United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2020
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2020?
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United Kingdom emitted 326.26 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020.
This represents 0.93% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2020?
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In 2020, United Kingdom emitted 4.87 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 67059472.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 326.26 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2020 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
143.98 |
2.15 |
| Gas |
149.42 |
2.23 |
| Coal |
22.81 |
0.34 |
| Cement |
3.9 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
3.44 |
0.05 |
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