Germany vs United States: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Germany

-21.45 million tonnes

in 2024

United States

-14.29 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

214th

United States rank

212th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

United States currently reports -14.29 million tonnes against -21.45 million tonnes in Germany, a difference of 7.16 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 98 times across 224 shared years of data; in 1801 it was United States ahead.

Germany ranks 214th and United States ranks 212th 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.