Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2012?

Zambia emitted 4.17 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.01% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2012?

In 2012, Zambia emitted 0.28 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 14744662.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 4.17 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 3.21 0.22
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.35 0.02
Cement 0.61 0.04
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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