Canada vs Germany: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas

Canada

8.99 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany

7.66 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

4th

Germany rank

6th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time

Canada currently reports 8.99 billion tonnes against 7.66 billion tonnes in Germany, a difference of 1.32 billion tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 233 shared years of data; in 1792 it was Germany ahead.

Canada ranks 4th and Germany ranks 6th of 146 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
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: 146 places, 14,474 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.