Australia vs United Kingdom: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type

Australia
4.05 million tonnes
in 2024
United Kingdom
2.69 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
11th
United Kingdom rank
14th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M199020072024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 4.05 million tonnes against 2.69 million tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 1.36 million tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 14th of 46 countries.

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About this data

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