Australia vs Sri Lanka: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Australia
2.42 million tonnes
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.66 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
30th
Sri Lanka rank
31st
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Australia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2.42 million tonnes against 1.66 million tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 756,800 tonnes.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 30th and Sri Lanka ranks 31st of 215 countries.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.