Iraq vs Uruguay: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Iraq

6,390 tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

8,191 tonnes

in 2024

Iraq rank

127th

Uruguay rank

124th

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Uruguay currently reports 8,191 tonnes against 6,390 tonnes in Iraq, a difference of 1,801 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1927 it was Uruguay ahead.

Iraq ranks 127th and Uruguay ranks 124th 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.