Australia and New Zealand
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry, 2022. Ranks are among 164 countries.
Australia emitted 2.4 times as much CO2 per person as New Zealand in 2022. Australia emitted 12 times as much CO2 in total as New Zealand.
| Measure | Australia | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Totalmillion tonnes | 38416th of 164 | 32.072nd of 164 |
| Per persontonnes | 14.79th of 164 | 6.2340th of 164 |
| Per unit of GDPkg per international dollar (2011 prices, PPP) | 0.28645th of 164 | 0.159109th of 164 |
Per person over time
CO2 from fossil fuels and industry per person, 1950 to 2024. Australia: 6.80 tonnes per person in 1950, 14.5 in 2024, with a high of 19.1 in 2004. New Zealand: 4.48 tonnes per person in 1950, 6.23 in 2024, with a high of 9.05 in 2005.
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| Year | Australia, tonnes | New Zealand, tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 6.80 | 4.48 |
| 1955 | 7.82 | 4.39 |
| 1960 | 8.51 | 4.85 |
| 1965 | 10.0 | 5.19 |
| 1970 | 11.7 | 5.02 |
| 1975 | 12.5 | 5.91 |
| 1980 | 13.9 | 5.56 |
| 1985 | 14.2 | 6.69 |
| 1990 | 16.2 | 7.50 |
| 1995 | 16.9 | 7.62 |
| 2000 | 18.3 | 8.35 |
| 2005 | 19.0 | 9.05 |
| 2010 | 18.3 | 8.00 |
| 2015 | 16.7 | 7.76 |
| 2020 | 15.5 | 6.73 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 6.23 |
Sources
- Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (owid-co2-data.csv): countries from 1950. Our World in Data, CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions), based on the Global Carbon Budget (2025), the Maddison Project Database 2023 (Bolt and van Zanden) and OWID's population series. Retrieved 16 October 2026. Terms. Trimmed from the published file.
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