Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2008?

Zambia emitted 2.55 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2008?

In 2008, Zambia emitted 0.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 12852968.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 2.55 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 2.02 0.16
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.32 0.02
Cement 0.22 0.02
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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