Zambia CO2 emissions data for 2021

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Zambia emit in 2021?

Zambia emitted 8.66 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2021. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Zambia in 2021?

In 2021, Zambia emitted 0.44 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 19473132.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 8.66 million tonnes emitted by Zambia in 2021 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 4.88 0.25
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 2.72 0.14
Cement 1.06 0.05
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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