United Kingdom CO2 emissions data for 2022
Key questions
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How much total CO₂ did United Kingdom emit in 2022?
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United Kingdom emitted 318.65 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2022.
This represents 0.86% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.
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What was the CO₂ per capita of United Kingdom in 2022?
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In 2022, United Kingdom emitted 4.72 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person.
This is on a total population of 67508936.
Breakdown
The total CO₂ emissions of 318.65 million tonnes emitted by United Kingdom in 2022 come from the following sources:
| Source |
CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) |
CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes) |
| Oil |
152.51 |
2.26 |
| Gas |
136.71 |
2.03 |
| Coal |
19.58 |
0.29 |
| Cement |
4.07 |
0.06 |
| Flaring |
3.24 |
0.05 |
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