Syria CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Syria emit in 2017?

Syria emitted 28.44 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.08% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Syria in 2017?

In 2017, Syria emitted 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 18983370.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 28.44 million tonnes emitted by Syria in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 18.6 0.98
Gas 6.86 0.36
Coal 0.0 0.0
Cement 0.74 0.04
Flaring 2.24 0.12

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