France vs Germany: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

France

15.93 billion tonnes

in 2024

Germany

20.58 billion tonnes

in 2024

France rank

7th

Germany rank

5th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Germany currently reports 20.58 billion tonnes against 15.93 billion tonnes in France, a difference of 4.65 billion tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 217 shared years of data; in 1802 it was Germany ahead.

France ranks 7th and Germany ranks 5th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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: 215 places, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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