Australia vs Canada: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Australia

14.48 tonnes per person

in 2024

Canada

13.42 tonnes per person

in 2024

Australia rank

11th

Canada rank

14th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Australia
Canada

How they compare

Australia currently reports 14.48 tonnes per person against 13.42 tonnes per person in Canada, a difference of 1.06 tonnes per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 226 shared years of data; in 1790 it was Canada ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Canada ranks 14th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.