Belgium vs Netherlands: Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil
Belgium
0.3%
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3%
in 2024
Belgium rank
39th
Netherlands rank
40th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Belgium
- Netherlands
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 170 shared years of data; in 1855 it was Netherlands ahead.
Belgium ranks 39th and Netherlands ranks 40th of 215 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from oil, Belgium or Netherlands?
- Belgium, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from oil between Belgium and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Belgium 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 global co₂ emissions from oil?
- Belgium ranks 39th and Netherlands ranks 40th 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 global 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
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.