Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price by country

Carbon dioxide emissions are included in this figure if they are covered by a carbon tax or trading system.

Countries reporting
49
Highest
94.5%
Luxembourg
Lowest
9.1%
United States
Median
56.2%
Years covered
37
1989–2025
Data points
7,400

What the numbers show

Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 94.5% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 9.1% in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 56.2%, and the mean is 58.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 581.7%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 26.6%).

Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 94.5% 2025 up 434.7% volatile
2 Ireland 92.0% 2025 up 1.2% volatile
3 Denmark 90.2% 2025 up 1.3% rising
4 Portugal 90.1% 2025 up 0.8% volatile
5 Germany 87.7% 2025 up 68.9% volatile
6 Finland 87.2% 2025 up 0.1% rising
7 South Africa 86.6% 2025 volatile
8 Uruguay 86.5% 2025 volatile
9 New Zealand 86.1% 2025 up 5.4% volatile
10 France 85.4% 2025 down 0.4% volatile
11 South Korea 82.1% 2025 up 20.0% volatile
12 Austria 80.8% 2025 up 130.6% volatile
13 Mexico 80.3% 2025 up 39.7% volatile
14 Sweden 78.8% 2025 down 6.5% rising
15 Albania 77.9% 2025 up 0.5% volatile
16 Norway 74.4% 2025 up 12.7% rising
17 Bulgaria 67.6% 2025 down 3.8% volatile
18 Japan 67.1% 2025 up 1.8% volatile
19 Singapore 64.0% 2025 volatile
20 Cyprus 64.0% 2025 down 0.7% volatile
21 Australia 63.9% 2025 volatile
22 Czechia 60.1% 2025 down 2.9% volatile
23 Ukraine 58.9% 2025 down 23.1% volatile
24 Greece 56.9% 2025 down 8.1% volatile
25 Kazakhstan 56.2% 2025 up 2.6% volatile
26 Malta 53.6% 2025 down 1.9% volatile
27 Slovenia 50.7% 2025 down 9.6% rising
28 Poland 50.4% 2025 down 7.4% volatile
29 Chile 49.3% 2025 volatile
30 Iceland 49.2% 2025 down 10.4% volatile
31 Netherlands 48.1% 2025 down 8.0% volatile
32 Slovakia 47.6% 2025 down 12.8% volatile
33 China 46.7% 2025 up 581.7% volatile
34 Spain 44.6% 2025 down 11.5% volatile
35 Romania 43.5% 2025 down 22.3% volatile
36 Croatia 43.2% 2025 down 1.6% volatile
37 Switzerland 42.5% 2025 down 8.2% volatile
38 Argentina 42.4% 2025 volatile
39 Italy 41.3% 2025 down 1.4% volatile
40 Estonia 40.3% 2025 down 13.7% volatile
41 Canada 37.8% 2025 up 242.5% volatile
42 Belgium 36.2% 2025 up 2.5% volatile
43 Hungary 33.3% 2025 down 16.5% volatile
44 United Kingdom 32.6% 2025 down 20.8% volatile
45 Lithuania 28.6% 2025 down 15.3% volatile
46 Latvia 23.6% 2025 down 26.6% volatile
47 Colombia 20.3% 2025 volatile
48 Indonesia 20.2% 2025 volatile
49 United States 9.1% 2025 up 22.5% volatile

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Indicator
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price
Unit
%
Source
Dolphin and Merkle (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,400 data points, 1989–2025
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Carbon dioxide emissions are included in this figure if they are covered by a carbon tax or trading system.