Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2017?

Taiwan emitted 285.25 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.79% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2017?

In 2017, Taiwan emitted 12.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23665028.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 285.25 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 69.57 2.94
Gas 46.53 1.97
Coal 162.89 6.88
Cement 5.36 0.23
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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