Poland vs Sweden: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Poland
0.5%
in 2024
Sweden
0.5%
in 2024
Poland rank
30th
Sweden rank
29th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Poland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Poland, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 170 shared years of data; in 1855 it was Sweden ahead.
Poland ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 29th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Poland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Poland |
| 1890s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Poland |
| 1900s | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% | Poland |
| 1910s | 2.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | Poland |
| 1920s | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | Poland |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Poland |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Poland |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Poland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Poland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Poland and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Sweden?
- 170 years are reported by both, from 1855 to 2024.
- How do Poland and Sweden rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Poland ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 29th 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.