Colombia vs Sweden: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Colombia
2.67 million tonnes
in 2024
Sweden
1.39 million tonnes
in 2024
Colombia rank
29th
Sweden rank
32nd
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Colombia
- Sweden
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2.67 million tonnes against 1.39 million tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 1.28 million tonnes.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.9 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 91 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Sweden ahead.
Colombia ranks 29th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -1,482 tonnes | 92,821 tonnes | 94,303 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1860s | 1,544 tonnes | 33,342 tonnes | 31,798 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1870s | 4,775 tonnes | 112,485 tonnes | 107,709 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1880s | 4,805 tonnes | 274,434 tonnes | 269,628 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1890s | -4,220 tonnes | 417,696 tonnes | 421,916 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1900s | -5,249 tonnes | 353,553 tonnes | 358,802 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1910s | 10,132 tonnes | -487,268 tonnes | 497,400 tonnes | Colombia |
| 1920s | 118,237 tonnes | 1.16 million tonnes | 1.04 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 1930s | 350,405 tonnes | 993,011 tonnes | 642,606 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1940s | 105,713 tonnes | -246,794 tonnes | 352,507 tonnes | Colombia |
| 1950s | 1.02 million tonnes | 1.56 million tonnes | 534,003 tonnes | Sweden |
| 1960s | 1.19 million tonnes | 4.40 million tonnes | 3.21 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 1970s | 1.63 million tonnes | -151,615 tonnes | 1.78 million tonnes | Colombia |
| 1980s | 882,760 tonnes | -2.93 million tonnes | 3.82 million tonnes | Colombia |
| 1990s | 218,580 tonnes | 41,576 tonnes | 177,004 tonnes | Colombia |
| 2000s | 1.65 million tonnes | -879,331 tonnes | 2.53 million tonnes | Colombia |
| 2010s | 2.72 million tonnes | -637,082 tonnes | 3.36 million tonnes | Colombia |
| 2020s | -1.26 million tonnes | -535,166 tonnes | 725,338 tonnes | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Colombia or Sweden?
- Colombia, at 2.67 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 Colombia and Sweden?
- 1.28 million tonnes, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Sweden?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Sweden rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Colombia ranks 29th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.