Canada vs Germany: Greenhouse gas emissions

Canada
802.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Germany
659.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Canada rank
10th
Germany rank
13th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Canada
  • Germany
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 802.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 659.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Germany, a difference of 143.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Germany ahead.

Canada ranks 10th and Germany ranks 13th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.