Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Australia
Australia: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 81.47 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Australia, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Australia stood at 81.47 Index.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Australia peaked at 103.73 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 81.04 Index, in 2022.
That places Australia 50th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Australia, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 103.73 Index | — |
| 1991 | 102.62 Index | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 100.89 Index | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 98.3 Index | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 95.89 Index | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 94.91 Index | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 95.32 Index | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 97.41 Index | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 97.32 Index | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 95.63 Index | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 98.6 Index | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 97.5 Index | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 92.71 Index | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 92.48 Index | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 93.06 Index | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 93.88 Index | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 94.87 Index | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 92.87 Index | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 91.86 Index | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 89.52 Index | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 91.04 Index | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 90.21 Index | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 90.22 Index | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 88.42 Index | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 88.82 Index | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 87.2 Index | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 89.59 Index | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 88.01 Index | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 83.52 Index | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 81.27 Index | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 81.42 Index | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 81.04 Index | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 83.18 Index | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 81.47 Index | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.2 Index | 94.91 Index | 103.73 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.78 Index | 91.86 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.66 Index | 83.52 Index | 91.04 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.68 Index | 81.04 Index | 83.18 Index | 5 |
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- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 53.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Australia?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Australia was 81.47 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 103.73 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.04 Index in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- Australia ranks 50th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation