Germany vs Russia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Germany

65.23 billion tonnes

in 2024

Russia

46.69 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

3rd

Russia rank

5th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Germany currently reports 65.23 billion tonnes against 46.69 billion tonnes in Russia, a difference of 18.55 billion tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.4 times Russia's.

Across all 173 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 3rd and Russia ranks 5th 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.