Australia vs Ukraine: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Australia
10.56 billion tonnes
in 2024
Ukraine
17.24 billion tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Ukraine rank
11th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

  • Australia
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 17.24 billion tonnes against 10.56 billion tonnes in Australia, a difference of 6.67 billion tonnes.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 173 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Ukraine ranks 11th of 179 countries.

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About this data

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