Canada vs Iran: Greenhouse gas emissions

Canada
802.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Iran
1.01 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Canada rank
10th
Iran rank
7th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Canada
  • Iran
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 1.01 billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 802.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Canada, a difference of 209.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.3 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 10th and Iran ranks 7th 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.