Canada vs Italy: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Canada
2.5%
in 2024
Italy
2.2%
in 2024
Canada rank
8th
Italy rank
11th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Canada
- Italy
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2.5% against 2.2% in Italy, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Italy ahead.
Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 11th of 215 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 15 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 1870s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 1880s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1890s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Canada |
| 1920s | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.7% | Canada |
| 1930s | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.1% | Canada |
| 1940s | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | Canada |
| 1950s | 2.4% | 0.6% | 1.9% | Canada |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 1.3% | 1.6% | Canada |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 2.3% | 0.8% | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 0.3% | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Canada or Italy?
- Canada, at 2.5% against 2.2% in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Canada and Italy?
- 0.3%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Italy?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Italy rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Canada ranks 8th and Italy ranks 11th 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.