Australia vs Canada: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
Australia
16.04 tonnes per person
in 2024
Canada
16.24 tonnes per person
in 2024
Australia rank
10th
Canada rank
9th
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 16.24 tonnes per person against 16.04 tonnes per person in Australia, a difference of 0.2 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 9th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Canada in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 12.71 tonnes per person | 30.07 tonnes per person | 17.35 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1860s | 11.29 tonnes per person | 34.51 tonnes per person | 23.21 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1870s | 15.9 tonnes per person | 31.17 tonnes per person | 15.27 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1880s | 12.32 tonnes per person | 32.12 tonnes per person | 19.8 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1890s | 15.52 tonnes per person | 28.35 tonnes per person | 12.84 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1900s | 15.46 tonnes per person | 46.85 tonnes per person | 31.39 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1910s | 13.53 tonnes per person | 54.37 tonnes per person | 40.85 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1920s | 30.4 tonnes per person | 45.2 tonnes per person | 14.8 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1930s | 15.82 tonnes per person | 36.99 tonnes per person | 21.17 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1940s | 12.35 tonnes per person | 32.77 tonnes per person | 20.41 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1950s | 24.39 tonnes per person | 37.53 tonnes per person | 13.13 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1960s | 28.46 tonnes per person | 30.52 tonnes per person | 2.07 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 16.14 tonnes per person | 28.28 tonnes per person | 12.15 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 18.79 tonnes per person | 26.46 tonnes per person | 7.67 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 21.82 tonnes per person | 24.91 tonnes per person | 3.09 tonnes per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 25.63 tonnes per person | 24.26 tonnes per person | 1.37 tonnes per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 23.87 tonnes per person | 19.6 tonnes per person | 4.27 tonnes per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 16.98 tonnes per person | 16.94 tonnes per person | 0.0483 tonnes per person | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 16.24 tonnes per person against 16.04 tonnes per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change between Australia and Canada?
- 0.2 tonnes per person, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 9th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.