Chile vs Zimbabwe: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Chile

10.87 million tonnes

in 2024

Zimbabwe

8.46 million tonnes

in 2024

Chile rank

43rd

Zimbabwe rank

46th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Chile currently reports 10.87 million tonnes against 8.46 million tonnes in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2.42 million tonnes.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.3 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 43rd and Zimbabwe ranks 46th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.