Saudi Arabia CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Saudi Arabia emit in 2021?

Saudi Arabia emitted 631.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 1.72% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Saudi Arabia in 2021?

In 2021, Saudi Arabia emitted 17.56 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 35950396.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 631.44 million tonnes emitted by Saudi Arabia in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	334.06	9.29
Gas	264.27	7.35
Coal	0.43	0.01
Cement	28.69	0.8
Flaring	3.99	0.11

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