Italy vs Ukraine: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
Italy
5.90 billion tonnes
in 2024
Ukraine
6.45 billion tonnes
in 2024
Italy rank
10th
Ukraine rank
9th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time
- Italy
- Ukraine
How they compare
Ukraine currently reports 6.45 billion tonnes against 5.90 billion tonnes in Italy, a difference of 554.39 million tonnes.
That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Ukraine ahead.
Italy ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 9th of 146 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Ukraine in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1870s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1880s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1890s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1900s | 20,885 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 20,885 tonnes | Italy |
| 1910s | 130,071 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 130,071 tonnes | Italy |
| 1920s | 250,619 tonnes | 118,846 tonnes | 131,774 tonnes | Italy |
| 1930s | 419,899 tonnes | 1.84 million tonnes | 1.42 million tonnes | Ukraine |
| 1940s | 1.05 million tonnes | 5.78 million tonnes | 4.73 million tonnes | Ukraine |
| 1950s | 25.60 million tonnes | 22.61 million tonnes | 2.98 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1960s | 140.37 million tonnes | 191.17 million tonnes | 50.80 million tonnes | Ukraine |
| 1970s | 404.18 million tonnes | 737.79 million tonnes | 333.61 million tonnes | Ukraine |
| 1980s | 921.14 million tonnes | 1.83 billion tonnes | 907.58 million tonnes | Ukraine |
| 1990s | 1.76 billion tonnes | 3.54 billion tonnes | 1.78 billion tonnes | Ukraine |
| 2000s | 3.06 billion tonnes | 4.87 billion tonnes | 1.81 billion tonnes | Ukraine |
| 2010s | 4.58 billion tonnes | 5.88 billion tonnes | 1.30 billion tonnes | Ukraine |
| 2020s | 5.64 billion tonnes | 6.35 billion tonnes | 717.15 million tonnes | Ukraine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from gas, Italy or Ukraine?
- Ukraine, at 6.45 billion tonnes against 5.90 billion tonnes in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from gas between Italy and Ukraine?
- 554.39 million tonnes, with Ukraine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Ukraine?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Ukraine rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from gas?
- Italy ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 9th of 146 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.