Cumulative CO2 emissions — all countries

Cumulative CO2 emissions — Australia

Cumulative CO2 emissions in Australia in 2024 — 20,039.67 Mt. Ranked 198 in the world out of 214.

2024 20,039.67 Mt +1.97% vs 2023
World rank 198of 214
Period maximum 20,039.67 Mt2024
Period minimum 0 Mt1750

Trend over time

1750–2024 · million tonnes

Cumulative CO2 emissions — Australia, 1750–2024010,00020,00030,000175017781806183418621890191819461974200220241750: 0 Mt1755: 0 Mt1760: 0 Mt1765: 0 Mt1770: 0 Mt1775: 0 Mt1780: 0 Mt1785: 0 Mt1790: 0 Mt1795: 0 Mt1800: 0 Mt1805: 0 Mt1810: 0.01 Mt1815: 0.02 Mt1820: 0.03 Mt1825: 0.05 Mt1830: 0.08 Mt1835: 0.14 Mt1840: 0.29 Mt1845: 0.52 Mt1850: 0.91 Mt1855: 1.67 Mt1860: 3.73 Mt1865: 7.67 Mt1870: 14.59 Mt1875: 23.87 Mt1880: 35.95 Mt1885: 55.86 Mt1890: 83.02 Mt1895: 115.41 Mt1900: 157.86 Mt1905: 215.52 Mt1910: 294.44 Mt1915: 405.17 Mt1920: 518.22 Mt1925: 650.43 Mt1930: 793.11 Mt1935: 918.66 Mt1940: 1,090.96 Mt1945: 1,293.7 Mt1950: 1,531.93 Mt1955: 1,858.26 Mt1960: 2,257.64 Mt1965: 2,748.7 Mt1970: 3,399.77 Mt1975: 4,213.91 Mt1980: 5,153.37 Mt1985: 6,234.9 Mt1990: 7,469.17 Mt1995: 8,920.4 Mt2000: 10,580.3 Mt2005: 12,438.27 Mt2010: 14,444.82 Mt2015: 16,444.74 Mt2020: 18,496.07 Mt2024: 20,039.67 Mt
Change over the period: +20,039.67

