Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2020

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2020?

Zambia emitted 8.14 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2020. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2020?

In 2020, Zambia emitted 0.43 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 18927716.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 8.14 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2020 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 4.48 0.24
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 2.58 0.14
Cement 1.08 0.06
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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