Sri Lanka CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Sri Lanka emit in 2018?

Sri Lanka emitted 20.1 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.05% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Sri Lanka in 2018?

In 2018, Sri Lanka emitted 0.93 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 21580712.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 20.1 million tonnes emitted by Sri Lanka in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 13.48 0.62
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 5.53 0.26
Cement 1.08 0.05
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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