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia 20,039.67 Mt
World computed 1,803,056.96 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 462,579.57 Mt
Australia and New Zealand computed 22,053.35 Mt
High-income countries computed 1,147,396.67 Mt
Cumulative CO2 emissions — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 20,039.67 +386.73 +1.97%
2023 19,652.94 +384.31 +1.99%
2022 19,268.62 +384.08 +2.03%
2021 18,884.55 +388.47 +2.1%
2020 18,496.07 +398.55 +2.2%
2019 18,097.53 +414.93 +2.35%
2018 17,682.6 +414.78 +2.4%
2017 17,267.82 +413.41 +2.45%
2016 16,854.41 +409.67 +2.49%
2015 16,444.74 +400.59 +2.5%
2014 16,044.16 +392.61 +2.51%
2013 15,651.55 +397.85 +2.61%
2012 15,253.7 +405 +2.73%
2011 14,848.69 +403.88 +2.8%
2010 14,444.82 +405.03 +2.88%
2009 14,039.79 +406.98 +2.99%
2008 13,632.81 +404.28 +3.06%
2007 13,228.53 +398.9 +3.11%
2006 12,829.64 +391.37 +3.15%
2005 12,438.27 +385.08 +3.19%
2004 12,053.18 +382 +3.27%
2003 11,671.18 +370.79 +3.28%
2002 11,300.39 +362.42 +3.31%
2001 10,937.97 +357.67 +3.38%
2000 10,580.3 +349.9 +3.42%
1999 10,230.4 +343.88 +3.48%
1998 9,886.53 +334.04 +3.5%
1997 9,552.49 +320.24 +3.47%
1996 9,232.25 +311.85 +3.5%
1995 8,920.4 +304.96 +3.54%
1994 8,615.44 +293.61 +3.53%
1993 8,321.82 +288.78 +3.59%
1992 8,033.04 +284.43 +3.67%
1991 7,748.61 +279.44 +3.74%
1990 7,469.17 +278.06 +3.87%
1989 7,191.11 +256.84 +3.7%
1988 6,934.27 +240.74 +3.6%
1987 6,693.53 +234.6 +3.63%
1986 6,458.94 +224.04 +3.59%
1985 6,234.9 +224.56 +3.74%
1984 6,010.34 +217.51 +3.75%
1983 5,792.82 +207.65 +3.72%
1982 5,585.18 +218 +4.06%
1981 5,367.18 +213.81 +4.15%
1980 5,153.37 +204.37 +4.13%
1979 4,949 +192.32 +4.04%
1978 4,756.67 +191.05 +4.18%
1977 4,565.62 +181.91 +4.15%
1976 4,383.71 +169.8 +4.03%
1975 4,213.91 +173.1 +4.28%
1974 4,040.81 +166.18 +4.29%
1973 3,874.62 +170.14 +4.59%
1972 3,704.48 +153.6 +4.33%
1971 3,550.88 +151.12 +4.44%
1970 3,399.77 +147.86 +4.55%
1969 3,251.9 +136.41 +4.38%
1968 3,115.49 +128.77 +4.31%
1967 2,986.72 +122.28 +4.27%
1966 2,864.44 +115.74 +4.21%
1965 2,748.7 +113.61 +4.31%
1964 2,635.1 +103.55 +4.09%
1963 2,531.55 +95.99 +3.94%
1962 2,435.56 +90.91 +3.88%
1961 2,344.65 +87.01 +3.85%
1960 2,257.64 +87.44 +4.03%
1959 2,170.2 +83.07 +3.98%
1958 2,087.13 +77.93 +3.88%
1957 2,009.2 +75.47 +3.9%
1956 1,933.73 +75.47 +4.06%
1955 1,858.26 +71.95 +4.03%
1954 1,786.31 +67.92 +3.95%
1953 1,718.39 +63 +3.81%
1952 1,655.39 +62.41 +3.92%
1951 1,592.98 +61.05 +3.99%
1950 1,531.93 +55.64 +3.77%
1949 1,476.29 +48.06 +3.37%
1948 1,428.23 +47.01 +3.4%
1947 1,381.22 +44.78 +3.35%
1946 1,336.44 +42.74 +3.3%
1945 1,293.7 +39.16 +3.12%
1944 1,254.54 +41.03 +3.38%
1943 1,213.51 +41.19 +3.51%
1942 1,172.32 +42.03 +3.72%
1941 1,130.29 +39.33 +3.61%
1940 1,090.96 +35.35 +3.35%
1939 1,055.61 +37.98 +3.73%
1938 1,017.63 +33.7 +3.42%
1937 983.93 +33.76 +3.55%
1936 950.18 +31.51 +3.43%
1935 918.66 +28.96 +3.25%
1934 889.7 +26.21 +3.04%
1933 863.5 +24.78 +2.95%
1932 838.71 +23.05 +2.83%
1931 815.66 +22.55 +2.84%
1930 793.11 +25.9 +3.38%
1929 767.21 +26.91 +3.63%
1928 740.31 +29.02 +4.08%
1927 711.29 +31.27 +4.6%
1926 680.02 +29.59 +4.55%
1925 650.43 +29.63 +4.77%
1924 620.8 +28.19 +4.76%
1923 592.61 +25.69 +4.53%
1922 566.92 +24.92 +4.6%
1921 542 +23.79 +4.59%
1920 518.22 +26.31 +5.35%
1919 491.91 +22.19 +4.72%
1918 469.73 +23.37 +5.23%
1917 446.36 +21.33 +5.02%
1916 425.03 +19.85 +4.9%
1915 405.17 +22.27 +5.82%
1914 382.9 +24.92 +6.96%
1913 357.98 +22.8 +6.8%
1912 335.18 +21.21 +6.76%
1911 313.97 +19.53 +6.63%
