United Kingdom CO2 Emissions

Fossil CO2 Emissions (2016)
367,860,350tons
Yearly Change
-6.38%
Global Share
1.03%
Tons per capita
5.60
  • Fossil CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom were 367,860,350 tons in 2016.
  • CO2 emissions decreased by -6.38% over the previous year, representing a dicrease by -25,086,070 tons over 2015, when CO2 emissions were 392,946,420 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in the United Kingdom are equivalent to 5.60 tons per person (based on a population of 65,655,203 in 2016), a dicrease by -0.42 over the figure of 6.02 CO2 tons per person registered in 2015; this represents a change of -7.0% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of the United Kingdom

Year Fossil CO2
Emissions
(tons)
CO2 emisions
change
CO2 emissions
per capita
Population Pop.
change
Share of World's
CO2 emissions
2016 367,860,350 -6.38% 5.60 65,655,203 0.66 % 1.03%
2015 392,946,420 -4.25% 6.02 65,224,364 0.70 % 1.10%
2014 410,403,770 -8.89% 6.34 64,773,504 0.73 % 1.15%
2013 450,457,400 -2.50% 7.01 64,302,297 0.77 % 1.26%
2012 462,016,610 2.60% 7.24 63,808,727 0.83 % 1.29%
2011 450,316,650 -8.00% 7.12 63,286,362 0.84 % 1.26%
2010 489,467,750 3.18% 7.80 62,760,039 0.83 % 1.37%
2009 474,362,230 -10.23% 7.62 62,243,378 0.81 % 1.33%
2008 528,428,650 -2.47% 8.56 61,742,151 0.79 % 1.48%
2007 541,825,470 -1.81% 8.84 61,260,676 0.75 % 1.52%
2006 551,828,050 0.12% 9.08 60,803,700 0.70 % 1.54%
2005 551,170,650 -0.28% 9.13 60,383,741 0.65 % 1.54%
2004 552,743,330 -0.08% 9.21 59,995,851 0.58 % 1.55%
2003 553,171,640 2.39% 9.27 59,649,799 0.50 % 1.55%
2002 540,235,760 -3.13% 9.10 59,355,690 0.45 % 1.51%
2001 557,668,840 2.46% 9.44 59,092,016 0.41 % 1.56%
2000 544,277,890 1.35% 9.25 58,850,043 0.37 % 1.52%
1999 537,050,040 -0.90% 9.16 58,635,202 0.34 % 1.50%
1998 541,946,420 0.60% 9.27 58,438,321 0.32 % 1.52%
1997 538,702,920 -4.05% 9.25 58,250,198 0.30 % 1.51%
1996 561,425,510 3.35% 9.67 58,078,586 0.26 % 1.57%
1995 543,202,310 -1.43% 9.38 57,930,364 0.25 % 1.52%
1994 551,096,390 -0.78% 9.54 57,785,900 0.24 % 1.54%
1993 555,410,280 -2.73% 9.63 57,647,463 0.24 % 1.55%
1992 570,969,970 -2.30% 9.93 57,509,240 0.26 % 1.60%
1991 584,424,330 1.49% 10.19 57,359,454 0.26 % 1.63%
1990 575,833,730 0.06% 10.07 57,210,442 0.24 % 1.61%
1989 575,460,150 -2.43% 10.08 57,076,099 0.22 % 1.61%
1988 589,786,020 0.09% 10.36 56,952,648 0.22 % 1.65%
1987 589,273,580 0.92% 10.37 56,826,322 0.18 % 1.65%
1986 583,883,360 2.29% 10.29 56,721,909 0.14 % 1.63%
1985 570,784,910 4.80% 10.08 56,643,045 0.13 % 1.60%
1984 544,624,160 -3.02% 9.63 56,568,253 0.12 % 1.52%
1983 561,609,690 -1.49% 9.94 56,501,612 0.09 % 1.57%
1982 570,102,120 -2.33% 10.10 56,450,133 0.10 % 1.59%
1981 583,692,640 -3.32% 10.35 56,395,846 0.12 % 1.63%
1980 603,764,880 -9.05% 10.72 56,326,328 0.11 % 1.69%
1979 663,817,280 5.64% 11.80 56,265,154 0.04 % 1.86%
1978 628,384,230 -0.26% 11.17 56,240,768 -0.01 % 1.76%
1977 630,012,010 1.80% 11.20 56,244,840 -0.03 % 1.76%
1976 618,862,810 0.80% 11.00 56,263,232 -0.01 % 1.73%
1975 613,925,820 -3.12% 10.91 56,266,842 0.06 % 1.72%
1974 633,729,570 -6.40% 11.27 56,233,776 0.12 % 1.77%
1973 677,085,840 4.94% 12.05 56,166,630 0.20 % 1.89%
1972 645,224,730 -3.18% 11.51 56,057,315 0.32 % 1.80%
1971 666,400,420 -1.25% 11.93 55,875,903 0.41 % 1.86%

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