Australia vs Sweden: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Australia
2.42 million tonnes
in 2024
Sweden
1.39 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
30th
Sweden rank
32nd

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.42 million tonnes against 1.39 million tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 1.03 million tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.7 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 76 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1840 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 215 countries.

Across the 19 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 13 and Sweden in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Sweden Difference Ahead
1840s 4,285 tonnes 15,022 tonnes 10,738 tonnes Sweden
1850s 40,861 tonnes 56,059 tonnes 15,198 tonnes Sweden
1860s 97,974 tonnes 33,342 tonnes 64,631 tonnes Australia
1870s 111,319 tonnes 112,485 tonnes 1,166 tonnes Sweden
1880s 367,242 tonnes 274,434 tonnes 92,808 tonnes Australia
1890s 244,631 tonnes 417,696 tonnes 173,064 tonnes Sweden
1900s 588,354 tonnes 353,553 tonnes 234,801 tonnes Australia
1910s 760,521 tonnes -487,268 tonnes 1.25 million tonnes Australia
1920s 472,073 tonnes 1.16 million tonnes 685,184 tonnes Sweden
1930s 1.11 million tonnes 993,011 tonnes 114,750 tonnes Australia
1940s 1.01 million tonnes -246,794 tonnes 1.25 million tonnes Australia
1950s 3.50 million tonnes 1.56 million tonnes 1.94 million tonnes Australia
1960s 5.33 million tonnes 4.40 million tonnes 935,276 tonnes Australia
1970s 5.59 million tonnes -151,615 tonnes 5.74 million tonnes Australia
1980s 6.45 million tonnes -2.93 million tonnes 9.39 million tonnes Australia
1990s 8.70 million tonnes 41,576 tonnes 8.66 million tonnes Australia
2000s 6.31 million tonnes -879,331 tonnes 7.19 million tonnes Australia
2010s 794,822 tonnes -637,082 tonnes 1.43 million tonnes Australia
2020s -5.64 million tonnes -535,166 tonnes 5.10 million tonnes Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Australia or Sweden?
Australia, at 2.42 million tonnes against 1.39 million tonnes in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Australia and Sweden?
1.03 million tonnes, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
185 years are reported by both, from 1840 to 2024.
How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Australia ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 32nd 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

Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.