Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2018?

Zambia emitted 7.42 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2018?

In 2018, Zambia emitted 0.42 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 17835898.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7.42 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 3.61 0.2
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 2.74 0.15
Cement 1.07 0.06
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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