Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2008?
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Taiwan emitted 266.59 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 0.83% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2008?
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In 2008, Taiwan emitted 11.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 22998324.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 266.59 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
76.77 |
3.34 |
| Gas |
25.26 |
1.1 |
| Coal |
155.27 |
6.75 |
| Cement |
8.5 |
0.37 |
| Flaring |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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