Canada vs Germany: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

Canada

1.4%

in 2024

Germany

1.5%

in 2024

Canada rank

11th

Germany rank

10th

Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

Germany currently reports 1.5% against 1.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 233 shared years of data; in 1792 it was Germany ahead.

Canada ranks 11th and Germany ranks 10th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
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, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.