Australia vs France: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Australia

10.56 billion tonnes

in 2024

France

19.18 billion tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

12th

France rank

10th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

France currently reports 19.18 billion tonnes against 10.56 billion tonnes in Australia, a difference of 8.62 billion tonnes.

That makes France's figure about 1.8 times Australia's.

Across all 215 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 12th and France ranks 10th 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.