Poland vs Ukraine: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Poland

23.64 billion tonnes

in 2024

Ukraine

17.24 billion tonnes

in 2024

Poland rank

8th

Ukraine rank

11th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Poland currently reports 23.64 billion tonnes against 17.24 billion tonnes in Ukraine, a difference of 6.41 billion tonnes.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.4 times Ukraine's.

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

Poland ranks 8th and Ukraine ranks 11th 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.