Canada vs Iran: Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

Canada

1.4%

in 2023

Iran

1.8%

in 2023

Canada rank

12th

Iran rank

9th

Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

Iran currently reports 1.8% against 1.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.3 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 12th and Iran ranks 9th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.