France vs Poland: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

France

19.18 billion tonnes

in 2024

Poland

23.64 billion tonnes

in 2024

France rank

10th

Poland rank

8th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Poland currently reports 23.64 billion tonnes against 19.18 billion tonnes in France, a difference of 4.46 billion tonnes.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.2 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 217 shared years of data; in 1802 it was France ahead.

France ranks 10th and Poland ranks 8th 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.