Taiwan CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Taiwan emit in 2020?

Taiwan emitted 271.79 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.78% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Taiwan in 2020?

In 2020, Taiwan emitted 11.41 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23821468.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 271.79 million tonnes emitted by Taiwan in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 61.7 2.59
Gas 53.03 2.23
Coal 150.47 6.32
Cement 5.76 0.24
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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