Belgium vs Canada: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Belgium

7.57 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada

9.84 billion tonnes

in 2024

Belgium rank

17th

Canada rank

15th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Canada currently reports 9.84 billion tonnes against 7.57 billion tonnes in Belgium, a difference of 2.27 billion tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 196 shared years of data; in 1802 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 17th 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.