United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2009
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2009?
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United Kingdom emitted 494.11 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009.
This represents 1.57% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2009?
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In 2009, United Kingdom emitted 7.94 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 62243384.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 494.11 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2009 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
180.26 |
2.9 |
| Gas |
188.07 |
3.02 |
| Coal |
113.82 |
1.83 |
| Cement |
3.72 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
4.88 |
0.08 |
See how United Kingdom compares to other countries in 2009 rankings.