Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia
Australia: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 1.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia stood at 1.0%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia peaked at 1.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2022.
That places Australia 18th out of 117 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Population, total 27.61 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Urban population 24.22 million (2025)
- Urban population 87.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 20.04 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Australia was 1.0% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Australia ranks 18th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.