United Arab Emirates CO2 emissions data for 2008
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Arab Emirates emit in 2008?
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United Arab Emirates emitted 153.68 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008.
This represents 0.48% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Arab Emirates in 2008?
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In 2008, United Arab Emirates emitted 21.99 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 6988687.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 153.68 million tonnes emitted by United Arab Emirates in 2008 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
35.07 |
5.02 |
| Gas |
107.8 |
15.43 |
| Coal |
1.38 |
0.2 |
| Cement |
7.83 |
1.12 |
| Flaring |
1.6 |
0.23 |
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