Australia vs Colombia: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Australia
2.42 million tonnes
in 2024
Colombia
2.67 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
30th
Colombia rank
29th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Australia
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2.67 million tonnes against 2.42 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 250,720 tonnes.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 59 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 30th and Colombia ranks 29th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 16 and Colombia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 62,021 tonnes | -1,482 tonnes | 63,502 tonnes | Australia |
| 1860s | 97,974 tonnes | 1,544 tonnes | 96,429 tonnes | Australia |
| 1870s | 111,319 tonnes | 4,775 tonnes | 106,544 tonnes | Australia |
| 1880s | 367,242 tonnes | 4,805 tonnes | 362,437 tonnes | Australia |
| 1890s | 244,631 tonnes | -4,220 tonnes | 248,852 tonnes | Australia |
| 1900s | 588,354 tonnes | -5,249 tonnes | 593,602 tonnes | Australia |
| 1910s | 760,521 tonnes | 10,132 tonnes | 750,389 tonnes | Australia |
| 1920s | 472,073 tonnes | 118,237 tonnes | 353,836 tonnes | Australia |
| 1930s | 1.11 million tonnes | 350,405 tonnes | 757,356 tonnes | Australia |
| 1940s | 1.01 million tonnes | 105,713 tonnes | 902,350 tonnes | Australia |
| 1950s | 3.50 million tonnes | 1.02 million tonnes | 2.48 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1960s | 5.33 million tonnes | 1.19 million tonnes | 4.14 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1970s | 5.59 million tonnes | 1.63 million tonnes | 3.97 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1980s | 6.45 million tonnes | 882,760 tonnes | 5.57 million tonnes | Australia |
| 1990s | 8.70 million tonnes | 218,580 tonnes | 8.49 million tonnes | Australia |
| 2000s | 6.31 million tonnes | 1.65 million tonnes | 4.66 million tonnes | Australia |
| 2010s | 794,822 tonnes | 2.72 million tonnes | 1.92 million tonnes | Colombia |
| 2020s | -5.64 million tonnes | -1.26 million tonnes | 4.38 million tonnes | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Australia or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 2.67 million tonnes against 2.42 million tonnes in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Australia and Colombia?
- 250,720 tonnes, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Colombia?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Colombia rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Australia ranks 30th and Colombia ranks 29th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.