Venezuela CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Venezuela emit in 2008?

Venezuela emitted 155.51 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.49% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Venezuela in 2008?

In 2008, Venezuela emitted 5.57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 27933836.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 155.51 million tonnes emitted by Venezuela in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	101.59	3.64
Gas	45.03	1.61
Coal	0.51	0.02
Cement	3.25	0.12
Flaring	5.12	0.18

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