Australia's co₂ emissions rose from 305.0 Mt in 1995 to 386.7 Mt in 2024.
Australia · Climate
Greenhouse gases, intensity and temperature contribution.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Australia's co₂ per capita fell from 16.9 t in 1995 to 14.5 t in 2024.
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita
tonnes per person
108th of 120 · 14th in East Asia & Pacific
Australia's consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita fell from 14.4 t in 1994 to 14.1 t in 2023.
Australia's cumulative co₂ emissions rose from 8,920.4 Mt in 1995 to 20,039.7 Mt in 2024.
Australia's share of global co₂ emissions fell from 1.3 % in 1995 to 1.0 % in 2024.
Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions fell from 672.7 Mt CO₂e in 1995 to 609.9 Mt CO₂e in 2024.
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
tonnes CO₂-equivalent per person
201st of 209 · 36th in East Asia & Pacific
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions per capita fell from 37.2 t CO₂e in 1995 to 22.8 t CO₂e in 2024.
Australia's co₂ intensity fell from 0.6 in 1993 to 0.3 in 2022.
Australia's carbon intensity of electricity fell from 806.0 in 2000 to 525.2 in 2025.
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- Methane emissionsdown −4.0 %12th of 209
- Nitrous oxide emissionsup +2.0 %8th of 209
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- CO₂ emissions from coalup +1.1 %13th of 137
- CO₂ emissions from oilup +3.0 %18th of 205
- CO₂ emissions from gasdown −4.2 %24th of 128
- CO₂ emissions from land-use changedown −6.5 %24th of 194
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- Contribution to global warming from greenhouse gasesunchanged +0.011th of 205