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