Belgium vs Netherlands: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Belgium
0.6%
in 2024
Netherlands
0.6%
in 2024
Belgium rank
27th
Netherlands rank
24th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Belgium
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Belgium, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
Across all 170 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 27th and Netherlands ranks 24th of 215 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Belgium or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Belgium and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?
- 170 years are reported by both, from 1855 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Belgium ranks 27th and Netherlands ranks 24th 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.