Australia vs Canada: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Australia

10.56 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada

9.84 billion tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

12th

Canada rank

15th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Australia currently reports 10.56 billion tonnes against 9.84 billion tonnes in Canada, a difference of 725.69 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 220 shared years of data; in 1805 it was Canada ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Canada ranks 15th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.