Argentina vs Venezuela: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Argentina
0.8%
in 2024
Venezuela
0.6%
in 2024
Argentina rank
20th
Venezuela rank
23rd
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Argentina
- Venezuela
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 0.8% against 0.6% in Venezuela, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Venezuela's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Venezuela ahead.
Argentina ranks 20th and Venezuela ranks 23rd of 215 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Argentina |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Argentina |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.6% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Argentina or Venezuela?
- Argentina, at 0.8% against 0.6% in Venezuela as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Argentina and Venezuela?
- 0.2%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Venezuela?
- 114 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Venezuela rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Argentina ranks 20th and Venezuela ranks 23rd 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.