1910 294.44 +17.71 +6.4%
1909 276.74 +14.58 +5.56%
1908 262.16 +16.79 +6.84%
1907 245.36 +15.49 +6.74%
1906 229.88 +14.36 +6.66%
1905 215.52 +12.05 +5.92%
1904 203.47 +11.54 +6.01%
1903 191.92 +11.22 +6.21%
1902 180.7 +11.4 +6.73%
1901 169.3 +11.44 +7.25%
1900 157.86 +10.17 +6.88%
1899 147.7 +8.7 +6.26%
1898 139 +8.51 +6.52%
1897 130.49 +7.91 +6.45%
1896 122.58 +7.17 +6.21%
1895 115.41 +6.75 +6.21%
1894 108.66 +6.52 +6.39%
1893 102.14 +5.77 +5.99%
1892 96.37 +6.46 +7.18%
1891 89.91 +6.89 +8.29%
1890 83.02 +5.45 +7.03%
1889 77.57 +6.25 +8.76%
1888 71.32 +5.61 +8.54%
1887 65.71 +5.02 +8.28%
1886 60.69 +4.83 +8.65%
1885 55.86 +4.87 +9.55%
1884 50.99 +4.53 +9.76%
1883 46.46 +4.15 +9.8%
1882 42.31 +3.45 +8.88%
1881 38.86 +2.91 +8.08%
1880 35.95 +2.42 +7.21%
1879 33.54 +2.58 +8.33%
1878 30.96 +2.56 +9.02%
1877 28.4 +2.37 +9.12%
1876 26.02 +2.16 +9.04%
1875 23.87 +2.14 +9.86%
1874 21.72 +2.13 +10.85%
1873 19.6 +1.93 +10.93%
1872 17.67 +1.64 +10.21%
1871 16.03 +1.44 +9.88%
1870 14.59 +1.4 +10.64%
1869 13.19 +1.46 +12.49%
1868 11.72 +1.53 +15.04%
1867 10.19 +1.24 +13.84%
1866 8.95 +1.28 +16.69%
1865 7.67 +0.97 +14.54%
1864 6.7 +0.9 +15.59%
1863 5.79 +0.72 +14.21%
1862 5.07 +0.79 +18.36%
1861 4.29 +0.56 +15.06%
1860 3.73 +0.6 +19.2%
1859 3.13 +0.48 +18.33%
1858 2.64 +0.34 +14.83%
1857 2.3 +0.33 +16.81%
1856 1.97 +0.3 +17.9%
1855 1.67 +0.22 +14.86%
1854 1.45 +0.18 +14.4%
1853 1.27 +0.15 +13.58%
1852 1.12 +0.11 +10.57%
1851 1.01 +0.11 +11.7%
1850 0.91 +0.11 +14.11%
1849 0.79 +0.08 +10.58%
1848 0.72 +0.07 +11.15%
1847 0.65 +0.06 +11%
1846 0.58 +0.06 +11.71%
1845 0.52 +0.04 +7.2%
1844 0.49 +0.04 +8.24%
1843 0.45 +0.04 +9.78%
1842 0.41 +0.06 +18.21%
1841 0.35 +0.06 +18.9%
1840 0.29 +0.05 +19.75%
1839 0.24 +0.03 +15.71%
1838 0.21 +0.03 +14.75%
1837 0.18 +0.03 +15.82%
1836 0.16 +0.02 +14.49%
1835 0.14 +0.02 +16.95%
1834 0.12 +0.01 +12.38%
1833 0.11 +0.01 +11.7%
1832 0.09 +0.01 +13.25%
1831 0.08 +0 +2.47%
1830 0.08 +0.01 +6.58%
1829 0.08 +0.01 +8.57%
1828 0.07 +0 +6.06%
1827 0.07 +0.01 +10%
1826 0.06 +0.01 +11.11%
1825 0.05 +0 +5.88%
1824 0.05 +0 +10.87%
1823 0.05 +0 +12.2%
1822 0.04 +0 +10.81%
1821 0.04 +0 +8.82%
1820 0.03 +0.01 +21.43%
1819 0.03 +0 +16.67%
1818 0.02 +0 +4.35%
1817 0.02 +0 +9.52%
1816 0.02 +0 +16.67%
1815 0.02 +0 +12.5%
1814 0.02 +0 +33.33%
1813 0.01 +0 +33.33%
1812 0.01 +0 +28.57%
1811 0.01 +0 +40%
1810 0.01 +0 +25%
1809 0 +0 +100%
1808 0 +0 +0%
1807 0 +0 +100%
1806 0 +0
1805 0 +0
1804 0 +0
1803 0 +0
1802 0 +0
1801 0 +0
1800 0 +0
1799 0 +0
1798 0 +0
1797 0 +0
1796 0 +0
1795 0 +0
1794 0 +0
1793 0 +0
1792 0 +0
1791 0 +0
1790 0 +0
1789 0 +0
1788 0 +0
1787 0 +0
1786 0 +0
1785 0 +0
1784 0 +0
1783 0 +0
1782 0 +0
1781 0 +0
1780 0 +0
1779 0 +0
1778 0 +0
1777 0 +0
1776 0 +0
1775 0 +0
1774 0 +0
1773 0 +0
1772 0 +0
1771 0 +0
1770 0 +0
1769 0 +0
1768 0 +0
1767 0 +0
1766 0 +0
1765 0 +0
1764 0 +0
1763 0 +0
1762 0 +0
1761 0 +0
1760 0 +0
1759 0 +0
1758 0 +0
1757 0 +0
1756 0 +0
1755 0 +0
1754 0 +0
1753 0 +0
1752 0 +0
1751 0 +0
1750 0

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

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About the indicator

Total CO2 emissions of a country from 1750 through the year shown. It is cumulative emissions rather than current ones that determine the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and the warming already reached, which makes this indicator the basis of the argument about the historical responsibility of countries that industrialized earlier.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.