United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2021
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2021?
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United Kingdom emitted 347.47 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021.
This represents 0.94% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2021?
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In 2021, United Kingdom emitted 5.16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 67281040.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 347.47 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2021 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
152.67 |
2.27 |
| Gas |
159.85 |
2.38 |
| Coal |
24.41 |
0.36 |
| Cement |
4.22 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
3.53 |
0.05 |
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