Sri Lanka CO2 emissions data for 2017
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Sri Lanka emit in 2017?
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Sri Lanka emitted 22.87 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017.
This represents 0.06% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Sri Lanka in 2017?
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In 2017, Sri Lanka emitted 1.06 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 21506816.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 22.87 million tonnes emitted by Sri Lanka in 2017 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
16.07 |
0.75 |
| Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Coal |
5.72 |
0.27 |
| Cement |
1.08 |
0.05 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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