Australia vs France: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type

Australia

4.05 million tonnes

in 2024

France

3.96 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

11th

France rank

12th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

Australia currently reports 4.05 million tonnes against 3.96 million tonnes in France, a difference of 89,550 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and France ranks 12th of 46 countries.

Indicator: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
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: 46 places, 1,734 data points, 1904–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from other industry sources, measured in tonnes.