Canada vs Germany: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Canada

-12.14 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany

-21.45 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

211th

Germany rank

214th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Canada currently reports -12.14 million tonnes against -21.45 million tonnes in Germany, a difference of 9.31 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 91 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1793 it was Germany ahead.

Canada ranks 211th and Germany ranks 214th of 215 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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