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2017?
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In 2017, Saudi Arabia emitted 19.91 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 34193120.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 680.85 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
404.33 |
11.82 |
| Gas |
247.62 |
7.24 |
| Coal |
0.55 |
0.02 |
| Cement |
24.0 |
0.7 |
| Flaring |
4.35 |
0.13 |
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