Austria vs Switzerland: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Austria
0.3%
in 2024
Switzerland
0.3%
in 2024
Austria rank
42nd
Switzerland rank
39th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Austria
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Austria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1858 it was Switzerland ahead.
Austria ranks 42nd and Switzerland ranks 39th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 10 and Switzerland in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Austria |
| 1870s | 2.4% | 0.6% | 1.8% | Austria |
| 1880s | 2.5% | 0.6% | 2.0% | Austria |
| 1890s | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | Austria |
| 1900s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Austria |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Austria |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Austria |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Austria or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Austria and Switzerland?
- 0.0%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
- 167 years are reported by both, from 1858 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Austria ranks 42nd and Switzerland ranks 39th 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.