Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2017

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2017?

Zambia emitted 6.85 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2017. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2017?

In 2017, Zambia emitted 0.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 17298056.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6.85 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2017 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 4.09 0.24
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 1.9 0.11
Cement 0.86 0.05
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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