Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2012?

Taiwan emitted 272.74 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.78% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2012?

In 2012, Taiwan emitted 11.74 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23234064.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 272.74 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	68.6	2.95
Gas	36.02	1.55
Coal	158.79	6.83
Cement	8.0	0.34
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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