Australia vs United States: Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions
Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
Australia currently reports 48.05 Index against 41.15 Index in United States, a difference of 6.9 Index.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.
Australia ranks 20th and United States ranks 23rd of 44 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and United States in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111.7 Index | 120.54 Index | 8.84 Index | United States |
| 2000s | 78.37 Index | 81.26 Index | 2.89 Index | United States |
| 2010s | 51.19 Index | 49.8 Index | 1.39 Index | Australia |
| 2020s | 46.96 Index | 41.88 Index | 5.08 Index | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions, Australia or United States?
- Australia, at 48.05 Index against 41.15 Index in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions between Australia and United States?
- 6.9 Index, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for air emissions - air pollutants inventories — total man-made emissions?
- Australia ranks 20th and United States ranks 23rd of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Air emissions - Air pollutants Inventories — Total man-made emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset provides selected information on national emissions of air pollutants: man-made emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). Categories presented are based on the NFR (nomenclature for reporting) 2014 classification. Details of regroupings can be found in the table of correspondence. Data exclude non man-made emissions and international aviation and maritime transports emissions. For some countries residential mobile emissions (e.g. mowers) are included into “Other combustion” instead of “Other mobile”. Data source(s): (1) The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention), UNECE-EMEP emissions Database, WebDab. EMEP Official; (2) Common Reporting Tables CRT to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables); (3) Replies to the OECD Questionnaire on the State of the Environment and comments from member countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 2026 Database documentation