Greece vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Greece

1.66 billion tonnes

in 2024

Sweden

1.53 billion tonnes

in 2024

Greece rank

36th

Sweden rank

37th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Greece currently reports 1.66 billion tonnes against 1.53 billion tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 127.28 million tonnes.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 144 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Sweden ahead.

Greece ranks 36th and Sweden ranks 37th 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.