Canada vs Italy: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Canada

35.64 billion tonnes

in 2024

Italy

26.01 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

9th

Italy rank

12th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Canada currently reports 35.64 billion tonnes against 26.01 billion tonnes in Italy, a difference of 9.64 billion tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 9th and Italy ranks 12th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.