Canada vs Italy: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Canada
15.65 billion tonnes
in 2024
Italy
14.08 billion tonnes
in 2024
Canada rank
8th
Italy rank
11th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Canada
- Italy
How they compare
Canada currently reports 15.65 billion tonnes against 14.08 billion tonnes in Italy, a difference of 1.58 billion tonnes.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Italy ahead.
Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 11th of 215 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 15 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 151,444 tonnes | 77,677 tonnes | 73,767 tonnes | Canada |
| 1870s | 1.07 million tonnes | 1.04 million tonnes | 35,193 tonnes | Canada |
| 1880s | 2.45 million tonnes | 2.84 million tonnes | 381,318 tonnes | Italy |
| 1890s | 5.11 million tonnes | 5.32 million tonnes | 213,169 tonnes | Italy |
| 1900s | 8.42 million tonnes | 7.88 million tonnes | 540,141 tonnes | Canada |
| 1910s | 20.94 million tonnes | 11.84 million tonnes | 9.10 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1920s | 65.59 million tonnes | 20.78 million tonnes | 44.81 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1930s | 174.37 million tonnes | 41.90 million tonnes | 132.47 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1940s | 384.84 million tonnes | 70.33 million tonnes | 314.51 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1950s | 922.75 million tonnes | 222.30 million tonnes | 700.45 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1960s | 2.09 billion tonnes | 977.55 million tonnes | 1.11 billion tonnes | Canada |
| 1970s | 4.09 billion tonnes | 3.08 billion tonnes | 1.01 billion tonnes | Canada |
| 1980s | 6.32 billion tonnes | 5.64 billion tonnes | 678.70 million tonnes | Canada |
| 1990s | 8.38 billion tonnes | 8.15 billion tonnes | 230.97 million tonnes | Canada |
| 2000s | 10.76 billion tonnes | 10.68 billion tonnes | 79.25 million tonnes | Canada |
| 2010s | 13.32 billion tonnes | 12.64 billion tonnes | 677.94 million tonnes | Canada |
| 2020s | 15.17 billion tonnes | 13.77 billion tonnes | 1.40 billion tonnes | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Canada or Italy?
- Canada, at 15.65 billion tonnes against 14.08 billion tonnes in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Canada and Italy?
- 1.58 billion tonnes, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Italy?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Italy rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 11th 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.