Germany vs Poland: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Germany

6.77 tonnes per person

in 2024

Poland

7.08 tonnes per person

in 2024

Germany rank

43rd

Poland rank

40th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Germany
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 7.08 tonnes per person against 6.77 tonnes per person in Germany, a difference of 0.3113 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Poland ahead.

Germany ranks 43rd and Poland ranks 40th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.