Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2020?
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Saudi Arabia emitted 610.77 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 1.74% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2020?
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In 2020, Saudi Arabia emitted 16.97 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 35997108.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 610.77 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
319.43 |
8.87 |
| Gas |
261.06 |
7.25 |
| Coal |
0.43 |
0.01 |
| Cement |
25.59 |
0.71 |
| Flaring |
4.26 |
0.12 |
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