United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2011
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2011?
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United Kingdom emitted 469.71 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2011.
This represents 1.36% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2011?
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In 2011, United Kingdom emitted 7.42 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 63286360.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 469.71 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2011 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
172.06 |
2.72 |
| Gas |
168.24 |
2.66 |
| Coal |
117.15 |
1.85 |
| Cement |
4.1 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
4.45 |
0.07 |
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