Chile vs Ireland: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Chile

1.06 billion tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

891.28 million tonnes

in 2024

Chile rank

42nd

Ireland rank

43rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Chile currently reports 1.06 billion tonnes against 891.28 million tonnes in Ireland, a difference of 166.73 million tonnes.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 42nd and Ireland ranks 43rd 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.