United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2015

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2015?

United Kingdom emitted 422.46 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2015. This represents 1.19% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2015?

In 2015, United Kingdom emitted 6.48 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 65224368.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 422.46 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2015 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	170.77	2.62
Gas	147.9	2.27
Coal	91.55	1.4
Cement	4.39	0.07
Flaring	4.64	0.07

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