Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2018?

Taiwan emitted 283.42 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.77% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2018?

In 2018, Taiwan emitted 11.95 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23726186.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 283.42 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 69.14 2.91
Gas 48.7 2.05
Coal 159.17 6.71
Cement 5.38 0.23
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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