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

Italy

3.02 million tonnes

in 2024

United Kingdom

2.69 million tonnes

in 2024

Italy rank

13th

United Kingdom rank

14th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

Italy currently reports 3.02 million tonnes against 2.69 million tonnes in United Kingdom, a difference of 327,600 tonnes.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 14th 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.