Australia vs Turkey: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Australia
1.0%
in 2024
Turkey
0.7%
in 2024
Australia rank
19th
Turkey rank
21st
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Australia
- Turkey
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.0% against 0.7% in Turkey, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 160 shared years of data; in 1865 it was Turkey ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 21st of 215 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Australia or Turkey?
- Australia, at 1.0% against 0.7% in Turkey as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Australia and Turkey?
- 0.3%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Turkey?
- 160 years are reported by both, from 1865 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Turkey rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Australia ranks 19th and Turkey ranks 21st 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.