United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2018
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2018?
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United Kingdom emitted 379.73 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018.
This represents 1.03% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2018?
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In 2018, United Kingdom emitted 5.72 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 66432996.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 379.73 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2018 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
173.09 |
2.61 |
| Gas |
161.49 |
2.43 |
| Coal |
33.28 |
0.5 |
| Cement |
4.36 |
0.07 |
| Flaring |
4.48 |
0.07 |
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