Russia: greenhouse gas emissions by sector & type

Energy industry contributed the highest volume of carbon dioxide in Russia in 2017, which was measured at approximately 1.5 billion tons of CO₂. Industrial processes and product use in the country accounted for emissions of 34.3 million tons of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Volume of greenhouse gas emissions in Russia in 2017, by source sector and type of greenhouse gas* (in million tons of CO₂ equivalent)

Characteristic	CO2	CH4	N2O	HFCs	PFCs	SF6
Energy industry	1,459.5	234.6	5.7	-	-	-
Industrial processes and product use	186.7	0.6	7.1	34.3	3.2	1.3
Agriculture	0.8	56.5	70.6	-	-	-
Waste management	-	91.6	2.9	-	-	-
Land use, land-use change, and forestry**	-615.3	22.9	14.7	-	-	-

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

* Types of greenhouse gases: CO2 carbon dioxide, CH4 methane, N2O nitrous oxide, HFCc hydrofluorocarbons, PFCs perfluorocarbons, SF6 sulphur hexafluoride.
** Negative figures refer to sinks, or absorption of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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