Argentina vs Australia: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Argentina
0.8%
in 2024
Australia
1.0%
in 2024
Argentina rank
20th
Australia rank
19th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Argentina
- Australia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.0% against 0.8% in Argentina, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 138 shared years of data; in 1887 it was Australia ahead.
Argentina ranks 20th and Australia ranks 19th of 215 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 6 and Australia in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Argentina |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Argentina or Australia?
- Australia, at 1.0% against 0.8% in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Argentina and Australia?
- 0.2%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Australia?
- 138 years are reported by both, from 1887 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Australia rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Argentina ranks 20th and Australia ranks 19th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.