Venezuela CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Venezuela emit in 2012?

Venezuela emitted 175.72 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.5% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Venezuela in 2012?

In 2012, Venezuela emitted 5.96 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 29470428.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 175.72 million tonnes emitted by Venezuela in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	106.56	3.62
Gas	49.74	1.69
Coal	0.8	0.03
Cement	3.3	0.11
Flaring	15.32	0.52

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