Belgium vs Taiwan: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Belgium
0.6%
in 2024
Taiwan
0.5%
in 2024
Belgium rank
27th
Taiwan rank
28th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Belgium
- Taiwan
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Taiwan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 129 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Taiwan ahead.
Belgium ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 28th of 215 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Belgium |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Belgium |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Belgium or Taiwan?
- Belgium, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Taiwan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Belgium and Taiwan?
- 0.1%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Taiwan?
- 129 years are reported by both, from 1896 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Taiwan rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Belgium ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 28th 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.