United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2006

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2006?

United Kingdom emitted 567.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2006. This represents 1.86% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2006?

In 2006, United Kingdom emitted 9.34 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 60803700.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 567.85 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2006 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 197.18 3.24
Gas 194.13 3.19
Coal 160.84 2.65
Cement 5.89 0.1
Flaring 5.27 0.09

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