Egypt vs Venezuela: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
Egypt
7.47 billion tonnes
in 2024
Venezuela
7.89 billion tonnes
in 2024
Egypt rank
32nd
Venezuela rank
31st
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region over time
- Egypt
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 7.89 billion tonnes against 7.47 billion tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 414.98 million tonnes.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Venezuela ahead.
Egypt ranks 32nd and Venezuela ranks 31st of 215 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Venezuela in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 862,261 tonnes | 1.86 million tonnes | 1.00 million tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1920s | 5.63 million tonnes | 5.01 million tonnes | 611,284 tonnes | Egypt |
| 1930s | 13.71 million tonnes | 27.82 million tonnes | 14.11 million tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1940s | 40.89 million tonnes | 135.23 million tonnes | 94.34 million tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1950s | 124.33 million tonnes | 507.60 million tonnes | 383.26 million tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1960s | 290.94 million tonnes | 1.09 billion tonnes | 799.24 million tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1970s | 539.82 million tonnes | 1.74 billion tonnes | 1.20 billion tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 1.01 billion tonnes | 2.57 billion tonnes | 1.56 billion tonnes | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 1.80 billion tonnes | 3.70 billion tonnes | 1.91 billion tonnes | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 3.11 billion tonnes | 5.10 billion tonnes | 1.99 billion tonnes | Venezuela |
| 2010s | 5.14 billion tonnes | 6.73 billion tonnes | 1.59 billion tonnes | Venezuela |
| 2020s | 6.96 billion tonnes | 7.66 billion tonnes | 698.21 million tonnes | Venezuela |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions by world region, Egypt or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 7.89 billion tonnes against 7.47 billion tonnes in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions by world region between Egypt and Venezuela?
- 414.98 million tonnes, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?
- 114 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Venezuela rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions by world region?
- Egypt ranks 32nd and Venezuela ranks 31st of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.