Finland vs Greece: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Finland

1.29 billion tonnes

in 2024

Greece

1.66 billion tonnes

in 2024

Finland rank

39th

Greece rank

36th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Greece currently reports 1.66 billion tonnes against 1.29 billion tonnes in Finland, a difference of 367.84 million tonnes.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.3 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 39th and Greece ranks 36th 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.