Australia vs China: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source

Australia

5.34 tonnes per person

in 2024

China

6.26 tonnes per person

in 2024

Australia rank

8th

China rank

5th

Per capita CO₂ emissions by source over time

China currently reports 6.26 tonnes per person against 5.34 tonnes per person in Australia, a difference of 0.9245 tonnes per person.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 118 shared years of data; in 1907 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 8th and China ranks 5th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 17,915 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.