Belarus vs Sweden: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Belarus
3.03 billion tonnes
in 2024
Sweden
3.37 billion tonnes
in 2024
Belarus rank
31st
Sweden rank
29th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Belarus
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 3.37 billion tonnes against 3.03 billion tonnes in Belarus, a difference of 340.39 million tonnes.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sweden ahead.
Belarus ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 29th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 12 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1860s | 28,056 tonnes | 9,902 tonnes | 18,155 tonnes | Belarus |
| 1870s | 358,663 tonnes | 168,120 tonnes | 190,543 tonnes | Belarus |
| 1880s | 2.72 million tonnes | 654,272 tonnes | 2.07 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1890s | 9.49 million tonnes | 1.83 million tonnes | 7.66 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1900s | 24.71 million tonnes | 4.23 million tonnes | 20.47 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1910s | 45.17 million tonnes | 8.32 million tonnes | 36.85 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1920s | 59.24 million tonnes | 13.96 million tonnes | 45.28 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1930s | 96.96 million tonnes | 32.35 million tonnes | 64.61 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1940s | 172.08 million tonnes | 59.14 million tonnes | 112.94 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1950s | 303.11 million tonnes | 182.31 million tonnes | 120.81 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1960s | 599.25 million tonnes | 555.03 million tonnes | 44.22 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 1970s | 1.12 billion tonnes | 1.26 billion tonnes | 140.37 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1.86 billion tonnes | 1.90 billion tonnes | 39.51 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 1990s | 2.47 billion tonnes | 2.35 billion tonnes | 124.47 million tonnes | Belarus |
| 2000s | 2.69 billion tonnes | 2.76 billion tonnes | 72.45 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 2010s | 2.86 billion tonnes | 3.11 billion tonnes | 242.09 million tonnes | Sweden |
| 2020s | 3.00 billion tonnes | 3.32 billion tonnes | 323.09 million tonnes | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Belarus or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 3.37 billion tonnes against 3.03 billion tonnes in Belarus as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Belarus and Sweden?
- 340.39 million tonnes, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Sweden?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Belarus and Sweden rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Belarus ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 29th 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 from oil. 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 oil since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.