Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2009?

Taiwan emitted 252.51 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.8% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2009?

In 2009, Taiwan emitted 10.96 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23044086.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 252.51 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 72.7 3.15
Gas 24.48 1.06
Coal 146.86 6.37
Cement 7.86 0.34
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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